which nhl team has the most goals scored by defence

The Washington Capitals have recorded the most goals by a team this season, with 21 scored.

Interpreted as:

Which NHL team has the most goals scored by defence this regular season?

		TEAM	G	SEASON	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PTS%	GA	DIFF	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1		Capitals	21	2025-26	144				67	.233			1.67	8.8
2		Blue Jackets	18	2025-26	144				50	.174			1.67	7.5
3		Oilers	15	2025-26	154				57	.185			1.62	6.0
4		Avalanche	15	2025-26	138				67	.243			1.64	6.6
5		Ducks	15	2025-26	139				52	.187			1.48	7.3
6		Kraken	15	2025-26	138				48	.174			1.36	8.0
7		Sabres	13	2025-26	138				54	.196			1.25	7.6
8		Hurricanes	13	2025-26	139				56	.201			1.81	5.2
9		Canadiens	12	2025-26	132				63	.239			1.14	8.0
10		Devils	12	2025-26	138				49	.178			1.33	6.6
11		Wild	12	2025-26	144				44	.153			1.16	7.2
12		Red Wings	11	2025-26	145				39	.134			1.32	5.8
13		Stars	11	2025-26	147				58	.197			1.06	7.1
14		Blues	11	2025-26	144				45	.156			1.23	6.2
15		Lightning	11	2025-26	143				56	.196			1.09	7.1
16		Maple Leafs	10	2025-26	138				51	.185			1.17	6.2
17		Rangers	10	2025-26	150				48	.160			1.13	5.9
18		Senators	10	2025-26	138				58	.210			1.25	5.8
19		Jets	10	2025-26	132				49	.186			1.19	6.4
20		Penguins	9	2025-26	132				46	.174			1.13	6.0
21		Flames	9	2025-26	150				37	.123			1.29	4.7
22		Predators	9	2025-26	142				41	.144			1.29	4.9
23		Kings	8	2025-26	139				42	.151			1.17	4.9
24		Islanders	8	2025-26	145				43	.148			1.46	3.8
25		Golden Knights	8	2025-26	138				34	.123			1.33	4.3

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More Capitals Stats

G

12

Wilson

Tom Wilson

A

16

Carlson

John Carlson

+/-

+16

Chychrun

Jakob Chychrun

G/GP

3.33

6th

GA/GP

2.67

7th

PP%

15.1

26th

PK%

72.0

29th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Devils	15	7	1	31	3
Hurricanes	14	7	2	30	11
Islanders	13	9	2	28	3
Capitals	13	9	2	28	14
Flyers	12	7	3	27	3
Penguins	11	6	5	27	8
Rangers	12	11	2	26	0
Blue Jackets	11	9	4	26	-8

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 11/28	TOR	@	WSH	5:00 PM
Sun 11/30	WSH	@	NYI	1:00 PM
Tue 12/2	WSH	@	LAK	10:30 PM
Wed 12/3	WSH	@	SJS	10:00 PM
Fri 12/5	WSH	@	ANA	10:00 PM

WPG

12 - 10 - 0

3

Final

4

WSH

13 - 9 - 2

Wed 26 Nov 2025

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

18

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

17

Geekie

Morgan Geekie

14

Draisaitl

Leon Draisaitl

Assists Leaders

24

McDavid

Connor McDavid

21

Makar

Cale Makar

21

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

39

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

34

McDavid

Connor McDavid

34

Celebrini

Macklin Celebrini

108

Trenin

Yakov Trenin

99

Sherwood

Kiefer Sherwood

89

Dach

Colton Dach

67

McNabb

Brayden McNabb

61

Nurse

Darnell Nurse

59

Parayko

Colton Parayko

13

Wedgewood

Scott Wedgewood

11

Dostal

Lukas Dostal

10

Vasilevskiy

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Goals Against Leaders

1.86

Cooley

Devin Cooley

1.94

Wallstedt

Jesper Wallstedt

2.09

Wedgewood

Scott Wedgewood

Save Percentage Leaders

.935

Wallstedt

Jesper Wallstedt

.930

Cooley

Devin Cooley

.920

Knight

Spencer Knight

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

4.09

3.61

3.45

Goals Against Rankings

2.09

2.57

2.59

Power Play Rankings

31.4

31.3

27.9

Penalty Kill Rankings

88.3

87.9

87.7

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

18-5

18-5

16-6

18-7

17-7

14-9

Worst Record ATS

7-16

7-16

8-17

8-15

9-15

9-15

NHL 2025-26 Division Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	17	1	5	39	44
Stars	15	5	4	34	16
Wild	13	7	4	30	5
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Ducks	14	8	1	29	10
Golden Knights	10	5	8	28	2
Kraken	11	6	6	28	-3

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	14	7	2	30	13
Senators	12	7	4	28	1
Bruins	14	11	0	28	0
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Devils	15	7	1	31	3
Hurricanes	14	7	2	30	11
Capitals	13	9	2	28	14

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 10/29	NJD	@	SJS	2-5
Wed 10/29	DET	@	LAK	4-3
Thu 10/30	COL	@	VGK	4-2
Thu 10/30	NYI	@	WSH	3-1
Thu 10/30	DET	@	ANA	2-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 11/28	TBL	@	DET	12:00 PM
Fri 11/28	NYR	@	BOS	1:00 PM
Fri 11/28	COL	@	MIN	3:30 PM
Fri 11/28	LAK	@	ANA	4:00 PM
Fri 11/28	NJD	@	BUF	4:00 PM