NHL Projected Penalty Minutes - Rest of Season - Rest of Season
Penalty minutes are an often-overlooked fantasy category. Our PIM projections identify which players are most likely to spend time in the box this season. Physical players, enforcers, and agitators in heated matchups offer the best PIM upside.
Season Outlook: Mar 1 through Apr 17, 2026
Sunday, March 1, 2026
Updated: 7:45 AM UTC(hourly)
6 games • 776 players
What drives PIM? Penalty minutes come from minor penalties (2 min), major penalties (5 min), and fighting majors (5 min). Physical players and agitators accumulate PIM most consistently.
PIM factors
- Playing style: Enforcers and agitators take more penalties - Game context: Rivalry games and playoff races increase penalties - Opponent: Playing against physical teams creates more scrums - Role: 4th liners often have higher PIM rates
Strategic value
PIM is highly unpredictable but can be targeted in specific matchups. Physical games between rivals produce the most penalty minutes.
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Pro Tip: Rivalry games produce 50%+ more penalty minutes. Target physical players in divisional matchups for PIM upside.
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Forward-looking projections only
ROS stats represent expected future production—they don't include any stats already accumulated this season.
Sorted by Projected Penalty Minutes
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| Player | Team | Pos | Rost% | PIM ↓ | G | A | PTS | SOG | HIT | BLK | PPG | PPA | PPP | SHG | SHA | FOW | FOL | TK | GV | +/- | TOI | SFT | FPTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nikita Zadorov | BOS | D | 42.2% | 43.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 7.00 | 27.00 | 57.00 | 33.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 499.00 | 603.00 | 100.00 |
Arber Xhekaj | MON | D | 11.6% | 38.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 14.00 | 60.00 | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -3.00 | 250.00 | 316.00 | 25.00 |
Mark Kastelic | BOS | C | 21.1% | 37.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 7.00 | 29.00 | 63.00 | 19.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 101.00 | 67.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 304.00 | 430.00 | 85.00 |
Logan Stanley | WPG | D | 24.2% | 36.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 8.00 | 27.00 | 40.00 | 29.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -2.00 | 405.00 | 483.00 | 92.00 |
Ross Johnston | ANA | LW | 4.9% | 33.00 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 13.00 | 73.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 234.00 | 327.00 | 44.00 |
Scott Sabourin | TB | RW | 0.2% | 33.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 15.00 | 34.00 | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 175.00 | 249.00 | 55.00 |
Adam Klapka | CGY | RW | 13.1% | 33.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 24.00 | 90.00 | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00 | 255.00 | 355.00 | 61.00 |
Donovan Sebrango | FLA | D | 0.0% | 31.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 14.00 | 32.00 | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -4.00 | 278.00 | 381.00 | 31.00 |
A.J. Greer | FLA | LW | 12.4% | 30.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 | 30.00 | 58.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 269.00 | 383.00 | 82.00 |
Evander Kane | VAN | LW | 44.4% | 27.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 10.00 | 56.00 | 39.00 | 9.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -7.00 | 386.00 | 462.00 | 98.00 |
Josh Manson | COL | D | 49.3% | 26.00 | 2.00 | 9.00 | 11.00 | 38.00 | 56.00 | 33.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.00 | 435.00 | 574.00 | 150.00 |
Darnell Nurse | EDM | D | 74.5% | 26.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 7.00 | 45.00 | 29.00 | 47.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -4.00 | 437.00 | 520.00 | 113.00 |
Michael McCarron | NSH | C | 10.0% | 25.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 34.00 | 64.00 | 23.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 167.00 | 150.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -5.00 | 334.00 | 454.00 | 66.00 |
Mathieu Olivier | CLB | RW | 24.9% | 25.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 9.00 | 31.00 | 85.00 | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 332.00 | 428.00 | 96.00 |
