Rasmus Ristolainen had the lowest plus/minus by a defenseman in 2018-19, at -41.

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worst plus minus by a player in NHL defensemen 2019

	NAME	+/-	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	-41	2018-19	BUF	78	5	38	43	38	1	16	0	0	2	1	182	2.7	0	0		235	121	23	44	24:38
2	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	-34	2018-19	LAK	82	8	37	45	44	7	17	0	1	1	1	154	5.2	0	0		168	120	23	105	26:36
3	Adam Larsson A. Larsson	-28	2018-19	EDM	82	3	17	20	44	0	0	0	1	0	0	117	2.6	0	0		256	128	25	68	21:37
4	Damon Severson D. Severson	-27	2018-19	NJD	82	11	28	39	58	3	9	0	1	0	0	146	7.5	0	0		83	87	25	61	22:03
5	Max Lajoie M. Lajoie	-25	2018-19	OTT	56	7	8	15	20	4	4	0	0	0	0	79	8.9	0	0		34	82	13	48	18:54
6	Mike Matheson M. Matheson	-24	2018-19	FLA	75	8	19	27	44	0	6	0	2	2	1	129	6.2	0	1	0.0	63	132	64	135	22:19
7	Ben Hutton B. Hutton	-23	2018-19	VAN	69	5	15	20	43	1	7	0	1	1	0	114	4.4	0	0		55	102	27	30	22:21
8	Cody Ceci C. Ceci	-22	2018-19	OTT	74	7	19	26	18	0	1	0	0	2	0	132	5.3	0	0		120	142	20	59	22:34
9	Dion Phaneuf D. Phaneuf	-21	2018-19	LAK	67	1	5	6	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	80	1.3	0	0		128	79	6	30	15:00
10	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	-20	2018-19	PHI	78	9	28	37	22	4	10	0	0	2	1	180	5.0	0	0		46	102	20	53	19:40
11	Erik Gudbranson E. Gudbranson	-20	2018-19	TOT	76	2	8	10	87	0	0	0	1	1	0	94	2.1	0	0		184	84	10	31	18:14
12	Dennis Cholowski D. Cholowski	-20	2018-19	DET	52	7	9	16	16	4	5	0	0	1	0	71	9.9	1	1	100.0	18	50	7	50	18:15
13	Brandon Montour B. Montour	-20	2018-19	TOT	82	8	27	35	56	1	5	0	0	2	0	181	4.4	0	0		99	121	31	74	22:27
14	Sami Vatanen S. Vatanen	-17	2018-19	NJD	50	4	13	17	22	3	2	0	0	0	0	107	3.7	0	0		68	77	16	36	21:44
15	Keith Yandle K. Yandle	-17	2018-19	FLA	82	9	53	62	50	7	32	0	0	2	0	199	4.5	0	0		47	76	27	110	22:27
16	Will Butcher W. Butcher	-17	2018-19	NJD	78	4	26	30	18	1	13	0	0	1	0	108	3.7	0	0		38	74	17	32	19:16
17	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	-16	2018-19	ARI	81	14	30	44	52	5	14	1	2	2	0	176	8.0	0	0		162	52	32	65	23:38
18	Ivan Provorov I. Provorov	-16	2018-19	PHI	82	7	19	26	32	0	2	0	0	1	0	145	4.8	0	1	0.0	123	149	16	92	25:07
19	Neal Pionk N. Pionk	-16	2018-19	NYR	73	6	20	26	35	2	11	0	1	1	0	132	4.5	0	1	0.0	138	98	38	60	21:10
20	Jonas Brodin J. Brodin	-15	2018-19	MIN	82	4	14	18	30	0	1	1	0	2	0	111	3.6	0	0		61	135	29	20	20:33
21	Brandon Manning B. Manning	-15	2018-19	TOT	39	2	2	4	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	6.1	0	0		63	40	7	14	14:50
22	Alexander Petrovic A. Petrovic	-15	2018-19	TOT	35	0	2	2	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	0.0	0	0		116	53	9	28	16:32
23	Kevin Shattenkirk K. Shattenkirk	-15	2018-19	NYR	73	2	26	28	20	1	6	0	0	0	0	148	1.4	0	0		73	104	39	55	18:56
24	Justin Braun J. Braun	-14	2018-19	SJS	78	2	14	16	35	0	1	0	0	0	0	105	1.9	0	0		121	120	34	51	20:18
25	Cam Fowler C. Fowler	-14	2018-19	ANA	59	5	18	23	20	1	5	0	1	2	1	88	5.7	0	0		32	91	24	43	23:22

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+/-

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G/GP

3.05

16th

GA/GP

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20th

PP%

19.6

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PK%

84.6

3rd

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Red Wings	23	14	3	49	-4
Lightning	22	13	3	47	25
Canadiens	20	12	6	46	-2
Sabres	19	14	4	42	-2
Panthers	20	15	2	42	1
Bruins	20	18	1	41	-7
Senators	18	14	5	41	4
Maple Leafs	17	15	6	40	-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 12/29	BUF	@	STL	8:00 PM
Wed 12/31	BUF	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Sat 1/3	BUF	@	CBJ	3:00 PM
Tue 1/6	VAN	@	BUF	7:00 PM
Thu 1/8	BUF	@	NYR	7:00 PM

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20 - 18 - 1

Final

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19 - 14 - 4

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Assists Leaders

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Points Leaders

68

McDavid

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MacKinnon

57

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Hits Leaders

189

Trenin

169

Sherwood

136

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

94

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92

McNabb

91

Parayko

Wins Leaders

17

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Goals Against Leaders

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2.13

Wedgewood

2.16

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Save Percentage Leaders

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Penalty Kill Rankings

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Worst Record ATS

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NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	28	2	7	63	63
Stars	25	7	7	57	34
Wild	23	10	6	52	19
Mammoth	18	18	3	39	4
Blues	15	16	8	38	-35
Predators	16	17	4	36	-19
Jets	15	17	4	34	-5
Blackhawks	14	18	6	34	-18
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	17	8	11	45	5
Ducks	21	15	2	44	-2
Oilers	19	14	6	44	1
Kings	16	12	9	41	0
Sharks	18	17	3	39	-17
Kraken	16	14	6	38	-15
Flames	16	18	4	36	-14
Canucks	15	19	3	33	-22

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Red Wings	23	14	3	49	-4
Lightning	22	13	3	47	25
Canadiens	20	12	6	46	-2
Panthers	20	15	2	42	1
Sabres	19	14	4	42	-2
Senators	18	14	5	41	4
Bruins	20	18	1	41	-7
Maple Leafs	17	15	6	40	-5
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	23	11	3	49	18
Islanders	21	14	4	46	3
Flyers	19	11	7	45	6
Capitals	20	13	5	45	15
Devils	20	16	2	42	-8
Rangers	19	17	4	42	-3
Penguins	16	12	9	41	-5
Blue Jackets	16	15	6	38	-15

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 11/30	PIT	@	PHI	5-1
Sun 11/30	CBJ	@	NJD	5-3
Sun 11/30	WPG	@	BUF	1-5
Sun 11/30	ANA	@	STL	4-1
Sun 11/30	UTA	@	SJS	3-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 12/29	WSH	@	FLA	7:00 PM
Mon 12/29	CBJ	@	OTT	7:00 PM
Mon 12/29	NYR	@	CAR	7:00 PM
Mon 12/29	EDM	@	WPG	7:30 PM
Mon 12/29	BUF	@	STL	8:00 PM

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