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NHL Shots Allowed Per Game 2017-18

Shots on goal every NHL team allows per game, over the season, the last 10 games, at home and on the road, plus the shots it puts on opposing goalies and the saves they make: the base rates for shots and saves props.

New York Islanders leads NHL teams with 35.6 shots on goal allowed per game in 2017-18, 0.2 more than New York Rangers.

Updated Oct 20, 6:06 PM ET after WSH 4, VGK 3 (Jun 7)

Most and fewest shots allowed per game, 2017-18

Do shots allowed repeat?

Yes, more than most team numbers. Odd games against even games correlated 0.78 on average from 2017-18 to 2025-26, and one season's shots allowed predicted the next at r = 0.55.

Against the market

We tested defense vs position on 3,231 shots-on-goal props from 196 games in 2025-26 (closing lines, several US books). The opponent's shots allowed to the player's position, before the game, correlated 0.03 with the result against the line. Against the softest matchups overs hit 51.0% with the market at 50.7% (478 props); against the toughest, 46.8% against 50.2% (530). That is within noise of the prices, and smaller than the vig.

Saves props: books set the line from the same shot volume. We have stored saves prices only since October 2026, too few to grade yet. Our shots model against the books, live: model vs market.

Every team, 2017-18

NHL Shots Allowed Per Game 2017-18: season, last 10, home, away, shots for and goalie saves
#	Team	GP	Shots allowed / GP	Last 10	Home	Away	Shots for / GP	Opp. goalie saves / GP	Own saves / GP	Blocks / GP
1	New York Islanders	82	35.6	34.7	35.4	35.8	31.3	28.2	32.0	15.4
2	New York Rangers	82	35.3	37.4	33.2	37.4	30.8	28.2	32.1	15.0
3	Florida Panthers	82	34.6	34.5	35.7	33.5	34.3	31.4	31.7	14.3
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	33.9	31.9	34.6	33.1	32.0	28.9	31.0	13.5
5	Colorado Avalanche	82	33.3	35.3	33.4	33.2	29.4	26.5	30.4	15.8
6	Anaheim Ducks	82	33.1	29.4	33.1	33.1	30.1	27.4	30.6	15.0
7	Ottawa Senators	82	33.1	30.8	32.9	33.3	30.6	28.0	29.6	16.3
8	Chicago Blackhawks	82	32.9	35.6	33.3	32.5	33.9	31.3	29.8	14.6
9	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	32.7	33.0	31.3	34.2	32.6	29.1	29.9	13.7
10	Buffalo Sabres	82	32.7	31.4	32.8	32.6	31.0	28.8	29.3	13.2
11	Nashville Predators	82	32.4	33.2	31.4	33.4	32.1	29.0	29.9	14.7
12	Montreal Canadiens	82	32.3	32.5	31.9	32.8	32.7	30.2	29.2	16.5
13	Arizona Coyotes	82	32.2	33.5	31.2	33.2	29.8	27.4	29.2	–
14	Vancouver Canucks	82	32.2	30.6	32.2	32.2	30.0	27.4	29.1	14.0
15	Edmonton Oilers	82	32.1	32.3	33.1	31.1	33.3	30.6	28.9	15.5
16	New Jersey Devils	82	31.9	31.1	29.3	34.5	31.6	28.7	29.0	14.3
17	Detroit Red Wings	82	31.9	31.3	30.9	32.8	30.3	27.8	28.8	14.2
18	Winnipeg Jets	82	31.9	31.4	29.4	34.3	32.1	28.9	29.2	15.1
19	Washington Capitals	82	31.9	31.2	30.2	33.6	28.8	25.9	29.0	14.9
20	Minnesota Wild	82	31.3	28.4	29.8	32.9	29.9	27.2	28.5	15.8
21	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	31.3	32.0	31.4	31.2	33.5	30.8	28.5	14.9
22	Calgary Flames	82	31.1	27.7	29.3	33.0	33.6	31.0	28.2	13.4
23	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	31.1	33.1	31.6	30.6	34.3	31.1	28.1	14.4
24	Los Angeles Kings	82	30.9	27.3	29.4	32.5	30.9	28.1	28.5	14.6
25	Vegas Golden Knights	82	30.7	30.9	29.8	31.6	32.6	29.5	28.0	14.4
26	San Jose Sharks	82	30.3	29.6	28.3	32.4	32.8	29.9	27.6	16.8
27	Philadelphia Flyers	82	29.9	29.3	28.9	30.9	31.9	29.1	27.0	15.0
28	Dallas Stars	82	29.8	30.8	31.2	28.4	31.1	28.4	27.1	15.5
29	St. Louis Blues	82	29.7	27.8	28.1	31.3	32.5	29.9	27.0	15.6
30	Boston Bruins	82	29.2	30.7	28.6	29.9	32.7	29.7	26.7	13.1
31	Carolina Hurricanes	82	28.9	30.8	28.6	29.1	33.8	31.2	25.8	12.3

Regular season, from NHL boxscores. Wingers are left and right wings together. Blocks: NHL stats team report.

What shots allowed per game measures

Shots on goal the opponent took per game (shots against), the shots a team puts on the opposing goalie (which are the saves he can make, plus goals), and the saves opposing goalies made. These come from NHL boxscores, regular season only, with home, away and last-10 splits.

Shots allowed are one of the steadier team numbers in hockey: odd and even games correlate at about 0.78, and one season predicts the next at 0.55. Ten-game windows are much noisier than the season line.

For goalie saves props, the opponent's shots per game is the base rate, and teams that take lots of shots give goalies more chances at an over. Books already set saves lines from shot volume, so a high shots-allowed number is a reason to look, not a bet on its own. We do not yet have enough stored saves prices to test it after the vig.

Frequently asked questions

Which NHL team allows the most shots per game in 2017-18?

New York Islanders allows the most, 35.6 shots on goal per game through Jun 7.

Which team allows the fewest shots on goal?

Carolina Hurricanes allows the fewest, 28.9 per game.

Do shots allowed help with goalie saves props?

They set the base rate: an opposing goalie faces the shots a team takes. Shots allowed repeat well (split-half r about 0.78), but books set saves lines from the same numbers, and we do not yet have enough stored saves prices to show an after-vig result.