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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: Carolina Hurricanes
2018-19All situationsThrough 82 team games
Brett Pesce (CAR) leads NHL skaters with 35 +/- for the Carolina Hurricanes in 2018-19, ahead of 
Teuvo Teravainen (CAR) (30).
Leaders: Plus/Minus, Carolina Hurricanes, 2018-19
- 1stBrett PesceCAR · 73 GP35
- 2ndTeuvo TeravainenCAR · 82 GP30
3rdSebastian AhoCAR · 82 GP25
4thMicheal FerlandCAR · 71 GP13
5thBrock McGinnCAR · 82 GP10
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 2018-19, 29 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 0 and Brett Pesce leads at 35.
Plus/Minus leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | +/- | GP | Per game | PTS | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brett PesceDCAR | CAR | 35 | 73 | 0.48 | 29 | 7 | 0.3% |
| 2 | Teuvo TeravainenFCAR | CAR | 30 | 82 | 0.37 | 76 | 21 | 12%▲0.9 |
| 3 | Sebastian AhoFCAR | CAR | 25 | 82 | 0.30 | 83 | 30 | 100% |
| 4 | Micheal FerlandFCAR | CAR | 13 | 71 | 0.18 | 40 | 17 | — |
| 5 | Brock McGinnFCAR | CAR | 10 | 82 | 0.12 | 26 | 10 | — |
| 6 |  Justin FaulkDCAR | CAR | 9 | 82 | 0.11 | 35 | 11 | 54%▲4.7 |
| 7 |  Jordan StaalFCAR | CAR | 6 | 50 | 0.12 | 28 | 11 | 15%▼2 |
| 8 |  Haydn FleuryDCAR | CAR | 4 | 20 | 0.20 | 1 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 9 |  Jordan MartinookFCAR | CAR | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 25 | 15 | 4.3% |
| 10 |  Calvin de HaanDCAR | CAR | 1 | 74 | 0.01 | 14 | 1 | — |
| 11 |  Dougie HamiltonDCAR | CAR | 0 | 82 | 0.00 | 39 | 18 | 82%▼0.9 |
| 12 |  Jaccob SlavinDCAR | CAR | 0 | 82 | 0.00 | 31 | 8 | 26%▲4.9 |
| 13 |  Andrei SvechnikovFCAR | CAR | 0 | 82 | 0.00 | 37 | 20 | 98% |
| 14 |  Saku MaenalanenFCAR | CAR | 0 | 34 | 0.00 | 8 | 4 | — |
| 15 |  Martin NecasFCAR | CAR | 0 | 7 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| 16 |  Nicolas RoyFCAR | CAR | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 11%▼1.3 |
| 17 |  Jake BeanDCAR | CAR | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 18 |  Trevor CarrickDCAR | CAR | -1 | 1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 |  Greg McKeggFCAR | CAR | -2 | 41 | -0.05 | 11 | 6 | — |
| 20 |  Janne KuokkanenFCAR | CAR | -2 | 7 | -0.29 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 |  Phillip Di GiuseppeFCAR/NSH | CAR/NSH | -3 | 24 | -0.13 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 22 |  Clark BishopFCAR | CAR | -3 | 20 | -0.15 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 23 |  Justin WilliamsFCAR | CAR | -4 | 82 | -0.05 | 53 | 23 | — |
| 24 |  Nino NiederreiterFMIN/CAR | MIN/CAR | -4 | 82 | -0.05 | 53 | 23 | 4.0% |
| 25 |  Trevor van RiemsdykDCAR | CAR | -4 | 78 | -0.05 | 14 | 3 | 0.6% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Plus/Minus in 2018-19?
Brett Pesce leads with 35. The median of the 29 qualified skaters is 0.
Which defenseman leads in Plus/Minus in 2018-19?
Brett Pesce leads NHL defensemen with 35; the top forward is Teuvo Teravainen at 30.
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.