most hits in one nhl playoff by a defenceman

Jamie Oleksiak has made the most hits by a defenseman in a single NHL playoff run, with 117 hits in 2019-20.

	NAME	HIT	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Jamie Oleksiak J. Oleksiak	117	2019-20	DAL	27	5	4	9	+11	26	0	0	0	0	2	0	40	12.5	0	0		65	13	38	21:38
2	Brooks Orpik B. Orpik	112	2008-09	PIT	24	0	4	4	-1	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	0	0		51	3	11	20:04
3	Darius Kasparaitis D. Kasparaitis	112	2001-02	COL	21	0	3	3	+10	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0.0	0	1	0.0	29	9	10	20:46
4	Derian Hatcher D. Hatcher	111	1999-00	DAL	23	1	3	4	-4	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	34	2.9	0	0		39	14	33	27:40
5	Sean Hill S. Hill	107	2001-02	CAR	23	4	4	8	0	20	4	4	0	0	1	0	57	7.0	0	0		54	15	29	25:55
6	Richard Matvichuk R. Matvichuk	103	1999-00	DAL	23	2	5	7	+7	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	19	10.5	0	0		59	9	28	25:51
7	Brooks Orpik B. Orpik	102	2007-08	PIT	20	0	2	2	-3	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0.0	0	0		61	3	11	20:47
8	Dustin Byfuglien D. Byfuglien	99	2009-10	CHI	22	11	5	16	-4	20	5	0	0	0	5	1	45	24.4	1	3	33.3	10	8	13	16:16
9	Rob Blake R. Blake	93	2000-01	COL	23	6	13	19	+6	16	3	8	0	0	0	0	83	7.2	0	1	0.0	45	26	23	29:26
10	Radko Gudas R. Gudas	91	2022-23	FLA	21	0	3	3	-5	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0.0	0	0		35	4	17	17:01
11	Ben Chiarot B. Chiarot	88	2020-21	MTL	22	1	1	2	-6	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	3.0	0	0		48	7	38	25:15
12	Brooks Orpik B. Orpik	88	2017-18	WSH	24	1	4	5	+17	15	0	0	0	1	1	0	17	5.9	0	0		50	2	5	16:49
13	Kevin Bieksa K. Bieksa	88	2010-11	VAN	25	5	5	10	+6	51	1	1	0	0	1	1	47	10.6	0	0		32	13	31	25:41
14	Dmitry Kulikov D. Kulikov	84	2024-25	FLA	23	2	3	5	+6	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	9.5	0	0		22	4	23	16:36
15	Erik Cernak E. Cernak	84	2021-22	TBL	23	1	1	2	+1	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	22	4.5	0	0		45	2	7	19:20
16	Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	82	2017-18	VGK	20	2	3	5	+2	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	13	15.4	0	0		47	16	18	21:23
17	Brent Seabrook B. Seabrook	81	2009-10	CHI	22	4	7	11	+8	14	1	0	0	2	0	0	39	10.3	0	0		51	8	24	24:11
18	Marc Methot M. Methot	80	2016-17	OTT	18	2	2	4	+5	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	12.5	0	0		26	4	7	22:13
19	Dan Girardi D. Girardi	80	2013-14	NYR	25	1	6	7	-3	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	5.3	0	0		67	4	20	24:19
20	Brent Seabrook B. Seabrook	80	2012-13	CHI	23	3	1	4	-1	4	0	1	0	0	2	2	39	7.7	0	0		35	7	16	23:05
21	Stephane Robidas S. Robidas	80	2007-08	DAL	18	3	8	11	0	12	3	5	0	0	0	0	41	7.3	0	0		35	10	16	25:31
22	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	80	1999-00	NJD	23	3	8	11	+9	6	0	1	0	1	2	0	29	10.3	0	0		51	48	34	25:25
23	Erik Johnson E. Johnson	79	2021-22	COL	20	1	4	5	+10	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	3.3	0	0		29	6	9	17:01
24	Esa Lindell E. Lindell	79	2019-20	DAL	27	1	7	8	-12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	2.4	0	0		69	21	28	24:44
25	Adam Foote A. Foote	79	2001-02	COL	21	1	6	7	-2	28	0	3	0	0	0	0	26	3.8	0	0		55	13	15	27:46

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TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	29	2	7	65	66
Stars	25	7	7	57	34
Wild	24	10	6	54	22
Mammoth	18	19	3	39	3
Blues	15	17	8	38	-37
Predators	17	17	4	38	-18
Blackhawks	14	18	6	34	-18
Jets	15	18	4	34	-7

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Wed 12/31	BUF	@	DAL	8:00 PM
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Sun 1/4	MTL	@	DAL	2:00 PM
Tue 1/6	DAL	@	CAR	7:00 PM
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Avalanche	29	2	7	65	66
Stars	25	7	7	57	34
Wild	24	10	6	54	22
Mammoth	18	19	3	39	3
Predators	17	17	4	38	-18
Blues	15	17	8	38	-37
Jets	15	18	4	34	-7
Blackhawks	14	18	6	34	-18
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Oilers	20	14	6	46	3
Golden Knights	17	9	11	45	2
Ducks	21	16	2	44	-3
Kings	16	13	9	41	-3
Sharks	19	17	3	41	-16
Kraken	16	14	7	39	-16
Flames	17	18	4	38	-13
Canucks	16	19	3	35	-21

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Red Wings	23	14	3	49	-4
Lightning	22	13	3	47	25
Canadiens	20	12	6	46	-2
Panthers	21	15	2	44	3
Sabres	20	14	4	44	0
Bruins	20	18	2	42	-8
Senators	18	15	5	41	1
Maple Leafs	17	15	6	40	-5
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Hurricanes	24	11	3	51	19
Islanders	21	14	4	46	3
Flyers	19	11	7	45	6
Capitals	20	14	5	45	13
Rangers	19	17	5	43	-4
Devils	20	16	2	42	-8
Penguins	16	12	9	41	-5
Blue Jackets	17	15	6	40	-12

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Mon 12/1	VAN	@	COL	1-3
Mon 12/1	MIN	@	EDM	1-0
Mon 12/1	CHI	@	VGK	3-4
Mon 12/1	WSH	@	LAK	3-1
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Tue 12/30	MTL	@	FLA	7:00 PM
Tue 12/30	NJD	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Tue 12/30	CAR	@	PIT	7:00 PM
Tue 12/30	NYI	@	CHI	8:30 PM
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