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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: San Jose Sharks
2019-20All situationsThrough 71 team games
Antti Suomela (SJS) leads NHL skaters with 4 +/- for the San Jose Sharks in 2019-20, ahead of 
Alexander True (SJS) (1).
Leaders: Plus/Minus, San Jose Sharks, 2019-20
- 1stAntti SuomelaSJS · 20 GP4
- 2ndAlexander TrueSJS · 12 GP1
3rdLogan CoutureSJS · 52 GP0
4thTrevor CarrickSJS · 3 GP0
5thJonny BrodzinskiSJS · 3 GP0
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 2019-20, 34 skaters qualify for this board; the median is -5 and Antti Suomela leads at 4.
Plus/Minus leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | +/- | GP | Per game | PTS | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antti SuomelaFSJS | SJS | 4 | 20 | 0.20 | 7 | 1 | — |
| 2 | Alexander TrueFSJS | SJS | 1 | 12 | 0.08 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 3 | Logan CoutureFSJS | SJS | 0 | 52 | 0.00 | 39 | 16 | — |
| 4 | Trevor CarrickDSJS | SJS | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | Jonny BrodzinskiFSJS | SJS | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 6 |  Maxim LetunovFSJS | SJS | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 7 |  Dalton ProutDSJS | SJS | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 |  Stefan NoesenFSJS/PIT | SJS/PIT | -1 | 40 | -0.03 | 9 | 7 | 0.1% |
| 9 |  Joel KellmanFSJS | SJS | -1 | 31 | -0.03 | 7 | 3 | — |
| 10 |  Danil YurtaykinFSJS | SJS | -1 | 4 | -0.25 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11 |  Nikolai KnyzhovDSJS | SJS | -1 | 3 | -0.33 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 |  Brenden DillonDSJS/WSH | SJS/WSH | -2 | 69 | -0.03 | 14 | 1 | 7.3%▼1.6 |
| 13 |  Jake MiddletonDSJS | SJS | -2 | 10 | -0.20 | 2 | 0 | 6.6%▲1.8 |
| 14 |  Joachim BlichfeldFSJS | SJS | -2 | 3 | -0.67 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 |  Lukas RadilFSJS | SJS | -3 | 14 | -0.21 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 16 |  Brandon DavidsonDCGY/SJS | CGY/SJS | -3 | 12 | -0.25 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 |  Patrick MarleauFSJS/PIT | SJS/PIT | -5 | 66 | -0.08 | 22 | 11 | — |
| 18 |  Noah GregorFSJS | SJS | -5 | 28 | -0.18 | 5 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 19 |  Lean BergmannFSJS | SJS | -6 | 12 | -0.50 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 20 |  Melker KarlssonFSJS | SJS | -7 | 61 | -0.11 | 12 | 6 | — |
| 21 |  Barclay GoodrowFSJS/TBL | SJS/TBL | -8 | 70 | -0.11 | 26 | 8 | 0.1% |
| 22 |  Dylan GambrellFSJS | SJS | -8 | 50 | -0.16 | 11 | 5 | — |
| 23 |  Marc-Edouard VlasicDSJS | SJS | -10 | 70 | -0.14 | 15 | 5 | — |
| 24 |  Tim HeedDSJS | SJS | -10 | 38 | -0.26 | 5 | 1 | — |
| 25 |  Marcus SorensenFSJS | SJS | -12 | 66 | -0.18 | 18 | 7 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Plus/Minus in 2019-20?
Antti Suomela leads with 4. The median of the 34 qualified skaters is -5.
Which defenseman leads in Plus/Minus in 2019-20?
Trevor Carrick leads NHL defensemen with 0; the top forward is Antti Suomela at 4.
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.