NHL Goals Leaders: Defensemen 2017-18

Leaders: Goals: defense, 2017-18

1stDougie HamiltonCGY · 82 GP17Share
2ndIvan ProvorovPHI · 82 GP17Share
3rdVictor HedmanTBL · 77 GP17Share
4thP.K. SubbanNSH · 82 GP16Share
5thAaron EkbladFLA · 82 GP16Share
6thSeth JonesCBJ · 78 GP16Share
7thZach WerenskiCBJ · 77 GP16Share
8thJohn CarlsonWSH · 82 GP15Share
9thAlex PietrangeloSTL · 78 GP15Share
10thOliver Ekman-LarssonARI · 82 GP14Share

The full ranked table, with filters, follows.

What Goals: defense measures

This board ranks defensemen only by goals. Total goals this season, all situations.

Totals reward games played and ice time as much as skill; see the per-60 version for the rate view.

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 leagues that split positions, use it to fill your defense slots, and check the per-60 board for defensemen getting more out of fewer minutes. In 2017-18, 305 defensemen qualify for this board; the median is 3 and Dougie Hamilton leads at 17.

Goals: defense leaderboard

WhoAll skaters Forwards Defensemen Rookies

RateTotal Per game Per 60

WindowSeason Last 7 days Last 14 days Last 30 days Last 10 games

StrengthAll situations 5-on-5 Power play Shorthanded

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2017-18

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NHL Goals Leaders: Defensemen, 2017-18, All situations
#	Player	Team	G	GP	Per game	SOG	SH%		Pctl
1	Dougie HamiltonDCGY	CGY	17	82	0.21	270	6.3%	21:32	100	82%▼0.9
2	Ivan ProvorovDPHI	PHI	17	82	0.21	203	8.4%	24:09	100	31%▼1.3
3	Victor HedmanDTBL	TBL	17	77	0.22	216	7.9%	25:51	100	84%▼1
4	P.K. SubbanDNSH	NSH	16	82	0.20	207	7.7%	24:07	99	—
5	Aaron EkbladDFLA	FLA	16	82	0.20	189	8.5%	23:23	99	42%▼0.8
6	Seth JonesDCBJ	CBJ	16	78	0.21	249	6.4%	24:36	99	90%▲15
7	Zach WerenskiDCBJ	CBJ	16	77	0.21	207	7.7%	22:35	99	100%
8	John CarlsonDWSH	WSH	15	82	0.18	237	6.3%	24:47	98	98%
9	Alex PietrangeloDSTL	STL	15	78	0.19	216	6.9%	25:44	98	3.2%
10	Oliver Ekman-LarssonDARI	ARI	14	82	0.17	202	6.9%	23:41	96	29%▼4.2
11	Mathew DumbaDMIN	MIN	14	82	0.17	176	8.0%	23:49	96	0.1%
12	Torey KrugDBOS	BOS	14	76	0.18	197	7.1%	20:24	96	0.0%
13	Roman JosiDNSH	NSH	14	75	0.19	253	5.5%	24:28	96	98%
14	Tyson BarrieDCOL	COL	14	68	0.21	178	7.9%	22:42	96	—
15	Mark GiordanoDCGY	CGY	13	82	0.16	214	6.1%	24:47	95	—
16	Shayne GostisbehereDPHI	PHI	13	78	0.17	221	5.9%	21:27	95	96%▲0.6
17	Hampus LindholmDANA	ANA	13	69	0.19	131	9.9%	22:44	95	20%▲0.8
18	Brent BurnsDSJS	SJS	12	82	0.15	332	3.6%	25:15	94	44%▼2.7
19	Jeff PetryDMTL	MTL	12	82	0.15	178	6.7%	23:30	94	0.1%
20	Alex GoligoskiDARI	ARI	12	78	0.15	119	10.1%	23:17	94	—
21	Marc-Edouard VlasicDSJS	SJS	11	81	0.14	161	6.8%	22:33	93	—
22	Kevin ConnautonDARI	ARI	11	73	0.15	102	10.8%	15:11	93	—
23	Drew DoughtyDLAK	LAK	10	82	0.12	205	4.9%	26:50	92	18%▼1.9
24	Dmitry OrlovDWSH	WSH	10	82	0.12	125	8.0%	23:08	92	33%▲7.5
25	Colin MillerDVGK	VGK	10	82	0.12	177	5.6%	19:21	92	0.0%
26	Mattias EkholmDNSH	NSH	10	81	0.12	135	7.4%	23:35	92	68%
27	Mike MathesonDFLA	FLA	10	81	0.12	167	6.0%	21:20	92	72%▼7
28	Nick LeddyDNYI	NYI	10	80	0.13	153	6.5%	22:25	92	0.1%
29	Noah HanifinDCAR	CAR	10	79	0.13	165	6.1%	18:52	92	48%▲0.5
30	Ryan PulockDNYI	NYI	10	68	0.15	184	5.4%	18:24	92	7.1%▼1
31	Brandon MontourDANA	ANA	9	80	0.11	160	5.6%	20:28	88	85%
32	Kris LetangDPIT	PIT	9	79	0.11	222	4.1%	25:20	88	54%▼2.9
33	Mikhail SergachevDTBL	TBL	9	79	0.11	141	6.4%	15:22	88	100%▲1.4
34	Trevor DaleyDDET	DET	9	77	0.12	103	8.7%	20:42	88	—
35	Alec MartinezDLAK	LAK	9	77	0.12	111	8.1%	22:52	88	—
36	Damon SeversonDNJD	NJD	9	76	0.12	121	7.4%	19:41	88	22%▲12
37	Erik KarlssonDOTT	OTT	9	71	0.13	196	4.6%	26:44	88	95%
38	Thomas ChabotDOTT	OTT	9	63	0.14	94	9.6%	17:31	88	87%▼1.3
39	Erik JohnsonDCOL	COL	9	62	0.15	168	5.4%	25:26	88	—
40	Jared SpurgeonDMIN	MIN	9	61	0.15	110	8.2%	24:33	88	44%▼8
41	Ryan EllisDNSH	NSH	9	44	0.20	110	8.2%	23:21	88	—
42	Keith YandleDFLA	FLA	8	82	0.10	179	4.5%	24:29	85	—
43	John KlingbergDDAL	DAL	8	82	0.10	204	3.9%	24:04	85	0.1%
44	Jaccob SlavinDCAR	CAR	8	82	0.10	154	5.2%	22:35	85	26%▲4.9
45	Justin FaulkDCAR	CAR	8	76	0.11	211	3.8%	22:16	85	54%▲4.7
46	Stephen JohnsDDAL	DAL	8	75	0.11	121	6.6%	17:33	85	—
47	Jake MuzzinDLAK	LAK	8	74	0.11	154	5.2%	21:39	85	—
48	Dustin ByfuglienDWPG	WPG	8	69	0.12	193	4.1%	24:20	85	—
49	Cam FowlerDANA	ANA	8	67	0.12	122	6.6%	24:51	85	15%▲2.3
50	Mike GreenDDET	DET	8	66	0.12	132	6.1%	22:05	85	—