best plus minus nhl between 2004-05 to 2020-21

Between the 2004-05 and 2020-21 seasons, Zdeno Chara had the highest plus/minus, at +262.

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best plus minus by a player NHL between 2004-05 to 2020-21

	NAME	+/-	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	+262	1,149	166	368	534	1,234	79	111	5	17	27	2	2,684	6.2	13	36	36.1	2,330	1,662	451	977	24:24
2	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	+247	804	319	396	715	800	56	96	31	20	61	16	1,985	16.1	203	522	38.9	684	270	524	634	17:45
3	Pavel Datsyuk P. Datsyuk	+227	744	261	503	764	173	86	196	5	5	45	8	1,947	13.4	5,981	10,936	54.7	558	339	926	539	19:43
4	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	+223	1,072	359	519	878	420	107	162	20	23	68	9	3,299	10.9	12,803	22,201	57.7	828	748	736	406	18:58
5	Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	+200	712	67	244	311	288	9	55	4	13	11	2	1,186	5.6	2	4	50.0	860	1,418	383	521	23:02
6	Jonathan Toews J. Toews	+193	943	345	470	815	525	80	130	16	15	66	15	2,483	13.9	10,604	18,634	56.9	595	339	756	384	19:52
7	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	+183	1,039	486	839	1,325	699	145	335	4	7	69	19	3,331	14.6	11,820	22,687	52.1	892	502	577	843	20:50
8	Chris Kunitz C. Kunitz	+183	1,001	268	345	613	734	77	80	6	3	46	0	2,107	12.7	101	241	41.9	2,227	311	330	432	16:12
9	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	+181	842	337	407	744	385	89	148	30	9	53	12	2,866	11.8	33	110	30.0	662	294	748	417	19:16
10	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	+173	548	91	325	416	238	50	176	0	9	13	2	1,352	6.7	0	0		264	567	239	338	25:42
11	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	+167	1,171	265	843	1,108	651	90	328	3	6	42	5	1,993	13.3	8,399	15,642	53.7	766	396	944	1,231	18:51
12	Duncan Keith D. Keith	+144	1,192	105	520	625	653	30	154	5	15	18	3	2,447	4.3	0	1	0.0	662	1,896	614	938	24:57
13	David Krejci D. Krejci	+143	962	215	515	730	339	50	141	4	8	41	5	1,736	12.4	6,739	13,238	50.9	688	534	476	456	17:53
14	Henrik Zetterberg H. Zetterberg	+139	942	300	573	873	379	88	224	7	6	58	5	3,183	9.4	6,640	12,976	51.2	512	322	575	604	19:56
15	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	+136	1,086	394	449	843	416	140	170	10	7	67	4	3,112	12.7	7,075	12,925	54.7	1,108	936	653	700	18:46
16	Ondrej Palat O. Palat	+132	551	125	249	374	177	29	60	7	4	25	2	1,047	11.9	42	195	21.5	958	406	305	292	17:10
17	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	+128	515	221	326	547	261	58	127	0	0	37	5	1,483	14.9	4	13	30.8	283	160	281	413	17:58
18	Henrik Sedin H. Sedin	+126	1,012	196	728	924	536	50	269	6	2	33	6	1,500	13.1	8,105	16,495	49.1	266	217	373	556	18:44
19	T.J. Oshie	+123	856	260	350	610	420	79	103	9	8	41	4	1,766	14.7	939	2,021	46.5	1,271	594	618	361	18:32
20	Johnny Boychuk J. Boychuk	+123	725	54	152	206	331	12	23	1	7	12	1	1,547	3.5	3	4	75.0	1,476	1,328	136	411	20:03
21	Daniel Sedin D. Sedin	+123	991	332	558	890	438	119	203	0	3	76	16	2,943	11.3	122	339	36.0	243	180	337	418	18:20
22	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	+121	816	114	404	518	588	20	156	0	11	19	7	1,669	6.8	1	3	33.3	879	1,246	400	617	23:09
23	Brooks Orpik B. Orpik	+120	950	17	167	184	843	1	5	0	6	1	0	710	2.4	1	1	100.0	2,946	1,792	152	416	19:34
24	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	+119	1,011	258	722	980	476	79	317	2	0	38	8	2,125	12.1	8,308	16,529	50.3	729	608	713	577	19:37
25	Ian Cole I. Cole	+116	595	27	119	146	539	0	6	0	0	3	0	627	4.3	0	0		764	1,079	148	275	17:32

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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
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
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