Penguins dominating on special teams; Sabres...aren’t

Bit of a slow day in hockey news, so here are the combined special-teams rates (power play plus penalty kill) for all 30 teams:

	Team	PP%	PK%	PP% + PK%
1	PITTSBURGH	32.8	87.9	120.7
2	CHICAGO	17.8	92.3	110.1
3	WASHINGTON	25.9	80.7	106.6
4	DETROIT	17.6	88.5	106.1
5	SAN JOSE	22.6	83.3	105.9
6	TAMPA BAY	23.8	81.4	105.2
7	ST LOUIS	26.2	78.6	104.8
8	TORONTO	20.6	84.1	104.7
9	VANCOUVER	18.0	85.7	103.7
10	OTTAWA	18.2	83.6	101.8
11	COLORADO	13.4	88.2	101.6
12	COLUMBUS	24.6	76.2	100.8
13	BOSTON	22.0	78.0	100.0
14	ANAHEIM	18.5	81.4	99.9
15	CALGARY	22.0	77.8	99.8
16	CAROLINA	19.0	80.4	99.4
17	LOS ANGELES	14.0	85.1	99.1
18	MINNESOTA	9.3	89.3	98.6
19	MONTREAL	13.0	84.6	97.6
20	WINNIPEG	9.7	87.7	97.4
21	ARIZONA	20.0	77.0	97.0
22	PHILADELPHIA	24.6	71.2	95.8
23	DALLAS	15.9	79.7	95.6
24	FLORIDA	15.7	79.7	95.4
25	EDMONTON	13.8	81.2	95.0
26	NY RANGERS	14.3	80.4	94.7
27	NY ISLANDERS	19.1	73.7	92.8
28	NEW JERSEY	18.6	70.0	88.6
29	NASHVILLE	13.7	72.1	85.8
30	BUFFALO	7.0	78.4	85.4

Notes:

--- Hard to see Pittsburgh staying at such a high level all season, but a pretty impressive start on both the PP and PK. In 2013-14, the highest combined rate also belonged to Pittsburgh, at 108.4.

--- The Predators’ special-teams issues are a bit of a surprise given their 11-4-2 start to the season. How to explain it? Easy: Nashville’s been the best five-on-five scoring team in the league, with a goals ratio of 1.74. The Penguins, by the way, are second in that category (1.62), while the Sabres (0.49) are last.

--- The Wild have the best penalty kill, which is very good (2nd in NHL), when compared to their power play, which is very poor (29th).

--- The Flyers have the best power power, which is very good (5th), when compared to their penalty kill, which is very poor (29th).