Matthew Schaefer was the youngest defenseman in 2025-26. He was 18 years old.

	NAME	Age	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	18	2025-26	NYI	82	23	36	59	+13	38	8	10	0	0	4	2	222	10.4	0	0	40	111	38	90	24:41
2	Sam Dickinson S. Dickinson	19	2025-26	SJS	72	1	13	14	-5	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	72	1.4	0	0	74	71	20	83	16:45
3	Zayne Parekh Z. Parekh	19	2025-26	CGY	37	4	5	9	-9	8	3	3	0	0	1	0	49	8.2	0	0	15	30	9	67	17:09
4	Harrison Brunicke H. Brunicke	19	2025-26	PIT	9	1	0	1	-4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	0	0	4	13	1	14	15:43
5	Cole Hutson C. Hutson	19	2025-26	WSH	14	3	7	10	-3	8	1	5	0	0	0	0	22	13.6	0	0	16	6	8	13	17:27
6	Dmitri Simashev D. Simashev	20	2025-26	UTA	28	0	1	1	-11	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	0.0	0	0	14	28	1	30	15:06
7	Tom Willander T. Willander	20	2025-26	VAN	70	5	16	21	-23	28	0	3	0	0	0	0	59	8.5	0	0	35	78	11	58	16:59
8	Axel Sandin-Pellikka A. Sandin-Pellikka	20	2025-26	DET	68	7	14	21	-20	18	1	6	0	0	1	0	68	10.3	0	0	17	54	8	60	16:13
9	Drew Fortescue D. Fortescue	20	2025-26	NYR	9	0	2	2	+4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	6	7	0	5	14:51
10	Artyom Levshunov A. Levshunov	20	2025-26	CHI	68	2	22	24	-41	44	1	10	0	0	0	0	84	2.4	0	0	98	75	16	88	19:35
11	Zeev Buium Z. Buium	20	2025-26	TOT	76	6	20	26	-33	41	3	10	0	0	1	0	73	8.2	0	0	28	55	14	88	19:35
12	Carter Yakemchuk C. Yakemchuk	20	2025-26	OTT	4	1	1	2	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	0	0	0	4	1	7	14:32
13	Kevin Korchinski K. Korchinski	21	2025-26	CHI	13	0	2	2	-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	4	13	2	13	13:38
14	Elias Salomonsson E. Salomonsson	21	2025-26	WPG	32	1	4	5	-6	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	37	2.7	0	0	50	27	2	35	17:58
15	Simon Nemec S. Nemec	21	2025-26	NJD	68	11	15	26	-11	26	1	1	0	0	3	3	101	10.9	0	0	23	104	24	80	19:40
16	Denton Mateychuk D. Mateychuk	21	2025-26	CBJ	75	13	18	31	+12	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	88	14.8	0	0	26	92	15	80	19:11
17	Sam Rinzel S. Rinzel	21	2025-26	CHI	54	4	10	14	-7	44	0	1	0	0	1	0	83	4.8	0	0	49	63	13	67	18:16
18	Lane Hutson L. Hutson	21	2025-26	MTL	82	12	66	78	+36	34	2	18	0	0	3	1	124	9.7	0	0	31	137	43	93	23:46
19	Lian Bichsel L. Bichsel	21	2025-26	DAL	50	4	4	8	+6	37	0	0	0	0	2	0	27	14.8	0	0	139	42	14	38	15:40
20	Marek Alscher M. Alscher	21	2025-26	FLA	4	0	3	3	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	4	6	1	3	20:22
21	Jorian Donovan J. Donovan	21	2025-26	OTT	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	2	1	0	1	7:02
22	Kirill Kudryavtsev K. Kudryavtsev	21	2025-26	VAN	3	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	1	1	0	1	15:38
23	Angus Booth A. Booth	21	2025-26	LAK	1	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0	2	1	0	1	12:18
24	Isaiah George I. George	21	2025-26	NYI	4	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	1	3	2	2	13:22
25	Elias Pettersson E. Pettersson	21	2025-26	VAN	70	3	7	10	-16	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	6.5	0	0	136	85	14	68	14:59

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Team Leaders

31

Horvat

53

Barzal

+/-

+13

Schaefer

Team Rankings

G/GP

2.79

25th

GA/GP

2.88

5th

PP%

16.5

30th

PK%

80.8

10th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	53	22	7	113	56
Flyers	43	27	12	98	7
Penguins	41	25	16	98	25
Capitals	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers	34	39	9	77	-12

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 9/30	NYI	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Sat 10/3	NJD	@	NYI	7:30 PM
Tue 10/6	NYI	@	NYR	8:00 PM
Thu 10/8	CHI	@	NYI	7:30 PM
Sat 10/10	TBL	@	NYI	7:30 PM

Last Game

Hurricanes

53 - 22 - 7

Final

Islanders

43 - 34 - 5

Tue 14 Apr 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

53

MacKinnon

51

Caufield

48

McDavid

Assists Leaders

90

McDavid

86

Kucherov

74

Bouchard

Points Leaders

138

McDavid

130

Kucherov

127

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

413

Trenin

339

Sherwood

302

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

190

McCabe

188

Dobson

185

Clarke

Wins Leaders

39

Vasilevskiy

38

Vejmelka

35

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.02

Wedgewood

2.31

Vasilevskiy

2.42

Vladar

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Wedgewood

.915

Wallstedt

.912

Thompson

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.63

3.55

3.54

Goals Against Rankings

2.40

2.71

2.79

Power Play Rankings

30.6

28.6

25.2

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.6

83.7

82.6

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

48-34

59-42

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

34-48

43-58

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 4/2	BOS	@	FLA	1-2
Thu 4/2	DET	@	PHI	4-2
Thu 4/2	WSH	@	NJD	3-7
Thu 4/2	VAN	@	MIN	2-5
Thu 4/2	WPG	@	DAL	0-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 9/29	FLA	@	CAR	5:00 PM
Tue 9/29	MTL	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Tue 9/29	NYR	@	BOS	8:00 PM
Tue 9/29	VAN	@	EDM	10:00 PM
Tue 9/29	CHI	@	VGK	10:30 PM

Matthew Schaefer was the youngest defenseman in 2025-26. He was 18 years old.

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NHL 2025-26 Leaders

53

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48

90

86

74

138

130

127

413

339

302

190

188

185

39

38

35

2.02

2.31

2.42

.921

.915

.912

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

NHL 2025-26 Betting

NHL 2025-26 Standings

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

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Schedule