ppg leader in defense men in first 20 nhl playoff games

Mike Rathje scored the most power-play goals by a defenseman in the playoffs in his first 20 games, with 6 scored.

	NAME	PPG	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Mike Rathje M. Rathje	6	20	6	2	8	-17	10	0	0	0	0	0	22	27.3
2	Francois Beauchemin F. Beauchemin	5	20	5	7	12	+1	13	4	0	0	0	0	49	10.2	0	0		36	24	15	19	27:27
3	Torey Krug T. Krug	4	20	5	6	11	+7	2	2	0	0	0	0	40	12.5	0	0		21	22	3	3	16:32
4	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	4	20	5	16	21	+5	27	7	0	0	1	0	74	6.8
5	Dave Babych D. Babych	4	20	4	10	14	-21	39	4	0	2	0	0	56	7.1
6	Ron Greschner R. Greschner	4	20	7	6	13	+6	14	1	1	1	3	0	43	16.3
7	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	3	20	5	11	16	-3	8	6	0	0	0	0	52	9.6	0	0		26	24	11	13	19:18
8	Colin Miller C. Miller	3	20	3	2	5	+7	12	0	0	0	0	0	31	9.7	0	0		38	26	8	16	18:30
9	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	3	20	3	7	10	+1	11	2	0	0	1	0	49	6.1	0	0		33	34	11	14	25:21
10	Dustin Byfuglien D. Byfuglien	3	20	8	3	11	-6	20	0	0	0	4	1	38	21.1	1	3	33.3	84	9	7	12	16:01
11	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	3	20	6	10	16	0	16	6	0	0	0	0	43	14.0	0	1	0.0	33	37	8	27	26:49
12	Mike Green M. Green	3	20	4	12	16	-4	27	5	0	1	0	0	43	9.3	0	0		46	23	10	26	26:14
13	Dion Phaneuf D. Phaneuf	3	20	5	4	9	-14	18	4	0	0	0	0	48	10.4	0	0		66	27	2	28	23:55
14	Filip Kuba F. Kuba	3	20	4	5	9	-8	28	2	1	0	0	0	23	17.4	0	0		11	26	10	18	25:59
15	Boris Mironov B. Mironov	3	20	5	11	16	-9	37	6	0	2	1	0	48	10.4
16	Adrian Aucoin A. Aucoin	3	20	3	6	9	-8	10	5	0	0	0	0	39	7.7	0	0		37	5	15	9	33:05
17	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	3	20	3	3	6	-7	0	2	0	0	0	0	32	9.4
18	Yves Racine Y. Racine	3	20	5	2	7	0	24	0	0	1	1	1	35	14.3
19	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	3	20	8	14	22	-7	4	11	1	1	0	0	88	9.1
20	Mark Tinordi M. Tinordi	3	20	3	4	7	-5	44	2	0	0	0	0	31	9.7
21	Bruce Driver B. Driver	3	20	3	7	10	-1	14	5	0	0	0	0	39	7.7
22	Glen Wesley G. Wesley	3	20	4	6	10	+2	22	4	0	0	0	0	35	11.4
23	Steve Chiasson S. Chiasson	3	20	7	3	10	-3	75	2	0	0	0	0	37	18.9
24	Steve Duchesne S. Duchesne	3	20	5	9	14	-16	26	8	0	0	0	0	37	13.5
25	Willie Huber W. Huber	3	20	5	3	8	-9	27	0	0	0	0	0	37	13.5

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TEAM	W	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Canucks	1	0	2	1
Golden Knights	1	0	2	3
Oilers	0	1	1	-1
Kings	0	0	0	0
Flames	0	0	0	0
Sharks	0	0	0	0
Ducks	0	0	0	0
Kraken	0	0	0	0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/1	FLA	@	SJS	10:00 PM
Sat 10/3	LAK	@	SJS	10:00 PM
Mon 10/5	SJS	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Thu 10/8	SJS	@	STL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/10	EDM	@	SJS	4:00 PM

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3

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2

Nylander

2

Podkolzin

Assists Leaders

2

Bouchard

2

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2

McDavid

Points Leaders

5

Bouchard

3

Eichel

2

Hronek

Hits Leaders

8

Svechnikov

8

Zadorov

8

Gatcomb

Blocks Leaders

5

Pettersson

4

Murphy

3

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Wins Leaders

1

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1

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Swayman

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6.00

5.00

Goals Against Rankings

0.00

1.00

Power Play Rankings

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33.3

25.0

Penalty Kill Rankings

100.0

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

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NHL 2026-27 Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	1	0	0	2	3
Canadiens	1	0	0	2	1
Panthers	1	0	0	2	1
Sabres	0	0	0	0	0
Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
Senators	0	0	0	0	0
Lightning	0	0	0	0	0
Maple Leafs	0	1	0	0	-1
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	0	0	1	1	-1
Blue Jackets	0	0	0	0	0
Devils	0	0	0	0	0
Islanders	0	0	0	0	0
Flyers	0	0	0	0	0
Penguins	0	0	0	0	0
Capitals	0	0	0	0	0
Rangers	0	1	0	0	-3

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
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Stars	0	0	0	0	0
Wild	0	0	0	0	0
Predators	0	0	0	0	0
Blues	0	0	0	0	0
Mammoth	0	0	0	0	0
Jets	0	0	0	0	0
Blackhawks	0	1	0	0	-3
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	1	0	0	2	3
Canucks	1	0	0	2	1
Oilers	0	0	1	1	-1
Ducks	0	0	0	0	0
Flames	0	0	0	0	0
Kings	0	0	0	0	0
Sharks	0	0	0	0	0
Kraken	0	0	0	0	0

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 9/29	FLA	@	CAR	1-0
Tue 9/29	MTL	@	TOR	3-2
Tue 9/29	NYR	@	BOS	0-3
Tue 9/29	VAN	@	EDM	6-5
Tue 9/29	CHI	@	VGK	2-5

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 9/30	PIT	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Wed 9/30	NYI	@	TOR	7:30 PM
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Thu 10/1	PHI	@	NJD	7:00 PM
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Mike Rathje scored the most power-play goals by a defenseman in the playoffs in his first 20 games, with 6 scored.

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1.000

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