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NHL Power-Play Goals Leaders: Defensemen

2022-23All 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 2022-23: Dougie Hamilton (NJD), 8 PPG.

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NHL Power-Play Goals Leaders: Defensemen, 2022-23, All situations
#	Player	Team	PPG	GP	Per game	PPA	PPP	G
1	Dougie HamiltonDNJD	NJD	8	82	0.10	20	28	22	21:46	84%▲12
2	Aaron EkbladDFLA	FLA	8	71	0.11	11	19	14	23:24	50%▲34
3	Roman JosiDNSH	NSH	8	67	0.12	16	24	18	25:10	98%▼0.5
4	Rasmus DahlinDBUF	BUF	6	78	0.08	26	32	15	25:48	100%▲1
5	Kris LetangDPIT	PIT	6	64	0.09	15	21	12	24:51	47%▼16
6	Erik KarlssonDSJS	SJS	5	82	0.06	22	27	25	25:37	95%
7	Noah DobsonDNYI	NYI	5	78	0.06	14	19	13	20:23	98%▼1.2
8	Shayne GostisbehereDARI/CAR	ARI/CAR	5	75	0.07	10	15	13	20:49	96%▲16
9	Thomas ChabotDOTT	OTT	5	68	0.07	15	20	11	24:58	83%▼12
10	Cale MakarDCOL	COL	5	60	0.08	25	30	17	26:23	100%▲1
11	Tyson BarrieDEDM/NSH	EDM/NSH	4	85	0.05	27	31	13	19:47	—
12	Brent BurnsDCAR	CAR	4	82	0.05	19	23	18	23:13	50%▼14
13	Cam FowlerDANA	ANA	4	82	0.05	10	14	10	24:10	14%▲1.8
14	Drew DoughtyDLAK	LAK	4	81	0.05	23	27	9	26:14	22%▲12
15	Brady SkjeiDCAR	CAR	4	81	0.05	3	7	18	21:49	18%▼31
16	Tony DeAngeloDPHI	PHI	4	70	0.06	15	19	11	22:04	24%▲18
17	Filip HronekDDET/VAN	DET/VAN	4	64	0.06	12	16	9	21:42	91%▲14
18	Torey KrugDSTL	STL	4	63	0.06	10	14	7	18:35	0.0%
19	Jakob ChychrunDARI/OTT	ARI/OTT	4	48	0.08	4	8	9	22:42	99%
20	J.J. MoserDARI	ARI	3	82	0.04	8	11	7	21:03	22%▲19
21	Brandon MontourDFLA	FLA	3	80	0.04	30	33	16	24:08	83%▲10
22	Mikhail SergachevDTBL	TBL	3	79	0.04	24	27	10	23:49	98%▲5.2
23	Nate SchmidtDWPG	WPG	3	71	0.04	2	5	7	18:28	4.9%▲4.5
24	John CarlsonDWSH	WSH	3	40	0.07	9	12	9	23:23	99%▲2.4
25	Justin FaulkDSTL	STL	2	82	0.02	8	10	11	23:23	55%▼22
26	Jacob TroubaDNYR	NYR	2	82	0.02	3	5	8	21:12	76%▼11
27	Evan BouchardDEDM	EDM	2	82	0.02	11	13	8	18:31	100%
28	Miro HeiskanenDDAL	DAL	2	79	0.03	32	34	11	25:29	99%▲4.3
29	Josh MorrisseyDWPG	WPG	2	78	0.03	26	28	16	24:14	99%▲3.2
30	Quinn HughesDVAN	VAN	2	78	0.03	32	34	7	25:40	100%
31	Jake SandersonDOTT	OTT	2	77	0.03	15	17	4	21:55	99%▲2.9
32	Seth JonesDCHI	CHI	2	72	0.03	10	12	12	24:27	80%▲32
33	John KlingbergDANA/MIN	ANA/MIN	2	67	0.03	8	10	10	20:37	0.2%
