Victor Hedman made the most assists by a defenseman in 2016-17, with 56 assists.

	NAME	A	SEASON	TM	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	56	2016-17	TBL	79	16	72	+3	47	4	29	0	0	5	2	166	9.6	0	0		93	132	39	73	24:31
2	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	54	2016-17	OTT	77	17	71	+10	28	4	23	0	2	5	1	218	7.8	0	0		67	201	59	106	26:50
3	Brent Burns B. Burns	47	2016-17	SJS	82	29	76	+19	40	8	17	0	1	6	3	320	9.1	0	0		69	142	53	153	24:52
4	Duncan Keith D. Keith	47	2016-17	CHI	80	6	53	+22	16	2	13	0	0	2	1	183	3.3	0	0		24	107	32	73	25:37
5	Torey Krug T. Krug	43	2016-17	BOS	81	8	51	-10	37	6	19	0	0	1	0	208	3.8	0	1	0.0	59	82	22	60	21:36
6	Kevin Shattenkirk K. Shattenkirk	43	2016-17	TOT	80	13	56	-7	47	8	19	0	0	2	0	161	8.1	0	0		88	95	36	40	19:56
7	Dustin Byfuglien D. Byfuglien	39	2016-17	WPG	80	13	52	+10	117	1	13	0	2	1	0	241	5.4	0	0		183	124	65	85	27:27
8	Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	39	2016-17	BUF	79	6	45	-9	58	1	24	0	1	2	2	186	3.2	0	0		195	161	25	59	26:28
9	Justin Schultz J. Schultz	39	2016-17	PIT	78	12	51	+27	34	3	17	0	0	1	0	154	7.8	0	0		67	116	22	37	20:27
10	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	37	2016-17	CGY	81	13	50	+12	64	2	12	0	1	5	1	222	5.9	0	0		68	94	17	52	19:41
11	Roman Josi R. Josi	37	2016-17	NSH	72	12	49	+7	18	7	11	0	1	1	0	217	5.5	0	0		54	119	16	41	25:04
12	John Klingberg J. Klingberg	36	2016-17	DAL	80	13	49	+2	34	4	13	0	0	3	0	124	10.5	1	1	100.0	42	117	40	99	23:21
13	Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	36	2016-17	NYR	77	6	42	+20	37	1	14	1	0	1	0	153	3.9	0	0		80	160	45	60	24:21
14	Brent Seabrook B. Seabrook	36	2016-17	CHI	79	3	39	+5	26	2	12	0	0	0	0	131	2.3	0	1	0.0	111	147	24	88	21:54
15	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	36	2016-17	CBJ	78	11	47	+17	14	4	17	0	0	1	1	188	5.9	0	0		41	90	27	40	20:55
16	Keith Yandle K. Yandle	36	2016-17	FLA	82	5	41	-6	39	2	16	0	1	0	0	178	2.8	0	0		28	76	24	76	22:02
17	Nick Leddy N. Leddy	35	2016-17	NYI	81	11	46	-3	12	3	12	0	0	1	0	137	8.0	0	0		77	109	26	48	22:43
18	Jake Gardiner J. Gardiner	34	2016-17	TOR	82	9	43	+24	34	2	11	0	0	2	2	127	7.1	0	0		69	83	44	79	21:32
19	Matt Niskanen M. Niskanen	34	2016-17	WSH	78	5	39	+20	32	1	8	0	1	2	0	154	3.2	0	0		147	93	36	67	22:11
20	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	34	2016-17	STL	80	14	48	+3	24	6	13	0	0	4	0	181	7.7	0	1	0.0	38	158	53	27	25:17
21	Brady Skjei B. Skjei	34	2016-17	NYR	80	5	39	+11	42	0	7	0	0	0	0	127	3.9	0	1	0.0	147	69	17	51	17:28
22	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	32	2016-17	LAK	82	12	44	+8	46	5	14	0	1	1	1	181	6.6	1	1	100.0	129	109	24	86	27:09
23	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	32	2016-17	PHI	76	7	39	-21	32	2	21	0	0	1	0	198	3.5	0	0		43	94	18	70	19:36
24	Nikita Zaitsev N. Zaitsev	32	2016-17	TOR	82	4	36	-22	38	1	11	0	1	0	0	106	3.8	0	0		176	136	33	58	22:01
25	Tyson Barrie T. Barrie	31	2016-17	COL	74	7	38	-34	18	1	9	0	0	2	0	182	3.8	0	0		32	75	22	51	23:18

