2025-2026 NHL Penalty Minutes by Team

The Tampa Bay Lightning led the NHL in penalty minutes in 2025-2026, with 1,178, 227 ahead of the Boston Bruins. The average across 32 NHL teams is 714.4.

Led the NHL in 2025-2026 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 games

1,178 Penalty Minutes 227 clear of Boston Bruins

#	Team	G	PIM
1	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	1,178
2	Boston Bruins	82	951
3	Florida Panthers	82	897
4	Calgary Flames	82	833
5	Montréal Canadiens	82	831
6	Anaheim Ducks	82	780
7	Buffalo Sabres	82	769
8	Ottawa Senators	82	768
9	Philadelphia Flyers	82	763
10	Utah Mammoth	82	756
11	Washington Capitals	82	753
12	Edmonton Oilers	82	734
13	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	728
	NHL average		714.4
14	Nashville Predators	82	709
15	San Jose Sharks	82	691
16	Chicago Blackhawks	82	690
17	Vancouver Canucks	82	685
18	Dallas Stars	82	681
19	Los Angeles Kings	82	649
20	Minnesota Wild	82	638
21	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	637
22	New York Rangers	82	634
22	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	634
24	Winnipeg Jets	82	631
25	St. Louis Blues	82	623
26	Carolina Hurricanes	82	622
27	Detroit Red Wings	82	617
27	New York Islanders	82	617
29	Seattle Kraken	82	602
30	New Jersey Devils	82	597
31	Vegas Golden Knights	82	593
32	Colorado Avalanche	82	571

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as save percentage and goals against average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.