Matthew Schaefer has collected the most points by a rookie defenseman this season, with 47 points.

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NHL rookie defenseman point leader this regular season

	NAME	P	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	47	2025-26	NYI	65	20	27	+13	34	7	8	0	0	4	2	162	12.3	0	0		29	89	29	73	24:18
2	Alexander Nikishin A. Nikishin	25	2025-26	CAR	63	9	16	+13	27	4	4	0	0	0	0	99	9.1	0	0		111	70	20	71	18:07
3	Artyom Levshunov A. Levshunov	23	2025-26	CHI	59	2	21	-32	36	1	10	0	0	0	0	71	2.8	0	0		75	61	15	77	19:08
4	Zeev Buium Z. Buium	21	2025-26	TOT	58	5	16	-21	18	3	9	0	0	1	0	56	8.9	0	0		18	36	10	63	19:05
5	Axel Sandin-Pellikka A. Sandin-Pellikka	19	2025-26	DET	63	6	13	-21	16	1	6	0	0	1	0	62	9.7	0	0		16	51	8	54	16:19
6	Tom Willander T. Willander	17	2025-26	VAN	52	4	13	-10	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	44	9.1	0	0		15	48	7	43	15:56
7	Matthew Robertson M. Robertson	12	2025-26	NYR	54	4	8	-2	30	0	0	0	0	1	1	58	6.9	0	0		84	65	4	35	17:18
8	Adam Wilsby A. Wilsby	12	2025-26	NSH	45	1	11	-3	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	2.1	0	0		18	37	13	37	16:37
9	Sam Rinzel S. Rinzel	12	2025-26	CHI	36	3	9	0	36	0	1	0	0	1	0	60	5.0	0	0		30	41	7	44	17:45
10	Yan Kuznetsov Y. Kuznetsov	11	2025-26	CGY	50	4	7	-11	28	0	0	0	2	1	0	54	7.4	0	0		70	87	6	54	20:16
11	Ian Moore I. Moore	11	2025-26	ANA	49	3	8	-3	20	0	0	0	1	1	0	47	6.4	0	1	0.0	25	71	16	32	14:17
12	Max Crozier M. Crozier	10	2025-26	TBL	34	1	9	+7	40	0	0	0	1	0	0	44	2.3	0	0		38	31	5	18	16:00
13	Sam Dickinson S. Dickinson	10	2025-26	SJS	52	1	9	-4	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	53	1.9	0	0		51	48	14	63	16:04
14	Joel Nystrom J. Nystrom	9	2025-26	CAR	37	1	8	+5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	2.3	0	0		9	21	5	31	15:10
15	Ilya Solovyov I. Solovyov	7	2025-26	TOT	23	1	6	+4	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	5.6	0	0		25	26	5	13	12:17
16	Scott Morrow S. Morrow	6	2025-26	NYR	29	0	6	-5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	24	0.0	0	0		11	29	5	21	15:40
17	Daemon Hunt D. Hunt	5	2025-26	MIN	29	0	5	-3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.0	0	0		19	39	1	13	11:57
18	Logan Mailloux L. Mailloux	5	2025-26	STL	49	3	2	-20	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	53	5.7	0	0		64	36	11	48	15:02
19	Alec Regula A. Regula	3	2025-26	EDM	29	0	3	-16	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0.0	0	0		15	44	7	28	14:28
20	Marshall Warren M. Warren	3	2025-26	NYI	8	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0		7	5	1	7	11:29
21	Vincent Iorio V. Iorio	3	2025-26	TOT	26	0	3	-4	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.0	0	0		14	39	7	22	15:51
22	Declan Carlile D. Carlile	3	2025-26	TBL	37	1	2	+5	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	3.4	0	0		45	27	5	20	14:38
23	Donovan Sebrango D. Sebrango	2	2025-26	TOT	25	0	2	-6	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0.0	0	0		42	19	2	17	12:54
24	Ryan Ufko R. Ufko	2	2025-26	NSH	3	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	50.0	0	0		1	0	1	2	13:44
25	Elias Salomonsson E. Salomonsson	2	2025-26	WPG	20	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	3.8	0	0		28	20	2	24	17:48

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Team Leaders

28

Horvat

42

Barzal

+/-

+13

Schaefer

Team Rankings

G/GP

2.89

22nd

GA/GP

2.78

4th

PP%

16.2

29th

PK%

81.3

10th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	41	17	6	88	42
Penguins	32	17	15	79	24
Islanders	37	23	5	79	6
Blue Jackets	33	21	10	76	4
Flyers	30	23	11	71	-14
Capitals	32	27	7	71	9
Devils	32	30	2	66	-26
Rangers	26	30	8	60	-21

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 3/13	LAK	@	NYI	7:00 PM
Sat 3/14	CGY	@	NYI	7:00 PM
Tue 3/17	NYI	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Thu 3/19	NYI	@	OTT	7:00 PM
Sat 3/21	NYI	@	MTL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Islanders

37 - 23 - 5

Final

Blues

25 - 29 - 10

Tue 10 Mar 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

43

MacKinnon

37

Kaprizov

37

Caufield

Assists Leaders

74

McDavid

70

Kucherov

61

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

110

McDavid

104

MacKinnon

104

Kucherov

Hits Leaders

326

Trenin

254

Sherwood

241

Klapka

Blocks Leaders

150

Dobson

149

Weegar

147

Lindell

Wins Leaders

30

Vejmelka

29

Vasilevskiy

26

Dostal

Goals Against Leaders

2.19

Wedgewood

2.28

DeSmith

2.32

Vasilevskiy

Save Percentage Leaders

.917

Cooley

.916

Wedgewood

.913

Sorokin

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.78

3.55

3.53

Goals Against Rankings

2.44

2.66

2.78

Power Play Rankings

33.1

29.7

25.4

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.6

84.3

83.0

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

41-22

39-23

40-24

39-25

39-26

Worst Record ATS

21-43

22-42

24-40

25-40

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	43	11	9	95	82
Stars	40	14	10	90	48
Wild	38	16	11	87	35
Mammoth	34	26	5	73	22
Predators	29	27	8	66	-27
Jets	26	27	10	62	-14
Blues	25	29	10	60	-47
Blackhawks	24	29	11	59	-35
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Ducks	36	25	3	75	-7
Oilers	32	25	8	72	10
Golden Knights	29	22	14	72	3
Kraken	29	25	9	67	-11
Kings	26	23	15	67	-23
Sharks	30	26	6	66	-26
Flames	25	32	7	57	-42
Canucks	19	37	8	46	-73

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	40	19	6	86	35
Lightning	39	20	4	82	48
Canadiens	36	18	10	82	16
Red Wings	36	22	7	79	-2
Bruins	36	22	6	78	13
Senators	32	23	9	73	15
Panthers	32	29	3	67	-18
Maple Leafs	27	27	11	65	-26
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	41	17	6	88	42
Penguins	32	17	15	79	24
Islanders	37	23	5	79	6
Blue Jackets	33	21	10	76	4
Flyers	30	23	11	71	-14
Capitals	32	27	7	71	9
Devils	32	30	2	66	-26
Rangers	26	30	8	60	-21