which nhl defenseman has the best +/-

Shayne Gostisbehere has the highest plus/minus by a defenseman this season, at +5.

Interpreted as:
Which NHL defenseman has the best +/- this regular season?
NAME +/- SEASON TM GP G A P PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG OTG S S% FOW FO FOW% HIT BKS TKA GVA TOI/GP
1 Shayne Gostisbehere
S. Gostisbehere
+5
2025-26
CAR CAR
2
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0.0
0
0
2
3
1
0
20:17
2 Jakob Chychrun
J. Chychrun
+4
2025-26
WSH WSH
3
0
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0.0
0
0
2
1
3
6
21:58
3 Gustav Forsling
G. Forsling
+4
2025-26
FLA FLA
3
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0.0
0
0
5
2
1
0
22:03
4 Jake McCabe
J. McCabe
+4
2025-26
TOR TOR
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
0
0
3
5
0
5
21:48
5 Damon Severson
D. Severson
+4
2025-26
CBJ CBJ
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0.0
0
0
0
3
0
1
18:53
6 Zach Werenski
Z. Werenski
+4
2025-26
CBJ CBJ
2
1
2
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
12
8.3
0
0
2
3
0
3
26:18
7 Nikita Zadorov
N. Zadorov
+4
2025-26
BOS BOS
4
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0.0
0
0
23
9
0
4
21:36
8 Cale Makar
C. Makar
+4
2025-26
COL COL
4
1
4
5
6
0
2
0
0
1
0
12
8.3
0
0
7
7
3
6
24:29
9 Neal Pionk
N. Pionk
+4
2025-26
WPG WPG
3
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
0.0
0
0
4
5
1
3
23:04
10 Zach Bogosian
Z. Bogosian
+3
2025-26
MIN MIN
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0.0
0
0
2
3
0
1
15:40
11 Aaron Ekblad
A. Ekblad
+3
2025-26
FLA FLA
3
1
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
7
14.3
0
0
4
2
0
2
23:39
12 Kris Letang
K. Letang
+3
2025-26
PIT PIT
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0.0
0
0
6
3
2
8
21:42
13 Josh Manson
J. Manson
+3
2025-26
COL COL
4
0
0
0
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0.0
0
0
11
6
1
5
16:33
14 Ivan Provorov
I. Provorov
+3
2025-26
CBJ CBJ
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0.0
0
0
0
5
1
2
25:50
15 Brady Skjei
B. Skjei
+3
2025-26
NSH NSH
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0.0
0
0
3
4
0
5
22:58
16 Josh Morrissey
J. Morrissey
+3
2025-26
WPG WPG
3
0
1
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0.0
0
0
1
6
2
6
24:58
17 Jacob Bernard-Docker
J. Bernard-Docker
+3
2025-26
DET DET
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0.0
0
0
1
0
1
4
11:17
18 Ilya Lyubushkin
I. Lyubushkin
+3
2025-26
DAL DAL
2
0
1
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
0
0
2
2
0
9
12:56
19 Alexander Nikishin
A. Nikishin
+3
2025-26
CAR CAR
2
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0.0
0
0
7
3
1
2
16:11
20 David Jiricek
D. Jiricek
+3
2025-26
MIN MIN
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14:01
21 Nick Perbix
N. Perbix
+3
2025-26
NSH NSH
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
0
0
1
7
0
2
19:13
22 Brandon Carlo
B. Carlo
+2
2025-26
TOR TOR
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0.0
0
0
2
3
0
1
18:25
23 Drew Doughty
D. Doughty
+2
2025-26
LAK LAK
3
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
5
0.0
0
0
4
6
2
5
23:33
24 Joel Edmundson
J. Edmundson
+2
2025-26
LAK LAK
3
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0.0
0
0
7
1
0
2
17:01
25 Dougie Hamilton
D. Hamilton
+2
2025-26
NJD NJD
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
33.3
0
0
4
0
1
5
19:48
StatMuse has season-level data for +/- going back to the 1959-60 season.

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Team Rankings

G/GP

5.00

1st

GA/GP

3.00

12th

PP%

12.5

24th

PK%

80.0

16th

2025-26 Division Standings
TEAM W L OTL PTS DIFF
Rangers Rangers
2
2
0
4
5
Penguins Penguins
2
1
0
4
-1
Capitals Capitals
2
1
0
4
1
Hurricanes Hurricanes
2
0
0
4
4
Devils Devils
1
1
0
2
-1
Blue Jackets Blue Jackets
1
1
0
2
2
Flyers Flyers
0
1
1
1
-2
Islanders Islanders
0
3
0
0
-6
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
10/14
CAR CAR
@
SJS SJS
10:00 PM
Thu
10/16
CAR CAR
@
ANA ANA
10:00 PM
Sat
10/18
CAR CAR
@
LAK LAK
9:00 PM
Mon
10/20
CAR CAR
@
VGK VGK
10:00 PM
Thu
10/23
CAR CAR
@
COL COL
9:00 PM
Last Game
CAR Hurricanes

2 - 0 - 0

4

Final

3

PHI Flyers

0 - 1 - 0

Sat 11 Oct 2025

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

NHL 2025-26 Betting

NHL 2025-26 Division Standings

Central Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Avalanche Avalanche
3
0
1
7
5
Predators Predators
2
0
1
5
3
Stars Stars
2
0
0
4
2
Pacific Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Kraken Kraken
2
0
0
4
3
Golden Knights Golden Knights
1
0
2
4
-1
Oilers Oilers
1
0
1
3
1
Atlantic Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Panthers Panthers
3
0
0
6
6
Bruins Bruins
3
1
0
6
4
Canadiens Canadiens
2
1
0
4
2
Metropolitan Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Hurricanes Hurricanes
2
0
0
4
4
Capitals Capitals
2
1
0
4
1
Penguins Penguins
2
1
0
4
-1

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Mon
10/6
CHI CHI
@
FLA FLA
2-3
Mon
10/6
PIT PIT
@
NYR NYR
3-0
Mon
10/6
COL COL
@
LAK LAK
4-1
Tue
10/7
MTL MTL
@
TOR TOR
2-5
Tue
10/7
BOS BOS
@
WSH WSH
3-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/13
STL STL
@
VAN VAN
7:30 PM
Mon
10/13
LAK LAK
@
MIN MIN
8:00 PM
Mon
10/13
UTA UTA
@
CHI CHI
8:30 PM
Tue
10/14
SEA SEA
@
MTL MTL
7:00 PM
Tue
10/14
NSH NSH
@
TOR TOR
7:00 PM