Matt Niskanen blocked the most shots in the 2018 playoffs, with 57 blocks.

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most blocked shots by a player in NHL playoffs 2018

	NAME	BKS	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Matt Niskanen M. Niskanen	57	2017-18	WSH	24	1	8	9	+6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	3.1	0	0		47	14	12	25:23
2	Brooks Orpik B. Orpik	50	2017-18	WSH	24	1	4	5	+17	15	0	0	0	1	1	0	17	5.9	0	0		88	2	5	16:49
3	Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	47	2017-18	VGK	20	2	3	5	+2	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	13	15.4	0	0		82	16	18	21:23
4	Michal Kempny M. Kempny	44	2017-18	WSH	24	2	3	5	+1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	5.1	0	0		31	5	8	17:42
5	Dmitry Orlov D. Orlov	43	2017-18	WSH	24	2	6	8	+5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	4.2	0	0		40	17	19	24:12
6	John Carlson J. Carlson	42	2017-18	WSH	24	5	15	20	+11	8	4	8	0	0	0	0	80	6.3	0	0		36	24	30	25:38
7	Jacob Trouba J. Trouba	41	2017-18	WPG	17	2	1	3	+6	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	43	4.7	0	0		23	10	18	21:39
8	Josh Morrissey J. Morrissey	41	2017-18	WPG	16	1	1	2	+2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	3.8	0	0		27	7	10	20:23
9	Deryk Engelland D. Engelland	38	2017-18	VGK	20	0	2	2	+2	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	0.0	0	0		46	7	12	21:39
10	Marc-Edouard Vlasic M. Vlasic	38	2017-18	SJS	10	0	2	2	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	15	0.0	0	0		13	4	6	25:21
11	Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	35	2017-18	TBL	17	0	5	5	+2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0.0	0	0		26	7	12	22:31
12	Dustin Byfuglien D. Byfuglien	31	2017-18	WPG	17	5	11	16	+2	20	0	6	0	0	1	0	55	9.1	0	0		60	13	27	26:30
13	Justin Braun J. Braun	30	2017-18	SJS	10	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0		21	3	6	22:39
14	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare P. Bellemare	29	2017-18	VGK	20	0	3	3	+6	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0.0	81	166	48.8	33	12	8	11:47
15	Dan Girardi D. Girardi	29	2017-18	TBL	17	2	1	3	+3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	22	9.1	0	0		37	3	10	18:00
16	Mattias Ekholm M. Ekholm	27	2017-18	NSH	13	1	7	8	+4	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	5.0	0	0		16	4	21	23:24
17	Nate Schmidt N. Schmidt	27	2017-18	VGK	20	3	4	7	+7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	7.9	0	0		18	23	15	24:25
18	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	26	2017-18	BOS	12	1	2	3	+7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	3.8	0	0		36	3	11	23:36
19	Ben Chiarot B. Chiarot	26	2017-18	WPG	16	0	3	3	+3	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0.0	0	0		51	2	11	15:04
20	Colin Miller C. Miller	26	2017-18	VGK	20	3	4	7	+5	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	36	8.3	0	0		37	11	14	19:08
21	Luca Sbisa L. Sbisa	26	2017-18	VGK	12	0	4	4	+5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0		31	2	12	16:07
22	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	26	2017-18	VGK	20	3	7	10	+2	8	1	2	0	0	1	0	39	7.7	0	0		7	17	23	21:48
23	Ryan Ellis R. Ellis	25	2017-18	NSH	13	0	5	5	-4	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	30	0.0	0	0		12	6	9	24:53
24	Roman Josi R. Josi	25	2017-18	NSH	13	0	4	4	-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	0.0	0	0		14	3	17	25:20
25	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	24	2017-18	TBL	17	1	10	11	-4	10	0	6	0	0	1	0	35	2.9	0	0		21	11	15	26:04

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