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	26.03	32714	1,257	163	537	700	+70	819	80	224	3	8	34	8	2,559	6.4	1	3	33.3	2,049	1,673	309	1,215	26:02
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	25.15	28600	1,137	204	702	906	-116	502	46	274	2	5	38	12	3,086	6.6	0	4	0.0	794	1,473	877	1,351	25:09
10	Brock Faber B. Faber	25.12	5577	222	31	83	114	+20	63	5	30	1	1	3	1	390	7.9	0	0		120	395	76	218	25:07
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	24.85	25076	1,009	201	563	764	+52	423	69	208	1	9	38	10	2,970	6.8	0	2	0.0	695	1,886	378	711	24:51
15	Cale Makar C. Makar	24.82	11243	453	133	355	488	+165	132	43	156	3	4	28	6	1,273	10.4	0	0		370	642	328	365	24:49
16	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	24.74	12050	487	64	403	467	+29	199	16	188	0	3	9	3	1,074	6.0	0	0		121	400	262	435	24:45
17	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
18	Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	24.66	13121	532	65	266	331	+29	160	13	105	1	2	12	2	1,213	5.4	0	0		315	685	284	544	24:40
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	Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	24.14	1448	60	18	23	41	+10	28	7	8	0	0	4	2	141	12.8	0	0		27	80	28	67	24:08
24	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
25	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

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Team Leaders

14

Kyrou

23

Buchnevich

+/-

+4

Stenberg

Team Rankings

G/GP

2.58

28th

GA/GP

3.46

29th

PP%

17.5

25th

PK%

73.5

29th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	39	10	9	87	75
Stars	36	14	9	81	37
Wild	35	15	10	80	27
Mammoth	31	24	4	66	27
Predators	27	24	8	62	-28
Jets	23	26	9	55	-15
Blackhawks	22	28	9	53	-35
Blues	21	29	9	51	-54

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 3/1	STL	@	MIN	5:00 PM
Wed 3/4	STL	@	SEA	10:00 PM
Fri 3/6	STL	@	SJS	10:00 PM
Sun 3/8	STL	@	ANA	9:00 PM
Tue 3/10	NYI	@	STL	7:30 PM

Last Game

Devils

29 - 29 - 2

Final

Blues

21 - 29 - 9

Sat 28 Feb 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

40

MacKinnon

35

McDavid

35

Boldy

Assists Leaders

68

McDavid

64

Kucherov

57

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

103

McDavid

97

MacKinnon

95

Kucherov

Hits Leaders

297

Trenin

224

Sherwood

215

Klapka

Blocks Leaders

141

Parayko

140

Dobson

137

Weegar

Wins Leaders

28

Vejmelka

28

Vasilevskiy

24

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.22

Vasilevskiy

2.23

Bussi

2.23

Blackwood

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Cooley

.916

Blackwood

.916

Vasilevskiy

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.79

3.53

3.52

Goals Against Rankings

2.43

2.60

2.71

Power Play Rankings

32.3

30.1

26.1

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.6

84.1

83.7

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

40-19

38-21

36-21

36-23

35-23

Worst Record ATS

20-40

20-39

21-38

22-37

23-38

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	39	10	9	87	75
Stars	36	14	9	81	37
Wild	35	15	10	80	27
Mammoth	31	24	4	66	27
Predators	27	24	8	62	-28
Jets	23	26	9	55	-15
Blackhawks	22	28	9	53	-35
Blues	21	29	9	51	-54
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	28	17	14	70	13
Ducks	32	23	3	67	-8
Oilers	29	24	8	66	9
Kraken	28	22	9	65	-6
Kings	24	21	14	62	-22
Sharks	28	25	4	60	-24
Flames	24	28	6	54	-26
Canucks	18	34	7	43	-66

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	38	16	4	80	56
Sabres	35	19	6	76	25
Canadiens	33	17	9	75	15
Red Wings	34	20	6	74	-3
Bruins	33	21	5	71	13
Senators	29	22	8	66	9
Panthers	30	26	3	63	-14
Maple Leafs	27	24	9	63	-15
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	38	15	6	82	38
Penguins	30	15	13	73	25
Islanders	34	21	5	73	9
Capitals	31	24	7	69	11
Blue Jackets	29	21	8	66	-1
Flyers	27	21	11	65	-12
Devils	29	29	2	60	-31
Rangers	23	29	7	53	-29