Vincent Desharnais | SJ | D | 0.2% | 24.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 17.00 | 41.00 | 40.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 401.00 | 480.00 | 71.00 |
Sam Bennett | FLA | C | 86.6% | 23.00 | 8.00 | 10.00 | 17.00 | 59.00 | 40.00 | 9.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 161.00 | 174.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -4.00 | 425.00 | 519.00 | 148.00 |
Garnet Hathaway | PHI | RW | 5.7% | 23.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 9.00 | 85.00 | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -3.00 | 224.00 | 332.00 | 22.00 |
Scott Mayfield | NYI | D | 3.3% | 23.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 18.00 | 21.00 | 26.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00 | 384.00 | 504.00 | 53.00 |
Jeremy Lauzon | LV | D | 24.5% | 23.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 22.00 | 86.00 | 36.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 388.00 | 519.00 | 74.00 |
Tyler Tucker | STL | D | 6.4% | 23.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 24.00 | 33.00 | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -2.00 | 313.00 | 423.00 | 59.00 |
Curtis Douglas | TB | C | 0.1% | 23.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 6.00 | 11.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 60.00 | 91.00 | 12.00 |
Martin Pospisil | CGY | LW | 12.8% | 23.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 7.00 | 35.00 | 83.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00 | 281.00 | 415.00 | 70.00 |
Tom Wilson | WAS | RW | 94.8% | 22.00 | 9.00 | 10.00 | 18.00 | 41.00 | 49.00 | 13.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 | 369.00 | 442.00 | 165.00 |
Matthew Tkachuk | FLA | RW | 94.0% | 22.00 | 10.00 | 14.00 | 24.00 | 74.00 | 32.00 | 6.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -3.00 | 411.00 | 477.00 | 208.00 |
Ryan Lomberg | CGY | LW | 0.2% | 22.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 22.00 | 54.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 204.00 | 291.00 | 45.00 |
Michael Kesselring | BUF | D | 12.8% | 22.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 28.00 | 17.00 | 27.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -2.00 | 300.00 | 399.00 | 58.00 |
Charle-Edouard D'Astous | TB | D | 15.3% | 22.00 | 2.00 | 8.00 | 10.00 | 27.00 | 28.00 | 23.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 442.00 | 546.00 | 91.00 |
Ridly Greig | OTT | C | 23.0% | 21.00 | 4.00 | 7.00 | 10.00 | 37.00 | 28.00 | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 81.00 | 77.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 367.00 | 543.00 | 106.00 |
Dmitri Voronkov | CLB | LW | 63.5% | 21.00 | 7.00 | 6.00 | 13.00 | 44.00 | 40.00 | 11.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00 | 347.00 | 445.00 | 124.00 |
Corey Perry | LA | RW | 18.0% | 20.00 | 5.00 | 8.00 | 13.00 | 37.00 | 8.00 | 7.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 315.00 | 362.00 | 112.00 |
Nicolas Deslauriers | PHI | LW | 0.1% | 20.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 13.00 | 75.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -3.00 | 182.00 | 249.00 | 19.00 |
Nick Cousins | OTT | LW | 4.0% | 20.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 6.00 | 22.00 | 48.00 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 252.00 | 389.00 | 70.00 |
Brady Tkachuk | OTT | LW | 98.3% | 20.00 | 9.00 | 13.00 | 22.00 | 85.00 | 60.00 | 6.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 57.00 | 41.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -2.00 | 375.00 | 523.00 | 199.00 |
Jacob Middleton | MIN | D | 12.6% | 20.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 17.00 | 29.00 | 31.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 377.00 | 457.00 | 71.00 |
Peyton Krebs | BUF | C | 17.1% | 20.00 | 3.00 | 7.00 | 10.00 | 25.00 | 49.00 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 62.00 | 79.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 302.00 | 407.00 | 87.00 |
Zachary L'Heureux | NSH | LW | 11.2% | 20.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 7.00 | 31.00 | 73.00 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -2.00 | 266.00 | 374.00 | 66.00 |
Jack McBain | UTA | C | 20.1% | 20.00 | 2.00 | 6.00 | 9.00 | 32.00 | 77.00 | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 117.00 | 112.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 324.00 | 468.00 | 90.00 |
