nhl defenceman with most even strength points 2016-17 to 2020-21

From 2016-17 through 2020-21, Brent Burns collected the most even-strength points by a defenseman, with 188 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	Brent Burns B. Burns	188	372	76	224	300	-19	190	27	76	1	8	16	7	1,315	5.8	0	1	0.0	341	592	301	518	25:18
2	John Carlson J. Carlson	171	355	62	232	294	+35	114	15	107	0	1	15	1	919	6.7	0	2	0.0	266	614	230	373	24:15
3	Roman Josi R. Josi	165	346	65	191	256	+51	145	21	66	0	4	12	3	1,145	5.7	0	1	0.0	266	574	131	263	25:00
4	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	156	346	65	224	289	+91	204	13	117	0	3	15	6	855	7.6	1	3	33.3	415	510	176	258	24:27
5	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	149	347	72	143	215	+63	249	14	49	1	2	16	5	1,101	6.5	1	4	25.0	415	392	124	274	21:05
6	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	149	309	43	197	240	-42	120	13	73	1	4	9	3	813	5.3	0	1	0.0	215	533	264	370	25:27
7	Kris Letang K. Letang	142	301	52	178	230	+25	206	15	68	1	4	10	3	859	6.1	0	2	0.0	488	445	200	343	25:27
8	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	142	336	40	173	213	+17	87	6	64	0	1	9	5	800	5.0	0	4	0.0	256	446	164	366	22:48
9	Tyson Barrie T. Barrie	141	346	48	193	241	-55	102	15	85	0	0	9	0	893	5.4	0	0		193	382	102	235	22:15
10	Seth Jones S. Jones	141	340	48	155	203	+9	128	12	46	0	4	12	8	852	5.6	0	0		423	599	207	248	24:49
11	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	141	340	65	153	218	+44	104	18	55	0	4	16	2	916	7.1	0	2	0.0	223	630	228	185	24:48
12	John Klingberg J. Klingberg	135	337	44	185	229	-7	117	14	80	0	0	12	0	709	6.2	1	1	100.0	206	427	138	393	23:27
13	Mark Giordano M. Giordano	132	357	56	152	208	+68	239	13	51	7	5	12	3	885	6.3	0	0		322	747	225	246	23:57
14	Jeff Petry J. Petry	127	370	56	142	198	-36	124	18	50	1	2	12	4	808	6.9	0	2	0.0	802	545	139	496	23:02
15	Ryan Ellis R. Ellis	126	281	45	122	167	+81	84	11	23	2	5	10	2	588	7.7	0	0		231	534	155	193	23:47
16	Ryan Suter R. Suter	126	367	33	172	205	+28	135	11	63	2	3	7	0	646	5.1	1	1	100.0	314	510	108	149	25:41
17	Darnell Nurse D. Nurse	125	335	42	105	147	+34	292	2	19	0	1	6	3	799	5.3	0	0		719	593	119	296	22:46
18	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	124	335	65	124	189	+13	71	14	50	1	0	10	5	829	7.8	0	0		223	368	141	194	22:43
19	Torey Krug T. Krug	123	333	39	205	244	-5	164	16	104	1	0	11	3	810	4.8	0	1	0.0	278	320	106	256	21:13
20	Dmitry Orlov D. Orlov	123	366	31	111	142	+64	162	2	16	0	1	6	2	539	5.8	0	0		580	445	220	271	21:21
21	Jake Muzzin J. Muzzin	122	342	36	121	157	+43	202	10	21	1	3	4	0	681	5.3	0	0		714	583	100	356	21:43
22	Jared Spurgeon J. Spurgeon	122	335	52	123	175	+23	72	14	37	0	2	6	2	612	8.5	1	3	33.3	317	616	103	99	23:34
23	Duncan Keith D. Keith	121	359	21	146	167	-6	162	7	38	0	1	5	2	732	2.9	0	0		166	624	169	356	24:04
24	Jaccob Slavin J. Slavin	121	366	30	116	146	+76	52	6	11	2	6	5	2	645	4.7	0	1	0.0	230	642	351	233	23:05
25	Mattias Ekholm M. Ekholm	120	359	35	122	157	+74	173	7	23	2	5	9	1	665	5.3	0	1	0.0	276	478	176	287	23:22

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Team Leaders

45

Celebrini

70

Celebrini

+/-

+8

Celebrini

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.04

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GA/GP

3.54

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PP%

21.2

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PK%

76.4

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TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks	25	49	8	58	-100

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/1	FLA	@	SJS	10:00 PM
Sat 10/3	LAK	@	SJS	10:00 PM
Mon 10/5	SJS	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Thu 10/8	SJS	@	STL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/10	EDM	@	SJS	4:00 PM

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Final

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Goals Leaders

53

MacKinnon

51

Caufield

48

McDavid

Assists Leaders

90

McDavid

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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

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Save Percentage Leaders

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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

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Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

48-34

59-42

Worst Record ATS

30-52

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32-50

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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