which nhl defenseman has the most hits 2024 playoffs

Aaron Ekblad made the most hits by a defenseman in the 2024 playoffs, with 71 hits.

	NAME	HIT	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Aaron Ekblad A. Ekblad	71	2023-24	FLA	24	1	5	6	+4	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	33	3.0	0	0	48	2	26	22:33
2	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	65	2023-24	FLA	24	2	4	6	+1	24	0	4	0	0	0	0	27	7.4	0	0	18	3	5	15:27
3	Niko Mikkola N. Mikkola	61	2023-24	FLA	24	2	2	4	+4	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	8.7	0	0	29	4	19	18:39
4	Jacob Trouba J. Trouba	60	2023-24	NYR	16	1	6	7	0	22	0	1	1	1	0	0	18	5.6	0	0	72	10	7	20:59
5	Dmitry Kulikov D. Kulikov	57	2023-24	FLA	24	0	2	2	-1	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.0	0	0	25	7	9	13:55
6	Charlie McAvoy C. McAvoy	54	2023-24	BOS	13	1	5	6	-4	20	0	3	0	0	1	0	23	4.3	0	0	34	4	20	25:35
7	Darnell Nurse D. Nurse	49	2023-24	EDM	25	2	4	6	-9	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	43	4.7	0	0	62	3	12	18:50
8	Brandon Montour B. Montour	49	2023-24	FLA	24	3	8	11	0	12	1	2	1	0	0	0	48	6.3	0	0	36	14	17	22:40
9	Nikita Zadorov N. Zadorov	45	2023-24	VAN	13	4	4	8	+3	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	19.0	0	0	18	4	5	20:09
10	Gustav Forsling G. Forsling	44	2023-24	FLA	24	4	9	13	+9	12	0	0	0	1	1	0	51	7.8	0	0	30	21	14	23:25
11	Tyler Myers T. Myers	40	2023-24	VAN	12	0	1	1	+1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	26	2	4	19:30
12	Vincent Desharnais V. Desharnais	40	2023-24	EDM	16	0	1	1	-9	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	41	5	11	17:15
13	Josh Manson J. Manson	39	2023-24	COL	11	2	5	7	+7	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	8.0	0	0	22	6	16	20:23
14	Simon Benoit S. Benoit	38	2023-24	TOR	7	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	11	0	4	17:04
15	Cody Ceci C. Ceci	36	2023-24	EDM	24	2	3	5	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	8.3	0	0	30	7	12	19:22
16	Brandon Carlo B. Carlo	34	2023-24	BOS	13	3	1	4	+4	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	15.0	0	0	24	4	8	19:54
17	Erik Gustafsson E. Gustafsson	33	2023-24	NYR	16	0	3	3	-3	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	0.0	0	0	16	3	15	18:09
18	Carson Soucy C. Soucy	32	2023-24	VAN	12	1	4	5	+1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	0	12	4	11	16:58
19	K'Andre Miller K. Miller	32	2023-24	NYR	16	1	3	4	+2	8	0	0	1	0	1	0	13	7.7	0	0	23	10	12	21:05
20	Braden Schneider B. Schneider	32	2023-24	NYR	16	0	2	2	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.0	0	0	34	1	14	17:32
21	Chris Tanev C. Tanev	31	2023-24	DAL	19	0	2	2	+7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0.0	0	0	73	9	9	22:18
22	Ilya Lyubushkin I. Lyubushkin	30	2023-24	TOR	7	0	3	3	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	7	3	7	16:30
23	Mattias Ekholm M. Ekholm	28	2023-24	EDM	25	5	5	10	+9	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	45	11.1	0	0	47	11	21	21:58
24	Esa Lindell E. Lindell	28	2023-24	DAL	19	3	2	5	+2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	13.0	0	0	46	9	7	24:45
25	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	28	2023-24	EDM	25	6	26	32	+14	22	1	13	0	0	3	1	74	8.1	0	0	45	18	22	25:01

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Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
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