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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: St. Louis Blues
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
Vladimir Tarasenko (STL), 
Carl Gunnarsson (STL) and 
Jaden Schwartz (STL) lead NHL skaters with 15 +/- for the St. Louis Blues in 2017-18, ahead of 
Kyle Brodziak (STL) (13).
Leaders: Plus/Minus, St. Louis Blues, 2017-18
- 1stVladimir TarasenkoSTL · 80 GP15
- 2ndCarl GunnarssonSTL · 63 GP15
- 3rdJaden SchwartzSTL · 62 GP15
- 4thKyle BrodziakSTL · 81 GP13
5thRobert BortuzzoSTL · 72 GP11
The full ranked table, with filters, follows.
What Plus/Minus measures
This board ranks every NHL skater by plus/minus, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table. Goals for minus goals against while on the ice (power-play goals for excluded).
Plus/minus is noisy and team-driven; on-ice goal and expected-goal shares at 5-on-5 tell you more about the player.
Plus/minus adds one for every even-strength or shorthanded goal the team scores with the player on the ice and subtracts one for every one allowed. Power-play goals for do not count; empty-net goals do. Plus/minus is still a category in many leagues but it mostly reflects team quality and goaltending. The per-60 view helps compare players with different minutes. In 2017-18, 30 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 0 and Vladimir Tarasenko leads at 15.
Plus/Minus leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | +/- | GP | Per game | PTS | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir TarasenkoFSTL | STL | 15 | 80 | 0.19 | 66 | 33 | 7.4%▼0.9 |
| 2 | Carl GunnarssonDSTL | STL | 15 | 63 | 0.24 | 9 | 5 | — |
| 3 | Jaden SchwartzFSTL | STL | 15 | 62 | 0.24 | 59 | 24 | 32%▲2 |
| 4 | Kyle BrodziakFSTL | STL | 13 | 81 | 0.16 | 33 | 10 | — |
| 5 | Robert BortuzzoDSTL | STL | 11 | 72 | 0.15 | 13 | 4 | — |
| 6 |  Brayden SchennFSTL | STL | 10 | 82 | 0.12 | 70 | 28 | 36%▼0.5 |
| 7 |  Alex PietrangeloDSTL | STL | 8 | 78 | 0.10 | 54 | 15 | 3.2% |
| 8 |  Nate ProsserDMIN/STL | MIN/STL | 8 | 57 | 0.14 | 9 | 3 | — |
| 9 |  Dmitrij JaskinFSTL | STL | 6 | 76 | 0.08 | 17 | 6 | — |
| 10 |  Jay BouwmeesterDSTL | STL | 5 | 35 | 0.14 | 7 | 2 | — |
| 11 |  Paul StastnyFSTL/WPG | STL/WPG | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 53 | 16 | — |
| 12 |  Vince DunnDSTL | STL | 1 | 75 | 0.01 | 24 | 5 | 93%▲1.5 |
| 13 |  Sammy BlaisFSTL | STL | 1 | 11 | 0.09 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 14 |  Chris ButlerDSTL | STL | 1 | 6 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 |  Jordan SchmaltzDSTL | STL | 0 | 13 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 16 |  Wade MeganFSTL | STL | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 |  Mitch ReinkeDSTL | STL | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18 |  Joel EdmundsonDSTL | STL | -1 | 69 | -0.01 | 17 | 7 | 3.2% |
| 19 |  Scottie UpshallFSTL | STL | -1 | 63 | -0.02 | 19 | 7 | — |
| 20 |  Ivan BarbashevFSTL | STL | -1 | 53 | -0.02 | 13 | 7 | 63%▼2.1 |
| 21 |  Nikita SoshnikovFSTL/TOR | STL/TOR | -2 | 15 | -0.13 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 22 |  Beau BennettFSTL | STL | -2 | 6 | -0.33 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 23 |  Chris ThorburnFSTL | STL | -4 | 50 | -0.08 | 7 | 1 | — |
| 24 |  Patrik BerglundFSTL | STL | -5 | 57 | -0.09 | 26 | 17 | — |
| 25 |  Oskar SundqvistFSTL | STL | -5 | 42 | -0.12 | 5 | 1 | 0.0% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Plus/Minus in 2017-18?
Vladimir Tarasenko leads with 15. The median of the 30 qualified skaters is 0.
Which defenseman leads in Plus/Minus in 2017-18?
Carl Gunnarsson leads NHL defensemen with 15; the top forward is Vladimir Tarasenko at 15.
How is Plus/Minus calculated?
Goals for minus goals against while on the ice (power-play goals for excluded). Regular season only, from the NHL's official game data.
How reliable is Plus/Minus?
Plus/minus is noisy and team-driven; on-ice goal and expected-goal shares at 5-on-5 tell you more about the player.