most points by a defenseman in their rookie year

Larry Murphy has recorded the most points by a rookie defenseman, with 76 points in 1980-81.

	NAME	P	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	76	1980-81	LAK	80	16	60	+16	79	5	27	1	3	0		153	10.5
2	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	71	1988-89	NYR	68	23	48	+8	50	8	23	3	1	1	0	268	8.6
3	Gary Suter G. Suter	68	1985-86	CGY	80	18	50	+11	141	9	30	0	1	4	0	195	9.2
4	Lane Hutson L. Hutson	66	2024-25	MTL	82	6	60	-2	34	1	25	0	0	0	0	91	6.6	0	0	40	123	56	109	22:44
5	Phil Housley P. Housley	66	1982-83	BUF	77	19	47	-4	39	11	23	0	0	2		183	10.4
6	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	65	1979-80	BOS	80	17	48	+52	73	3	24	2	0	1		185	9.2
7	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	64	1984-85	MTL	74	9	55	+10	87	2	30	1	3	0	0	200	4.5
8	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	60	1991-92	DET	80	11	49	+36	22	5	26	0	1	1	0	168	6.5
9	Barry Beck B. Beck	60	1977-78	CLR	75	22	38	-14	89	6	18	0	1	4		271	8.1
10	Reed Larson R. Larson	60	1977-78	DET	75	19	41	-8	95	7	23	1	2	4		240	7.9
11	Reijo Ruotsalainen R. Ruotsalainen	56	1981-82	NYR	78	18	38	+18	27	7	14	0	0	3		247	7.3
12	Stefan Persson S. Persson	56	1977-78	NYI	66	6	50	+19	54	3	32	0	0	0		77	7.8
13	Dale Tallon D. Tallon	56	1970-71	VAN	78	14	42	-25	58	5	12	0	0	1		232	6.0
14	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	54	1973-74	NYI	77	17	37	-17	175	6	13	0	1	3		209	8.1
15	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	53	2019-20	VAN	68	8	45	-11	22	3	22	0	0	2	1	126	6.3	0	0	7	46	35	60	21:53
16	Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	52	1992-93	NYI	64	14	38	+14	59	7	15	0	0	0	0	178	7.9
17	Jocelyn Guevremont J. Guevremont	51	1971-72	VAN	75	13	38	-28	44	3	12	0	1	1		210	6.2
18	Moritz Seider M. Seider	50	2021-22	DET	82	7	43	-9	34	2	19	0	2	4	2	187	3.7	0	0	151	161	41	48	23:02
19	Cale Makar C. Makar	50	2019-20	COL	57	12	38	+12	12	4	15	0	0	4	0	121	9.9	0	0	45	47	34	40	21:00
20	Dion Phaneuf D. Phaneuf	49	2005-06	CGY	82	20	29	+5	93	16	17	0	1	7	1	242	8.3	0	0	203	97	35	51	21:44
21	Brian Benning B. Benning	49	1986-87	STL	78	13	36	0	110	7	16	0	1	2	0	144	9.0
22	Behn Wilson B. Wilson	49	1978-79	PHI	80	13	36	+14	197	6	14	0	1	2		174	7.5
23	Tyler Myers T. Myers	48	2009-10	BUF	82	11	37	+13	32	3	13	0	1	1	0	104	10.6	0	0	91	137	30	94	23:44
24	Bryan Berard B. Berard	48	1996-97	NYI	82	8	40	+1	86	3	17	0	0	1	1	172	4.7
25	Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	48	1992-93	LAK	78	12	36	-3	80	5	14	0	0	2	0	136	8.8

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Team Leaders

25

Kempe

30

Kempe

+/-

+14

Kopitar

Team Rankings

G/GP

2.60

29th

GA/GP

2.92

9th

PP%

16.5

27th

PK%

75.3

28th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Ducks	35	25	3	73	-10
Golden Knights	29	21	14	72	4
Oilers	31	25	8	70	9
Kraken	29	24	9	67	-9
Kings	26	23	14	66	-22
Sharks	30	25	6	66	-23
Flames	25	31	7	57	-38
Canucks	19	37	8	46	-73

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 3/10	LAK	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Fri 3/13	LAK	@	NYI	7:00 PM
Sat 3/14	LAK	@	NJD	7:00 PM
Mon 3/16	LAK	@	NYR	7:00 PM
Thu 3/19	PHI	@	LAK	10:30 PM

Last Game

Kings

26 - 23 - 14

Final

Blue Jackets

32 - 21 - 10

Mon 9 Mar 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

43

MacKinnon

37

Caufield

36

Kaprizov

Assists Leaders

73

McDavid

69

Kucherov

61

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

108

McDavid

104

MacKinnon

103

Kucherov

Hits Leaders

317

Trenin

249

Sherwood

232

Klapka

Blocks Leaders

147

Weegar

146

McCabe

145

Dobson

Wins Leaders

30

Vejmelka

29

Vasilevskiy

25

Dostal

Goals Against Leaders

2.19

Wedgewood

2.28

Vasilevskiy

2.28

DeSmith

Save Percentage Leaders

.917

Cooley

.916

Wedgewood

.914

Sorokin

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.79

3.55

Goals Against Rankings

2.42

2.68

2.74

Power Play Rankings

32.8

29.9

25.8

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.6

84.4

83.1

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

41-21

39-22

40-23

40-24

38-25

38-26

Worst Record ATS

21-42

22-42

23-40

24-40

24-39

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	43	10	9	95	83
Stars	39	14	10	88	47
Wild	37	16	11	85	30
Mammoth	34	25	5	73	27
Predators	28	27	8	64	-29
Jets	26	26	10	62	-11
Blues	25	29	9	59	-46
Blackhawks	24	29	11	59	-35
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Ducks	35	25	3	73	-10
Golden Knights	29	21	14	72	4
Oilers	31	25	8	70	9
Kraken	29	24	9	67	-9
Sharks	30	25	6	66	-23
Kings	26	23	14	66	-22
Flames	25	31	7	57	-38
Canucks	19	37	8	46	-73

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	39	19	6	84	32
Lightning	39	19	4	82	51
Red Wings	36	21	7	79	-1
Canadiens	34	18	10	78	13
Bruins	35	22	6	76	12
Senators	32	22	9	73	16
Panthers	31	29	3	65	-19
Maple Leafs	27	26	11	65	-24
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	40	17	6	86	41
Penguins	32	17	14	78	25
Islanders	36	23	5	77	5
Blue Jackets	32	21	10	74	1
Capitals	32	26	7	71	12
Flyers	29	23	11	69	-17
Devils	32	30	2	66	-26
Rangers	25	30	8	58	-25