nhl defenseman playoff hits leaders 2020-2021

Ben Chiarot made the most hits by a defenseman in the 2021 playoffs, with 88 hits.

	NAME	HIT	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Ben Chiarot B. Chiarot	88	2020-21	MTL	22	1	1	2	-6	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	3.0	0	0	48	7	38	25:15
2	Shea Weber S. Weber	72	2020-21	MTL	22	1	5	6	+4	28	1	1	0	2	0	0	48	2.1	0	0	40	5	29	25:13
3	Ryan Pulock R. Pulock	70	2020-21	NYI	19	4	2	6	-3	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	29	13.8	0	0	38	1	9	23:19
4	Erik Cernak E. Cernak	65	2020-21	TBL	21	1	9	10	+12	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	2.8	0	0	26	6	6	19:57
5	Joel Edmundson J. Edmundson	65	2020-21	MTL	22	0	6	6	-3	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	23	0.0	0	0	30	4	27	23:23
6	Adam Pelech A. Pelech	62	2020-21	NYI	19	1	4	5	-1	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	3.1	0	0	27	11	10	23:18
7	Mikhail Sergachev M. Sergachev	58	2020-21	TBL	23	0	3	3	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	0.0	0	0	45	8	21	21:52
8	Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	53	2020-21	TBL	23	0	8	8	+18	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	23	0.0	0	0	46	12	21	22:50
9	Jeff Petry J. Petry	51	2020-21	MTL	20	0	6	6	-2	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	36	0.0	0	0	31	6	36	24:04
10	Jani Hakanpaa J. Hakanpaa	49	2020-21	CAR	11	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.0	0	0	14	1	7	16:53
11	David Savard D. Savard	47	2020-21	TBL	20	0	5	5	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0.0	0	0	19	2	5	14:07
12	Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	45	2020-21	VGK	13	1	3	4	+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	0	0	24	3	8	17:12
13	Nick Holden N. Holden	44	2020-21	VGK	15	2	5	7	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	11.8	0	0	14	5	4	15:44
14	Radko Gudas R. Gudas	39	2020-21	FLA	6	1	1	2	+2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	0	0	4	0	6	17:19
15	Scott Mayfield S. Mayfield	37	2020-21	NYI	19	2	4	6	+12	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	5.9	0	0	50	7	10	21:43
16	Zach Whitecloud Z. Whitecloud	31	2020-21	VGK	19	1	3	4	+3	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	6.3	0	0	39	5	7	17:02
17	Kris Letang K. Letang	30	2020-21	PIT	6	1	5	6	-2	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	0	0	8	2	7	28:42
18	Alec Martinez A. Martinez	30	2020-21	VGK	19	4	2	6	+1	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	37	10.8	0	0	72	5	13	22:32
19	Charlie McAvoy C. McAvoy	30	2020-21	BOS	11	1	11	12	+2	4	0	8	0	0	1	0	30	3.3	0	0	21	8	9	26:39
20	Neal Pionk N. Pionk	29	2020-21	WPG	8	0	4	4	-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	17	0.0	0	0	11	4	9	26:00
21	Tucker Poolman T. Poolman	28	2020-21	WPG	8	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	0	0	15	1	6	21:07
22	Connor Clifton C. Clifton	27	2020-21	BOS	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	13	4	2	17:51
23	Jeremy Lauzon J. Lauzon	25	2020-21	BOS	7	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	11	5	3	19:03
24	Jan Rutta J. Rutta	25	2020-21	TBL	23	2	1	3	+3	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	24	8.3	0	0	16	7	11	14:09
25	Nicolas Hague N. Hague	24	2020-21	VGK	10	1	1	2	+2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	0	0	8	1	7	15:29

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TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	26	13	3	55	34
Red Wings	25	15	4	54	-5
Canadiens	23	13	6	52	0
Sabres	22	15	4	48	1
Maple Leafs	20	15	7	47	2
Panthers	22	17	3	47	-4
Bruins	22	19	2	46	-6
Senators	20	16	5	45	2

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Thu 1/8	FLA	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Sat 1/10	DET	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Mon 1/12	VAN	@	MTL	7:30 PM
Tue 1/13	MTL	@	WSH	7:00 PM
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Avalanche	31	4	7	69	70
Stars	25	10	8	58	26
Wild	25	11	8	58	21
Mammoth	20	20	3	43	6
Predators	19	19	4	42	-22
Blues	17	18	8	42	-39
Blackhawks	17	18	7	41	-16
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Lightning	26	13	3	55	34
Red Wings	25	15	4	54	-5
Canadiens	23	13	6	52	0
Sabres	22	15	4	48	1
Panthers	22	17	3	47	-4
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Tue 12/9	DET	@	CGY	4-3
Tue 12/9	FLA	@	UTA	4-3
Tue 12/9	LAK	@	SEA	2-3
Wed 12/10	CAR	@	WSH	3-2
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Wed 1/7	SJS	@	LAK	10:30 PM
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