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13

Hagel

20

Kucherov

+/-

+15

Guentzel

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.89

4th

GA/GP

2.95

11th

PP%

21.2

17th

PK%

71.7

25th

2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Canadiens	12	3	4	28	10
Lightning	13	4	2	28	17
Bruins	13	5	1	27	24
Senators	12	6	2	26	4
Panthers	11	7	2	24	5
Sabres	8	7	3	19	-12
Maple Leafs	8	11	2	18	-6
Red Wings	7	10	3	17	-9

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/14	DET	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Tue 11/17	WSH	@	TBL	7:30 PM
Thu 11/19	EDM	@	TBL	7:30 PM
Sun 11/22	BUF	@	TBL	5:00 PM
Wed 11/25	CAR	@	TBL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Lightning

13 - 4 - 2

Final

Blue Jackets

7 - 10 - 0

Thu 12 Nov 2026

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18

Draisaitl

17

Kaprizov

16

Gauthier

Assists Leaders

38

McDavid

24

Tkachuk

22

Hughes

Points Leaders

49

McDavid

37

Draisaitl

35

Kaprizov

Hits Leaders

108

Sherwood

94

Brandsegg-Nygård

91

Trenin

Blocks Leaders

55

Seider

51

Weegar

50

Seeler

Wins Leaders

13

Wallstedt

11

Kochetkov

10

Blackwood

Goals Against Leaders

1.52

Ullmark

1.67

Kochetkov

1.94

Wallstedt

Save Percentage Leaders

.938

Ullmark

.926

Fowler

.925

Wallstedt

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

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4.10

4.05

4.00

Goals Against Rankings

2.19

2.25

2.29

Power Play Rankings

36.8

36.5

33.3

Penalty Kill Rankings

89.7

89.5

88.3

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

14-5

14-7

13-7

10-7

Worst Record ATS

5-14

5-12

6-12

6-11

8-12

7-10

NHL 2026-27 Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	13	4	2	28	17
Canadiens	12	3	4	28	10
Bruins	13	5	1	27	24
Senators	12	6	2	26	4
Panthers	11	7	2	24	5
Sabres	8	7	3	19	-12
Maple Leafs	8	11	2	18	-6
Red Wings	7	10	3	17	-9
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	15	3	2	32	36
Devils	14	6	0	28	16
Rangers	11	8	1	23	3
Capitals	10	7	0	20	0
Islanders	7	6	4	18	-3
Penguins	7	10	2	16	-6
Flyers	5	10	6	16	-22
Blue Jackets	7	10	0	14	-12

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Wild	14	3	4	32	24
Predators	10	4	5	25	6
Avalanche	11	6	3	25	18
Stars	10	5	2	22	8
Mammoth	10	8	1	21	-2
Jets	8	8	3	19	-12
Blues	8	8	2	18	-2
Blackhawks	4	13	1	9	-37
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	14	3	3	31	23
Golden Knights	13	5	2	28	15
Ducks	10	8	1	21	1
Kraken	9	7	1	19	-3
Sharks	8	11	2	18	-21
Flames	8	10	1	17	-19
Kings	5	9	2	12	-10
Canucks	3	16	1	7	-34

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Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 10/14	MTL	@	WSH	4-5
Wed 10/14	DAL	@	COL	3-2
Thu 10/15	BUF	@	TOR	5-4
Thu 10/15	SEA	@	TBL	3-4
Thu 10/15	NYI	@	OTT	1-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 11/13	NYR	@	VAN	9:00 PM
Fri 11/13	NSH	@	VGK	10:00 PM
Sat 11/14	SEA	@	CAR	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	WPG	@	CHI	3:30 PM
Sat 11/14	COL	@	MTL	7:00 PM

Victor Hedman made the most assists by a defenseman in 2016-17, with 56 assists.

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