rookie defenseman points leaders nhl 2016-17

Zach Werenski recorded the most points by a rookie defenseman in 2016-17, with 47 points.

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	NAME	P	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	47	2016-17	CBJ	78	11	36	+17	14	4	17	0	0	1	1	188	5.9	0	0		41	90	27	40	20:55
2	Brady Skjei B. Skjei	39	2016-17	NYR	80	5	34	+11	42	0	7	0	0	0	0	127	3.9	0	1	0.0	147	69	17	51	17:28
3	Nikita Zaitsev N. Zaitsev	36	2016-17	TOR	82	4	32	-22	38	1	11	0	1	0	0	106	3.8	0	0		176	136	33	58	22:01
4	Ivan Provorov I. Provorov	30	2016-17	PHI	82	6	24	-7	34	0	5	0	0	1	0	161	3.7	0	0		111	166	23	81	21:59
5	Troy Stecher T. Stecher	24	2016-17	VAN	71	3	21	-16	25	1	7	0	0	0	0	125	2.4	0	0		51	66	26	33	19:59
6	Jakob Chychrun J. Chychrun	20	2016-17	ARI	68	7	13	-14	47	1	1	0	0	0	0	86	8.1	0	0		109	99	12	45	16:40
7	Josh Morrissey J. Morrissey	20	2016-17	WPG	82	6	14	+6	38	1	0	0	0	3	0	99	6.1	0	0		145	139	15	39	19:29
8	Derek Forbort D. Forbort	18	2016-17	LAK	82	2	16	+8	54	0	0	0	1	0	0	100	2.0	1	1	100.0	180	159	9	73	20:07
9	Esa Lindell E. Lindell	18	2016-17	DAL	73	6	12	+8	22	0	2	0	0	2	1	99	6.1	0	1	0.0	93	119	34	47	21:52
10	Mike Matheson M. Matheson	17	2016-17	FLA	81	7	10	-5	36	0	1	0	1	0	0	179	3.9	1	1	100.0	69	118	48	65	21:03
11	Brandon Carlo B. Carlo	16	2016-17	BOS	82	6	10	+9	59	0	0	1	0	0	0	88	6.8	0	0		87	115	21	42	20:49
12	Matthew Benning M. Benning	15	2016-17	EDM	62	3	12	+8	29	1	2	0	0	0	0	69	4.3	0	0		111	64	7	49	16:37
13	Tony DeAngelo T. DeAngelo	14	2016-17	ARI	39	5	9	-13	37	2	6	0	0	1	0	60	8.3	0	0		31	48	4	22	17:06
14	Nick Jensen N. Jensen	13	2016-17	DET	49	4	9	-7	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	59	6.8	0	0		55	56	10	37	17:45
15	Xavier Ouellet X. Ouellet	12	2016-17	DET	66	3	9	+2	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	89	3.4	0	2	0.0	73	87	9	21	17:58
16	Fredrik Claesson F. Claesson	11	2016-17	OTT	33	3	8	+5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	12.0	0	0		55	24	4	15	13:08
17	Jake Dotchin J. Dotchin	11	2016-17	TBL	35	0	11	+10	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	0.0	0	0		85	19	4	23	18:26
18	Stephen Johns S. Johns	10	2016-17	DAL	61	4	6	-10	36	0	1	0	0	1	0	91	4.4	0	0		159	130	20	45	18:15
19	Adam Pelech A. Pelech	10	2016-17	NYI	44	3	7	-5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	7.5	0	0		73	68	17	28	16:50
20	Scott Mayfield S. Mayfield	9	2016-17	NYI	25	2	7	-1	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	5.1	0	0		37	36	8	11	14:08
21	Nikita Tryamkin N. Tryamkin	9	2016-17	VAN	66	2	7	-7	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	65	3.1	0	0		145	87	12	33	16:44
22	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	9	2016-17	ANA	34	2	7	-6	28	1	1	0	1	1	1	60	3.3	0	0		14	30	4	30	17:19
23	Paul LaDue P. LaDue	8	2016-17	LAK	22	0	8	-5	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	27	0.0	0	0		17	13	3	12	15:24
24	Kevin Gravel K. Gravel	7	2016-17	LAK	49	1	6	+3	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	52	1.9	0	0		73	65	2	24	14:09
25	Markus Nutivaara M. Nutivaara	7	2016-17	CBJ	66	2	5	+7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	3.0	0	0		36	38	9	20	13:13

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