NHL penalty desk
NHL officials, indexed and scored.
Official profiles, penalty tendencies, and team splits while the schedule pauses.
- Officials indexed
- 123
- Games logged
- 12,282
- Seasons
- Last 10 seasons
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Season highlights
Strong-confidence patterns first; thin samples sink to the bottom. Within each tier, ranked by effect size and sample depth.
- 60/62
- Refs mostly under
- Personal over rate < 50%
- 36.4%
- Games over benchmark
- 63.6% under · 50% = neutral
- 12,282
- Games analyzed
- 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26
Why it matters: Two different cuts of the same data: each ref's personal over rate asks whether they beat the 6.3 combined goals in most of their games; the league-wide share counts every game individually. A ref can lean over while many of their games still go under. This uses a fixed benchmark, not sportsbook pricing.
- 60/62
- Refs mostly under
- Personal over rate < 50%
- 36.4%
- Games over benchmark
- 63.6% under · 50% = neutral
- 12,282
- Games analyzed
- 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26
Why it matters: Two different cuts of the same data: each ref's personal over rate asks whether they beat the 6.3 combined goals in most of their games; the league-wide share counts every game individually. A ref can lean over while many of their games still go under. This uses a fixed benchmark, not sportsbook pricing.
60 of 62 officials (97%) finish under the 6.3 combined goals line in a majority of their own games (personal over rate below 50%). Across all 12,282 games, 36.4% cleared the benchmark and 63.6% went under.
- 14.8
- PIM per game
- -2.3 vs 17.7 league avg
- 35.3%
- Over benchmark
- 6.3 goals
- 442
- Sample
- Min 50 games
- 14.8
- PIM per game
- -2.3 vs 17.7 league avg
- 35.3%
- Over benchmark
- 6.3 goals
- 442
- Sample
- Min 50 games
Marc Joannette averages 14.8 PIM per game (-2.3 vs league) across 442 games, the largest whistle delta among 50+ game refs.
- 27.7%
- Over benchmark
- 65 games
- 5.2
- Avg combined total
- -0.9 vs league
- 22.3 pts
- Delta vs 50%
- Leans under
- 27.7%
- Over benchmark
- 65 games
- 5.2
- Avg combined total
- -0.9 vs league
- 22.3 pts
- Delta vs 50%
- Leans under
27.7% of Mike Leggo's 65 games finish under 6.3 combined goals, 22.3 pts from a neutral 50% baseline.
- 7.2
- Minors per team
- -1.2 vs 8.3 league avg
- 27.7%
- Over benchmark
- 6.3 goals
- 65
- Sample
- Min 30 games
Why it matters: Minor penalty rate is descriptive game-management pattern from NHL logs. Not a live foul-trouble or power-play edge.
- 7.2
- Minors per team
- -1.2 vs 8.3 league avg
- 27.7%
- Over benchmark
- 6.3 goals
- 65
- Sample
- Min 30 games
Why it matters: Minor penalty rate is descriptive game-management pattern from NHL logs. Not a live foul-trouble or power-play edge.
Mike Leggo averages 7.2 two-minute minors per team per game (-1.2 vs league) across 65 games.
Historical tendencies only, with sample gates, confidence tiers, and transparent methodology. Not betting advice.
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