which defenseman had the most goals in nhl 2022

Cale Makar scored the most goals by a defenseman in 2021-22, with 28 scored.

	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	Cale Makar C. Makar	28	2021-22	COL	77	58	86	+48	26	9	25	0	0	6	3	240	11.7	0	0		95	110	49	40	25:40
2	Roman Josi R. Josi	23	2021-22	NSH	80	73	96	+13	46	11	26	0	0	2	0	281	8.2	0	0		66	133	48	71	25:33
3	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	20	2021-22	TBL	82	65	85	+26	36	6	32	0	0	6	1	219	9.1	0	0		93	129	52	56	25:05
4	John Carlson J. Carlson	17	2021-22	WSH	78	54	71	+13	20	7	18	0	3	2	0	195	8.7	0	0		73	112	42	55	23:49
5	Justin Faulk J. Faulk	16	2021-22	STL	76	31	47	+41	43	1	6	0	0	6	1	167	9.6	0	0		149	101	37	40	23:12
6	Aaron Ekblad A. Ekblad	15	2021-22	FLA	61	42	57	+38	26	3	17	0	3	2	2	180	8.3	0	0		62	69	43	73	24:55
7	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	14	2021-22	ARI	82	37	51	-23	26	2	17	0	0	2	1	151	9.3	0	0		60	115	44	78	22:11
8	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	14	2021-22	VGK	78	38	52	+6	24	1	11	0	0	5	3	205	6.8	0	0		37	97	60	58	23:08
9	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	13	2021-22	VGK	80	31	44	+7	42	3	10	1	3	0	0	227	5.7	0	0		66	164	93	56	24:39
10	Devon Toews D. Toews	13	2021-22	COL	66	44	57	+52	20	2	10	0	0	3	1	158	8.2	0	0		54	85	45	34	25:22
11	Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	13	2021-22	BUF	80	40	53	-22	68	3	18	0	1	3	1	170	7.6	0	0		121	91	27	51	24:01
12	Noah Dobson N. Dobson	13	2021-22	NYI	80	38	51	-3	18	3	19	0	0	4	1	190	6.8	0	0		78	154	27	82	21:28
13	Dmitry Orlov D. Orlov	12	2021-22	WSH	76	23	35	+25	44	2	2	0	0	4	1	127	9.4	0	0		124	94	37	44	20:58
14	Josh Morrissey J. Morrissey	12	2021-22	WPG	79	25	37	-3	66	6	9	0	0	3	0	173	6.9	0	0		150	104	26	63	23:40
15	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	12	2021-22	EDM	81	31	43	+10	28	2	5	0	1	1	0	205	5.9	0	0		80	112	37	79	19:48
16	Mike Matheson M. Matheson	11	2021-22	PIT	74	20	31	+12	33	0	2	0	0	5	0	140	7.9	0	0		97	81	43	43	18:48
17	Damon Severson D. Severson	11	2021-22	NJD	80	35	46	-14	57	5	11	0	1	0	0	158	7.0	0	0		91	92	38	63	23:36
18	Jacob Trouba J. Trouba	11	2021-22	NYR	81	28	39	+25	88	1	3	0	2	1	0	204	5.4	0	0		207	177	24	63	22:26
19	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	11	2021-22	CBJ	68	37	48	-15	22	4	10	0	1	2	0	216	5.1	0	0		33	95	39	39	25:40
20	Adam Fox A. Fox	11	2021-22	NYR	78	63	74	+18	26	0	33	1	1	2	1	158	7.0	0	0		30	128	78	58	23:54
21	Brandon Montour B. Montour	11	2021-22	FLA	81	26	37	+15	48	1	7	0	0	1	1	153	7.2	0	0		64	65	26	49	17:54
22	Adam Boqvist A. Boqvist	11	2021-22	CBJ	52	11	22	-11	12	3	3	0	0	1	0	64	17.2	0	0		26	47	11	28	17:03
23	Brent Burns B. Burns	10	2021-22	SJS	82	44	54	-15	42	4	14	0	1	0	0	203	4.9	0	1	0.0	55	150	68	97	26:09
24	Tony DeAngelo T. DeAngelo	10	2021-22	CAR	64	41	51	+30	56	2	18	0	0	2	0	151	6.6	0	0		41	59	27	39	19:49
25	Gustav Forsling G. Forsling	10	2021-22	FLA	71	27	37	+41	18	0	0	0	0	1	1	145	6.9	0	0		45	86	51	53	21:13

