nhl most shots taken by a left defencemen since 2005 in the eastern conference

Since 2004-05, Kris Letang has taken the most shots in the Eastern Conference by a defenseman, with 2,941 taken.

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Data note: Shots: player season data complete from 1959-60

	NAME	S	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Kris Letang K. Letang	2,941	1,192	171	596	767	+64	817	56	225	6	9	34	12	5.8	1	4	25.0	2,016	1,796	640	1,169	23:59
2	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	2,698	1,166	166	372	538	+265	1,275	79	111	5	17	27	2	6.2	13	36	36.1	2,367	1,685	451	990	24:21
3	John Carlson J. Carlson	2,535	1,102	159	573	732	+116	380	45	214	2	7	32	2	6.3	1	6	16.7	902	2,123	638	1,145	23:33
4	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	2,445	878	164	541	705	-49	402	38	220	1	4	30	9	6.7	0	2	0.0	661	1,151	607	1,064	25:19
5	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	2,349	1,120	165	605	770	+192	756	34	233	1	13	28	7	7.0	1	3	33.3	1,142	1,730	551	942	23:08
6	Mike Green M. Green	1,916	878	150	351	501	-15	592	62	151	1	2	23	9	7.8	0	3	0.0	1,096	1,112	403	808	22:00
7	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	1,915	911	93	431	524	-55	271	15	153	1	4	16	5	4.9	0	4	0.0	768	1,277	391	901	21:55
8	Aaron Ekblad A. Ekblad	1,804	780	111	277	388	+81	537	36	81	2	7	26	6	6.2	0	1	0.0	914	882	330	737	22:43
9	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	1,796	617	128	325	453	+27	151	29	105	2	4	18	6	7.1	0	0		318	827	306	516	24:16
10	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	1,769	625	112	255	367	+57	365	36	81	0	2	22	6	6.3	0	1	0.0	792	675	189	584	20:39
11	Johnny Boychuk J. Boychuk	1,544	721	54	152	206	+122	331	12	23	1	7	12	1	3.5	3	3	100.0	1,467	1,327	135	410	20:07
12	Justin Faulk J. Faulk	1,454	588	92	179	271	-103	283	41	63	3	1	20	1	6.3	0	1	0.0	966	750	385	376	23:07
13	Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	1,445	776	54	247	301	-152	363	14	100	1	6	8	5	3.7	1	2	50.0	1,762	1,256	193	455	22:33
14	Mark Streit M. Streit	1,380	786	96	338	434	-73	374	47	160	2	1	14	3	7.0	4	16	25.0	644	988	348	497	20:49
15	P.K. Subban	1,347	579	75	243	318	+6	693	37	96	0	2	13	4	5.6	0	0		758	797	195	606	23:26
16	Torey Krug T. Krug	1,335	523	67	270	337	+23	220	24	136	1	0	14	4	5.0	3	5	60.0	413	507	158	354	20:19
17	Mike Matheson M. Matheson	1,314	669	77	213	290	-31	372	8	55	3	8	16	5	5.9	1	2	50.0	565	1,119	426	753	22:22
18	Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	1,310	874	77	302	379	+263	320	9	57	5	15	13	2	5.9	2	5	40.0	933	1,699	440	700	22:30
19	Ivan Provorov I. Provorov	1,309	722	79	208	287	-18	251	12	40	1	7	9	3	6.0	0	1	0.0	759	1,345	212	773	23:47
20	Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	1,298	539	99	317	416	-4	430	34	123	0	2	13	3	7.6	0	0		774	686	242	516	23:36
21	Braydon Coburn B. Coburn	1,280	964	49	183	232	+49	706	10	24	2	7	4	0	3.8	0	1	0.0	1,430	1,194	283	493	19:25
22	Jaccob Slavin J. Slavin	1,274	746	53	242	295	+158	96	7	20	4	15	10	4	4.2	0	1	0.0	408	1,239	711	465	22:20
23	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	1,268	583	86	283	369	-23	221	37	145	0	0	17	7	6.8	1	1	100.0	299	638	186	441	19:24
24	Dion Phaneuf D. Phaneuf	1,236	577	58	192	250	-48	755	22	88	1	6	7	3	4.7	0	1	0.0	1,401	1,020	199	423	23:46
25	Dan Girardi D. Girardi	1,235	927	56	208	264	+78	314	14	34	2	12	13	1	4.5	0	2	0.0	2,082	1,954	337	543	21:33

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