Mikko Rantanen had the highest plus/minus in 2020-21, at +30.

Interpreted as:

best plus minus by a player defender in NHL 2021

	NAME	+/-	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	+30	2020-21	COL	52	30	36	66	34	9	15	0	0	7	0	177	16.9	32	64	50.0	26	20	32	16	19:55
2	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	+29	2020-21	EDM	56	31	53	84	22	15	17	1	0	8	0	168	18.5	574	1,031	55.7	37	12	56	71	22:11
3	MacKenzie Weegar M. Weegar	+29	2020-21	FLA	54	6	30	36	45	0	3	0	2	1	0	101	5.9	0	0		118	83	44	52	22:07
4	Devon Toews D. Toews	+29	2020-21	COL	53	9	22	31	16	2	4	0	0	2	0	121	7.4	0	0		44	87	32	19	24:46
5	Joel Edmundson J. Edmundson	+28	2020-21	MTL	55	3	10	13	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	77	3.9	0	0		98	75	6	69	20:03
6	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	+28	2020-21	VGK	53	8	34	42	14	0	15	0	0	0	0	161	5.0	0	0		22	43	25	35	22:33
7	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	+27	2020-21	BOS	54	23	25	48	16	7	6	3	1	3	1	182	12.6	714	1,147	62.2	49	36	35	14	18:13
8	Anthony Duclair A. Duclair	+27	2020-21	FLA	43	10	22	32	18	1	1	0	1	1	0	104	9.6	0	2	0.0	32	9	11	15	15:41
9	Darnell Nurse D. Nurse	+27	2020-21	EDM	56	16	20	36	57	1	6	0	0	2	1	154	10.4	0	0		117	100	24	61	25:38
10	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	+26	2020-21	BOS	53	29	40	69	46	4	14	4	3	5	1	143	20.3	11	35	31.4	66	11	42	36	18:55
11	Alec Martinez A. Martinez	+26	2020-21	VGK	53	9	23	32	12	3	6	0	0	2	0	85	10.6	0	0		44	168	12	26	22:34
12	Ryan O'Reilly R. O'Reilly	+26	2020-21	STL	56	24	30	54	18	4	8	2	0	4	2	129	18.6	703	1,196	58.8	24	26	43	24	20:45
13	Mark Stone M. Stone	+26	2020-21	VGK	55	21	40	61	28	6	11	1	0	8	0	98	21.4	12	30	40.0	31	33	58	24	19:04
14	Martin Necas M. Necas	+25	2020-21	CAR	53	14	27	41	10	4	7	2	2	3	2	114	12.3	36	78	46.2	45	32	17	49	17:17
15	Carter Verhaeghe C. Verhaeghe	+24	2020-21	FLA	43	18	18	36	31	1	1	1	0	3	0	107	16.8	23	49	46.9	33	14	19	26	17:44
16	TJ Brodie	+23	2020-21	TOR	56	1	13	14	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	48	2.1	0	0		34	84	22	51	21:33
17	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	+22	2020-21	COL	48	20	45	65	37	8	17	0	0	2	0	206	9.7	239	493	48.5	38	15	16	29	20:22
18	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	+22	2020-21	DAL	56	25	26	51	16	13	8	0	0	4	0	139	18.0	362	696	52.0	64	39	17	20	19:01
19	Jaccob Slavin J. Slavin	+22	2020-21	CAR	52	3	12	15	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	101	3.0	0	0		35	87	24	30	22:59
20	Charlie McAvoy C. McAvoy	+22	2020-21	BOS	51	5	25	30	38	1	7	0	1	0	0	92	5.4	0	0		65	80	20	44	24:00
21	Carson Soucy C. Soucy	+22	2020-21	MIN	50	1	16	17	51	0	0	0	0	1	0	47	2.1	0	0		62	49	12	18	15:17
22	Chandler Stephenson C. Stephenson	+22	2020-21	VGK	51	14	21	35	29	2	3	1	1	5	0	83	16.9	375	744	50.4	43	35	23	10	18:06
23	Ian Cole I. Cole	+21	2020-21	TOT	54	1	7	8	32	0	0	0	0	1	0	30	3.3	0	0		38	94	10	24	15:53
24	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	+21	2020-21	TOR	52	41	25	66	10	10	3	0	0	12	2	222	18.5	450	867	51.9	57	47	47	53	21:33
25	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	+21	2020-21	EDM	56	33	72	105	20	9	28	0	0	11	2	200	16.5	316	638	49.5	61	24	36	47	22:09

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Team Leaders

40

MacKinnon

53

MacKinnon

+/-

+48

MacKinnon

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.84

1st

GA/GP

2.42

1st

PP%

15.1

32nd

PK%

84.7

2nd

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	37	9	9	83	74
Wild	34	14	10	78	27
Stars	34	14	9	77	33
Mammoth	30	23	4	64	26
Predators	26	24	7	59	-29
Blackhawks	22	26	9	53	-31
Jets	22	26	8	52	-15
Blues	20	28	9	49	-56

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 2/25	COL	@	UTA	9:00 PM
Thu 2/26	MIN	@	COL	9:00 PM
Sat 2/28	CHI	@	COL	6:00 PM
Mon 3/2	COL	@	LAK	10:30 PM
Tue 3/3	COL	@	ANA	10:00 PM

Last Game

Sharks

27 - 24 - 4

Final

Avalanche

37 - 9 - 9

Wed 4 Feb 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

40

MacKinnon

34

McDavid

32

Kaprizov

Assists Leaders

62

McDavid

62

Kucherov

53

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

96

McDavid

93

MacKinnon

91

Kucherov

Hits Leaders

286

Trenin

214

Sherwood

202

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

140

Parayko

139

Dobson

133

McCabe

Wins Leaders

27

Vejmelka

27

Vasilevskiy

23

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.11

Vasilevskiy

2.16

Bussi

2.25

Blackwood

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Cooley

.919

Vasilevskiy

.916

Grubauer

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.84

3.55

3.46

Goals Against Rankings

2.42

2.51

2.71

Power Play Rankings

31.4

29.9

26.3

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.8

84.7

84.0

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

39-17

37-20

35-20

36-21

34-22

Worst Record ATS

19-38

20-37

20-36

21-36

22-36

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	37	9	9	83	74
Wild	34	14	10	78	27
Stars	34	14	9	77	33
Mammoth	30	23	4	64	26
Predators	26	24	7	59	-29
Blackhawks	22	26	9	53	-31
Jets	22	26	8	52	-15
Blues	20	28	9	49	-56
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	27	16	14	68	12
Oilers	28	22	8	64	4
Kraken	27	20	9	63	-3
Ducks	30	23	3	63	-10
Kings	23	19	14	60	-15
Sharks	27	24	4	58	-22
Flames	23	27	6	52	-27
Canucks	18	33	6	42	-61

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	37	14	4	78	59
Canadiens	32	17	8	72	12
Red Wings	33	19	6	72	-1
Sabres	32	19	6	70	19
Bruins	32	20	5	69	13
Senators	28	22	7	63	7
Maple Leafs	27	21	9	63	-6
Panthers	29	25	3	61	-17
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	36	15	6	78	34
Penguins	29	15	12	70	23
Islanders	32	21	5	69	7
Blue Jackets	29	20	7	65	2
Capitals	29	23	7	65	12
Flyers	25	20	11	61	-13
Devils	28	27	2	58	-29
Rangers	22	29	6	50	-29