Alexander Edler had the most blocked shots per game in 2017-18, with 2.90 per game.

Interpreted as:

NHL block per game with a minimum of 51.25 games played per 82 team games leaders 2018

	NAME	BKS/GP	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Alexander Edler A. Edler	2.90	2017-18	VAN	70	6	28	34	-18	68	1	14	0	0	2	1	172	3.5	1	2	50.0	157	203	31	56	24:17
2	Kris Russell K. Russell	2.86	2017-18	EDM	78	4	17	21	-7	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	90	4.4	0	0		97	223	20	72	19:04
3	Patrik Nemeth P. Nemeth	2.72	2017-18	COL	68	3	12	15	+27	41	0	0	0	2	0	0	73	4.1	0	3	0.0	66	185	14	25	19:51
4	Alec Martinez A. Martinez	2.68	2017-18	LAK	77	9	16	25	+3	34	2	9	0	1	0	0	111	8.1	0	1	0.0	100	206	11	81	22:52
5	Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	2.59	2017-18	TOT	63	4	25	29	+8	20	1	8	0	1	0	0	99	4.0	0	0		71	163	44	60	23:20
6	Andy Greene A. Greene	2.32	2017-18	NJD	81	3	10	13	-9	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	93	3.2	0	0		84	188	24	37	21:07
7	Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	2.32	2017-18	VGK	76	5	10	15	+26	52	0	0	0	0	1	0	88	5.7	0	0		225	176	30	40	20:09
8	Nikita Zaitsev N. Zaitsev	2.23	2017-18	TOR	60	5	8	13	+8	31	0	0	0	0	1	0	54	9.3	0	0		113	134	21	76	22:13
9	Adam Larsson A. Larsson	2.22	2017-18	EDM	63	4	9	13	+10	34	0	0	0	0	1	0	92	4.3	0	0		239	140	26	52	21:56
10	Erik Johnson E. Johnson	2.18	2017-18	COL	62	9	16	25	+3	58	0	3	0	1	3	1	168	5.4	0	1	0.0	114	135	41	39	25:26
11	Joel Edmundson J. Edmundson	2.17	2017-18	STL	69	7	10	17	-1	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	124	5.6	0	0		116	150	17	28	20:44
12	Marc-Edouard Vlasic M. Vlasic	2.15	2017-18	SJS	81	11	21	32	+9	34	1	2	0	1	2	1	161	6.8	0	1	0.0	26	174	20	55	22:33
13	Ron Hainsey R. Hainsey	2.11	2017-18	TOR	80	4	19	23	+12	20	1	0	0	2	2	0	73	5.5	0	0		91	169	18	85	21:52
14	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	2.10	2017-18	STL	78	15	39	54	+8	22	3	10	0	1	5	1	216	6.9	0	0		48	164	54	41	25:44
15	Brent Seabrook B. Seabrook	2.10	2017-18	CHI	81	7	19	26	-3	38	2	6	0	0	0	0	136	5.1	0	2	0.0	85	170	25	71	20:12
16	Cody Ceci C. Ceci	2.09	2017-18	OTT	82	5	14	19	-27	12	0	5	0	0	1	0	143	3.5	0	0		163	171	18	40	23:20
17	Jared Spurgeon J. Spurgeon	2.08	2017-18	MIN	61	9	28	37	-6	8	3	10	0	0	2	1	110	8.2	0	1	0.0	64	127	23	20	24:33
18	Brooks Orpik B. Orpik	2.07	2017-18	WSH	81	0	10	10	-9	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	0.0	0	0		218	168	17	44	19:22
19	Josh Morrissey J. Morrissey	2.07	2017-18	WPG	81	7	19	26	+15	47	0	1	0	0	0	0	102	6.9	1	2	50.0	139	168	22	48	20:27
20	Stephen Johns S. Johns	2.07	2017-18	DAL	75	8	7	15	+10	41	0	0	0	1	2	0	121	6.6	0	0		201	155	25	44	17:33
21	Ivan Provorov I. Provorov	2.06	2017-18	PHI	82	17	24	41	+17	20	2	3	0	0	2	0	203	8.4	0	0		148	169	26	92	24:09
22	Oscar Klefbom O. Klefbom	2.06	2017-18	EDM	66	5	16	21	-12	18	1	5	1	0	1	1	203	2.5	0	0		49	136	27	43	22:51
23	Greg Pateryn G. Pateryn	2.03	2017-18	DAL	73	1	12	13	+6	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	1.0	0	0		155	148	5	38	19:37
24	Dan Girardi D. Girardi	2.01	2017-18	TBL	77	6	12	18	+18	27	1	0	0	1	1	0	93	6.5	0	1	0.0	133	155	15	27	17:23
25	Duncan Keith D. Keith	2.01	2017-18	CHI	82	2	30	32	-29	28	2	8	0	0	1	0	187	1.1	0	0		41	165	34	73	23:50