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Team Leaders

35

MacKinnon

39

MacKinnon

+/-

+50

MacKinnon

Team Rankings

G/GP

4.00

1st

GA/GP

2.17

1st

PP%

16.3

26th

PK%

85.6

1st

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	31	3	7	69	72
Stars	25	9	8	58	29
Wild	25	10	8	58	23
Blues	17	18	8	42	-39
Predators	19	18	4	42	-18
Blackhawks	17	18	7	41	-16
Mammoth	19	20	3	41	5
Jets	15	21	4	34	-11

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 1/6	COL	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Thu 1/8	OTT	@	COL	9:00 PM
Sat 1/10	CBJ	@	COL	4:00 PM
Mon 1/12	TOR	@	COL	10:00 PM
Fri 1/16	NSH	@	COL	9:00 PM

Last Game

Avalanche

31 - 3 - 7

Final

Panthers

22 - 16 - 3

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Goals Leaders

35

MacKinnon

26

Boldy

25

McDavid

Assists Leaders

47

McDavid

41

Celebrini

41

Rantanen

Points Leaders

74

MacKinnon

72

McDavid

63

Celebrini

Hits Leaders

209

Trenin

198

Sherwood

149

Dach

Blocks Leaders

104

Parayko

104

McCabe

102

Dobson

Wins Leaders

18

Wedgewood

17

Shesterkin

17

Bobrovsky

Goals Against Leaders

2.07

Blackwood

2.17

Wedgewood

2.25

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Save Percentage Leaders

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Wallstedt

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Blackwood

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NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

4.00

3.44

3.40

Goals Against Rankings

2.17

2.60

2.65

Power Play Rankings

33.6

29.7

29.1

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.6

85.2

83.9

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

27-12

29-13

27-13

27-14

27-15

25-16

Worst Record ATS

11-29

14-27

15-27

15-25

16-26

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	31	3	7	69	72
Stars	25	9	8	58	29
Wild	25	10	8	58	23
Predators	19	18	4	42	-18
Blues	17	18	8	42	-39
Mammoth	19	20	3	41	5
Blackhawks	17	18	7	41	-16
Jets	15	21	4	34	-11
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	17	11	12	46	-2
Oilers	20	16	6	46	-4
Ducks	21	17	3	45	-7
Kraken	18	14	7	43	-12
Kings	17	14	9	43	-4
Sharks	20	18	3	43	-19
Flames	18	19	4	40	-10
Canucks	16	20	5	37	-26

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	25	13	3	53	32
Canadiens	23	13	6	52	0
Red Wings	24	15	4	52	-7
Panthers	22	16	3	47	-1
Sabres	21	15	4	46	-1
Bruins	22	18	2	46	-3
Senators	20	15	5	45	4
Maple Leafs	19	15	7	45	-1
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	25	14	3	53	13
Islanders	23	15	4	50	0
Flyers	21	12	7	49	8
Penguins	20	12	9	49	4
Capitals	21	15	6	48	14
Devils	22	18	2	46	-10
Rangers	20	18	5	45	-3
Blue Jackets	18	16	7	43	-10

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 12/7	LAK	@	UTA	4-2
Mon 12/8	DET	@	VAN	4-0
Mon 12/8	BUF	@	CGY	4-7
Mon 12/8	TBL	@	TOR	0-2
Mon 12/8	SJS	@	PHI	1-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 1/5	ANA	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Mon 1/5	UTA	@	NYR	7:00 PM
Mon 1/5	DET	@	OTT	7:30 PM
Mon 1/5	SEA	@	CGY	9:30 PM
Mon 1/5	MIN	@	LAK	10:30 PM

Cale Makar scored the most goals by a defenseman in 2021-22, with 28 scored.

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