Matthew Schaefer has collected the most points by a rookie defenseman this season, with 58 points.

Interpreted as:

most points rookie defenseman this regular season

	NAME	P	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	58	2025-26	NYI	78	22	36	+15	36	8	10	0	0	4	2	206	10.7	0	0		40	106	36	84	24:38
2	Alexander Nikishin A. Nikishin	31	2025-26	CAR	77	11	20	+13	31	4	6	1	0	1	1	122	9.0	0	0		126	85	25	83	17:56
3	Artyom Levshunov A. Levshunov	24	2025-26	CHI	68	2	22	-41	44	1	10	0	0	0	0	84	2.4	0	0		98	75	16	88	19:35
4	Zeev Buium Z. Buium	24	2025-26	TOT	71	5	19	-30	35	3	9	0	0	1	0	66	7.6	0	0		27	46	12	81	19:24
5	Axel Sandin-Pellikka A. Sandin-Pellikka	21	2025-26	DET	66	7	14	-21	18	1	6	0	0	1	0	68	10.3	0	0		16	52	8	57	16:12
6	Tom Willander T. Willander	20	2025-26	VAN	65	5	15	-15	28	0	3	0	0	0	0	54	9.3	0	0		27	74	11	55	16:47
7	Matthew Robertson M. Robertson	17	2025-26	NYR	69	5	12	-3	36	0	0	0	0	2	1	78	6.4	0	0		102	79	9	51	17:29
8	Adam Wilsby A. Wilsby	16	2025-26	NSH	54	1	15	+3	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	57	1.8	0	0		26	43	14	45	16:49
9	Sam Rinzel S. Rinzel	13	2025-26	CHI	50	3	10	-4	42	0	1	0	0	1	0	78	3.8	0	0		46	60	12	62	18:11
10	Sam Dickinson S. Dickinson	13	2025-26	SJS	67	1	12	-2	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	70	1.4	0	0		66	67	20	80	16:40
11	Yan Kuznetsov Y. Kuznetsov	12	2025-26	CGY	55	4	8	-7	28	0	0	0	2	1	0	60	6.7	0	0		76	98	8	58	20:07
12	Ian Moore I. Moore	12	2025-26	ANA	63	4	8	-13	24	0	0	0	1	1	0	64	6.3	0	2	0.0	37	78	18	39	13:54
13	Max Crozier M. Crozier	10	2025-26	TBL	34	1	9	+7	40	0	0	0	1	0	0	44	2.3	0	0		38	31	5	18	16:00
14	Logan Mailloux L. Mailloux	9	2025-26	STL	62	3	6	-16	48	0	1	0	0	0	0	73	4.1	0	0		86	53	16	63	16:22
15	Joel Nystrom J. Nystrom	9	2025-26	CAR	37	1	8	+5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	2.3	0	0		9	21	5	31	15:10
16	Ilya Solovyov I. Solovyov	8	2025-26	TOT	27	1	7	+2	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	5.0	0	0		30	29	5	16	12:19
17	Cole Hutson C. Hutson	8	2025-26	WSH	11	3	5	-3	8	1	4	0	0	0	0	19	15.8	0	0		11	4	6	9	17:06
18	Ryan Ufko R. Ufko	7	2025-26	NSH	14	2	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	7	28.6	0	0		8	11	2	10	12:58
19	Zayne Parekh Z. Parekh	7	2025-26	CGY	32	3	4	-6	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	36	8.3	0	0		12	24	8	56	16:26
20	Scott Morrow S. Morrow	6	2025-26	NYR	29	0	6	-5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	24	0.0	0	0		11	29	5	21	15:40
21	Hunter Brzustewicz H. Brzustewicz	6	2025-26	CGY	29	1	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	28	3.6	0	0		17	16	4	23	15:30
22	Daemon Hunt D. Hunt	5	2025-26	MIN	29	0	5	-3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.0	0	0		19	39	1	13	11:57
23	Donovan Sebrango D. Sebrango	5	2025-26	TOT	38	0	5	-12	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0.0	0	0		70	29	5	24	14:32
24	Elias Salomonsson E. Salomonsson	5	2025-26	WPG	32	1	4	-6	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	37	2.7	0	0		50	27	2	35	17:58
25	Mike Benning M. Benning	4	2025-26	FLA	14	0	4	-6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	0	0		4	13	4	16	15:59

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Team Leaders

30

Horvat

51

Barzal

+/-

+15

Schaefer

Team Rankings

G/GP

2.85

24th

GA/GP

2.87

5th

PP%

16.7

30th

PK%

81.5

8th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	50	22	6	106	48
Penguins	40	22	16	96	30
Flyers	40	26	12	92	1
Blue Jackets	39	27	12	90	4
Islanders	42	31	5	89	-3
Capitals	40	30	9	89	12
Devils	40	35	3	83	-20
Rangers	33	37	9	75	-11

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 4/9	TOR	@	NYI	6:45 PM
Sat 4/11	OTT	@	NYI	1:00 PM
Sun 4/12	MTL	@	NYI	6:00 PM
Tue 4/14	CAR	@	NYI	7:00 PM

Last Game

Islanders

42 - 31 - 5

Final

Hurricanes

49 - 21 - 6

Sat 4 Apr 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

51

MacKinnon

49

Caufield

47

McDavid

Assists Leaders

86

McDavid

84

Kucherov

72

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

133

McDavid

127

Kucherov

123

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

395

Trenin

313

Sherwood

286

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

186

Dobson

183

McCabe

175

Seider

Wins Leaders

37

Vasilevskiy

36

Vejmelka

32

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.10

Wedgewood

2.32

Vasilevskiy

2.34

DeSmith

Save Percentage Leaders

.918

Wedgewood

.914

Wallstedt

.912

Thompson

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.73

3.55

Goals Against Rankings

2.48

2.69

2.81

Power Play Rankings

30.7

28.7

25.5

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.2

84.0

82.5

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

51-28

50-28

47-31

46-31

46-32

45-32

Worst Record ATS

27-51

28-49

29-49

30-48

31-47

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - z	51	16	10	112	93
Stars - x	46	20	12	104	48
Wild - x	45	21	12	102	36
Mammoth	41	30	6	88	31
Predators	37	31	10	84	-18
Jets	34	31	12	80	-13
Blues	33	32	12	78	-35
Blackhawks - e	28	36	14	70	-54
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	40	29	10	90	10
Golden Knights	36	26	16	88	8
Ducks	41	32	5	87	-19
Kings	32	26	19	83	-25
Sharks	37	33	7	81	-38
Kraken	32	34	11	75	-34
Flames - e	32	36	9	73	-45
Canucks - e	22	47	8	52	-95

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - x	48	23	8	104	39
Lightning - x	48	24	6	102	60
Canadiens - x	46	22	10	102	28
Bruins	43	26	10	96	18
Senators	41	27	10	92	24
Red Wings	40	29	9	89	-10
Panthers - e	37	37	4	78	-33
Maple Leafs - e	32	32	14	78	-37
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - y	50	22	6	106	48
Penguins	40	22	16	96	30
Flyers	40	26	12	92	1
Blue Jackets	39	27	12	90	4
Islanders	42	31	5	89	-3
Capitals	40	30	9	89	12
Devils - e	40	35	3	83	-20
Rangers - e	33	37	9	75	-11