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NHL Shots on Goal Leaders: Defensemen

2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games

This board ranks defensemen only by shots on goal.

Shots on goal count every shot that the goalie saved or that went in. Volume shooters with power-play time lead the league; shots are the most repeatable scoring stat a skater has. In leagues that split positions, use it to fill your defense slots, and check the per-60 board for defensemen getting more out of fewer minutes.

Leader in 2017-18: Brent Burns (SJS), 332 SOG.

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NHL Shots on Goal Leaders: Defensemen, 2017-18, All situations
#	Player	Team	SOG	GP	Per game
1	Brent BurnsDSJS	SJS	332	82	4.05	25:15	50%▼14
2	Dougie HamiltonDCGY	CGY	270	82	3.29	21:32	84%▲12
3	Roman JosiDNSH	NSH	253	75	3.37	24:28	98%▼0.5
4	Seth JonesDCBJ	CBJ	249	78	3.19	24:36	80%▲32
5	John CarlsonDWSH	WSH	237	82	2.89	24:47	99%▲2.4
6	Kris LetangDPIT	PIT	222	79	2.81	25:20	47%▼16
7	Shayne GostisbehereDPHI	PHI	221	78	2.83	21:27	96%▲16
8	Alex PietrangeloDSTL	STL	216	78	2.77	25:44	4.0%▲3.7
9	Victor HedmanDTBL	TBL	216	77	2.81	25:51	93%▲11
10	Mark GiordanoDCGY	CGY	214	82	2.61	24:47	—
11	Colton ParaykoDSTL	STL	212	82	2.59	22:37	37%▼42
12	Justin FaulkDCAR	CAR	211	76	2.78	22:16	55%▼22
13	P.K. SubbanDNSH	NSH	207	82	2.52	24:07	—
14	Zach WerenskiDCBJ	CBJ	207	77	2.69	22:35	100%
15	Drew DoughtyDLAK	LAK	205	82	2.50	26:50	22%▲12
16	John KlingbergDDAL	DAL	204	82	2.49	24:04	0.2%
17	Ivan ProvorovDPHI	PHI	203	82	2.48	24:09	36%▼27
18	Oscar KlefbomDEDM	EDM	203	66	3.08	22:51	—
19	Oliver Ekman-LarssonDARI	ARI	202	82	2.46	23:41	43%▲32
20	Torey KrugDBOS	BOS	197	76	2.59	20:24	0.0%
21	Erik KarlssonDOTT	OTT	196	71	2.76	26:44	95%
22	Darnell NurseDEDM	EDM	194	82	2.37	22:15	69%▼13
23	Dustin ByfuglienDWPG	WPG	193	69	2.80	24:20	—
24	Aaron EkbladDFLA	FLA	189	82	2.30	23:23	50%▲34
25	Duncan KeithDCHI	CHI	187	82	2.28	23:50	—
26	Ryan PulockDNYI	NYI	184	68	2.71	18:24	10%▼1.4
27	Morgan RiellyDTOR	TOR	182	76	2.39	21:36	76%▼5.1
28	Rasmus RistolainenDBUF	BUF	182	73	2.49	26:30	8.3%▲7.7
29	Keith YandleDFLA	FLA	179	82	2.18	24:29	—
30	Jeff PetryDMTL	MTL	178	82	2.17	23:30	0.1%
31	Tyson BarrieDCOL	COL	178	68	2.62	22:42	—
32	Colin MillerDVGK	VGK	177	82	2.16	19:21	0.0%
33	Mathew DumbaDMIN	MIN	176	82	2.15	23:49	0.1%
34	Alexander EdlerDVAN	VAN	172	70	2.46	24:17	—
35	Erik JohnsonDCOL	COL	168	62	2.71	25:26	—
36	Mike MathesonDFLA	FLA	167	81	2.06	21:20	85%▼7.8
37	Noah HanifinDCAR	CAR	165	79	2.09	18:52	53%▼22
38	Olli MaattaDPIT	PIT	164	82	2.00	18:45	0.2%
39	Marc-Edouard VlasicDSJS	SJS	161	81	1.99	22:33	—
40	Brandon MontourDANA	ANA	160	80	2.00	20:28	83%▲10
41	Jaccob SlavinDCAR	CAR	154	82	1.88	22:35	16%▲4.6
42	Jake MuzzinDLAK	LAK	154	74	2.08	21:39	—
