Penalties taken per 60 is penalties committed per 60 minutes. Lower usually means the team puts itself short-handed less often. Below are all 32 NHL teams ranked by Regular Season Penalties Taken Per 60 in the 2002-03 regular season.
| # | Team | PT/60 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.38 | ||
| 2 | 4.73 | ||
| 3 | 4.97 | ||
| 4 | 5.17 | ||
| 5 | 5.19 | ||
| 6 | 5.19 | ||
| 7 | 5.28 | ||
| 8 | 5.41 | ||
| 9 | 5.52 | ||
| 10 | 5.55 | ||
| 11 | 5.56 | ||
| 12 | 5.59 | ||
| 13 | 5.65 | ||
| 14 | 5.69 | ||
| 15 | 5.84 | ||
| 16 | 5.85 | ||
| 17 | 5.92 | ||
| 18 | 5.97 | ||
| 19 | 6.02 | ||
| 20 | 6.07 | ||
| 21 | 6.07 | ||
| 22 | 6.15 | ||
| 23 | 6.20 | ||
| 24 | 6.29 | ||
| 25 | 6.36 | ||
| 26 | 6.42 | ||
| 27 | 6.69 | ||
| 28 | 6.74 | ||
| 29 | 7.03 | ||
| 30 | 7.05 |