most even strength nhl points by defenceman from 2017-18 to 2021-22

Between the 2017-18 and 2021-22 seasons, John Carlson and Roman Josi were tied for the most even-strength points by a defenseman, with 194 points.

	NAME	EVP	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	John Carlson J. Carlson	194	361	70	258	328	+41	124	19	112	0	3	14	1	934	7.5	0	2	0.0	281	599	221	340	24:28
2	Roman Josi R. Josi	194	354	76	227	303	+57	173	25	81	0	3	13	3	1,209	6.3	0	1	0.0	278	588	163	293	25:07
3	Brent Burns B. Burns	173	372	57	221	278	-53	192	23	73	1	8	10	4	1,198	4.8	0	2	0.0	327	600	316	462	25:35
4	Kris Letang K. Letang	169	338	57	207	264	+43	223	15	76	1	3	11	4	951	6.0	0	2	0.0	589	497	229	379	25:31
5	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	164	349	69	233	302	+114	193	15	120	0	3	16	5	908	7.6	1	3	33.3	415	507	189	241	24:35
6	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	162	342	44	210	254	+53	106	7	81	0	4	11	4	850	5.2	0	4	0.0	302	413	170	366	23:09
7	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	143	342	53	153	206	+47	97	7	54	1	1	11	6	931	5.7	1	1	100.0	135	370	247	248	21:40
8	Darnell Nurse D. Nurse	140	362	46	125	171	+52	313	2	25	2	2	6	3	917	5.0	0	0		808	672	141	327	23:55
9	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	139	340	64	150	214	+48	122	15	52	1	7	12	2	962	6.7	0	1	0.0	251	636	268	214	24:39
10	Seth Jones S. Jones	137	343	41	171	212	-34	132	11	59	0	5	9	5	894	4.6	0	0		461	636	209	275	25:27
11	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	136	328	68	127	195	+32	219	14	43	1	1	12	5	1,076	6.3	1	4	25.0	434	390	127	276	21:28
12	Charlie McAvoy C. McAvoy	134	313	34	144	178	+111	243	9	31	1	3	11	4	515	6.6	0	0		576	512	138	275	23:17
13	Aaron Ekblad A. Ekblad	133	327	60	135	195	+66	203	19	39	0	4	11	6	797	7.5	0	0		303	389	178	390	23:50
14	Tyson Barrie T. Barrie	132	345	48	196	244	-18	102	17	94	0	1	7	0	860	5.6	0	0		188	380	94	227	21:19
15	Thomas Chabot T. Chabot	132	312	42	146	188	-60	150	3	52	1	0	4	1	758	5.5	0	0		335	426	147	345	23:59
16	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	132	282	36	168	204	-66	106	9	60	1	2	6	3	712	5.1	0	1	0.0	166	377	257	327	24:43
17	Mark Giordano M. Giordano	131	351	52	152	204	+37	237	10	52	7	4	9	3	885	5.9	0	0		319	702	199	252	23:23
18	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	131	325	65	125	190	-19	79	14	43	1	1	11	4	857	7.6	0	0		215	373	153	193	23:46
19	John Klingberg J. Klingberg	130	331	37	190	227	-37	117	11	86	0	0	11	2	724	5.1	0	0		221	387	114	380	23:11
20	Jeff Petry J. Petry	129	358	54	143	197	-50	138	16	48	1	3	12	4	760	7.1	0	2	0.0	771	517	132	501	23:04
21	Jaccob Slavin J. Slavin	128	363	29	125	154	+88	50	7	13	1	5	5	2	711	4.1	0	1	0.0	245	602	342	222	23:06
22	Mattias Ekholm M. Ekholm	127	353	38	127	165	+84	183	7	24	2	5	9	1	690	5.5	0	1	0.0	294	466	167	281	23:22
23	Dmitry Orlov D. Orlov	127	360	37	107	144	+59	155	3	13	0	1	10	3	541	6.8	0	0		582	445	223	265	21:41
24	Mikhail Sergachev M. Sergachev	122	358	36	138	174	+49	213	9	41	1	1	7	0	644	5.6	1	2	50.0	498	452	92	222	19:28
25	Torey Krug T. Krug	120	316	40	196	236	+28	175	13	101	2	0	11	3	721	5.5	0	0		272	308	100	228	20:59

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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

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Fri 10/2	WSH	@	CAR	7:00 PM
Sat 10/3	WSH	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/7	PIT	@	WSH	7:30 PM
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Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
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Thu 4/2	VAN	@	MIN	2-5
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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
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