Team Defense

2026-27 · what each club gives up — the same skater logs, read from the other end · click any column heading to sort

#	Team	GP	xGA	xGA/GP	GSAx	ATT A	ES xGA	ES GA	PK xGA	PK SV
1	OTT Ottawa Senators	1	3.35	3.35	+1.4	48	2.4	1	0.9	2
2	PIT Pittsburgh Penguins	2	4.48	2.24	-0.5	81	3.57	5	0.79	6
3	MIN Minnesota Wild	2	4.54	2.27	+2.5	74	2.98	2	1.52	10
4	COL Colorado Avalanche	2	5.04	2.52	+0.0	83	3.74	3	1.09	7
5	LAK Los Angeles Kings	2	5.19	2.59	-7.8	70	3.74	8	1.35	6
6	NSH Nashville Predators	2	5.19	2.6	+1.2	96	3.76	3	1.33	11
7	BUF Buffalo Sabres	2	5.46	2.73	-3.5	60	3.86	6	0.63	4
8	CBJ Columbus Blue Jackets	2	5.54	2.77	-1.5	88	3.42	4	1.86	10
9	NJD New Jersey Devils	2	5.56	2.78	-2.4	73	4.35	6	0.63	6
10	DAL Dallas Stars	2	5.94	2.97	-0.1	67	3.79	2	0.8	4
11	NYI New York Islanders	2	6.11	3.05	+4.1	93	4.29	1	1.57	10
12	MTL Montréal Canadiens	2	6.13	3.07	-1.9	77	3.93	6	1.4	10
13	DET Detroit Red Wings	2	6.15	3.08	+1.1	69	2.97	0	1.57	8
14	TBL Tampa Bay Lightning	2	6.19	3.09	+1.2	73	4.54	4	0.55	4
15	STL St. Louis Blues	2	6.38	3.19	+0.4	92	4.56	6	1.78	12
16	VGK Vegas Golden Knights	3	6.59	2.2	-1.4	99	5.28	7	0.75	5
17	ANA Anaheim Ducks	2	7	3.5	+2.0	96	5.34	4	1.6	10
18	EDM Edmonton Oilers	3	7.09	2.36	-6.9	90	6.02	10	0.85	5
19	WPG Winnipeg Jets	2	7.9	3.95	+1.9	111	6.08	5	1.77	9
20	SJS San Jose Sharks	2	7.92	3.96	+0.9	107	5.01	4	2.76	9
21	CAR Carolina Hurricanes	3	8.01	2.67	+0.0	94	6.25	7	1.69	8
22	UTA Utah Mammoth	3	8.31	2.77	+3.3	99	6.53	4	1.14	5
23	WSH Washington Capitals	2	8.33	4.17	+3.3	98	4.44	3	2.78	17
24	FLA Florida Panthers	3	8.42	2.81	+1.4	103	3.59	2	4.24	17
25	SEA Seattle Kraken	3	8.87	2.96	+3.9	139	6.81	3	1.25	9
26	BOS Boston Bruins	3	9.94	3.31	+2.9	121	5.54	3	2.31	11
27	CGY Calgary Flames	3	10.67	3.56	-5.3	129	8.15	14	1.57	8
28	TOR Toronto Maple Leafs	3	11.07	3.69	+4.1	126	6.74	6	2.51	12
29	NYR New York Rangers	4	11.84	2.96	+5.8	151	9.39	4	1.45	12
30	CHI Chicago Blackhawks	3	12.29	4.1	-2.7	155	9.94	11	1.52	5
31	VAN Vancouver Canucks	4	13.44	3.36	-4.6	173	8.79	12	4.22	20
32	PHI Philadelphia Flyers	3	13.61	4.54	+0.6	177	10.33	8	2.64	17

About these team pages

Every NHL team's fantasy outlook for 2026-27 in one place. Each team page carries the projected lines and special-teams units, the goalie split, who arrived and who left over the summer, the ice time that has freed up, and a projection for every player on the roster.

Use it to find the players whose value is about to move, which is usually a matter of opportunity rather than talent: a winger promoted to the first power-play unit gains more than most free agents will bring you.