defenseman with most even strength goals ever

Paul Coffey has scored the most career even-strength goals by a defenseman, with 241 goals.

	NAME	EVG	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	241	1,409	396	1,135	1,531	+298	1,802	135	529	20	31	43	1	4,389	9.0	0	0		33	89	23	97	21:50
2	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	221	1,612	410	1,169	1,579	+527	1,141	173	588	16	28	60	5	6,209	6.6	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38
3	Phil Housley P. Housley	202	1,495	338	894	1,232	-53	822	129	483	7	3	49	5	3,808	8.9	1	2	50.0	93	147	85	196	20:52
4	Bobby Orr B. Orr	178	657	270	645	915	+582	953	76	248	16	31	26		3,058	8.8
5	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	173	1,060	310	742	1,052	+456	1,356	127	332	10	22	44	0	3,050	10.2
6	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	165	1,159	215	721	936	-115	508	48	283	2	5	38	12	3,150	6.8	0	4	0.0	800	1,491	888	1,385	25:07
7	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	165	1,615	288	929	1,217	+197	1,084	114	433	9	18	36	4	3,604	8.0	2	2	100.0	66	152	40	129	20:40
8	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	164	1,416	340	934	1,274	+371	1,511	166	556	10	23	44	3	5,157	6.6	2	2	100.0	152	266	129	247	26:38
9	Brent Burns B. Burns	158	1,402	246	629	875	+34	809	85	221	3	13	43	16	3,872	6.4	12	29	41.4	1,352	1,852	849	1,491	23:06
10	Doug Wilson D. Wilson	143	1,024	237	590	827	+55	830	85	295	9	7	22	2	3,297	7.2
11	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	139	1,384	208	750	958	+722	793	66	243	3	7	29	0	2,332	8.9
12	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	136	1,164	172	639	811	+192	782	35	256	1	13	29	8	2,472	7.0	1	3	33.3	1,190	1,790	562	965	23:18
13	Roman Josi R. Josi	133	1,030	203	576	779	+44	429	69	216	1	9	38	10	3,021	6.7	0	2	0.0	703	1,915	382	733	24:52
14	Steve Duchesne S. Duchesne	133	1,113	227	525	752	+89	824	84	231	10	9	30	2	2,542	8.9	1	2	50.0	113	241	68	154	18:42
15	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	128	1,205	247	781	1,028	+25	571	111	431	8	14	38	7	3,640	6.8	0	1	0.0	410	653	306	420	26:28
16	Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	128	1,157	227	450	677	-26	1,392	91	208	8	16	37	2	2,947	7.7	0	0		195	222	59	103	22:09
17	Reed Larson R. Larson	126	904	222	463	685	-128	1,388	88	185	8	9	17	0	2,926	7.6
18	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	122	1,564	264	878	1,142	+450	514	132	458	10	30	35	4	3,875	6.8	0	0		477	990	462	638	26:56
19	Ron Greschner R. Greschner	122	981	179	431	610	-84	1,226	51	171	6	5	18	0	1,877	9.5
20	John Carlson J. Carlson	119	1,159	170	616	786	+112	396	49	229	2	7	33	2	2,673	6.4	1	6	16.7	950	2,203	671	1,193	23:36
21	Mathieu Schneider M. Schneider	119	1,289	223	520	743	+66	1,245	100	293	4	4	36	4	3,092	7.2	1	8	12.5	1,003	975	319	475	22:44
22	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	116	1,301	220	591	811	+33	981	102	325	2	9	35	4	2,866	7.7	3	3	100.0	821	1,159	332	788	23:39
23	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	116	1,635	196	712	908	+395	2,785	75	230	5	18	34	3	3,238	6.1	0	0		612	570	313	296	23:39
24	Brad Park B. Park	116	1,113	213	683	896	+363	1,429	92	285	5	8	28	0	2,827	7.5
25	Flash Hollett F. Hollett	116	560	132	181	313		358	14	35	2	6	20	2

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McDavid

+/-

+32

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G/GP

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GA/GP

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77.8

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TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks	25	49	8	58	-100

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 9/29	VAN	@	EDM	10:00 PM
Thu 10/1	EDM	@	VAN	10:00 PM
Sat 10/3	SEA	@	EDM	7:00 PM
Wed 10/7	EDM	@	ANA	10:00 PM
Sat 10/10	EDM	@	SJS	4:00 PM

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53

MacKinnon

51

Caufield

48

McDavid

Assists Leaders

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Kucherov

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Bouchard

Points Leaders

138

McDavid

130

Kucherov

127

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

413

Trenin

339

Sherwood

302

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

190

McCabe

188

Dobson

185

Clarke

Wins Leaders

39

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38

Vejmelka

35

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

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2.31

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28.6

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84.6

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57-31

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49-33

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Worst Record ATS

30-52

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Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12