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NHL Penalty Minutes Leaders: Defensemen

2018-19All situationsThrough 84 team games

This board ranks defensemen only by penalty minutes.

Penalty minutes add up every minor, major and misconduct. Fighting majors and misconducts make the total lumpy: one bad night can add 17 minutes. 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.

Leader in 2018-19: Ian Cole (COL), 115 PIM.

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NHL Penalty Minutes Leaders: Defensemen, 2018-19, All situations
#	Player	Team	PIM	GP	Per game
1	Ian ColeDCOL	COL	115	71	1.62	19:45	4.9%▲4.3
2	Mark BorowieckiDOTT	OTT	89	53	1.68	15:34	—
3	Darnell NurseDEDM	EDM	87	82	1.06	23:49	69%▼13
4	Erik GudbransonDPIT	PIT	87	76	1.14	18:14	0.1%
5	Tony DeAngeloDNYR	NYR	77	61	1.26	19:20	24%▲18
6	Nikita ZadorovDCOL	COL	75	70	1.07	17:12	39%▲21
7	Brendan SmithDNYR	NYR	71	63	1.13	15:18	—
8	Duncan KeithDCHI	CHI	70	82	0.85	23:01	—
9	Mark GiordanoDCGY	CGY	69	78	0.88	24:14	—
10	Roman PolakDDAL	DAL	69	77	0.90	19:10	—
11	Dustin ByfuglienDWPG	WPG	69	42	1.64	24:22	—
12	Scott MayfieldDNYI	NYI	68	79	0.86	18:44	0.1%
13	Matt GrzelcykDBOS	BOS	68	66	1.03	19:08	0.1%
14	Joel EdmundsonDSTL	STL	68	64	1.06	19:23	4.0%▲3.9
15	Marcus PetterssonDPIT	PIT	66	84	0.79	16:41	6.6%▲6.2
16	Nick SeelerDMIN	MIN	64	71	0.90	12:20	8.1%▲7.6
17	MacKenzie WeegarDFLA	FLA	64	64	1.00	16:58	93%▼7.2
18	Robert HaggDPHI	PHI	63	82	0.77	16:57	—
19	Tyler MyersDWPG	WPG	63	80	0.79	20:21	4.1%▲3.7
20	Radko GudasDPHI	PHI	63	77	0.82	17:53	25%▲22
21	Ben ChiarotDWPG	WPG	62	78	0.79	18:37	13%▲11
22	Josh MansonDANA	ANA	62	74	0.84	22:18	32%▲16
23	Brenden DillonDSJS	SJS	61	82	0.74	17:45	9.7%▲9.1
24	Michal KempnyDWSH	WSH	60	71	0.85	19:11	—
25	P.K. SubbanDNSH	NSH	60	63	0.95	22:40	—
26	Jacob TroubaDWPG	WPG	58	82	0.71	22:53	76%▼11
27	Damon SeversonDNJD	NJD	58	82	0.71	22:03	9.4%▲6.2
28	Erik CernakDTBL	TBL	58	58	1.00	19:15	4.1%▲3.7
29	Zdeno CharaDBOS	BOS	57	62	0.92	21:05	—
30	Brandon MontourDBUF	BUF	56	82	0.68	22:27	83%▲10
31	Ben HarpurDOTT	OTT	56	51	1.10	17:37	—
32	Dougie HamiltonDCAR	CAR	54	82	0.66	19:40	84%▲12
33	Alexander EdlerDVAN	VAN	54	56	0.96	24:34	—
34	Patrik NemethDCOL	COL	53	74	0.72	16:29	—
35	Dion PhaneufDLAK	LAK	53	67	0.79	15:00	—
36	Jon MerrillDVGK	VGK	53	57	0.93	17:53	—
37	Oliver Ekman-LarssonDARI	ARI	52	81	0.64	23:38	43%▲32
38	Brayden McNabbDVGK	VGK	52	81	0.64	19:29	24%▲21
39	Derek ForbortDLAK	LAK	52	81	0.64	20:45	0.0%
40	Zach BogosianDBUF	BUF	52	65	0.80	21:38	0.4%
41	Keith YandleDFLA	FLA	50	82	0.61	22:27	—
42	Kris LetangDPIT	PIT	48	65	0.74	25:58	47%▼16
43	Justin FaulkDCAR	CAR	47	82	0.57	22:25	55%▼22
44	Aaron EkbladDFLA	FLA	47	82	0.57	23:39	50%▲34
