Top 10 Least Aggressive NHL Teams

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With 14 games to play in the NHL regular season along the Front Range, the Colorado Avalanche sit fourth in the Western Conference, having captured 85 points on a year-to-date record of 41-24-3, putting them one game back of the Las Vegas Golden Knights for third place in the conference standings.   

Colorado’s road to this point in the NHL season has seen them reach similar levels of success while toning down the violence inside Ball Arena, with the Avs’ ranking fourth in the 32-team league when it came to aggressiveness.  

BetColorado.com wanted to know what NHL teams are the least aggressive out of the league. We ranked teams based on total number of hits and fights from the 2024-25 season.  

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Top 10 Least Aggressive NHL Teams

Rank 

Team 

Average Ranking 

Carolina Hurricanes 

29.5 

 2 

Dallas Stars 

29 

 3 

Detroit Red Wings 

28.5 

 T4 

Edmonton Oilers 

26 

 T4 

Colorado Avalanche 

26 

 6 

Pittsburgh Penguins 

25.5 

Vegas Golden Knights 

24 

T8 

Tampa Bay Lightning 

22.5 

 T8 

Winnipeg Jets 

22.5 

 10 

Washington Capitals 

21.5 

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Where Avs’ Rank

With an average ranking of 26, Colorado currently sits in a tie with the Edmonton Oilers for fourth place leaguewide when it comes to teamwide aggressiveness, ranking behind teams like the Carolina Hurricanes (29.5 average ranking), Dallas Stars (29 average ranking) and Detroit Red Wings (28.5 average ranking).  

Leaguewide, Colorado’s aggressiveness metrics ranked ahead of teams like the Pittsburgh Penguins, who finished with an average ranking of 25.5, while the Golden Knights (24 average ranking), Tampa Bay Lightning and Winnipeg Jets (22.5 average ranking each) and the Washington Capitals (21.5 average ranking) rounded out the NHL top 10.  

For now, Colorado will spend the rest of the regular season looking to catch up with the Dallas Stars, who sit two points ahead of the Avs’ in the Central Division standings, while also trying to build on the +1000 Stanley Cup championship odds that the team currently holds on DraftKings Sportsbook Colorado as the league reaches its regular season home stretch.  

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Christopher Boan

Christopher Boan has been covering sports and sports betting for more than seven years, including stops at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.

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