Dougie Hamilton, Victor Hedman and Ivan Provorov were tied for the most goals by a defenseman in 2017-18, with 17 scored.

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	17	2017-18	CGY	82	27	44	+1	64	6	6	0	0	4	1	270	6.3	1	3	33.3	83	80	31	72	21:32
2	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	17	2017-18	TBL	77	46	63	+32	54	2	24	0	2	1	0	216	7.9	1	2	50.0	139	110	46	67	25:51
3	Ivan Provorov I. Provorov	17	2017-18	PHI	82	24	41	+17	20	2	3	0	0	2	0	203	8.4	0	0		148	169	26	92	24:09
4	Aaron Ekblad A. Ekblad	16	2017-18	FLA	82	22	38	+9	71	5	6	0	0	4	1	189	8.5	0	0		69	121	40	99	23:23
5	Seth Jones S. Jones	16	2017-18	CBJ	78	41	57	+10	30	7	17	0	0	4	1	249	6.4	0	0		92	124	67	55	24:36
6	P.K. Subban	16	2017-18	NSH	82	43	59	+18	82	5	20	0	1	2	0	207	7.7	1	3	33.3	111	90	44	97	24:07
7	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	16	2017-18	CBJ	77	21	37	+8	16	3	7	0	0	3	1	207	7.7	0	0		58	92	32	42	22:35
8	John Carlson J. Carlson	15	2017-18	WSH	82	53	68	0	32	4	28	0	0	4	1	237	6.3	0	1	0.0	47	146	58	97	24:47
9	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	15	2017-18	STL	78	39	54	+8	22	3	10	0	1	5	1	216	6.9	0	0		48	164	54	41	25:44
10	Tyson Barrie T. Barrie	14	2017-18	COL	68	43	57	-15	22	7	23	0	0	3	0	178	7.9	0	0		40	79	20	38	22:42
11	Matt Dumba M. Dumba	14	2017-18	MIN	82	36	50	+15	41	2	10	0	1	4	2	176	8.0	2	2	100.0	136	112	22	52	23:49
12	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	14	2017-18	ARI	82	28	42	-28	44	6	9	0	0	3	0	202	6.9	0	1	0.0	160	79	29	53	23:41
13	Roman Josi R. Josi	14	2017-18	NSH	75	39	53	+24	24	7	13	0	1	3	1	253	5.5	0	0		80	120	30	59	24:28
14	Torey Krug T. Krug	14	2017-18	BOS	76	45	59	0	36	5	19	1	0	4	0	197	7.1	0	0		79	73	35	71	20:24
15	Mark Giordano M. Giordano	13	2017-18	CGY	82	25	38	0	63	1	9	1	0	4	2	214	6.1	0	0		93	161	50	46	24:47
16	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	13	2017-18	PHI	78	52	65	+10	25	7	26	0	0	2	1	221	5.9	0	0		53	116	23	52	21:27
17	Hampus Lindholm H. Lindholm	13	2017-18	ANA	69	18	31	+16	34	3	5	0	0	3	2	131	9.9	0	0		93	97	24	63	22:44
18	Brent Burns B. Burns	12	2017-18	SJS	82	55	67	-16	46	5	22	0	1	2	1	332	3.6	0	0		79	136	75	124	25:15
19	Alex Goligoski A. Goligoski	12	2017-18	ARI	78	23	35	-31	26	3	8	0	0	3	1	119	10.1	0	0		114	154	16	66	23:17
20	Jeff Petry J. Petry	12	2017-18	MTL	82	30	42	-30	28	6	17	0	0	2	0	178	6.7	0	1	0.0	167	138	41	102	23:30
21	Kevin Connauton K. Connauton	11	2017-18	ARI	73	10	21	+3	20	0	0	0	0	3	0	102	10.8	0	0		116	72	13	32	15:11
22	Marc-Edouard Vlasic M. Vlasic	11	2017-18	SJS	81	21	32	+9	34	1	2	0	1	2	1	161	6.8	0	1	0.0	26	174	20	55	22:33
23	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	10	2017-18	LAK	82	50	60	+23	54	3	17	1	0	4	1	205	4.9	0	1	0.0	127	128	17	79	26:50
24	Mattias Ekholm M. Ekholm	10	2017-18	NSH	81	24	34	+25	46	5	8	1	0	1	0	135	7.4	0	1	0.0	75	117	38	70	23:35
25	Noah Hanifin N. Hanifin	10	2017-18	CAR	79	22	32	-20	21	1	6	0	0	3	1	165	6.1	0	0		81	69	50	58	18:52