nhl team hit leaders in the playoffs this year forwards

Ivan Barbashev has made the most hits by a forward in the 2026 playoffs, with 107 hits.

	NAME	HIT	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Ivan Barbashev I. Barbashev	107	2025-26	VGK	21	6	8	14	+2	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	36	16.7	5	10	50.0	12	9	24	17:20
2	Cole Smith C. Smith	98	2025-26	VGK	21	3	3	6	+3	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	21.4	0	2	0.0	9	3	9	11:50
3	William Carrier W. Carrier	88	2025-26	CAR	18	0	4	4	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0.0	5	10	50.0	7	3	10	10:00
4	Jordan Staal J. Staal	84	2025-26	CAR	18	8	4	12	+6	13	3	1	0	1	1	0	35	22.9	221	392	56.4	9	3	13	18:03
5	Keegan Kolesar K. Kolesar	82	2025-26	VGK	21	1	0	1	-2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	3	11	27.3	12	1	12	10:15
6	Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	68	2025-26	CAR	18	6	5	11	-3	24	4	2	0	0	1	1	50	12.0	0	1	0.0	8	7	25	17:48
7	Colton Sissons C. Sissons	62	2025-26	VGK	21	2	6	8	+4	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	20	10.0	57	95	60.0	21	4	11	13:50
8	Brett Howden B. Howden	62	2025-26	VGK	21	14	4	18	+13	6	0	0	3	0	3	1	40	35.0	52	85	61.2	8	2	11	16:41
9	Nic Dowd N. Dowd	59	2025-26	VGK	21	3	1	4	-2	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	25	12.0	129	251	51.4	18	6	14	13:36
10	Marcus Foligno M. Foligno	55	2025-26	MIN	11	2	1	3	+1	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	28.6	0	1	0.0	5	1	3	11:29
11	Yakov Trenin Y. Trenin	51	2025-26	MIN	9	0	2	2	+2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	2	0.0	5	2	5	11:05
12	Jeffrey Viel J. Viel	51	2025-26	ANA	12	2	2	4	+1	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	11.8	5	14	35.7	3	2	15	12:10
13	Tim Washe T. Washe	48	2025-26	ANA	12	0	1	1	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	100	169	59.2	9	0	2	13:43
14	Zachary Bolduc Z. Bolduc	47	2025-26	MTL	19	3	4	7	-3	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	18	16.7	0	1	0.0	8	6	9	11:23
15	Josh Anderson J. Anderson	46	2025-26	MTL	19	5	2	7	+6	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	16.7	2	4	50.0	12	2	15	15:23
16	Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	42	2025-26	VGK	21	5	9	14	-1	4	1	7	0	0	2	0	36	13.9	96	164	58.5	7	5	9	13:25
17	Jordan Martinook J. Martinook	42	2025-26	CAR	18	2	3	5	+1	14	0	0	0	1	1	1	36	5.6	1	7	14.3	14	5	16	16:10
18	Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	42	2025-26	BUF	13	1	2	3	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	0	2	0.0	10	3	4	10:30
19	Travis Konecny T. Konecny	41	2025-26	PHI	10	1	4	5	-2	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	2	2	100.0	5	3	8	18:18
20	Gabriel Landeskog G. Landeskog	40	2025-26	COL	13	6	5	11	+4	14	2	3	0	0	0	0	37	16.2	54	115	47.0	9	3	9	19:19
21	Eric Robinson E. Robinson	40	2025-26	CAR	18	3	5	8	+5	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	12.0	0	3	0.0	4	1	12	10:53
22	Ross Colton R. Colton	38	2025-26	COL	11	2	3	5	-2	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	10.0	3	6	50.0	4	0	6	9:40
23	Lawson Crouse L. Crouse	38	2025-26	UTA	6	3	2	5	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	27.3	1	4	25.0	4	3	6	21:33
24	Nick Foligno N. Foligno	37	2025-26	MIN	11	2	1	3	+2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	20.0	20	45	44.4	5	0	8	12:05
25	Jake Evans J. Evans	37	2025-26	MTL	19	2	8	10	+11	22	0	0	1	0	1	0	21	9.5	135	242	55.8	17	6	9	16:56

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More Golden Knights Stats

Team Leaders

14

Howden

20

Eichel

+/-

+14

Marner

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.22

14th

GA/GP

2.95

12th

PP%

24.5

6th

PK%

81.4

7th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks	25	49	8	58	-100

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 6/14	CAR	@	VGK	8:00 PM
Wed 6/17	VGK	@	CAR	8:00 PM

Last Game

Golden Knights

2 - 3

Final

Hurricanes

3 - 2

Thu 11 Jun 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs Goals Leaders

14

Howden

12

Dorofeyev

11

Stankoven

Playoffs Assists Leaders

20

Eichel

19

Marner

13

Hutson

Playoffs Points Leaders

29

Marner

22

Eichel

18

Theodore

Playoffs Hits Leaders

107

Barbashev

98

Smith

88

Carrier

Playoffs Blocks Leaders

58

Theodore

52

Carrier

45

Matheson

Playoffs Wins Leaders

14

Hart

13

Andersen

9

Dobes

Playoffs Goals Against Leaders

1.52

Silovs

1.89

Andersen

2.03

Ullmark

Playoffs Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

Korpisalo

.939

Silovs

.932

Ullmark

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs Goals Rankings

3.73

3.62

3.50

Playoffs Goals Against Rankings

2.17

2.29

2.40

Playoffs Power Play Rankings

40.0

31.6

28.6

Playoffs Penalty Kill Rankings

95.8

91.2

90.9

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

48-34

59-42

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

34-48

42-58

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12