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NHL Power-Play Goals Leaders: Defensemen

2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games

This board ranks defensemen only by power-play goals.

Power-play goals are scored while the team has more skaters on the ice than the opponent. The leaders are the trigger men of first power-play units: the one-timer from the left circle, the net-front tip. For leagues that split positions: which defensemen add power-play goals.

Leader in 2017-18: Shayne Gostisbehere (PHI), 7 PPG.

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NHL Power-Play Goals Leaders: Defensemen, 2017-18, All situations
#	Player	Team	PPG	GP	Per game	PPA	PPP	G
1	Shayne GostisbehereDPHI	PHI	7	78	0.09	26	33	13	21:27	96%▲16
2	Seth JonesDCBJ	CBJ	7	78	0.09	17	24	16	24:36	80%▲32
3	Roman JosiDNSH	NSH	7	75	0.09	13	20	14	24:28	98%▼0.5
4	Tyson BarrieDCOL	COL	7	68	0.10	23	30	14	22:42	—
5	Jeff PetryDMTL	MTL	6	82	0.07	17	23	12	23:30	0.1%
6	Oliver Ekman-LarssonDARI	ARI	6	82	0.07	9	15	14	23:41	43%▲32
7	Dougie HamiltonDCGY	CGY	6	82	0.07	6	12	17	21:32	84%▲12
8	Brent BurnsDSJS	SJS	5	82	0.06	22	27	12	25:15	50%▼14
9	P.K. SubbanDNSH	NSH	5	82	0.06	20	25	16	24:07	—
10	Colin MillerDVGK	VGK	5	82	0.06	12	17	10	19:21	0.0%
11	Aaron EkbladDFLA	FLA	5	82	0.06	6	11	16	23:23	50%▲34
12	Mattias EkholmDNSH	NSH	5	81	0.06	8	13	10	23:35	77%▲9.5
13	Brandon MontourDANA	ANA	5	80	0.06	7	12	9	20:28	83%▲10
14	Torey KrugDBOS	BOS	5	76	0.07	19	24	14	20:24	0.0%
15	Ryan PulockDNYI	NYI	5	68	0.07	6	11	10	18:24	10%▼1.4
16	John CarlsonDWSH	WSH	4	82	0.05	28	32	15	24:47	99%▲2.4
17	Nick LeddyDNYI	NYI	4	80	0.05	10	14	10	22:25	0.0%
18	Dion PhaneufDOTT/LAK	OTT/LAK	4	79	0.05	7	11	6	20:00	—
19	Kris LetangDPIT	PIT	4	79	0.05	16	20	9	25:20	47%▼16
20	Jake MuzzinDLAK	LAK	4	74	0.05	10	14	8	21:39	—
21	Dustin ByfuglienDWPG	WPG	4	69	0.06	18	22	8	24:20	—
22	Drew DoughtyDLAK	LAK	3	82	0.04	17	20	10	26:50	22%▲12
23	Tyler MyersDWPG	WPG	3	82	0.04	14	17	6	21:26	4.1%▲3.7
24	Will ButcherDNJD	NJD	3	81	0.04	20	23	5	16:04	—
25	Mikhail SergachevDTBL	TBL	3	79	0.04	13	16	9	15:22	98%▲5.2
26	Alex GoligoskiDARI	ARI	3	78	0.04	8	11	12	23:17	—
27	Alex PietrangeloDSTL	STL	3	78	0.04	10	13	15	25:44	4.0%▲3.7
28	Zach WerenskiDCBJ	CBJ	3	77	0.04	7	10	16	22:35	100%
29	Justin FaulkDCAR	CAR	3	76	0.04	16	19	8	22:16	55%▼22
30	Erik KarlssonDOTT	OTT	3	71	0.04	15	18	9	26:44	95%
31	Hampus LindholmDANA	ANA	3	69	0.04	5	8	13	22:44	17%▲15
32	Jared SpurgeonDMIN	MIN	3	61	0.05	10	13	9	24:33	10%▲8.2
33	Duncan KeithDCHI	CHI	2	82	0.02	8	10	2	23:50	—
34	Mathew DumbaDMIN	MIN	2	82	0.02	10	12	14	23:49	0.1%
35	Colton ParaykoDSTL	STL	2	82	0.02	7	9	6	22:37	37%▼42
36	Ivan ProvorovDPHI	PHI	2	82	0.02	3	5	17	24:09	36%▼27
37	Brent SeabrookDCHI	CHI	2	81	0.02	6	8	7	20:12	—
