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NHL Power-Play Goals Leaders: Defensemen

2024-25All 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 2024-25: Cale Makar (COL), 12 PPG.

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

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2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18

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

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NHL Power-Play Goals Leaders: Defensemen, 2024-25, All situations
#	Player	Team	PPG	GP	Per game	PPA	PPP	G
1	Cale MakarDCOL	COL	12	80	0.15	23	35	30	25:43	96th	77th	100%▲1
2	Brandon MontourDSEA	SEA	5	81	0.06	6	11	18	22:59	15th	72nd	83%▲10
3	Zach WerenskiDCBJ	CBJ	5	81	0.06	20	25	23	26:45	34th	89th	100%
4	Jake SandersonDOTT	OTT	5	80	0.06	25	30	11	24:27	56th	92nd	99%▲2.9
5	Jakob ChychrunDWSH	WSH	5	74	0.07	10	15	20	21:04	62nd	51st	99%
6	Rasmus DahlinDBUF	BUF	5	73	0.07	16	21	17	24:14	33rd	56th	100%▲1
7	Dougie HamiltonDNJD	NJD	5	64	0.08	10	15	9	19:51	76th	83rd	84%▲12
8	Seth JonesDCHI/FLA	CHI/FLA	5	63	0.08	14	19	9	24:38	13th	85th	80%▲32
9	Moritz SeiderDDET	DET	4	82	0.05	20	24	8	25:04	20th	94th	100%▲0.6
10	MacKenzie WeegarDCGY	CGY	4	81	0.05	17	21	8	24:10	36th	49th	93%▼7.2
11	Victor HedmanDTBL	TBL	4	79	0.05	22	26	15	23:05	84th	57th	93%▲11
12	Kris LetangDPIT	PIT	4	74	0.05	8	12	9	23:32	33rd	94th	47%▼16
13	Shayne GostisbehereDCAR	CAR	4	70	0.06	23	27	7	18:31	97th	5th	96%▲16
14	Neal PionkDWPG	WPG	4	69	0.06	8	12	10	22:04	80th	43rd	32%▲31
15	Quinn HughesDVAN	VAN	4	68	0.06	25	29	16	25:44	54th	53rd	100%
16	Evan BouchardDEDM	EDM	3	82	0.04	23	26	14	23:28	99th	48th	100%
17	Rasmus AnderssonDCGY	CGY	3	81	0.04	6	9	11	23:59	32nd	61st	94%▼3.9
18	Josh MorrisseyDWPG	WPG	3	80	0.04	19	22	14	24:23	83rd	49th	99%▲3.2
19	Mikhail SergachevDUTA	UTA	3	77	0.04	20	23	15	25:07	84th	54th	98%▲5.2
20	Mattias EkholmDEDM	EDM	3	65	0.05	4	7	9	22:12	99th	68th	77%▲9.5
21	Erik KarlssonDPIT	PIT	2	82	0.02	13	15	11	23:14	36th	82nd	95%
22	Brady SkjeiDNSH	NSH	2	82	0.02	8	10	10	21:53	47th	72nd	18%▼31
23	Noah HanifinDVGK	VGK	2	80	0.03	8	10	10	21:33	88th	38th	53%▼22
24	Brock FaberDMIN	MIN	2	78	0.03	8	10	10	25:32	39th	82nd	94%▼4.2
25	Brandt ClarkeDLAK	LAK	2	78	0.03	7	9	5	16:17	89th	9th	96%▲10
26	Oliver Ekman-LarssonDTOR	TOR	2	77	0.03	2	4	4	21:04	69th	63rd	43%▲32
27	Jackson LaCombeDANA	ANA	2	75	0.03	7	9	14	22:18	8th	87th	98%▲9.6
28	Darren RaddyshDTBL	TBL	2	73	0.03	7	9	6	17:18	78th	20th	99%▲3.2
29	Jamie DrysdaleDPHI	PHI	2	70	0.03	5	7	7	19:55	67th	45th	55%▲46
