nhl highest playoff points per game in a playoff run by a defenseman since 2005 minimum 15 games

Since 2004-05, Cale Makar has recorded the most points per game by a defenseman with 15+ games played in a single NHL playoff run, with 1.45 per game in 2021-22.

NAME P/GP GP SEASON TM G A P +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG OTG S S% FOW FO FOW% HIT BKS TKA GVA TOI/GP
1 Cale Makar
C. Makar
1.45
20
2021-22
COL COL
8
21
29
+7
10
2
10
1
0
1
1
71
11.3
0
0
28
43
24
13
27:04
2 Evan Bouchard
E. Bouchard
1.28
25
2023-24
EDM EDM
6
26
32
+14
22
1
13
0
0
3
1
74
8.1
0
0
28
45
18
22
25:01
3 Adam Fox
A. Fox
1.15
20
2021-22
NYR NYR
5
18
23
0
2
2
10
0
0
1
0
42
11.9
0
0
17
39
25
26
26:38
4 Kris Letang
K. Letang
1.07
15
2012-13
PIT PIT
3
13
16
+2
8
2
7
0
0
1
0
49
6.1
0
0
28
26
12
18
27:38
5 Cale Makar
C. Makar
1.00
15
2019-20
COL COL
4
11
15
+12
0
2
4
0
0
2
0
36
11.1
0
0
20
14
5
14
23:41
6 Brent Burns
B. Burns
1.00
24
2015-16
SJS SJS
7
17
24
+11
12
4
6
0
0
0
0
77
9.1
0
0
49
42
10
35
25:07
7 Nicklas Lidstrom
N. Lidstrom
1.00
18
2006-07
DET DET
4
14
18
0
6
4
8
0
2
2
0
39
10.3
0
0
11
22
15
25
30:37
8 Miro Heiskanen
M. Heiskanen
0.96
27
2019-20
DAL DAL
6
20
26
+8
2
2
6
0
0
0
0
59
10.2
0
0
50
34
21
58
25:58
9 Shea Theodore
S. Theodore
0.95
20
2019-20
VGK VGK
7
12
19
+7
8
3
5
0
0
1
0
80
8.8
0
0
8
31
13
25
22:24
10 Erik Karlsson
E. Karlsson
0.95
19
2016-17
OTT OTT
2
16
18
+13
10
0
3
0
0
2
0
53
3.8
0
0
21
35
16
25
28:08
11 Quinn Hughes
Q. Hughes
0.94
17
2019-20
VAN VAN
2
14
16
-2
2
1
8
0
0
0
0
30
6.7
0
0
2
19
14
29
22:48
12 Dustin Byfuglien
D. Byfuglien
0.94
17
2017-18
WPG WPG
5
11
16
+2
20
0
6
0
0
1
0
55
9.1
0
0
60
31
13
27
26:30
13 Brent Seabrook
B. Seabrook
0.94
16
2013-14
CHI CHI
3
12
15
0
21
2
4
0
0
0
0
24
12.5
0
0
41
41
1
18
23:22
14 Dan Boyle
D. Boyle
0.93
15
2009-10
SJS SJS
2
12
14
-1
8
1
8
0
0
0
0
47
4.3
0
0
19
30
11
14
27:11
15 Duncan Keith
D. Keith
0.91
23
2014-15
CHI CHI
3
18
21
+16
4
0
5
0
0
3
1
59
5.1
0
0
17
48
9
29
31:07
16 Dan Boyle
D. Boyle
0.89
18
2010-11
SJS SJS
4
12
16
-7
8
2
6
0
0
1
0
67
6.0
0
0
14
25
10
14
26:11
17 Victor Hedman
V. Hedman
0.88
25
2019-20
TBL TBL
10
12
22
+13
24
3
7
0
0
3
1
82
12.2
0
0
36
45
12
38
26:28
18 Chris Pronger
C. Pronger
0.88
24
2005-06
EDM EDM
5
16
21
+10
26
3
8
0
0
0
0
61
8.2
0
0
35
66
28
44
30:57
19 Miro Heiskanen
M. Heiskanen
0.84
19
2023-24
DAL DAL
6
10
16
0
8
3
4
0
0
0
0
44
13.6
0
0
26
42
10
15
28:11
20 Erik Karlsson
E. Karlsson
0.84
19
2018-19
SJS SJS
2
14
16
-3
8
0
6
0
0
1
1
51
3.9
0
0
15
33
20
20
24:45
21 John Carlson
J. Carlson
0.83
24
2017-18
WSH WSH
5
15
20
+11
8
4
8
0
0
0
0
80
6.3
0
0
36
42
24
30
25:38
22 Victor Hedman
V. Hedman
0.83
23
2021-22
TBL TBL
3
16
19
+2
10
2
7
0
0
0
0
77
3.9
0
0
36
42
6
23
24:40
23 Victor Hedman
V. Hedman
0.82
17
2015-16
TBL TBL
4
10
14
+2
14
2
2
0
0
1
0
46
8.7
0
0
21
34
9
17
27:26
24 P.K. Subban
P.K. Subban
0.82
17
2013-14
MTL MTL
5
9
14
+1
24
4
5
0
0
1
1
50
10.0
0
0
36
31
2
21
27:26
25 John Klingberg
J. Klingberg
0.81
26
2019-20
DAL DAL
4
17
21
-5
14
0
7
0
0
2
0
50
8.0
0
0
59
30
17
36
23:20

More Avalanche Stats

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.33

6th

GA/GP

2.82

11th

PP%

24.8

8th

PK%

79.8

12th

2024-25 Division Standings
TEAM W L OTL PTS DIFF
Jets Jets
56
22
4
116
86
Stars Stars
50
26
6
106
53
Avalanche Avalanche
49
29
4
102
43
Wild Wild
45
30
7
97
-11
Blues Blues
44
30
8
96
21
Hockey Club Hockey Club
38
31
13
89
-10
Predators Predators
30
44
8
68
-60
Blackhawks Blackhawks
25
46
11
61
-70
Last Game
DAL Stars

4 - 3 - 0

4

Final

2

COL Avalanche

3 - 4 - 0

Sat 3 May 2025

NHL 2024-25 Leaders

NHL 2024-25 Rankings

NHL 2024-25 Betting

NHL 2024-25 Division Standings

Central Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Jets Jets
56
22
4
116
86
Stars Stars
50
26
6
106
53
Avalanche Avalanche
49
29
4
102
43
Pacific Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Golden Knights Golden Knights
50
22
10
110
56
Kings Kings
48
25
9
105
44
Oilers Oilers
48
29
5
101
23
Atlantic Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
52
26
4
108
37
Lightning Lightning
47
27
8
102
75
Panthers Panthers
47
31
4
98
29
Metropolitan Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Capitals Capitals
51
22
9
111
56
Hurricanes Hurricanes
47
30
5
99
33
Devils Devils
42
33
7
91
20

NHL 2024-25 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
3/28
TOR TOR
@
LAK LAK
3-1
Fri
3/28
CBJ CBJ
@
OTT OTT
2-3
Fri
3/28
BOS BOS
@
DET DET
1-2
Fri
3/28
CGY CGY
@
EDM EDM
2-3
Fri
3/28
NYR NYR
@
SJS SJS
6-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
5/7
DAL DAL
@
WPG WPG
9:30 PM
Thu
5/8
CAR CAR
@
WSH WSH
7:00 PM
Thu
5/8
EDM EDM
@
VGK VGK
9:30 PM
Fri
5/9
TOR TOR
@
FLA FLA
7:00 PM
Fri
5/9
DAL DAL
@
WPG WPG
9:30 PM