45	Jake MuzzinDTOR	TOR	47	80	0.59	21:20	—
46	Mattias EkholmDNSH	NSH	47	80	0.59	23:22	77%▲9.5
47	Brandon CarloDBOS	BOS	47	72	0.65	20:55	0.3%
48	Robert BortuzzoDSTL	STL	47	59	0.80	15:28	—
49	Dmitry KulikovDWPG	WPG	47	57	0.82	15:40	3.2%▲3.1
50	Madison BoweyDDET	DET	46	50	0.92	15:16	—
51	Vince DunnDSTL	STL	45	78	0.58	17:32	89%▲12
52	Jamie OleksiakDDAL	DAL	45	57	0.79	14:44	7.1%▲6.9
53	Charlie McAvoyDBOS	BOS	45	54	0.83	22:10	97%▲6.2
54	Niklas HjalmarssonDARI	ARI	44	82	0.54	19:42	—
55	Drew DoughtyDLAK	LAK	44	82	0.54	26:36	22%▲12
56	Adam LarssonDEDM	EDM	44	82	0.54	21:37	23%▼19
57	Brady SkjeiDNYR	NYR	44	78	0.56	21:14	18%▼31
58	Hampus LindholmDANA	ANA	44	76	0.58	24:00	17%▲15
59	Mike MathesonDFLA	FLA	44	75	0.59	22:19	85%▼7.8
60	Victor HedmanDTBL	TBL	44	70	0.63	22:46	93%▲11
61	Colin MillerDVGK	VGK	44	65	0.68	19:39	0.0%
62	Ben HuttonDVAN	VAN	43	69	0.62	22:21	—
63	Roman JosiDNSH	NSH	42	82	0.51	25:10	98%▼0.5
64	Adam McQuaidDCBJ	CBJ	42	50	0.84	15:47	—
65	Ryan SuterDMIN	MIN	41	82	0.50	26:42	—
66	Jack JohnsonDPIT	PIT	41	82	0.50	19:17	—
67	Matt NiskanenDWSH	WSH	41	80	0.51	21:56	—
68	Greg PaterynDMIN	MIN	41	80	0.51	17:07	—
69	Brent SeabrookDCHI	CHI	41	78	0.53	19:06	—
70	Niklas KronwallDDET	DET	40	79	0.51	19:57	—
71	Jay BouwmeesterDSTL	STL	40	78	0.51	20:44	—
72	Connor MurphyDCHI	CHI	40	52	0.77	19:29	6.0%▲5.1
73	Jordie BennDMTL	MTL	39	81	0.48	18:12	—
74	Danny DeKeyserDDET	DET	39	52	0.75	21:58	—
75	Nathan BeaulieuDWPG	WPG	39	48	0.81	15:30	—
76	Jake DotchinDANA	ANA	39	20	1.95	11:49	—
77	Erik JohnsonDCOL	COL	38	80	0.47	21:49	—
78	Rasmus RistolainenDBUF	BUF	38	78	0.49	24:38	8.3%▲7.7
79	Matt IrwinDNSH	NSH	38	44	0.86	11:18	—
80	Ben LovejoyDDAL	DAL	37	71	0.52	17:05	—
81	David SavardDCBJ	CBJ	36	82	0.44	19:45	—
82	Tyson BarrieDCOL	COL	36	78	0.46	21:47	—
83	Justin BraunDSJS	SJS	35	78	0.45	20:18	—
84	Neal PionkDNYR	NYR	35	73	0.48	21:10	32%▲31
85	Jake McCabeDBUF	BUF	35	59	0.59	18:57	34%▼15
86	Jonathan EricssonDDET	DET	35	52	0.67	17:13	—
87	Kevan MillerDBOS	BOS	35	39	0.90	17:45	—
88	Brent BurnsDSJS	SJS	34	82	0.41	25:06	50%▼14
89	Ryan McDonaghDTBL	TBL	34	82	0.41	22:05	7.3%▲6.8
90	Rasmus DahlinDBUF	BUF	34	82	0.41	21:09	100%▲1
91	John CarlsonDWSH	WSH	34	80	0.42	25:04	99%▲2.4
92	Erik GustafssonDCHI	CHI	34	79	0.43	22:35	3.2%▲3.2
93	Braydon CoburnDTBL	TBL	34	74	0.46	16:07	—
94	Dmitry OrlovDWSH	WSH	33	82	0.40	21:38	35%▲21
95	Esa LindellDDAL	DAL	33	82	0.40	24:20	37%▼31
96	Matt BenningDEDM	EDM	33	70	0.47	14:57	—
97	Travis HamonicDCGY	CGY	33	69	0.48	20:52	0.1%
98	Torey KrugDBOS	BOS	33	64	0.52	21:18	0.0%
99	Thomas HickeyDNYI	NYI	33	40	0.82	18:30	—
100	Ivan ProvorovDPHI	PHI	32	82	0.39	25:07	36%▼27

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