nhl player most goal by defense in 2021 playoffs

Alec Martinez, Alex Pietrangelo and Ryan Pulock were tied for the most goals by a defenseman in the 2021 playoffs, with 4 scored.

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Alec Martinez A. Martinez	4	2020-21	VGK	19	2	6	+1	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	37	10.8	0	0	30	72	5	13	22:32
2	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	4	2020-21	VGK	19	8	12	+8	18	0	2	0	0	1	0	76	5.3	0	0	19	52	23	21	25:07
3	Ryan Pulock R. Pulock	4	2020-21	NYI	19	2	6	-3	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	29	13.8	0	0	70	38	1	9	23:19
4	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	2	2020-21	CAR	11	3	5	+7	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	55	3.6	0	0	18	15	2	9	25:21
5	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	2	2020-21	TBL	23	16	18	+1	8	2	11	0	0	0	0	55	3.6	0	0	21	48	11	27	24:42
6	Nick Holden N. Holden	2	2020-21	VGK	15	5	7	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	11.8	0	0	44	14	5	4	15:44
7	Scott Mayfield S. Mayfield	2	2020-21	NYI	19	4	6	+12	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	5.9	0	0	37	50	7	10	21:43
8	Jake Muzzin J. Muzzin	2	2020-21	TOR	6	1	3	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	28.6	0	0	16	11	4	8	19:30
9	Brett Pesce B. Pesce	2	2020-21	CAR	11	3	5	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	7.1	0	0	16	24	4	9	26:58
10	Logan Stanley L. Stanley	2	2020-21	WPG	8	1	3	+6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	14.3	0	0	21	22	0	13	15:23
11	Cale Makar C. Makar	2	2020-21	COL	10	8	10	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	23	8.7	0	0	17	13	8	9	24:24
12	Jan Rutta J. Rutta	2	2020-21	TBL	23	1	3	+3	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	24	8.3	0	0	25	16	7	11	14:09
13	Jake Bean J. Bean	1	2020-21	CAR	11	0	1	-3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	0	0	2	8	0	9	14:24
14	TJ Brodie	1	2020-21	TOR	7	1	2	+5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	0	0	5	10	3	8	22:35
15	Erik Cernak E. Cernak	1	2020-21	TBL	21	9	10	+12	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	2.8	0	0	65	26	6	6	19:57
16	Ben Chiarot B. Chiarot	1	2020-21	MTL	22	1	2	-6	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	3.0	0	0	88	48	7	38	25:15
17	Brenden Dillon B. Dillon	1	2020-21	WSH	5	0	1	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	0	0	19	7	2	2	19:51
18	Matt Dumba M. Dumba	1	2020-21	MIN	7	2	3	-1	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	0	13	20	7	2	23:39
19	Ryan Ellis R. Ellis	1	2020-21	NSH	6	4	5	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	0	0	5	14	2	5	25:26
20	Derek Forbort D. Forbort	1	2020-21	WPG	8	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	7.1	0	0	22	19	4	17	24:38
21	Gustav Forsling G. Forsling	1	2020-21	FLA	6	1	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	6.3	0	0	4	6	4	2	21:29
22	Matt Grzelcyk M. Grzelcyk	1	2020-21	BOS	11	3	4	-2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	6.3	0	0	5	11	5	9	20:08
23	Radko Gudas R. Gudas	1	2020-21	FLA	6	1	2	+2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	0	0	39	4	0	6	17:19
24	Erik Gustafsson E. Gustafsson	1	2020-21	MTL	16	2	3	+3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	0	0	8	4	1	11	10:00
25	Kris Letang K. Letang	1	2020-21	PIT	6	5	6	-2	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	0	0	30	8	2	7	28:42