defensemen playoff point leaders since 2023

Since 2022-23, Evan Bouchard has recorded the most points by a defenseman in the playoffs, with 79 points.

	NAME	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	79	65	18	61	+9	34	8	31	0	0	6	1	181	9.9	0	0		65	99	52	88	25:02
2	Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	38	52	10	28	-19	18	6	18	0	0	0	0	114	8.8	0	0		59	88	23	46	27:20
3	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	36	61	9	27	+9	20	3	6	0	0	2	2	121	7.4	0	0		17	124	25	74	23:00
4	Devon Toews D. Toews	30	37	5	25	+18	6	0	3	1	1	1	0	53	9.4	0	0		35	55	31	33	24:58
5	Cale Makar C. Makar	30	35	11	19	+6	12	3	7	0	1	2	0	111	9.9	0	0		26	67	34	41	26:14
6	Aaron Ekblad A. Ekblad	27	63	7	20	+23	74	2	5	0	1	0	0	95	7.4	0	0		169	104	18	61	23:26
7	Thomas Harley T. Harley	27	62	5	22	-7	26	1	7	0	1	1	1	97	5.2	0	0		58	114	28	59	22:09
8	Gustav Forsling G. Forsling	26	68	7	19	+29	30	0	4	1	1	3	0	118	5.9	0	0		95	97	41	49	24:10
9	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	25	24	4	21	+11	10	1	6	0	0	2	0	41	9.8	0	0		5	26	7	17	27:25
10	Mattias Ekholm M. Ekholm	25	50	7	18	+8	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	84	8.3	0	0		64	84	19	47	21:35
11	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	24	49	6	18	-9	24	2	15	0	0	0	0	74	8.1	0	0		31	47	18	35	18:14
12	Brandon Montour B. Montour	24	45	11	13	+2	51	3	3	1	0	0	0	120	9.2	0	1	0.0	78	64	31	33	24:40
13	Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	23	60	3	20	+18	39	0	0	1	1	1	0	55	5.5	0	0		127	147	21	65	20:22
14	Brent Burns B. Burns	22	54	4	18	+20	38	0	7	0	0	0	0	129	3.1	0	0		59	77	29	44	22:36
15	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	22	31	8	14	+11	10	0	2	0	0	1	1	59	13.6	0	0		49	68	13	42	23:17
16	Lane Hutson L. Hutson	21	24	3	18	-8	12	2	12	0	0	1	1	35	8.6	0	0		11	36	10	37	25:20
17	Brett Kulak B. Kulak	20	72	4	16	+10	37	0	0	0	0	1	1	77	5.2	0	0		57	132	21	61	19:20
18	Darnell Nurse D. Nurse	18	64	5	13	-5	68	0	2	0	0	0	0	122	4.1	0	0		155	146	15	45	21:29
19	Dmitry Orlov D. Orlov	18	33	2	16	-1	26	0	4	0	2	0	0	54	3.7	0	0		73	46	5	29	21:44
20	Jaccob Slavin J. Slavin	18	60	5	13	+31	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	102	4.9	0	0		41	117	44	56	23:12
21	Noah Hanifin N. Hanifin	17	40	3	14	+1	4	0	3	0	0	2	0	63	4.8	0	0		43	78	26	54	23:11
22	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	17	38	3	14	+10	33	0	3	0	0	0	0	68	4.4	0	0		42	99	31	34	23:18
23	Nate Schmidt N. Schmidt	16	37	4	12	+4	6	1	4	0	0	2	0	48	8.3	0	0		48	42	15	38	17:45
24	Adam Fox A. Fox	16	23	0	16	+5	24	0	7	0	0	0	0	35	0.0	0	0		26	58	16	13	23:42
25	Jalen Chatfield J. Chatfield	15	54	3	12	+14	44	0	0	1	0	1	0	69	4.3	0	0		64	74	24	39	19:44

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Team Leaders

48

McDavid

90

McDavid

+/-

+32

Ekholm

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.44

6th

GA/GP

3.23

25th

PP%

30.6

1st

PK%

77.8

20th

2025-26 Division Standings

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

Schedule

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

Last Game

Oilers

2 - 4

Final

Ducks

4 - 2

Thu 30 Apr 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

53

MacKinnon

51

Caufield

48

McDavid

Assists Leaders

90

McDavid

86

Kucherov

74

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

Vasilevskiy

38

Vejmelka

35

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.02

Wedgewood

2.31

Vasilevskiy

2.42

Vladar

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Wedgewood

.915

Wallstedt

.912

Thompson

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.63

3.55

3.54

Goals Against Rankings

2.40

2.71

2.79

Power Play Rankings

30.6

28.6

25.2

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.6

83.7

82.6

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

48-34

59-42

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

34-48

43-58

NHL 2025-26 Standings

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