nhl career shooting percentage leaders defensemen

Paul Reinhart has the best career shot percentage by a defenseman, at 10.6 percent.

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	NAME	S%	S	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Paul Reinhart P. Reinhart	10.6	1,257	648	133	426	559	+26	277	65	213	3	3	14	1
2	Cale Makar C. Makar	10.3	1,318	471	136	373	509	+167	134	45	164	3	4	28	6	0	0		376	668	335	390	24:47
3	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	10.2	3,050	1,060	310	742	1,052	+456	1,356	127	332	10	22	44	0
4	Ron Greschner R. Greschner	9.5	1,877	981	179	431	610	-84	1,226	51	171	6	5	18	0
5	Sandis Ozolinsh S. Ozolinsh	9.4	1,771	875	167	397	564	-44	638	67	204	4	3	26	3	0	0		425	367	219	469	22:30
6	Tomas Jonsson T. Jonsson	9.2	926	552	85	259	344	+64	482	23	134	3	8	12	0
7	Mark Howe M. Howe	9.1	1,960	866	178	499	677	+391	401	51	187	26	22	20	0
8	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	9.0	4,389	1,409	396	1,135	1,531	+298	1,802	135	529	20	31	43	1	0	0		33	89	23	97	21:50
9	Steve Duchesne S. Duchesne	8.9	2,542	1,113	227	525	752	+89	824	84	231	10	9	30	2	1	2	50.0	113	241	68	154	18:42
10	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	8.9	2,332	1,384	208	750	958	+722	793	66	243	3	7	29	0
11	Phil Housley P. Housley	8.9	3,808	1,495	338	894	1,232	-53	822	129	483	7	3	49	5	1	2	50.0	93	147	85	196	20:52
12	Al Iafrate A. Iafrate	8.8	1,718	799	152	311	463	-72	1,301	46	122	8	9	22	0
13	Bobby Orr B. Orr	8.8	3,058	657	270	645	915	+582	953	76	248	16	31	26
14	Marc-Andre Bergeron M. Bergeron	8.6	951	490	82	153	235	-12	214	44	80	0	1	14	3	0	0		290	471	175	351	17:46
15	Lubomir Visnovsky L. Visnovsky	8.4	1,532	883	128	367	495	+40	373	52	189	0	1	20	4	5	17	29.4	637	1,102	383	768	21:26
16	Shea Weber S. Weber	8.1	2,765	1,038	224	365	589	+79	714	106	133	5	6	35	7	0	0		2,212	1,691	372	737	24:03
17	James Patrick J. Patrick	8.1	1,848	1,280	149	490	639	+100	759	62	233	3	15	16	0	2	2	100.0	140	306	48	124	17:31
18	Jakob Chychrun J. Chychrun	8.0	1,519	621	122	201	323	-32	422	41	53	0	0	24	5	0	0		686	936	232	539	21:32
19	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	8.0	3,604	1,615	288	929	1,217	+197	1,084	114	433	9	18	36	4	2	2	100.0	66	152	40	129	20:40
20	Adam Fox A. Fox	7.9	907	488	72	352	424	+120	196	16	158	4	9	20	3	0	1	0.0	223	753	384	405	23:08
21	Zarley Zalapski Z. Zalapski	7.9	1,252	637	99	285	384	-28	684	39	143	4	7	12	0	0	0		10	7	5	10	14:12
22	Behn Wilson B. Wilson	7.9	1,240	601	98	261	359	+57	1,480	38	85	2	5	18	1
23	Fredrik Olausson F. Olausson	7.9	1,869	1,022	147	434	581	-29	452	72	240	2	8	20	1	0	0		88	84	43	80	17:30
24	Jimmy Roberts J. Roberts	7.8	843	664	66	112	178	+62	395	5	11	13	9	9
25	Mike Green M. Green	7.8	1,918	880	150	351	501	-17	592	62	151	1	2	23	9	0	3	0.0	1,099	1,115	403	808	21:59

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Strome

1

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+/-

0

Wolf

Team Rankings

G/GP

1.00

19th

GA/GP

6.00

21st

PP%

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PK%

80.0

16th

2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	1	0	1	3	1
Canucks	1	1	0	2	-1
Sharks	1	0	0	2	1
Golden Knights	1	0	0	2	3
Kraken	1	0	0	2	5
Kings	0	1	0	0	-4
Flames	0	1	0	0	-5
Ducks	0	0	0	0	0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	CGY	@	VAN	10:00 PM
Sun 10/4	CGY	@	SEA	8:00 PM
Thu 10/8	COL	@	CGY	9:00 PM
Sat 10/10	ANA	@	CGY	10:00 PM
Tue 10/13	CGY	@	ANA	9:45 PM

Last Game

Kraken

1 - 0 - 0

Final

Flames

0 - 1 - 0

Thu 1 Oct 2026

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4

Bouchard

3

Rossi

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Assists Leaders

6

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Points Leaders

8

Bouchard

7

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Hits Leaders

10

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Tippett

10

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10

Murphy

7

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7

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Wins Leaders

1

Shesterkin

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Markstrom

1

Askarov

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0.00

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1.000

Vejmelka

1.000

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Goals Rankings

8.00

7.00

Goals Against Rankings

0.00

Power Play Rankings

80.0

66.7

Penalty Kill Rankings

100.0

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

NHL 2026-27 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Mammoth	1	0	0	2	6
Avalanche	1	0	0	2	4
Wild	1	0	0	2	2
Stars	0	0	0	0	0
Blues	0	0	0	0	0
Jets	0	0	0	0	0
Predators	0	1	0	0	-2
Blackhawks	0	2	0	0	-9
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	1	0	1	3	1
Kraken	1	0	0	2	5
Golden Knights	1	0	0	2	3
Sharks	1	0	0	2	1
Canucks	1	1	0	2	-1
Ducks	0	0	0	0	0
Kings	0	1	0	0	-4
Flames	0	1	0	0	-5

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Panthers	1	0	1	3	0
Bruins	1	0	0	2	3
Canadiens	1	0	0	2	1
Maple Leafs	1	1	0	2	0
Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
Senators	0	0	0	0	0
Sabres	0	1	0	0	-3
Lightning	0	1	0	0	-4
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Penguins	1	0	0	2	7
Blue Jackets	1	0	0	2	3
Devils	1	0	0	2	1
Rangers	1	1	0	2	1
Hurricanes	0	0	1	1	-1
Flyers	0	1	1	1	-8
Capitals	0	0	0	0	0
Islanders	0	1	0	0	-1