34	Charlie McAvoyDBOS	BOS	2	67	0.03	17	19	7	22:18	97%▲6.2
35	Jeff PetryDPIT	PIT	2	61	0.03	7	9	5	22:21	0.1%
36	Shea TheodoreDVGK	VGK	2	55	0.04	7	9	8	21:26	91%▲28
37	Arber XhekajDMTL	MTL	2	51	0.04	1	3	5	15:16	10%▲6.3
38	Bowen ByramDCOL	COL	2	42	0.05	4	6	10	21:53	96%▲6.5
39	Brett PesceDCAR	CAR	1	82	0.01	3	4	5	22:01	0.3%
40	Ryan PulockDNYI	NYI	1	82	0.01	4	5	5	20:54	10%▼1.4
41	Gustav ForslingDFLA	FLA	1	82	0.01	4	5	13	23:26	42%▲18
42	Adam FoxDNYR	NYR	1	82	0.01	28	29	12	24:23	99%▲6.8
43	Neal PionkDWPG	WPG	1	82	0.01	2	3	10	21:56	32%▲31
44	Moritz SeiderDDET	DET	1	82	0.01	14	15	5	23:09	100%▲0.6
45	Damon SeversonDNJD	NJD	1	81	0.01	3	4	7	19:57	9.4%▲6.2
46	Noah HanifinDCGY	CGY	1	81	0.01	7	8	7	22:39	53%▼22
47	Hampus LindholmDBOS	BOS	1	80	0.01	16	17	10	23:11	17%▲15
48	Devon ToewsDCOL	COL	1	80	0.01	6	7	7	25:06	62%▼1
49	Jonas SiegenthalerDNJD	NJD	1	80	0.01	0	1	4	20:09	3.3%▲2.9
50	Jared SpurgeonDMIN	MIN	1	79	0.01	3	4	11	21:49	10%▲8.2
51	Colin MillerDDAL	DAL	1	79	0.01	0	1	6	16:46	0.0%
52	Rasmus AnderssonDCGY	CGY	1	79	0.01	20	21	11	24:05	94%▼3.9
53	Juuso VälimäkiDARI	ARI	1	78	0.01	11	12	4	18:11	0.1%
54	Mikey AndersonDLAK	LAK	1	77	0.01	0	1	5	21:40	7.3%▲6.9
55	Victor HedmanDTBL	TBL	1	76	0.01	13	14	9	23:43	93%▲11
56	Samuel GirardDCOL	COL	1	76	0.01	7	8	6	21:30	9.0%▲8.6
57	Kevin ShattenkirkDANA	ANA	1	75	0.01	7	8	4	19:18	—
58	Pierre-Olivier JosephDPIT	PIT	1	75	0.01	2	3	5	15:15	0.1%
59	Rasmus RistolainenDPHI	PHI	1	74	0.01	4	5	3	19:01	8.3%▲7.7
60	Alex PietrangeloDVGK	VGK	1	73	0.01	13	14	11	23:59	4.0%▲3.7
61	Justin SchultzDSEA	SEA	1	73	0.01	12	13	7	17:47	—
62	Caleb JonesDCHI	CHI	1	73	0.01	3	4	4	19:13	0.1%
63	Sean DurziDLAK	LAK	1	72	0.01	15	16	9	19:47	38%▲36
64	Dmitry OrlovDWSH/BOS	WSH/BOS	1	66	0.02	7	8	7	22:33	35%▲21
65	Morgan RiellyDTOR	TOR	1	65	0.02	16	17	4	21:42	76%▼5.1
66	Nils LundkvistDDAL	DAL	1	60	0.02	2	3	6	16:19	5.6%▲5.5
67	Justin BarronDMTL	MTL	1	39	0.03	1	2	4	16:18	0.1%
68	Marcus BjorkDCBJ	CBJ	1	33	0.03	5	6	3	18:09	—
69	Jordan GrossDNSH	NSH	1	15	0.07	0	1	3	18:47	—
70	Daniil MiromanovDVGK	VGK	1	14	0.07	2	3	2	17:02	0.1%

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Goals scored with the man advantage (5-on-4, 5-on-3, 4-on-3).

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