Simon Edvinsson | DET | D | 59.9% | 20.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 7.00 | 25.00 | 28.00 | 47.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 475.00 | 575.00 | 109.00 |
Hampus Lindholm | BOS | D | 18.9% | 19.00 | 2.00 | 7.00 | 9.00 | 35.00 | 4.00 | 39.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -4.00 | 485.00 | 598.00 | 108.00 |
Marcus Foligno | MIN | LW | 7.6% | 19.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 24.00 | 67.00 | 18.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -5.00 | 273.00 | 330.00 | 57.00 |
Evgeni Malkin | PIT | C | 86.9% | 19.00 | 7.00 | 18.00 | 25.00 | 60.00 | 9.00 | 8.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 54.00 | 65.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 404.00 | 454.00 | 209.00 |
Rasmus Andersson | LV | D | 95.8% | 19.00 | 4.00 | 9.00 | 14.00 | 54.00 | 12.00 | 44.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 549.00 | 762.00 | 167.00 |
MacKenzie Weegar | CGY | D | 86.9% | 19.00 | 1.00 | 8.00 | 9.00 | 52.00 | 54.00 | 56.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -13.00 | 556.00 | 764.00 | 119.00 |
Adrian Kempe | LA | RW | 98.7% | 19.00 | 8.00 | 11.00 | 19.00 | 64.00 | 42.00 | 13.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 35.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 444.00 | 493.00 | 176.00 |
Marcus Pettersson | VAN | D | 7.9% | 19.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 19.00 | 21.00 | 39.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -2.00 | 487.00 | 579.00 | 71.00 |
Erik Cernak | TB | D | 7.5% | 19.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 20.00 | 45.00 | 41.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 421.00 | 578.00 | 82.00 |
Mason Marchment | CLB | LW | 44.9% | 19.00 | 7.00 | 8.00 | 15.00 | 37.00 | 27.00 | 8.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 398.00 | 474.00 | 125.00 |
Lian Bichsel | DAL | D | 26.6% | 19.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 10.00 | 74.00 | 21.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 343.00 | 431.00 | 49.00 |
Sam Carrick | NYR | C | 3.3% | 18.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 23.00 | 32.00 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 83.00 | 71.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00 | 242.00 | 348.00 | 49.00 |
Charlie McAvoy | BOS | D | 95.4% | 18.00 | 2.00 | 17.00 | 19.00 | 31.00 | 26.00 | 42.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 531.00 | 610.00 | 171.00 |
K'Andre Miller | CAR | D | 56.2% | 18.00 | 2.00 | 9.00 | 11.00 | 37.00 | 30.00 | 24.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 495.00 | 597.00 | 105.00 |
Tanner Jeannot | BOS | LW | 13.3% | 18.00 | 2.00 | 6.00 | 9.00 | 25.00 | 68.00 | 18.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 292.00 | 388.00 | 83.00 |
Jeffrey Viel | ANA | LW | 0.2% | 18.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 34.00 | 61.00 | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00 | 282.00 | 385.00 | 65.00 |
Matvei Michkov | PHI | RW | 75.0% | 18.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 12.00 | 49.00 | 9.00 | 7.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -3.00 | 336.00 | 452.00 | 112.00 |
Mikko Rantanen | DAL | RW | 99.8% | 17.00 | 5.00 | 13.00 | 18.00 | 32.00 | 10.00 | 7.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 283.00 | 297.00 | 135.00 |
Aaron Ekblad | FLA | D | 63.4% | 17.00 | 1.00 | 7.00 | 9.00 | 32.00 | 29.00 | 36.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -4.00 | 517.00 | 640.00 | 96.00 |
Travis Hamonic | DET | D | 0.1% | 17.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 17.00 | 23.00 | 34.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -8.00 | 304.00 | 428.00 | 41.00 |
Brayden Schenn | STL | C | 28.8% | 17.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 10.00 | 33.00 | 52.00 | 10.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 136.00 | 116.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -10.00 | 384.00 | 498.00 | 72.00 |
Yanni Gourde | TB | C | 8.9% | 17.00 | 3.00 | 6.00 | 9.00 | 35.00 | 34.00 | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 118.00 | 143.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 398.00 | 504.00 | 86.00 |
Brandon Duhaime | WAS | LW | 3.3% | 17.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 14.00 | 40.00 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00 | 221.00 | 332.00 | 33.00 |
