most even strength points for a defencemen between 1996-97 to 2008-09

Between the 1996-97 and 2008-09 seasons, Nicklas Lidstrom had the most even-strength points by a defenseman, with 326 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	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	326	958	173	574	747	+279	340	89	308	9	15	26	3	2,533	6.8	0	0		331	737	366	529	27:49
2	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	291	891	129	424	553	+109	591	65	186	1	10	35	12	1,767	7.3	7	25	28.0	507	594	520	567	25:17
3	Rob Blake R. Blake	265	874	173	367	540	-11	1,053	97	165	4	9	27	1	2,794	6.2	5	14	35.7	1,161	1,268	433	602	25:16
4	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	258	820	174	412	586	+29	711	82	237	2	7	23	3	2,093	8.3	2	2	100.0	513	641	244	559	24:57
5	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	241	839	111	438	549	+103	254	60	236	3	9	20	3	1,694	6.6	1	1	100.0	298	467	344	835	26:30
6	Wade Redden W. Redden	230	919	104	332	436	+154	627	53	145	1	7	21	2	1,711	6.1	1	2	50.0	885	854	230	636	23:57
7	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	226	820	125	412	537	+186	1,180	66	231	1	13	22	5	1,894	6.6	7	23	30.4	647	1,055	331	546	27:51
8	Brian Rafalski B. Rafalski	224	692	67	358	425	+144	234	34	164	1	2	15	2	1,293	5.2	2	5	40.0	479	656	353	576	23:02
9	Ed Jovanovski E. Jovanovski	221	833	108	304	412	-54	1,190	48	132	2	9	21	4	1,779	6.1	0	1	0.0	954	718	296	585	23:46
10	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	215	638	120	336	456	-39	286	52	178	2	9	17	5	1,723	7.0	0	1	0.0	410	653	306	420	26:28
11	Mathieu Schneider M. Schneider	215	813	142	330	472	+48	732	63	187	4	3	22	3	1,940	7.3	1	8	12.5	976	942	311	461	22:57
12	Roman Hamrlik R. Hamrlik	208	896	105	329	434	+17	834	38	169	4	15	16	3	2,008	5.2	1	2	50.0	903	1,136	327	514	24:23
13	Tomas Kaberle T. Kaberle	207	738	73	360	433	+43	206	28	188	1	9	14	7	1,080	6.8	5	11	45.5	458	844	241	659	24:36
14	Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	203	904	123	311	434	+60	1,459	64	154	4	9	22	6	1,764	7.0	1	6	16.7	1,335	953	104	655	25:00
15	Teppo Numminen T. Numminen	194	825	64	308	372	+82	298	17	150	0	11	14	1	1,124	5.7	2	3	66.7	281	653	319	424	22:03
16	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	188	796	42	234	276	+163	965	8	65	3	12	6	1	1,309	3.2	1	5	20.0	561	608	284	545	21:02
17	Sandis Ozolinsh S. Ozolinsh	187	636	111	287	398	-47	490	50	157	2	2	20	3	1,282	8.7	0	0		425	367	219	469	22:30
18	Darryl Sydor D. Sydor	185	930	76	310	386	+55	450	37	162	1	1	9	2	1,451	5.2	0	4	0.0	467	876	197	404	19:59
19	Eric Desjardins E. Desjardins	184	624	81	245	326	+114	349	33	96	4	9	14	2	1,411	5.7	4	8	50.0	120	512	193	345	24:22
20	Dan Boyle D. Boyle	170	600	92	257	349	-36	390	42	135	1	1	18	4	1,138	8.1	1	7	14.3	543	571	291	424	23:04
21	Derek Morris D. Morris	170	793	76	264	340	-24	794	35	125	4	6	21	4	1,604	4.7	2	4	50.0	725	804	215	348	22:37
22	Mattias Ohlund M. Ohlund	170	770	93	232	325	+9	756	36	103	5	11	19	6	1,534	6.1	0	2	0.0	940	1,002	269	469	24:52
23	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	161	767	104	215	319	+64	1,210	53	84	5	16	17	3	1,493	7.0	11	29	37.9	2,113	868	295	600	25:02
24	Adam Foote A. Foote	161	760	53	184	237	+51	1,018	18	44	5	9	9	2	855	6.2	0	0		890	793	225	230	24:28
25	Derian Hatcher D. Hatcher	161	730	43	179	222	+84	870	13	36	2	10	10	1	976	4.4	0	0		1,297	720	169	535	24:53

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TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	50	23	9	109	47
Canadiens	48	24	10	106	27
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Bruins	45	27	10	100	22
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Red Wings	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs	32	36	14	78	-46

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Fri 10/2	NYR	@	DET	6:30 PM
Sun 10/4	WPG	@	DET	1:00 PM
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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
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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
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Thu 4/2	DET	@	PHI	4-2
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Thu 4/2	VAN	@	MIN	2-5
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Tue 9/29	MTL	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Tue 9/29	NYR	@	BOS	8:00 PM
Tue 9/29	VAN	@	EDM	10:00 PM
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