most games played by all nhl defensemen since 2000

Since 1999-00, Zdeno Chara has the most games by a defenseman, with 1,596 games.

	NAME	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	1,596	207	464	671	+308	1,952	93	133	7	27	35	3	3,353	6.2	13	36	36.1	3,749	2,164	610	1,342	23:55
2	Ryan Suter R. Suter	1,526	107	589	696	+127	785	36	218	5	12	20	2	2,426	4.4	2	5	40.0	1,201	2,043	548	754	24:05
3	Brent Burns B. Burns	1,413	246	632	878	+31	813	85	221	3	13	43	16	3,886	6.3	12	29	41.4	1,357	1,864	853	1,502	23:02
4	Marc-Edouard Vlasic M. Vlasic	1,323	84	295	379	+41	472	11	56	2	9	13	3	1,700	4.9	0	1	0.0	711	2,184	334	723	20:41
5	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	1,288	165	545	710	+74	839	80	224	3	8	34	8	2,599	6.3	1	3	33.3	2,085	1,704	316	1,242	25:57
6	Duncan Keith D. Keith	1,256	106	540	646	+159	675	30	156	5	15	19	3	2,526	4.2	0	1	0.0	684	2,010	650	1,002	24:41
7	Kris Letang K. Letang	1,247	178	634	812	+83	849	57	239	6	10	36	13	3,073	5.8	1	5	20.0	2,108	1,861	663	1,224	24:00
8	Jay Bouwmeester J. Bouwmeester	1,240	88	336	424	-17	635	25	110	0	7	8	0	1,993	4.4	3	5	60.0	1,218	1,678	307	685	24:07
9	Jack Johnson J. Johnson	1,228	77	265	342	-127	639	29	92	1	7	11	3	1,679	4.6	4	9	44.4	1,944	1,839	250	572	20:55
10	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	1,174	174	641	815	+197	784	35	256	1	13	30	9	2,485	7.0	1	3	33.3	1,193	1,803	563	970	23:13
11	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	1,171	216	732	948	-116	508	49	287	2	5	38	12	3,170	6.8	0	4	0.0	802	1,498	890	1,406	25:06
12	John Carlson J. Carlson	1,170	173	617	790	+109	398	50	229	2	7	34	2	2,701	6.4	1	6	16.7	960	2,214	672	1,203	23:34
13	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	1,150	156	384	540	-112	768	61	138	4	4	36	8	2,345	6.7	0	2	0.0	1,820	1,051	359	751	22:26
14	Tyler Myers T. Myers	1,149	100	306	406	-11	909	19	74	7	9	19	4	1,786	5.6	0	1	0.0	1,425	1,782	474	901	21:36
15	Mark Giordano M. Giordano	1,148	158	419	577	+129	918	52	141	13	12	26	8	2,346	6.7	0	0		1,243	2,164	540	731	22:03
16	Dan Hamhuis D. Hamhuis	1,148	59	297	356	+72	684	14	61	3	10	11	2	1,557	3.8	0	2	0.0	1,525	1,400	555	733	21:21
17	Marc Staal M. Staal	1,136	53	181	234	+52	537	7	11	2	9	7	0	1,174	4.5	3	8	37.5	1,643	1,448	436	610	19:56
18	Cam Fowler C. Fowler	1,135	109	418	527	-125	289	41	151	4	7	20	5	1,738	6.3	2	3	66.7	490	1,501	368	722	22:58
19	Ron Hainsey R. Hainsey	1,132	59	252	311	-21	443	21	58	2	12	9	4	1,416	4.2	3	5	60.0	1,003	1,941	349	687	21:05
20	Luke Schenn L. Schenn	1,130	45	169	214	-56	918	2	1	1	5	3	0	1,328	3.4	1	2	50.0	3,834	1,685	264	749	17:08
21	Brent Seabrook B. Seabrook	1,114	103	361	464	+111	661	38	121	2	10	19	7	1,996	5.2	1	6	16.7	2,137	1,998	334	826	21:56
22	Keith Yandle K. Yandle	1,109	103	516	619	-103	616	39	254	0	4	16	1	2,406	4.3	0	1	0.0	462	1,046	357	924	20:47
23	Robyn Regehr R. Regehr	1,089	36	163	199	+30	972	11	33	1	9	4	1	1,112	3.2	3	7	42.9	2,187	1,390	209	595	20:54
24	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	1,087	148	489	637	+123	355	38	154	1	17	33	6	2,588	5.7	1	3	33.3	761	2,095	685	654	24:22
25	Brian Campbell B. Campbell	1,082	87	417	504	+63	277	32	170	1	4	17	2	1,453	6.0	0	3	0.0	587	1,161	300	645	22:06