Connor Murphy | CHI | D | 5.1% | 16.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 21.00 | 23.00 | 33.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -2.00 | 377.00 | 477.00 | 71.00 |
Brad Marchand | FLA | LW | 97.6% | 16.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 | 24.00 | 61.00 | 16.00 | 7.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -6.00 | 398.00 | 487.00 | 190.00 |
Josh Anderson | MON | RW | 5.9% | 16.00 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 8.00 | 27.00 | 41.00 | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -3.00 | 316.00 | 407.00 | 75.00 |
Vincent Trocheck | NYR | C | 88.9% | 16.00 | 6.00 | 13.00 | 18.00 | 40.00 | 68.00 | 17.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 206.00 | 158.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -8.00 | 464.00 | 545.00 | 133.00 |
Tyler Myers | VAN | D | 9.7% | 16.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 28.00 | 26.00 | 37.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -10.00 | 464.00 | 572.00 | 56.00 |
Sean Walker | CAR | D | 26.8% | 16.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 48.00 | 38.00 | 35.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -2.00 | 510.00 | 632.00 | 101.00 |
Connor Clifton | PIT | D | 8.5% | 16.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 17.00 | 94.00 | 36.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 375.00 | 434.00 | 71.00 |
Jonathan Aspirot | BOS | D | 5.6% | 16.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 13.00 | 35.00 | 27.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 | 368.00 | 488.00 | 86.00 |
Brayden Pachal | CGY | D | 3.2% | 16.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 13.00 | 42.00 | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00 | 224.00 | 338.00 | 33.00 |
Connor Bedard | CHI | C | 99.7% | 16.00 | 12.00 | 15.00 | 26.00 | 72.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 76.00 | 86.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00 | 462.00 | 498.00 | 215.00 |
Dougie Hamilton | NJ | D | 83.5% | 15.00 | 3.00 | 6.00 | 9.00 | 58.00 | 22.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -2.00 | 455.00 | 542.00 | 117.00 |
Gabriel Landeskog | COL | LW | 55.3% | 15.00 | 4.00 | 9.00 | 13.00 | 48.00 | 34.00 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 55.00 | 33.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 369.00 | 455.00 | 134.00 |
Erik Haula | NSH | C | 14.3% | 15.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 | 12.00 | 35.00 | 30.00 | 14.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 137.00 | 131.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -6.00 | 380.00 | 507.00 | 97.00 |
Brandon Montour | SEA | D | 89.3% | 15.00 | 4.00 | 9.00 | 13.00 | 55.00 | 27.00 | 30.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -2.00 | 489.00 | 529.00 | 140.00 |
Jakob Chychrun | WAS | D | 97.5% | 15.00 | 7.00 | 9.00 | 16.00 | 64.00 | 16.00 | 28.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 473.00 | 452.00 | 191.00 |
Vince Dunn | SEA | D | 83.7% | 15.00 | 3.00 | 11.00 | 14.00 | 49.00 | 7.00 | 24.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -8.00 | 510.00 | 559.00 | 130.00 |
Ilya Lyubushkin | DAL | D | 0.2% | 15.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 13.00 | 31.00 | 38.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00 | 356.00 | 449.00 | 66.00 |
Ryan Lindgren | SEA | D | 4.1% | 15.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 15.00 | 14.00 | 39.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 426.00 | 528.00 | 82.00 |
Kirby Dach | MON | C | 21.3% | 15.00 | 6.00 | 5.00 | 11.00 | 31.00 | 29.00 | 19.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 42.00 | 60.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -2.00 | 317.00 | 390.00 | 105.00 |
Niko Mikkola | FLA | D | 8.2% | 15.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 21.00 | 38.00 | 27.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 469.00 | 612.00 | 65.00 |
Cole Smith | NSH | LW | 3.2% | 15.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 6.00 | 29.00 | 64.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -3.00 | 319.00 | 437.00 | 56.00 |
Josh Dunne | BUF | C | 0.0% | 15.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 18.00 | 24.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 34.00 | 31.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -3.00 | 198.00 | 282.00 | 31.00 |
