Chris Pronger has the most career minutes played per game played by a defenseman, with 27.18.

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NHL defensemen average minutes per game leaders

	NAME	MIN/GP	MIN	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	27.18	20061	738	107	405	512	+151	877	62	234	1	12	23	5	1,740	6.1	7	23	30.4	807	1,385	397	637	27:11
2	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	26.93	25642	952	163	556	719	+273	350	84	297	6	14	23	4	2,426	6.7	0	0		477	990	462	638	26:56
3	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	26.64	7299	274	50	159	209	+67	205	27	88	2	4	16	2	1,002	5.0	2	2	100.0	152	266	129	247	26:38
4	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	26.64	4235	159	25	86	111	+23	74	15	55	2	0	0	0	476	5.3	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38
5	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	26.5	16084	607	78	320	398	+59	194	49	176	2	6	12	2	1,258	6.2	1	1	100.0	298	467	344	835	26:30
6	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	26.47	10534	398	70	203	273	-27	172	28	109	2	7	12	5	1,053	6.6	0	1	0.0	410	653	306	420	26:28
7	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	26.07	32254	1,237	163	536	699	+82	801	80	224	3	8	34	8	2,530	6.4	1	3	33.3	2,039	1,659	305	1,193	26:04
8	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	25.41	18728	737	109	354	463	+83	512	55	155	0	11	30	12	1,440	7.6	7	26	26.9	565	674	566	617	25:25
9	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	25.19	28216	1,120	203	693	896	-131	500	46	269	2	5	38	12	3,058	6.6	0	4	0.0	787	1,462	868	1,339	25:12
10	Brock Faber B. Faber	25.06	5038	201	25	71	96	+6	55	5	28	1	1	3	1	345	7.2	0	0		116	357	68	201	25:04
11	Robert Svehla R. Svehla	24.94	8181	328	29	122	151	+9	273	8	47	0	2	2	0	493	5.9	0	3	0.0	925	484	164	254	24:57
12	Rob Blake R. Blake	24.9	18401	739	137	317	454	+41	809	81	143	3	8	21	1	2,330	5.9	5	14	35.7	1,229	1,382	452	653	24:54
13	Derian Hatcher D. Hatcher	24.89	12867	517	25	114	139	+46	539	7	24	2	8	6	1	681	3.7	0	0		1,297	720	169	535	24:53
14	Roman Josi R. Josi	24.83	24507	987	193	547	740	+50	415	66	200	1	9	35	9	2,905	6.6	0	2	0.0	687	1,850	371	689	24:50
15	Cale Makar C. Makar	24.82	10721	432	127	344	471	+168	128	43	149	3	4	27	6	1,225	10.4	0	0		358	613	319	341	24:49
16	Duncan Keith D. Keith	24.68	30994	1,256	106	540	646	+159	675	30	156	5	15	19	3	2,526	4.2	0	1	0.0	684	2,010	650	1,002	24:41
17	Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	24.62	12657	514	65	252	317	+27	154	13	100	1	2	12	2	1,180	5.5	0	0		304	647	280	518	24:37
18	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	24.59	11458	466	62	377	439	+24	187	16	177	0	3	8	3	1,011	6.1	0	0		120	378	248	406	24:35
19	Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	24.4	20004	820	119	313	432	+52	1,082	67	161	0	7	21	6	1,717	6.9	1	6	16.7	1,534	1,131	130	732	24:24
20	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	24.37	26491	1,087	148	489	637	+123	355	38	154	1	17	33	6	2,588	5.7	1	3	33.3	761	2,095	685	654	24:22
21	Eric Desjardins E. Desjardins	24.36	9672	397	48	148	196	+60	225	20	53	2	7	11	2	888	5.4	4	8	50.0	120	512	193	345	24:22
22	Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	24.3	13971	575	33	175	208	-31	675	15	88	0	6	5	2	1,020	3.2	1	3	33.3	838	639	177	448	24:18
23	Jay Bouwmeester J. Bouwmeester	24.12	29913	1,240	88	336	424	-17	635	25	110	0	7	8	0	1,993	4.4	3	5	60.0	1,218	1,678	307	685	24:07
24	Kenny Jonsson K. Jonsson	24.12	8587	356	32	109	141	-5	134	14	45	2	6	2	0	496	6.5	3	8	37.5	249	528	286	192	24:07
25	Kris Letang K. Letang	24.12	28871	1,197	177	613	790	+84	823	57	235	6	10	35	12	3,005	5.9	1	5	20.0	2,044	1,801	643	1,147	24:07

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10

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+/-

+2

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Team Rankings

G/GP

2.51

32nd

GA/GP

3.36

27th

PP%

18.6

17th

PK%

76.8

25th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	28	2	7	63	63
Stars	25	7	7	57	34
Wild	23	10	6	52	19
Mammoth	18	18	3	39	4
Blues	15	16	8	38	-35
Predators	16	17	4	36	-19
Blackhawks	14	17	6	34	-14
Jets	15	17	4	34	-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 12/29	BUF	@	STL	8:00 PM
Wed 12/31	STL	@	COL	9:00 PM
Fri 1/2	VGK	@	STL	3:00 PM
Sat 1/3	MTL	@	STL	4:00 PM
Wed 1/7	STL	@	CHI	9:30 PM

Last Game

Predators

16 - 17 - 4

Final

Blues

15 - 16 - 8

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NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

31

MacKinnon

25

Geekie

24

McDavid

Assists Leaders

44

McDavid

39

Rantanen

37

Celebrini

Points Leaders

68

McDavid

64

MacKinnon

57

Celebrini

Hits Leaders

189

Trenin

169

Sherwood

136

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

94

McCabe

92

McNabb

91

Parayko

Wins Leaders

17

Wedgewood

16

Shesterkin

16

Bobrovsky

Goals Against Leaders

2.10

Bussi

2.13

Wedgewood

2.16

Blackwood

Save Percentage Leaders

.931

Wallstedt

.924

Blackwood

.919

Wedgewood

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.97

3.49

3.38

Goals Against Rankings

2.19

2.49

2.59

Power Play Rankings

34.3

30.6

29.3

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.8

85.3

84.6

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

25-11

25-12

25-13

23-12

25-14

24-14

Worst Record ATS

11-25

12-25

14-24

14-23

15-22

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	28	2	7	63	63
Stars	25	7	7	57	34
Wild	23	10	6	52	19
Mammoth	18	18	3	39	4
Blues	15	16	8	38	-35
Predators	16	17	4	36	-19
Jets	15	17	4	34	-5
Blackhawks	14	17	6	34	-14
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	17	8	11	45	5
Ducks	21	15	2	44	-2
Oilers	19	14	6	44	1
Kings	16	12	9	41	0
Sharks	18	17	3	39	-17
Kraken	15	14	6	36	-18
Flames	16	18	4	36	-14
Canucks	15	19	3	33	-22

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	22	13	3	47	25
Red Wings	22	14	3	47	-5
Canadiens	20	12	6	46	-2
Panthers	20	15	2	42	1
Sabres	19	14	4	42	-2
Senators	18	14	5	41	4
Bruins	20	18	1	41	-7
Maple Leafs	17	15	5	39	-4
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	23	11	3	49	18
Islanders	21	14	4	46	3
Flyers	19	10	7	45	9
Capitals	20	13	5	45	15
Devils	20	16	2	42	-8
Rangers	19	17	4	42	-3
Penguins	15	12	9	39	-9
Blue Jackets	16	15	6	38	-15