30	Cam FowlerDSTL/ANA	STL/ANA	2	68	0.03	6	8	9	21:33	46th	44th	14%▲1.8
31	Timothy LiljegrenDSJS/TOR	SJS/TOR	2	68	0.03	2	4	6	19:12	8th	75th	4.8%▲4.7
32	Shea TheodoreDVGK	VGK	2	67	0.03	17	19	7	22:00	91st	51st	91%▲28
33	Vince DunnDSEA	SEA	2	62	0.03	10	12	11	22:05	26th	80th	89%▲12
34	Roman JosiDNSH	NSH	2	53	0.04	15	17	9	25:02	46th	63rd	98%▼0.5
35	Charlie McAvoyDBOS	BOS	2	50	0.04	2	4	7	23:40	40th	93rd	97%▲6.2
36	Seamus CaseyDNJD	NJD	2	14	0.14	1	3	4	12:39	62nd	30th	18%▲18
37	Morgan RiellyDTOR	TOR	1	82	0.01	13	14	7	21:23	65th	51st	76%▼5.1
38	Ivan ProvorovDCBJ	CBJ	1	82	0.01	2	3	7	23:21	21st	68th	36%▼27
39	Rasmus SandinDWSH	WSH	1	82	0.01	4	5	4	19:11	64th	65th	14%▲11
40	Michael KesselringDUTA	UTA	1	82	0.01	2	3	7	17:41	80th	38th	8.9%▲8.3
41	Alex VlasicDCHI	CHI	1	82	0.01	11	12	4	23:16	3rd	98th	9.0%▲7.7
42	Lane HutsonDMTL	MTL	1	82	0.01	25	26	6	22:44	24th	63rd	99%▲3.1
43	Mike MathesonDMTL	MTL	1	80	0.01	9	10	6	25:05	27th	92nd	85%▼7.8
44	Esa LindellDDAL	DAL	1	80	0.01	0	1	5	22:11	55th	66th	37%▼31
45	Thomas ChabotDOTT	OTT	1	80	0.01	7	8	9	23:01	49th	56th	83%▼12
46	John CarlsonDWSH	WSH	1	79	0.01	13	14	5	23:34	61st	78th	99%▲2.4
47	Owen PowerDBUF	BUF	1	79	0.01	5	6	7	21:19	32nd	53rd	53%▲30
48	Justin FaulkDSTL	STL	1	78	0.01	11	12	4	22:27	69th	77th	55%▼22
49	Thomas HarleyDDAL	DAL	1	78	0.01	14	15	16	23:23	57th	63rd	88%▲8.6
50	Mason LohreiDBOS	BOS	1	77	0.01	15	16	5	19:32	35th	59th	22%▲21
51	Devon ToewsDCOL	COL	1	76	0.01	2	3	10	24:35	95th	82nd	62%▼1
52	Ryan PulockDNYI	NYI	1	74	0.01	1	2	5	21:05	59th	40th	10%▼1.4
53	Adam FoxDNYR	NYR	1	74	0.01	17	18	10	23:15	16th	79th	99%▲6.8
54	Kevin BahlDCGY	CGY	1	73	0.01	0	1	3	21:23	28th	77th	4.8%▲4.6
55	Ryker EvansDSEA	SEA	1	73	0.01	2	3	5	19:29	22nd	52nd	14%▲13
56	Noah DobsonDNYI	NYI	1	71	0.01	11	12	10	23:16	50th	31st	98%▼1.2
57	Jared SpurgeonDMIN	MIN	1	66	0.02	8	9	7	20:27	42nd	35th	10%▲8.2
58	Declan ChisholmDMIN	MIN	1	66	0.02	1	2	2	17:00	38th	67th	0.1%
59	Colton ParaykoDSTL	STL	1	64	0.02	0	1	16	23:45	68th	91st	37%▼42
60	Olen ZellwegerDANA	ANA	1	62	0.02	4	5	7	18:58	7th	46th	31%▲28
61	Colin MillerDWPG	WPG	1	60	0.02	1	2	4	14:31	74th	38th	0.0%
62	Erik GustafssonDDET	DET	1	60	0.02	8	9	2	16:19	31st	5th	3.2%▲3.2
63	Nick BlankenburgDNSH	NSH	1	60	0.02	5	6	4	19:33	45th	52nd	5.6%▲5.5
64	Adam BoqvistDFLA/NYI	FLA/NYI	1	35	0.03	5	6	4	14:04	75th	32nd	0.0%
65	Victor ManciniDVAN/NYR	VAN/NYR	1	31	0.03	0	1	2	15:18	40th	7th	4.0%▲3.9
66	Sean DurziDUTA	UTA	1	30	0.03	1	2	4	20:39	86th	8th	38%▲36
67	Ty SmithDCAR	CAR	1	8	0.13	0	1	1	13:40	—	—	—

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