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Team Leaders

7

Pastrnak

10

Pastrnak

+/-

+15

Borgen

Team Rankings

G/GP

4.00

3rd

GA/GP

2.17

2nd

PP%

22.2

12th

PK%

78.6

19th

2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	9	2	1	19	22
Maple Leafs	7	4	2	16	9
Senators	8	4	0	16	4
Lightning	7	3	1	15	4
Canadiens	5	3	2	12	-1
Panthers	5	4	2	12	-3
Red Wings	4	4	3	11	-5
Sabres	4	4	3	11	-10

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/27	BOS	@	CAR	8:00 PM
Thu 10/29	BOS	@	STL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/31	CHI	@	BOS	1:00 PM
Mon 11/2	VGK	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Thu 11/5	BOS	@	PIT	7:00 PM

Last Game

Sharks

6 - 5 - 1

Final

Bruins

9 - 2 - 1

Sat 24 Oct 2026

NHL 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

12

Kaprizov

12

Draisaitl

9

Matthews

Assists Leaders

25

McDavid

16

Fox

14

Bouchard

Points Leaders

33

McDavid

23

Draisaitl

21

Bouchard

Hits Leaders

68

Sherwood

56

Cuylle

53

Trenin

Blocks Leaders

34

Seider

34

Weegar

34

Kleven

Wins Leaders

7

Wallstedt

7

Swayman

7

Ullmark

Goals Against Leaders

1.23

Oettinger

1.33

Ullmark

1.40

Tarasov

Save Percentage Leaders

.945

Ullmark

.940

Tarasov

.939

Oettinger

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

4.36

4.27

4.00

Goals Against Rankings

1.60

2.17

2.20

Power Play Rankings

38.1

35.1

32.0

Penalty Kill Rankings

95.2

92.3

91.7

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

10-2

8-4

7-4

8-5

6-4

Worst Record ATS

3-8

3-7

3-6

4-7

5-8

4-6

NHL 2026-27 Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	9	2	1	19	22
Senators	8	4	0	16	4
Maple Leafs	7	4	2	16	9
Lightning	7	3	1	15	4
Canadiens	5	3	2	12	-1
Panthers	5	4	2	12	-3
Red Wings	4	4	3	11	-5
Sabres	4	4	3	11	-10
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	9	2	2	20	18
Rangers	7	5	1	15	5
Devils	7	4	0	14	4
Capitals	6	4	0	12	2
Islanders	5	3	2	12	6
Penguins	5	6	1	11	0
Flyers	3	7	3	9	-18
Blue Jackets	4	5	0	8	-8

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Mammoth	8	4	0	16	6
Wild	7	3	2	16	9
Stars	6	3	1	13	9
Avalanche	6	4	1	13	13
Jets	4	3	3	11	-3
Blues	5	5	1	11	0
Predators	3	3	4	10	-8
Blackhawks	3	7	0	6	-18
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	8	2	1	17	10
Golden Knights	8	4	1	17	9
Kraken	7	4	1	15	3
Sharks	6	5	1	13	-6
Ducks	5	6	0	10	-5
Flames	4	6	0	8	-16
Kings	2	5	2	6	-11
Canucks	2	9	1	5	-21