Brandt Clarke | LA | D | 84.5% | 15.00 | 3.00 | 9.00 | 12.00 | 45.00 | 10.00 | 44.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 445.00 | 512.00 | 147.00 |
Jeff Malott | LA | LW | 3.2% | 15.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 21.00 | 68.00 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -4.00 | 201.00 | 271.00 | 41.00 |
Samuel Helenius | LA | C | 4.8% | 15.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 15.00 | 54.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 51.00 | 63.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00 | 173.00 | 230.00 | 38.00 |
Emil Martinsen Lilleberg | TB | D | 7.3% | 15.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 9.00 | 23.00 | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 239.00 | 311.00 | 43.00 |
Artyom Levshunov | CHI | D | 48.0% | 15.00 | 1.00 | 8.00 | 9.00 | 28.00 | 27.00 | 22.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -12.00 | 424.00 | 467.00 | 69.00 |
Beckett Sennecke | ANA | RW | 75.1% | 15.00 | 8.00 | 12.00 | 20.00 | 55.00 | 28.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -2.00 | 417.00 | 523.00 | 155.00 |
Oliver Ekman-Larsson | TOR | D | 66.8% | 14.00 | 3.00 | 10.00 | 13.00 | 32.00 | 25.00 | 19.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -2.00 | 459.00 | 632.00 | 107.00 |
Evan Rodrigues | FLA | C | 20.7% | 14.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 11.00 | 56.00 | 23.00 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 132.00 | 146.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -5.00 | 399.00 | 510.00 | 105.00 |
Erik Gudbranson | CLB | D | 2.6% | 14.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 19.00 | 31.00 | 32.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 422.00 | 512.00 | 76.00 |
Luke Schenn | WPG | D | 7.4% | 14.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 16.00 | 72.00 | 28.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -5.00 | 317.00 | 421.00 | 49.00 |
Kevin Fiala | LA | LW | 78.4% | 14.00 | 7.00 | 9.00 | 16.00 | 60.00 | 16.00 | 10.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -5.00 | 440.00 | 460.00 | 149.00 |
Dylan DeMelo | WPG | D | 15.5% | 14.00 | 1.00 | 6.00 | 7.00 | 23.00 | 35.00 | 34.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 518.00 | 648.00 | 93.00 |
Ryan Reaves | SJ | RW | 0.5% | 14.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 12.00 | 77.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -6.00 | 192.00 | 265.00 | 15.00 |
Dmitry Orlov | SJ | D | 36.2% | 14.00 | 1.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 24.00 | 37.00 | 25.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -5.00 | 535.00 | 589.00 | 88.00 |
Nathan Walker | STL | LW | 6.6% | 14.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 20.00 | 86.00 | 17.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 29.00 | 25.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -2.00 | 272.00 | 379.00 | 61.00 |
Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | D | 99.2% | 14.00 | 4.00 | 14.00 | 18.00 | 56.00 | 20.00 | 27.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00 | 517.00 | 578.00 | 169.00 |
Andrei Svechnikov | CAR | LW | 92.7% | 14.00 | 8.00 | 12.00 | 20.00 | 61.00 | 40.00 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 391.00 | 466.00 | 179.00 |
Kiefer Sherwood | SJ | RW | 71.6% | 14.00 | 9.00 | 3.00 | 12.00 | 60.00 | 116.00 | 12.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -6.00 | 420.00 | 526.00 | 129.00 |
Physical Matchups This season
Rivalry games and playoff races produce more penalty minutes. Check This Season's schedule for high-intensity matchups.
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Frequently Asked Questions
We analyze historical PIM rates, opponent physicality, game context (rivalry, intensity), player reputation, and referee assignment tendencies to project PIM for this season.
Enforcers and agitators like Ryan Reaves, Tom Wilson, and physical defensemen consistently lead in PIM. Fighting majors significantly boost PIM totals.
PIM is high-variance and unpredictable, but in category leagues, targeting physical players in rivalry games can provide an edge. It's best used as a tiebreaker category.
Some stars like Tom Wilson combine elite production with high PIM. Most stars, however, avoid penalties to stay on the ice and contribute offensively.
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