Size matters

And the biggest team in the NHL is ...

The Washington Capitals, surprise, surprise. They're one of just three teams with an average height over 6-foot-2 and they also tip the scales at an average of 209.4 pounds. Viktor Kozlov, Milan Jurcina, Donald Brashear and Jeff Schultz are all over 220, and they've dressed just three players under 200 pounds this season so far.

The next biggest, in descending order, are San Jose, Tampa Bay, Toronto and Pittsburgh. The smallest teams are Detroit, New Jersey and Carolina — although Atlanta's the shortest of the bunch.

		Height
1	Washington	6'2.3
2	Tampa Bay	6'2.1
3	Toronto	6'2.0
4	San Jose	6'1.9
5	Calgary	6'1.7
6	Pittsburgh	6'1.6
7	Anaheim	6'1.5
8	Columbus	6'1.5
9	Florida	6'1.4
10	Boston	6'1.3
11	Edmonton	6'1.3
12	N.Y. Rangers	6'1.3
13	Ottawa	6'1.3
14	St. Louis	6'1.3
15	Minnesota	6'1.2
16	Philadelphia	6'1.2
17	Buffalo	6'1.0
18	Vancouver	6'1.0
19	Los Angeles	6'0.8
20	N.Y. Islanders	6'0.8
21	Phoenix	6'0.8
22	Dallas	6'0.7
23	Chicago	6'0.6
24	Nashville	6'0.6
25	Carolina	6'0.4
26	Colorado	6'0.4
27	Montreal	6'0.4
28	New Jersey	6'0.4
29	Detroit	6'0.1
30	Atlanta	5'11.8
	NHL avg.	6'1.1

		Weight
1	San Jose	215.2
2	Ottawa	210.4
3	Washington	209.4
4	Tampa Bay	208.5
5	Toronto	208.2
6	Pittsburgh	208.2
7	Edmonton	208.1
8	N.Y. Rangers	207.5
9	Florida	207.4
10	Columbus	205.8
11	Anaheim	204.7
12	St. Louis	204.5
13	Minnesota	204.4
14	Los Angeles	204.1
15	N.Y. Islanders	203.9
16	Calgary	203.7
17	Atlanta	203.1
18	Buffalo	203.0
19	Philadelphia	203.0
20	Boston	202.5
21	Phoenix	202.5
22	Colorado	202.2
23	Montreal	202.0
24	Chicago	200.5
25	Dallas	200.5
26	Nashville	200.1
27	Carolina	200.0
28	New Jersey	199.7
29	Vancouver	199.5
30	Detroit	198.7
	NHL avg.	204.4

		Size rank
1	Washington	2
2	San Jose	2.5
3	Tampa Bay	3
4	Toronto	4
5	Pittsburgh	6
6	Ottawa	7.5
7	Anaheim	9
8	Columbus	9
9	Edmonton	9
10	Florida	9
11	N.Y. Rangers	10
12	Calgary	10.5
13	St. Louis	13
14	Minnesota	14
15	Boston	15
16	Los Angeles	16.5
17	Buffalo	17.5
18	N.Y. Islanders	17.5
19	Philadelphia	17.5
20	Phoenix	21
21	Atlanta	23.5
22	Chicago	23.5
23	Dallas	23.5
24	Vancouver	23.5
25	Colorado	24
26	Montreal	25
27	Nashville	25
28	Carolina	26
29	New Jersey	28
30	Detroit	29.5