43	Brady SkjeiDNYR	NYR	153	82	1.87	21:02	18%▼31
44	Nick LeddyDNYI	NYI	153	80	1.91	22:25	0.0%
45	Tyler MyersDWPG	WPG	150	82	1.83	21:26	4.1%▲3.7
46	Ryan SuterDMIN	MIN	149	78	1.91	26:47	—
47	David SavardDCBJ	CBJ	145	81	1.79	19:23	—
48	Sami VatanenDNJD	NJD	145	72	2.01	22:24	—
49	Zdeno CharaDBOS	BOS	144	73	1.97	22:54	—
50	Shea TheodoreDVGK	VGK	144	61	2.36	20:21	91%▲28
51	Jacob TroubaDWPG	WPG	144	55	2.62	21:54	76%▼11
52	Cody CeciDOTT	OTT	143	82	1.74	23:20	0.3%
53	Radko GudasDPHI	PHI	142	70	2.03	17:06	25%▲22
54	John MooreDNJD	NJD	141	81	1.74	20:01	—
55	Mikhail SergachevDTBL	TBL	141	79	1.78	15:22	98%▲5.2
56	Johnny BoychukDNYI	NYI	141	58	2.43	20:12	—
57	Marco ScandellaDBUF	BUF	138	82	1.68	23:19	—
58	Vince DunnDSTL	STL	138	75	1.84	17:14	89%▲12
59	Esa LindellDDAL	DAL	137	80	1.71	22:05	37%▼31
60	Brent SeabrookDCHI	CHI	136	81	1.68	20:12	—
61	Mattias EkholmDNSH	NSH	135	81	1.67	23:35	77%▲9.5
62	Dion PhaneufDLAK	LAK	134	79	1.70	20:00	—
63	Jake GardinerDTOR	TOR	133	82	1.62	22:32	—
64	Mike GreenDDET	DET	132	66	2.00	22:05	—
65	Anton StralmanDTBL	TBL	131	80	1.64	21:29	—
66	Hampus LindholmDANA	ANA	131	69	1.90	22:44	17%▲15
67	Michael Del ZottoDVAN	VAN	128	82	1.56	20:48	—
68	Dmitry OrlovDWSH	WSH	125	82	1.52	23:08	35%▲21
69	Joel EdmundsonDSTL	STL	124	69	1.80	20:44	4.0%▲3.9
70	Cam FowlerDANA	ANA	122	67	1.82	24:51	14%▲1.8
71	Damon SeversonDNJD	NJD	121	76	1.59	19:41	9.4%▲6.2
72	Stephen JohnsDDAL	DAL	121	75	1.61	17:33	—
73	Matt NiskanenDWSH	WSH	120	68	1.76	22:36	—
74	Alex GoligoskiDARI	ARI	119	78	1.53	23:17	—
75	TJ BrodieDCGY	CGY	118	73	1.62	23:41	—
76	Josh MansonDANA	ANA	117	80	1.46	20:21	32%▲16
77	Justin BraunDSJS	SJS	115	81	1.42	21:20	—
78	Trevor van RiemsdykDCAR	CAR	111	79	1.41	17:03	0.8%
79	Alec MartinezDLAK	LAK	111	77	1.44	22:52	—
80	Matt BenningDEDM	EDM	111	73	1.52	17:17	—
81	Brandon ManningDPHI	PHI	111	65	1.71	17:57	—
82	Jared SpurgeonDMIN	MIN	110	61	1.80	24:33	10%▲8.2
83	Ryan EllisDNSH	NSH	110	44	2.50	23:21	—
84	Connor MurphyDCHI	CHI	109	76	1.43	16:22	6.0%▲5.1
85	Justin SchultzDPIT	PIT	109	63	1.73	19:31	—
86	Deryk EngellandDVGK	VGK	108	79	1.37	20:17	—
87	Nick JensenDDET	DET	107	81	1.32	16:15	0.1%
88	Travis HamonicDCGY	CGY	107	74	1.45	20:42	0.1%
89	Mark PysykDFLA	FLA	106	82	1.29	18:46	—
90	Adam PelechDNYI	NYI	106	78	1.36	19:16	3.2%▲3
91	Jordie BennDMTL	MTL	106	77	1.38	18:58	—
92	Trevor DaleyDDET	DET	103	77	1.34	20:42	—
93	Nate SchmidtDVGK	VGK	103	76	1.36	22:14	4.9%▲4.5
94	Ben HuttonDVAN	VAN	103	61	1.69	18:25	—
95	Josh MorrisseyDWPG	WPG	102	81	1.26	20:27	99%▲3.2
96	Brian DumoulinDPIT	PIT	102	80	1.27	20:37	0.4%
97	Kevin ConnautonDARI	ARI	102	73	1.40	15:11	—
98	Jakob ChychrunDARI	ARI	102	50	2.04	20:15	99%
99	Greg PaterynDDAL	DAL	100	73	1.37	19:37	—
100	Ryan McDonaghDTBL	TBL	99	63	1.57	23:20	7.3%▲6.8

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