nhl most goals by a rookie defenceman

Matthew Schaefer has scored the most goals by a rookie defenseman this season, with 8 scored.

Interpreted as:
NHL most goals by a rookie defenceman this regular season
NAMEGSEASONTMGPAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Matthew Schaefer
M. Schaefer
8
2025-26
NYI NYI
27
11
19
+7
10
4
5
0
0
2
1
74
10.8
0
0
12
33
10
36
23:22
2Alexander Nikishin
A. Nikishin
3
2025-26
CAR CAR
24
6
9
+15
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
45
6.7
0
0
56
33
7
26
19:17
3Zeev Buium
Z. Buium
3
2025-26
MIN MIN
27
9
12
-9
8
2
6
0
0
0
0
29
10.3
0
0
8
14
3
30
18:37
4Ian Moore
I. Moore
2
2025-26
ANA ANA
17
2
4
+2
12
0
0
0
0
1
0
15
13.3
0
0
8
28
4
15
13:43
5Axel Sandin-Pellikka
A. Sandin-Pellikka
2
2025-26
DET DET
27
4
6
-13
8
0
2
0
0
0
0
30
6.7
0
0
8
24
3
26
18:53
6Matthew Robertson
M. Robertson
1
2025-26
NYR NYR
19
1
2
-4
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
17
5.9
0
0
29
28
0
12
15:53
7Yan Kuznetsov
Y. Kuznetsov
1
2025-26
CGY CGY
14
2
3
-4
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
15
6.7
0
0
22
24
2
11
19:41
8Sam Rinzel
S. Rinzel
1
2025-26
CHI CHI
25
7
8
+4
28
0
0
0
0
0
0
34
2.9
0
0
22
28
4
33
16:53
9Charles Alexis Legault
C. Alexis Legault
1
2025-26
CAR CAR
8
1
2
+4
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
10.0
0
0
9
6
4
8
13:16
10Declan Carlile
D. Carlile
1
2025-26
TBL TBL
8
0
1
+1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
25.0
0
0
8
7
0
5
13:07
11Artyom Levshunov
A. Levshunov
1
2025-26
CHI CHI
25
12
13
-2
16
0
7
0
0
0
0
30
3.3
0
0
23
23
6
33
16:42
12Sam Dickinson
S. Dickinson
1
2025-26
SJS SJS
21
1
2
-5
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
22
4.5
0
0
17
15
5
19
14:27
13Harrison Brunicke
H. Brunicke
1
2025-26
PIT PIT
9
0
1
-4
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
12.5
0
0
4
13
1
14
15:43

More Islanders Stats

Team Rankings

G/GP

2.85

24th

GA/GP

2.78

11th

PP%

13.3

32nd

PK%

82.3

10th

2025-26 Division Standings
TEAMWLOTLPTSDIFF
Capitals Capitals
17
9
2
36
27
Hurricanes Hurricanes
16
7
2
34
16
Flyers Flyers
15
8
3
33
5
Devils Devils
16
10
1
33
1
Penguins Penguins
13
7
5
31
8
Islanders Islanders
14
10
3
31
0
Rangers Rangers
14
12
2
30
2
Blue Jackets Blue Jackets
12
9
5
29
-7
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/4
COL COL
@
NYI NYI
7:00 PM
Sat
12/6
NYI NYI
@
TBL TBL
7:00 PM
Sun
12/7
NYI NYI
@
FLA FLA
5:00 PM
Tue
12/9
VGK VGK
@
NYI NYI
7:00 PM
Thu
12/11
ANA ANA
@
NYI NYI
7:00 PM
Last Game
TBL Lightning

16 - 8 - 2

1

Final

2

NYI Islanders

14 - 10 - 3

Tue 2 Dec 2025

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

NHL 2025-26 Betting

NHL 2025-26 Division Standings

Central DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Avalanche Avalanche
19
1
6
44
50
Stars Stars
18
5
5
41
24
Wild Wild
15
7
5
35
6
Pacific DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Ducks Ducks
16
10
1
33
5
Golden Knights Golden Knights
12
6
8
32
1
Kings Kings
12
7
7
31
-4
Atlantic DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Lightning Lightning
16
8
2
34
18
Canadiens Canadiens
14
9
3
31
-7
Senators Senators
13
9
4
30
-2
Metropolitan DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Capitals Capitals
17
9
2
36
27
Hurricanes Hurricanes
16
7
2
34
16
Flyers Flyers
15
8
3
33
5

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
11/5
FLA FLA
@
LAK LAK
5-2
Thu
11/6
MIN MIN
@
NYI NYI
5-2
Thu
11/6
NYR NYR
@
DET DET
4-1
Thu
11/6
CHI CHI
@
CGY CGY
4-0
Thu
11/6
WPG WPG
@
SJS SJS
1-2

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/4
COL COL
@
NYI NYI
7:00 PM
Thu
12/4
NSH NSH
@
FLA FLA
7:00 PM
Thu
12/4
NYR NYR
@
OTT OTT
7:00 PM
Thu
12/4
STL STL
@
BOS BOS
7:00 PM
Thu
12/4
TOR TOR
@
CAR CAR
7:00 PM