most even strength points by nhl defenceman since 2016

Since 2015-16, Erik Karlsson has the most even-strength points by a defenseman, with 421 points.

	NAME	EVP	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	421	762	131	502	633	-96	306	27	180	1	4	23	11	1,967	6.7	0	3	0.0	439	1,100	589	943	25:10
2	Roman Josi R. Josi	397	777	165	485	650	+37	363	61	185	1	6	31	8	2,492	6.6	0	1	0.0	554	1,385	303	618	25:05
3	Brent Burns B. Burns	386	864	159	438	597	+39	409	46	152	3	10	27	9	2,658	6.0	2	4	50.0	609	1,249	566	1,031	23:51
4	John Carlson J. Carlson	369	761	125	472	597	+76	254	36	186	1	5	27	2	1,858	6.7	0	3	0.0	571	1,358	456	820	24:07
5	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	366	772	133	496	629	+183	444	29	227	1	6	25	7	1,838	7.2	1	3	33.3	788	1,186	386	668	23:58
6	Kris Letang K. Letang	330	744	112	409	521	+35	503	33	147	3	8	22	11	1,884	5.9	0	2	0.0	1,312	1,127	463	838	24:55
7	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	329	797	88	405	493	-12	253	14	144	1	5	17	6	1,754	5.0	0	4	0.0	630	1,122	328	826	22:37
8	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	321	642	135	330	465	+11	164	29	109	2	4	19	7	1,846	7.3	0	0		333	842	313	513	24:12
9	Mattias Ekholm M. Ekholm	306	821	84	290	374	+217	396	13	43	4	8	19	3	1,510	5.6	0	1	0.0	756	1,097	360	687	22:18
10	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	302	734	141	316	457	+51	479	42	110	1	2	33	8	2,212	6.4	1	4	25.0	823	862	219	692	20:58
11	Josh Morrissey J. Morrissey	293	739	94	334	428	+85	351	21	112	1	1	19	5	1,392	6.8	1	2	50.0	867	1,118	262	548	22:57
12	Cale Makar C. Makar	292	470	136	371	507	+168	134	45	163	3	4	28	6	1,317	10.3	0	0		376	665	335	390	24:48
13	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	289	701	104	315	419	+80	222	23	93	1	13	23	5	1,759	5.9	1	3	33.3	489	1,406	493	478	24:30
14	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	285	634	88	314	402	+105	201	18	96	1	2	21	8	1,518	5.8	1	1	100.0	188	755	367	536	21:32
15	Darnell Nurse D. Nurse	276	796	88	236	324	+67	725	3	33	6	6	13	6	1,858	4.7	0	0		1,687	1,467	260	696	22:31
16	Dmitry Orlov D. Orlov	274	830	73	260	333	+101	362	6	50	1	2	18	5	1,217	6.0	0	0		1,301	882	393	644	20:21
17	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	270	507	66	419	485	+26	207	16	196	0	3	9	3	1,112	5.9	0	0		123	426	271	474	24:51
18	Seth Jones S. Jones	268	753	92	329	421	-122	282	28	118	0	7	19	11	1,770	5.2	0	0		934	1,298	391	662	24:36
19	Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	266	586	102	332	434	-40	454	34	132	0	2	13	3	1,385	7.4	0	0		837	716	252	534	23:23
20	Justin Faulk J. Faulk	263	796	113	267	380	-31	409	34	78	0	5	29	3	1,868	6.0	0	1	0.0	1,215	1,108	434	590	22:40
21	Colton Parayko C. Parayko	261	800	81	232	313	+61	221	17	27	2	6	20	4	1,615	5.0	0	0		1,038	1,559	449	538	22:28
22	Jaccob Slavin J. Slavin	259	784	56	251	307	+175	98	7	21	4	16	10	4	1,349	4.2	0	1	0.0	439	1,295	731	488	22:23
23	Noah Hanifin N. Hanifin	258	829	75	278	353	+7	215	15	74	1	5	12	2	1,541	4.9	0	0		683	988	464	739	20:46
24	Charlie McAvoy C. McAvoy	257	573	71	290	361	+157	481	16	83	2	3	19	8	962	7.4	0	0		990	1,012	248	537	23:32
25	Devon Toews D. Toews	256	541	65	237	302	+223	158	9	35	0	2	15	5	1,059	6.1	0	1	0.0	410	711	289	368	23:13

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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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28

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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
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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
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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