Habs Sin Bin statistics: A closer look at who took and drew the most penalties in 2016-17

Who took the most penalties last year? Who drew the most? And who had the best penalty differential? Time to find out.

At five-versus-five, the Montreal Canadiens took 215 penalties last season and drew 231. Their penalty differential of +16 was ninth-best in the league. Unfortunately, their power-play efficiency was 25th in the league, and they failed to gain much momentum in the opportunities presented. For reference, War-on-ice.com found that, on average, teams get 0.17 goals per penalty plus/minus, which roughly translates to one goal per six power-play or penalty-kill situations.

Drawing penalties is an underrated aspect of today's NHL, where every team fights for an inch, but are given a mile by certain players.