nhl player most goal by defense in 2021-22

Cale Makar recorded the most goals by a defenseman in 2021-22, with 28 scored.

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Cale Makar C. Makar	28	2021-22	COL	77	58	86	+48	26	9	25	0	0	6	3	240	11.7	0	0		95	110	49	40	25:40
2	Roman Josi R. Josi	23	2021-22	NSH	80	73	96	+13	46	11	26	0	0	2	0	281	8.2	0	0		66	133	48	71	25:33
3	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	20	2021-22	TBL	82	65	85	+26	36	6	32	0	0	6	1	219	9.1	0	0		93	129	52	56	25:05
4	John Carlson J. Carlson	17	2021-22	WSH	78	54	71	+13	20	7	18	0	3	2	0	195	8.7	0	0		73	112	42	55	23:49
5	Justin Faulk J. Faulk	16	2021-22	STL	76	31	47	+41	43	1	6	0	0	6	1	167	9.6	0	0		149	101	37	40	23:12
6	Aaron Ekblad A. Ekblad	15	2021-22	FLA	61	42	57	+38	26	3	17	0	3	2	2	180	8.3	0	0		62	69	43	73	24:55
7	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	14	2021-22	ARI	82	37	51	-23	26	2	17	0	0	2	1	151	9.3	0	0		60	115	44	78	22:11
8	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	14	2021-22	VGK	78	38	52	+6	24	1	11	0	0	5	3	205	6.8	0	0		37	97	60	58	23:08
9	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	13	2021-22	VGK	80	31	44	+7	42	3	10	1	3	0	0	227	5.7	0	0		66	164	93	56	24:39
10	Devon Toews D. Toews	13	2021-22	COL	66	44	57	+52	20	2	10	0	0	3	1	158	8.2	0	0		54	85	45	34	25:22
11	Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	13	2021-22	BUF	80	40	53	-22	68	3	18	0	1	3	1	170	7.6	0	0		121	91	27	51	24:01
12	Noah Dobson N. Dobson	13	2021-22	NYI	80	38	51	-3	18	3	19	0	0	4	1	190	6.8	0	0		78	154	27	82	21:28
13	Dmitry Orlov D. Orlov	12	2021-22	WSH	76	23	35	+25	44	2	2	0	0	4	1	127	9.4	0	0		124	94	37	44	20:58
14	Josh Morrissey J. Morrissey	12	2021-22	WPG	79	25	37	-3	66	6	9	0	0	3	0	173	6.9	0	0		150	104	26	63	23:40
15	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	12	2021-22	EDM	81	31	43	+10	28	2	5	0	1	1	0	205	5.9	0	0		80	112	37	79	19:48
16	Mike Matheson M. Matheson	11	2021-22	PIT	74	20	31	+12	33	0	2	0	0	5	0	140	7.9	0	0		97	81	43	43	18:48
17	Damon Severson D. Severson	11	2021-22	NJD	80	35	46	-14	57	5	11	0	1	0	0	158	7.0	0	0		91	92	38	63	23:36
18	Jacob Trouba J. Trouba	11	2021-22	NYR	81	28	39	+25	88	1	3	0	2	1	0	204	5.4	0	0		207	177	24	63	22:26
19	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	11	2021-22	CBJ	68	37	48	-15	22	4	10	0	1	2	0	216	5.1	0	0		33	95	39	39	25:40
20	Adam Fox A. Fox	11	2021-22	NYR	78	63	74	+18	26	0	33	1	1	2	1	158	7.0	0	0		30	128	78	58	23:54
21	Brandon Montour B. Montour	11	2021-22	FLA	81	26	37	+15	48	1	7	0	0	1	1	153	7.2	0	0		64	65	26	49	17:54
22	Adam Boqvist A. Boqvist	11	2021-22	CBJ	52	11	22	-11	12	3	3	0	0	1	0	64	17.2	0	0		26	47	11	28	17:03
23	Brent Burns B. Burns	10	2021-22	SJS	82	44	54	-15	42	4	14	0	1	0	0	203	4.9	0	1	0.0	55	150	68	97	26:09
24	Tony DeAngelo T. DeAngelo	10	2021-22	CAR	64	41	51	+30	56	2	18	0	0	2	0	151	6.6	0	0		41	59	27	39	19:49
25	Gustav Forsling G. Forsling	10	2021-22	FLA	71	27	37	+41	18	0	0	0	0	1	1	145	6.9	0	0		45	86	51	53	21:13