most even strength points by nhl defenceman since 2017

Since 2016-17, Erik Karlsson has gotten the most even-strength points by a defenseman, with 365 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	365	680	115	436	551	-94	256	26	155	1	4	20	9	1,719	6.7	0	2	0.0	355	925	528	847	24:43
2	Roman Josi R. Josi	362	696	151	438	589	+40	320	55	167	0	5	28	7	2,294	6.6	0	1	0.0	495	1,200	282	575	25:02
3	John Carlson J. Carlson	345	705	117	441	558	+60	240	34	174	1	4	23	1	1,734	6.7	0	3	0.0	525	1,244	432	773	24:09
4	Brent Burns B. Burns	343	782	132	390	522	+44	356	39	129	2	9	23	8	2,304	5.7	1	3	33.3	508	1,104	513	929	23:38
5	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	331	694	123	459	582	+162	398	28	217	1	5	25	7	1,658	7.4	1	3	33.3	726	1,054	338	606	24:04
6	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
7	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	302	715	79	378	457	+5	225	12	138	0	5	17	6	1,587	5.0	0	4	0.0	572	1,000	293	754	22:33
8	Kris Letang K. Letang	293	673	96	358	454	+26	437	28	125	3	5	20	10	1,666	5.8	0	2	0.0	1,177	1,005	416	769	24:43
9	Josh Morrissey J. Morrissey	293	738	94	334	428	+85	351	21	112	1	1	19	5	1,391	6.8	1	2	50.0	866	1,116	262	547	22:58
10	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
11	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	280	615	85	309	394	+98	199	16	95	1	2	20	8	1,490	5.7	1	1	100.0	182	733	357	519	21:36
12	Mattias Ekholm M. Ekholm	278	739	76	263	339	+203	352	12	39	3	7	16	2	1,396	5.4	0	1	0.0	689	991	334	633	22:31
13	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	275	652	129	285	414	+65	433	37	99	1	2	30	8	2,022	6.4	1	4	25.0	745	756	204	629	21:07
14	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
15	Darnell Nurse D. Nurse	268	727	85	229	314	+80	665	3	32	6	5	13	6	1,738	4.9	0	0		1,527	1,364	247	653	22:44
16	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
17	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	258	628	97	285	382	+70	202	22	89	1	12	22	4	1,577	6.2	1	3	33.3	441	1,270	452	439	24:18
18	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
19	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
20	Seth Jones S. Jones	251	672	89	301	390	-108	260	27	106	0	6	19	11	1,613	5.5	0	0		848	1,180	366	593	24:54
21	Brady Skjei B. Skjei	249	766	81	225	306	-11	410	7	38	4	8	10	1	1,473	5.5	1	2	50.0	980	867	337	645	21:01
22	Dmitry Orlov D. Orlov	247	748	65	239	304	+93	336	6	48	1	2	15	5	1,127	5.8	0	0		1,180	821	356	603	20:49
23	Jaccob Slavin J. Slavin	244	721	54	233	287	+174	90	7	17	4	15	10	4	1,265	4.3	0	1	0.0	398	1,176	677	463	22:31
24	Justin Faulk J. Faulk	243	732	97	246	343	-9	382	22	73	0	5	25	3	1,684	5.8	0	0		1,106	1,043	389	548	22:33
25	Noah Hanifin N. Hanifin	243	750	71	260	331	+21	193	14	68	1	5	12	2	1,419	5.0	0	0		616	910	422	690	21:04

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Canucks	25	49	8	58	-100

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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
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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

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Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
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Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
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Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
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