The NHL power play, measured: 2025-26 in review

All 32 clubs' power plays, ranked and decomposed. 2025-26, complete.

By Rich Jasinski · 16 June 2026 · updated nightly while the season runs

A first-unit spot on Dallas produced 0.663 power-play goals per team game in 2025-26; the same label on Washington produced 0.232 — 2.9× less. Every figure below is measured from shift charts or the league's official totals.

Every first unit, ranked

All 32 first units, ranked by production per team game. Click any column to re-sort.
#	club	first unit	PP min/gm	PP share	PP min/goal	PP G/gm
1	DAL Dallas	Mikko Rantanen · Roope Hintz · Jason Robertson · Miro Heiskanen · Wyatt Johnston	3:06	65.7%	4:40	0.663
2	EDM Edmonton	Zach Hyman · Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Leon Draisaitl · Connor McDavid · Evan Bouchard	3:06	76.8%	4:53	0.636
3	VGK Vegas	Mark Stone · Tomas Hertl · Jack Eichel · Mitch Marner · Pavel Dorofeyev	3:03	68.3%	5:43	0.535
4	MTL Montreal	Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Lane Hutson · Juraj Slafkovský · Ivan Demidov	3:03	61.5%	5:48	0.526
5	NYR New York	Vincent Trocheck · Mika Zibanejad · J.T. Miller · Adam Fox · Alexis Lafrenière	2:48	66.3%	5:53	0.476
6	MIN Minnesota	Mats Zuccarello · Joel Eriksson Ek · Kirill Kaprizov · Quinn Hughes · Matt Boldy	3:08	61.0%	6:37	0.473
7	OTT Ottawa	Drake Batherson · Brady Tkachuk · Dylan Cozens · Jake Sanderson · Tim Stützle	2:41	50.2%	5:42	0.471
8	PIT Pittsburgh	Evgeni Malkin · Sidney Crosby · Erik Karlsson · Bryan Rust · Rickard Rakell	2:47	61.6%	6:03	0.460
9	UTA Utah	Nick Schmaltz · Clayton Keller · Mikhail Sergachev · Dylan Guenther · Logan Cooley	2:46	61.1%	6:16	0.442
10	NSH Nashville	Steven Stamkos · Roman Josi · Ryan O'Reilly · Jonathan Marchessault · Filip Forsberg	2:31	54.0%	5:53	0.427
11	BOS Boston	Elias Lindholm · David Pastrnak · Pavel Zacha · Charlie McAvoy · Morgan Geekie	2:24	54.0%	5:38	0.425
12	COL Colorado	Nazem Kadri · Brock Nelson · Nathan MacKinnon · Martin Necas · Cale Makar	3:10	61.9%	7:39	0.415
13	BUF Buffalo	Jason Zucker · Tage Thompson · Josh Norris · Rasmus Dahlin · Josh Doan	2:57	57.2%	7:09	0.413
14	ANA Anaheim	Chris Kreider · Mikael Granlund · Troy Terry · Jackson LaCombe · Leo Carlsson	2:46	53.3%	6:50	0.404
15	TBL Tampa Bay	Nikita Kucherov · Jake Guentzel · Oliver Bjorkstrand · Brayden Point · Darren Raddysh	2:55	57.3%	7:41	0.379
16	WPG Winnipeg	Mark Scheifele · Josh Morrissey · Kyle Connor · Gabriel Vilardi · Cole Perfetti	2:46	59.2%	7:20	0.378
17	DET Detroit	Patrick Kane · Dylan Larkin · Alex DeBrincat · Moritz Seider · Lucas Raymond	2:38	54.0%	7:12	0.366
18	CAR Carolina	Shayne Gostisbehere · Nikolaj Ehlers · Sebastian Aho · Andrei Svechnikov · Seth Jarvis	2:16	45.7%	6:17	0.361
19	VAN Vancouver	Brock Boeser · Jake DeBrusk · Filip Hronek · Elias Pettersson · Marco Rossi	2:31	55.3%	7:07	0.354
20	NJD New Jersey	Dougie Hamilton · Connor Brown · Jesper Bratt · Nico Hischier · Jack Hughes	2:24	57.5%	6:56	0.346
21	FLA Florida	Brad Marchand · Carter Verhaeghe · Seth Jones · Sam Reinhart · Anton Lundell	2:51	54.9%	8:21	0.341
22	SJS San Jose	Dmitry Orlov · Tyler Toffoli · Alexander Wennberg · Will Smith · Macklin Celebrini	2:50	57.4%	8:38	0.329
23	CHI Chicago	Teuvo Teravainen · Tyler Bertuzzi · Frank Nazar · Sam Rinzel · Connor Bedard	2:45	59.2%	8:41	0.317
24	CBJ Columbus	Charlie Coyle · Zach Werenski · Mason Marchment · Kirill Marchenko · Adam Fantilli	2:27	61.6%	8:22	0.293
25	SEA Seattle	Jordan Eberle · Chandler Stephenson · Jared McCann · Vince Dunn · Matty Beniers	2:23	55.6%	8:08	0.293
26	TOR Toronto	John Tavares · Morgan Rielly · William Nylander · Auston Matthews · Matthew Knies	2:10	53.6%	7:24	0.293
27	LAK Los Angeles	Anze Kopitar · Adrian Kempe · Artemi Panarin · Alex Laferriere · Brandt Clarke	2:22	53.0%	8:46	0.271
28	NYI New York	Kyle Palmieri · Jonathan Drouin · Bo Horvat · Mathew Barzal · Matthew Schaefer	2:42	56.2%	10:03	0.268
29	CGY Calgary	Nazem Kadri · Jonathan Huberdeau · Rasmus Andersson · Morgan Frost · Matt Coronato	2:13	49.1%	9:06	0.244
30	WSH Washington	Alex Ovechkin · Tom Wilson · Dylan Strome · Jakob Chychrun · Ryan Leonard	2:26	50.7%	10:30	0.232

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