NHL Average Shots per Game between 1967/68 - 2009/10
Published November 15, 2008 | Last Updated June 20, 2010
Average number of shots taken in an NHL game by a team has been remarkably stable throughout the years. The charts below show a time series on the number of shots per game (How was this calculated?) for all skaters as well as forwards and defense separately. Regular season data is available since the 1967-68 season and playoff data since 1983-84 season.
NHL Average Shots Per Game
| 1967-68 | 30.294 | na | 1967-68 | 22.863 | na | 1967-68 | 7.431 | na |
| 1968-69 | 32.138 | na | 1968-69 | 23.918 | na | 1968-69 | 8.220 | na |
| 1969-70 | 32.759 | na | 1969-70 | 24.407 | na | 1969-70 | 8.352 | na |
| 1970-71 | 31.890 | na | 1970-71 | 23.810 | na | 1970-71 | 8.081 | na |
| 1971-72 | 30.989 | na | 1971-72 | 22.561 | na | 1971-72 | 8.428 | na |
| 1972-73 | 31.103 | na | 1972-73 | 22.990 | na | 1972-73 | 8.113 | na |
| 1973-74 | 30.310 | na | 1973-74 | 22.220 | na | 1973-74 | 8.091 | na |
| 1974-75 | 30.793 | na | 1974-75 | 22.751 | na | 1974-75 | 8.042 | na |
| 1975-76 | 30.603 | na | 1975-76 | 22.539 | na | 1975-76 | 8.064 | na |
| 1976-77 | 30.019 | na | 1976-77 | 21.831 | na | 1976-77 | 8.188 | na |
| 1977-78 | 29.287 | na | 1977-78 | 20.959 | na | 1977-78 | 8.328 | na |
| 1978-79 | 29.392 | na | 1978-79 | 21.012 | na | 1978-79 | 8.380 | na |
| 1979-80 | 29.396 | na | 1979-80 | 21.098 | na | 1979-80 | 8.298 | na |
| 1980-81 | 30.498 | na | 1980-81 | 21.723 | na | 1980-81 | 8.776 | na |
| 1981-82 | 31.066 | na | 1981-82 | 22.281 | na | 1981-82 | 8.785 | na |
| 1982-83 | 30.554 | na | 1982-83 | 21.714 | na | 1982-83 | 8.840 | na |
| 1983-84 | 30.598 | 30.057 | 1983-84 | 21.496 | 20.357 | 1983-84 | 9.101 | 9.700 |
| 1984-85 | 30.506 | 30.843 | 1984-85 | 21.376 | 21.293 | 1984-85 | 9.130 | 9.550 |
| 1985-86 | 31.053 | 29.931 | 1985-86 | 22.095 | 21.535 | 1985-86 | 8.958 | 8.396 |
| 1986-87 | 30.007 | 30.017 | 1986-87 | 21.398 | 20.885 | 1986-87 | 8.609 | 9.132 |
| 1987-88 | 30.440 | 27.845 | 1987-88 | 21.297 | 19.024 | 1987-88 | 9.143 | 8.821 |
| 1988-89 | 30.371 | 30.030 | 1988-89 | 21.743 | 21.085 | 1988-89 | 8.629 | 8.945 |
| 1989-90 | 30.265 | 29.335 | 1989-90 | 21.728 | 20.624 | 1989-90 | 8.538 | 8.712 |
| 1990-91 | 29.811 | 31.038 | 1990-91 | 21.100 | 21.841 | 1990-91 | 8.711 | 9.198 |
| 1991-92 | 30.505 | 30.058 | 1991-92 | 21.618 | 21.105 | 1991-92 | 8.886 | 8.953 |
| 1992-93 | 30.984 | 32.135 | 1992-93 | 21.998 | 22.629 | 1992-93 | 8.986 | 9.506 |
| 1993-94 | 30.298 | 30.522 | 1993-94 | 21.038 | 21.039 | 1993-94 | 9.260 | 9.483 |
| 1994-95 | 29.381 | 28.907 | 1994-95 | 20.603 | 19.784 | 1994-95 | 8.779 | 9.123 |
| 1995-96 | 30.255 | 31.163 | 1995-96 | 21.720 | 22.006 | 1995-96 | 8.534 | 9.157 |
| 1996-97 | 29.804 | 31.701 | 1996-97 | 21.574 | 22.543 | 1996-97 | 8.230 | 9.159 |
| 1997-98 | 27.341 | 28.677 | 1997-98 | 19.581 | 20.043 | 1997-98 | 7.759 | 8.634 |
| 1998-99 | 27.866 | 28.942 | 1998-99 | 20.163 | 20.913 | 1998-99 | 7.703 | 8.029 |
| 1999-00 | 27.975 | 27.801 | 1999-00 | 20.203 | 20.084 | 1999-00 | 7.772 | 7.717 |
| 2000-01 | 27.708 | 26.907 | 2000-01 | 19.973 | 19.215 | 2000-01 | 7.735 | 7.692 |
| 2001-02 | 27.582 | 27.844 | 2001-02 | 19.835 | 20.456 | 2001-02 | 7.747 | 7.389 |
| 2002-03 | 28.367 | 28.360 | 2002-03 | 20.631 | 20.781 | 2002-03 | 7.736 | 7.579 |
| 2003-04 | 28.052 | 27.393 | 2003-04 | 20.106 | 19.893 | 2003-04 | 7.946 | 7.500 |
| 2005-06 | 29.977 | 29.428 | 2005-06 | 22.237 | 22.030 | 2005-06 | 7.741 | 7.398 |
| 2006-07 | 29.583 | 29.790 | 2006-07 | 22.133 | 22.414 | 2006-07 | 7.450 | 7.377 |
| 2007-08 | 29.063 | 30.041 | 2007-08 | 21.643 | 23.188 | 2007-08 | 7.420 | 6.853 |
| 2008-09 | 30.202 | 30.977 | 2008-09 | 22.420 | 23.448 | 2008-09 | 7.782 | 7.529 |
| 2009-10 | 30.312 | 31.062 | 2009-10 | 22.648 | 23.185 | 2009-10 | 7.664 | 7.876 |
Forwards / Defense Ratio of Shots Taken
The next chart shows the ratio between the shots taken by forwards and defensemen. The ratio has been fairly stable over the years with forwards shooting roughly 2.5 - 3 times as often as the defense.
Shots per game is calculated by first dividing the total number of shots taken during the season by the total number of games played during that same season. In the last step, this ratio is divided by 2 to show the shots taken by a single team.
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