38	Esa LindellDDAL	DAL	2	80	0.03	6	8	7	22:05	37%▼31
39	Niklas KronwallDDET	DET	2	79	0.03	13	15	4	18:31	—
40	Alec MartinezDLAK	LAK	2	77	0.03	9	11	9	22:52	—
41	Victor HedmanDTBL	TBL	2	77	0.03	24	26	17	25:51	93%▲11
42	Vince DunnDSTL	STL	2	75	0.03	7	9	5	17:14	89%▲12
43	Charlie McAvoyDBOS	BOS	2	63	0.03	5	7	7	22:09	97%▲6.2
44	Johnny BoychukDNYI	NYI	2	58	0.03	0	2	6	20:12	—
45	Jan RuttaDCHI	CHI	2	57	0.04	2	4	6	19:15	—
46	Jakob ChychrunDARI	ARI	2	50	0.04	2	4	4	20:15	99%
47	Kevin ShattenkirkDNYR	NYR	2	46	0.04	10	12	5	20:16	—
48	Brad HuntDVGK	VGK	2	45	0.04	10	12	3	16:39	—
49	Ryan EllisDNSH	NSH	2	44	0.05	3	5	9	23:21	—
50	Tim HeedDSJS	SJS	2	29	0.07	3	5	3	16:01	—
51	Shea WeberDMTL	MTL	2	26	0.08	3	5	6	25:21	—
52	Chris WidemanDOTT	OTT	2	16	0.13	0	2	3	11:33	—
53	Mark GiordanoDCGY	CGY	1	82	0.01	9	10	13	24:47	—
54	Keith YandleDFLA	FLA	1	82	0.01	17	18	8	24:29	—
55	Jake GardinerDTOR	TOR	1	82	0.01	14	15	5	22:32	—
56	John KlingbergDDAL	DAL	1	82	0.01	22	23	8	24:04	0.2%
57	Jaccob SlavinDCAR	CAR	1	82	0.01	1	2	8	22:35	16%▲4.6
58	Marc-Edouard VlasicDSJS	SJS	1	81	0.01	2	3	11	22:33	—
59	Mike MathesonDFLA	FLA	1	81	0.01	3	4	10	21:20	85%▼7.8
60	Ron HainseyDTOR	TOR	1	80	0.01	0	1	4	21:52	—
61	Noah HanifinDCAR	CAR	1	79	0.01	6	7	10	18:52	53%▼22
62	Ryan SuterDMIN	MIN	1	78	0.01	22	23	6	26:47	—
63	Dan GirardiDTBL	TBL	1	77	0.01	0	1	6	17:23	—
64	Morgan RiellyDTOR	TOR	1	76	0.01	24	25	6	21:36	76%▼5.1
65	Nate SchmidtDVGK	VGK	1	76	0.01	10	11	5	22:14	4.9%▲4.5
66	TJ BrodieDCGY	CGY	1	73	0.01	10	11	4	23:41	—
67	Rasmus RistolainenDBUF	BUF	1	73	0.01	22	23	6	26:30	8.3%▲7.7
68	Samuel GirardDCOL/NSH	COL/NSH	1	73	0.01	12	13	4	17:39	9.0%▲8.6
69	Sami VatanenDNJD/ANA	NJD/ANA	1	72	0.01	12	13	4	22:24	—
70	Derrick PouliotDVAN	VAN	1	71	0.01	8	9	3	17:51	0.0%
71	Alexander EdlerDVAN	VAN	1	70	0.01	14	15	6	24:17	—
72	Jamie OleksiakDPIT/DAL	PIT/DAL	1	68	0.01	0	1	5	16:40	7.1%▲6.9
73	Cam FowlerDANA	ANA	1	67	0.01	9	10	8	24:51	14%▲1.8
74	Mike GreenDDET	DET	1	66	0.02	12	13	8	22:05	—
75	Oscar KlefbomDEDM	EDM	1	66	0.02	5	6	5	22:51	—
76	Ryan McDonaghDNYR/TBL	NYR/TBL	1	63	0.02	8	9	4	23:20	7.3%▲6.8
77	Shea TheodoreDVGK	VGK	1	61	0.02	8	9	6	20:21	91%▲28
78	Markus NutivaaraDCBJ	CBJ	1	61	0.02	1	2	7	16:02	—
79	Joe MorrowDMTL/WPG	MTL/WPG	1	56	0.02	4	5	6	16:44	—
80	Jordan OesterleDCHI	CHI	1	55	0.02	2	3	5	20:31	—
81	Jake McCabeDBUF	BUF	1	53	0.02	0	1	3	19:30	34%▼15
82	Connor CarrickDTOR	TOR	1	47	0.02	1	2	4	15:08	—
83	Gustav ForslingDCHI	CHI	1	41	0.02	3	4	3	19:09	42%▲18
84	John GilmourDNYR	NYR	1	28	0.04	0	1	2	17:11	—
85	Sebastian AhoDNYI	NYI	1	22	0.05	0	1	1	16:15	—
86	Ryan MurphyDMIN	MIN	1	21	0.05	0	1	2	19:01	—
87	Ethan BearDEDM	EDM	1	18	0.06	1	2	1	18:38	0.0%
88	Paul LaDueDLAK	LAK	1	12	0.08	0	1	3	13:58	—

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