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NHL Power-Play Goals Leaders: Defensemen

2023-24All 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 2023-24: Roman Josi (NSH), 9 PPG.

Season2026-27 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24

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Completed seasons use the NHL's official power-play and shorthanded totals.

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NHL Power-Play Goals Leaders: Defensemen, 2023-24, All situations
#	Player	Team	PPG	GP	Per game	PPA	PPP	G
1	Roman JosiDNSH	NSH	9	82	0.11	24	33	23	24:38	98%▼0.5
2	Evan BouchardDEDM	EDM	8	81	0.10	27	35	18	23:00	100%
3	Drew DoughtyDLAK	LAK	7	82	0.09	13	20	15	25:48	22%▲12
4	Jakob ChychrunDOTT	OTT	7	82	0.09	9	16	14	22:23	99%
5	Cale MakarDCOL	COL	7	77	0.09	32	39	21	24:46	100%▲1
6	John CarlsonDWSH	WSH	6	82	0.07	15	21	10	25:54	99%▲2.4
7	Rasmus DahlinDBUF	BUF	6	81	0.07	14	20	20	25:25	100%▲1
8	Adam FoxDNYR	NYR	6	72	0.08	27	33	17	23:27	99%▲6.8
9	Mike MathesonDMTL	MTL	5	82	0.06	23	28	11	25:33	85%▼7.8
10	Quinn HughesDVAN	VAN	5	82	0.06	33	38	17	24:41	100%
11	Noah HanifinDCGY/VGK	CGY/VGK	5	80	0.06	8	13	13	23:37	53%▼22
12	Brent BurnsDCAR	CAR	4	82	0.05	16	20	10	21:30	50%▼14
13	Luke HughesDNJD	NJD	4	82	0.05	21	25	9	21:28	84%▲40
14	Victor HedmanDTBL	TBL	4	78	0.05	27	31	13	24:48	93%▲11
15	Vince DunnDSEA	SEA	4	59	0.07	12	16	11	23:05	89%▲12
16	Dougie HamiltonDNJD	NJD	4	20	0.20	4	8	5	20:59	84%▲12
17	MacKenzie WeegarDCGY	CGY	3	82	0.04	12	15	20	22:56	93%▼7.2
18	Moritz SeiderDDET	DET	3	82	0.04	14	17	9	22:22	100%▲0.6
19	Brock FaberDMIN	MIN	3	82	0.04	13	16	8	24:58	94%▼4.2
20	Jake SandersonDOTT	OTT	3	79	0.04	11	14	10	23:13	99%▲2.9
21	Sean DurziDARI	ARI	3	76	0.04	13	16	9	22:43	38%▲36
22	Seth JonesDCHI	CHI	3	67	0.04	6	9	8	25:29	80%▲32
23	Jacob MacDonaldDSJS	SJS	3	34	0.09	1	4	7	12:01	—
24	Erik KarlssonDPIT	PIT	2	82	0.02	15	17	11	24:16	95%
25	Cam FowlerDANA	ANA	2	81	0.02	16	18	5	24:25	14%▲1.8
26	Shayne GostisbehereDDET	DET	2	81	0.02	27	29	10	19:05	96%▲16
27	Josh MorrisseyDWPG	WPG	2	81	0.02	17	19	10	24:11	99%▲3.2
28	Filip HronekDVAN	VAN	2	81	0.02	9	11	5	23:26	91%▲14
29	Mattias EkholmDEDM	EDM	2	79	0.03	1	3	11	21:03	77%▲9.5
30	Miro HeiskanenDDAL	DAL	2	71	0.03	19	21	9	24:32	99%▲4.3
31	Zach WerenskiDCBJ	CBJ	2	70	0.03	10	12	11	24:27	100%
32	Egor ZamulaDPHI	PHI	2	66	0.03	7	9	5	16:03	0.1%
33	Kevin ShattenkirkDBOS	BOS	2	61	0.03	9	11	6	15:47	—
34	Ryan PulockDNYI	NYI	2	58	0.03	4	6	5	22:33	10%▼1.4
35	Henry ThrunDSJS	SJS	2	51	0.04	2	4	3	20:00	0.0%
36	Shea TheodoreDVGK	VGK	2	47	0.04	13	15	5	22:05	91%▲28
37	Tony DeAngeloDCAR	CAR	2	31	0.06	4	6	3	14:20	24%▲18
38	Declan ChisholmDMIN/WPG	MIN/WPG	2	31	0.06	3	5	3	16:32	0.1%
39	Darren RaddyshDTBL	TBL	1	82	0.01	6	7	6	19:06	99%▲3.2
40	Neal PionkDWPG	WPG	1	82	0.01	7	8	5	20:50	32%▲31
41	Darnell NurseDEDM	EDM	1	81	0.01	4	5	10	21:54	69%▼13
42	Oliver Ekman-LarssonDFLA	FLA	1	80	0.01	10	11	9	18:24	43%▲32
43	Brady SkjeiDCAR	CAR	1	80	0.01	11	12	13	21:17	18%▼31
44	Gustav ForslingDFLA	FLA	1	79	0.01	1	2	10	22:09	42%▲18
45	Noah DobsonDNYI	NYI	1	79	0.01	23	24	10	24:31	98%▼1.2
46	Thomas HarleyDDAL	DAL	1	79	0.01	8	9	15	21:01	88%▲8.6
47	Charlie McAvoyDBOS	BOS	1	74	0.01	12	13	12	24:51	97%▲6.2
48	Hampus LindholmDBOS	BOS	1	73	0.01	4	5	3	23:17	17%▲15
49	Jake McCabeDTOR	TOR	1	73	0.01	1	2	8	20:39	34%▼15
50	Morgan RiellyDTOR	TOR	1	72	0.01	19	20	7	23:44	76%▼5.1
51	Jordan SpenceDLAK	LAK	1	71	0.01	5	6	2	14:26	21%▲17
52	Brandon MontourDFLA	FLA	1	66	0.02	16	17	8	23:27	83%▲10
53	Nate SchmidtDWPG	WPG	1	63	0.02	3	4	2	16:49	4.9%▲4.5
54	Jake WalmanDDET	DET	1	63	0.02	3	4	12	19:46	33%▲30
55	Justin FaulkDSTL	STL	1	60	0.02	6	7	2	21:58	55%▼22
56	Aaron EkbladDFLA	FLA	1	51	0.02	3	4	4	20:52	50%▲34
57	Thomas ChabotDOTT	OTT	1	51	0.02	6	7	9	23:03	83%▼12
58	Justin BarronDMTL	MTL	1	48	0.02	0	1	7	18:38	0.1%
59	Mason LohreiDBOS	BOS	1	41	0.02	2	3	4	16:57	22%▲21
60	Carson SoucyDVAN	VAN	1	40	0.03	1	2	2	17:29	0.1%
61	Samuel BolducDNYI	NYI	1	34	0.03	0	1	2	13:09	—
62	Jamie DrysdaleDPHI/ANA	PHI/ANA	1	34	0.03	1	2	3	19:37	55%▲46
63	Sam MalinskiDCOL	COL	1	23	0.04	1	2	3	14:14	55%▲32

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