Matthew Schaefer has collected the most goals by a rookie defenseman this season, with 22 scored.

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NHL rookie defence scoring leaders this regular season

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	22	2025-26	NYI	77	35	57	+16	36	8	10	0	0	4	2	205	10.7	0	0		38	105	35	83	24:36
2	Alexander Nikishin A. Nikishin	11	2025-26	CAR	74	19	30	+11	29	4	6	1	0	1	1	117	9.4	0	0		121	84	25	81	17:55
3	Axel Sandin-Pellikka A. Sandin-Pellikka	6	2025-26	DET	63	13	19	-21	16	1	6	0	0	1	0	62	9.7	0	0		16	51	8	54	16:19
4	Matthew Robertson M. Robertson	5	2025-26	NYR	66	11	16	-2	36	0	0	0	0	2	1	75	6.7	0	0		99	76	9	46	17:29
5	Tom Willander T. Willander	5	2025-26	VAN	63	15	20	-14	28	0	3	0	0	0	0	53	9.4	0	0		25	70	10	52	16:40
6	Zeev Buium Z. Buium	5	2025-26	TOT	69	19	24	-27	35	3	9	0	0	1	0	64	7.8	0	0		25	46	11	78	19:21
7	Yan Kuznetsov Y. Kuznetsov	4	2025-26	CGY	53	8	12	-7	28	0	0	0	2	1	0	59	6.8	0	0		75	92	7	58	20:06
8	Ian Moore I. Moore	4	2025-26	ANA	61	8	12	-13	24	0	0	0	1	1	0	62	6.5	0	1	0.0	33	78	18	39	14:05
9	Logan Mailloux L. Mailloux	3	2025-26	STL	60	6	9	-16	46	0	1	0	0	0	0	69	4.3	0	0		82	53	15	61	16:15
10	Sam Rinzel S. Rinzel	3	2025-26	CHI	48	10	13	-5	42	0	1	0	0	1	0	75	4.0	0	0		44	57	12	62	18:09
11	Ryan Ufko R. Ufko	2	2025-26	NSH	12	4	6	+1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	40.0	0	0		5	9	2	7	12:43
12	Artyom Levshunov A. Levshunov	2	2025-26	CHI	68	22	24	-41	44	1	10	0	0	0	0	84	2.4	0	0		98	75	16	88	19:35
13	Zayne Parekh Z. Parekh	2	2025-26	CGY	30	4	6	-6	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	33	6.1	0	0		11	21	7	51	16:23
14	Cole Hutson C. Hutson	2	2025-26	WSH	8	4	6	-2	6	1	4	0	0	0	0	15	13.3	0	0		9	2	3	7	16:34
15	Ilya Solovyov I. Solovyov	1	2025-26	TOT	27	7	8	+2	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	5.0	0	0		30	29	5	16	12:19
16	Adam Wilsby A. Wilsby	1	2025-26	NSH	51	12	13	-1	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	1.9	0	0		22	40	14	43	16:31
17	Joel Nystrom J. Nystrom	1	2025-26	CAR	37	8	9	+5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	2.3	0	0		9	21	5	31	15:10
18	Elias Salomonsson E. Salomonsson	1	2025-26	WPG	32	4	5	-6	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	37	2.7	0	0		50	27	2	35	17:58
19	Angus Booth A. Booth	1	2025-26	LAK	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0		2	1	0	1	12:18
20	Theo Lindstein T. Lindstein	1	2025-26	STL	12	1	2	+4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	7.1	0	0		6	9	1	6	15:27
21	Hunter Brzustewicz H. Brzustewicz	1	2025-26	CGY	27	4	5	+1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	28	3.6	0	0		15	14	4	22	15:25
22	Charles Alexis Legault C. Alexis Legault	1	2025-26	CAR	8	1	2	+4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	0	0		9	6	4	8	13:16
23	Max Crozier M. Crozier	1	2025-26	TBL	34	9	10	+7	40	0	0	0	1	0	0	44	2.3	0	0		38	31	5	18	16:00
24	Declan Carlile D. Carlile	1	2025-26	TBL	38	2	3	+5	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	3.4	0	0		46	29	5	20	14:37
25	Travis Mitchell T. Mitchell	1	2025-26	NYI	9	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	0	0		13	6	0	6	11:32

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Team Leaders

30

Horvat

50

Barzal

+/-

+16

Schaefer

Team Rankings

G/GP

2.84

23rd

GA/GP

2.86

6th

PP%

16.7

30th

PK%

81.2

10th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	48	21	6	102	49
Penguins	38	22	16	92	22
Islanders	42	30	5	89	-2
Flyers	38	26	12	88	-4
Blue Jackets	38	26	12	88	4
Capitals	38	29	9	85	11
Devils	39	34	2	80	-18
Rangers	31	36	9	71	-19

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/4	NYI	@	CAR	7:00 PM
Thu 4/9	TOR	@	NYI	6:45 PM
Sat 4/11	OTT	@	NYI	1:00 PM
Sun 4/12	MTL	@	NYI	6:00 PM
Tue 4/14	CAR	@	NYI	7:00 PM

Last Game

Flyers

38 - 26 - 12

Final

Islanders

42 - 30 - 5

Fri 3 Apr 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

50

MacKinnon

49

Caufield

43

McDavid

Assists Leaders

83

McDavid

83

Kucherov

71

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

126

McDavid

124

Kucherov

121

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

373

Trenin

299

Sherwood

276

Klapka

Blocks Leaders

182

Dobson

181

McCabe

168

Fehervary

Wins Leaders

36

Vasilevskiy

34

Vejmelka

31

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.19

Wedgewood

2.34

Vasilevskiy

2.38

DeSmith

Save Percentage Leaders

.916

Wedgewood

.912

Cooley

.912

Shesterkin

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.78

3.60

3.51

Goals Against Rankings

2.53

2.70

2.77

Power Play Rankings

30.1

29.1

24.8

Penalty Kill Rankings

83.7

83.5

82.1

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

49-27

46-28

44-30

45-31

44-31

Worst Record ATS

26-49

28-47

29-46

30-46

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - x	49	15	10	108	90
Stars - x	45	19	12	102	49
Wild - x	42	21	12	96	29
Mammoth	39	30	6	84	27
Predators	35	31	9	79	-25
Blues	32	31	12	76	-34
Jets	32	31	12	76	-18
Blackhawks - e	27	35	14	68	-55
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	39	28	9	87	12
Ducks	41	30	5	87	-12
Golden Knights	34	26	16	84	3
Sharks	36	31	7	79	-33
Kings	30	26	19	79	-27
Kraken	32	31	11	75	-25
Flames	31	36	8	70	-46
Canucks - e	22	45	8	52	-91

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	47	22	6	100	64
Sabres	46	22	8	100	39
Canadiens	44	21	10	98	29
Bruins	43	25	8	94	22
Senators	39	26	10	88	20
Red Wings	40	27	8	88	-5
Panthers	37	35	3	77	-24
Maple Leafs - e	32	31	13	77	-32
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - x	48	21	6	102	49
Penguins	38	22	16	92	22
Islanders	42	30	5	89	-2
Blue Jackets	38	26	12	88	4
Flyers	38	26	12	88	-4
Capitals	38	29	9	85	11
Devils	39	34	2	80	-18
Rangers - e	31	36	9	71	-19