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NHL Power-Play Goals Leaders: Defensemen
2025-26All situations
Darren Raddysh (TBL) leads NHL defensemen with 10 goals in 2025-26, ahead of 
Matthew Schaefer (NYI) (8).
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Leaders: PP Goals: defense, 2025-26
- 1stDarren RaddyshTBL · 73 GP10
- 2ndMatthew SchaeferNYI · 82 GP8
3rdJakob ChychrunWSH · 80 GP8
4thEvan BouchardEDM · 82 GP7
5thRasmus AnderssonCGY · 81 GP6
The full ranked table, with filters, follows.
What PP Goals: defense measures
This board ranks NHL defensemen by total goals, power play, this season. Players under the minimum sample are hidden, and every row shows the games or minutes behind the number. Total goals, power play, this season.
Special-teams scoring follows special-teams ice time: a player's share of his team's PP minutes repeats much better than his PP points do.
The power-play split shows who scores with the man advantage. Defensemen only. Goals scored this season, every situation including the power play and empty nets. The goal race swings more than the points race, because shooting percentage runs hot and cold. In 2025-26, 68 defensemen qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Darren Raddysh leads at 10.
PP Goals: defense leaderboard
- Strength comes from the play-by-play skater counts; a few players differ from NHL.com by one goal or point where a penalty expired at the moment of the goal.
| # | Player | Team | PP G | GP | Pctl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darren RaddyshDTBL | TBL | 10 | 73 | 100 | 98%▲0.5 |
| 2 | Matthew SchaeferDNYI | NYI | 8 | 82 | 98 | 100% |
| 3 | Jakob ChychrunDWSH | WSH | 8 | 80 | 98 | 99% |
| 4 | Evan BouchardDEDM | EDM | 7 | 82 | 96 | 100% |
| 5 | Rasmus AnderssonDCGY | CGY | 6 | 81 | 93 | 87%▲1.8 |
| 6 |  Rasmus DahlinDBUF | BUF | 6 | 77 | 93 | 99%▼0.5 |
| 7 |  Shayne GostisbehereDCAR | CAR | 6 | 55 | 93 | 96%▲0.6 |
| 8 |  Mikhail SergachevDUTA | UTA | 5 | 78 | 87 | 100%▲1.4 |
| 9 |  Jake SandersonDOTT | OTT | 5 | 67 | 87 | 96%▼0.7 |
| 10 |  John KlingbergDSJS | SJS | 5 | 56 | 87 | 0.1% |
| 11 |  Adam FoxDNYR | NYR | 5 | 55 | 87 | 99% |
| 12 |  Seth JonesDFLA | FLA | 5 | 52 | 87 | 90%▲15 |
| 13 |  Filip HronekDVAN | VAN | 4 | 82 | 78 | 94% |
| 14 |  Alexander NikishinDCAR | CAR | 4 | 81 | 78 | 57%▼3.7 |
| 15 |  Dougie HamiltonDNJD | NJD | 4 | 77 | 78 | 82%▼0.9 |
| 16 |  Erik KarlssonDPIT | PIT | 4 | 75 | 78 | 95% |
| 17 |  Zach WerenskiDCBJ | CBJ | 4 | 75 | 78 | 100% |
| 18 |  Cale MakarDCOL | COL | 4 | 75 | 78 | 100% |
| 19 |  Roman JosiDNSH | NSH | 4 | 68 | 78 | 98% |
| 20 |  Vladislav GavrikovDNYR | NYR | 3 | 82 | 67 | 62%▲4 |
| 21 |  Moritz SeiderDDET | DET | 3 | 82 | 67 | 99% |
| 22 |  Jackson LaCombeDANA | ANA | 3 | 82 | 67 | 97% |
| 23 |  Zeev BuiumDVAN | VAN | 3 | 76 | 67 | 57%▼6.5 |
| 24 |  Nick BlankenburgDNSH | NSH | 3 | 61 | 67 | 4.8% |
| 25 |  Uvis BalinskisDFLA | FLA | 3 | 54 | 67 | 3.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in PP Goals: defense in 2025-26?
Darren Raddysh leads with 10. The median of the 68 qualified defensemen is 2.
How is PP Goals: defense calculated?
Total goals, power play, this season. Regular season only, from the NHL's official game data.
How reliable is PP Goals: defense?
Special-teams scoring follows special-teams ice time: a player's share of his team's PP minutes repeats much better than his PP points do.