Fantasy Hockey Pool Tips: Top 50 Defensemen

Ok fantasy hockey poolies, we are just over two weeks from the start of the NHL season.  To help you with your hockey pool picks, the Hockey Fanatic has compiled the NHL’s top 50 defensemen from last season.

Fantasy Hockey Pool Tips: Top 50 Defensemen

Need some scoring from the backend?  Here is a list of the top defensive point-getters from last season.  A couple of notes:

  • Kris Letang from the Penguins was the only defenseman within the top 50 that averaged more than a point per game (1.09) last season
  • the top defensemen averaged 46 our of 48 games played last season (look for durability)
  • Andrei Markov of the Montreal Canadiens led NHL d-men with eight powerplay goals, his teammate PK Subban was second with seven
  • Francois Beauchemin led all D from the top 50 with a +19 rating
  • Justin Schultz of the Oilers led all rookie D-men with 27 points in 48 games last season
Rank Player Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP
1 P.K. Subban MTL 42 11 27 38 12 57 7
2 Kris Letang PIT 35 5 33 38 16 8 1
3 Ryan Suter MIN 48 4 28 32 2 24 3
4 Andrei Markov MTL 48 10 20 30 -9 14 8
5 Keith Yandle PHX 48 10 20 30 4 54 5
6 Niklas Kronwall DET 48 5 24 29 -5 44 2
7 Kimmo Timonen PHI 45 5 24 29 3 36 3
8 Cody Franson TOR 45 4 25 29 4 8 3
9 Shea Weber NSH 48 9 19 28 -2 48 3
10 Dion Phaneuf TOR 48 9 19 28 -4 65 3
11 Dustin Byfuglien WPG 43 8 20 28 -1 34 4
12 Brian Campbell FLA 48 8 19 27 -22 12 6
13 Justin Schultz EDM 48 8 19 27 -17 8 4
14 Mark Streit NYI 48 6 21 27 -14 22 3
15 Duncan Keith CHI 47 3 24 27 16 31 2
16 Sergei Gonchar OTT 45 3 24 27 4 26 2
17 Alex Goligoski DAL 47 3 24 27 4 18 0
18 Mike Green WSH 35 12 14 26 -3 20 4
19 Slava Voynov LAK 48 6 19 25 5 14 1
20 Francois Beauchemin ANA 48 6 18 24 19 22 1
21 Alex Pietrangelo STL 47 5 19 24 0 10 2
22 Dan Hamhuis VAN 47 4 20 24 9 12 0
23 Oliver Ekman-Larsson PHX 48 3 21 24 5 26 0
24 Paul Martin PIT 34 6 17 23 14 16 2
25 Kevin Shattenkirk STL 48 5 18 23 2 20 2
26 Alexander Edler VAN 45 8 14 22 -5 37 5
27 Jay Bouwmeester CGY, STL 47 7 15 22 -6 22 1
28 Drew Doughty LAK 48 6 16 22 4 36 3
29 Dennis Wideman CGY 46 6 16 22 -9 12 4
30 John Carlson WSH 48 6 16 22 11 18 0
31 Christian Ehrhoff BUF 47 5 17 22 6 34 1
32 Matthew Carle TBL 48 5 17 22 1 4 2
33 Fedor Tyutin CBJ 48 4 18 22 9 28 0
34 Michael Del Zotto NYR 46 3 18 21 6 18 0
35 Brent Seabrook CHI 47 8 12 20 12 23 3
36 Dan Boyle SJS 46 7 13 20 3 27 5
37 Victor Hedman TBL 44 4 16 20 1 31 0
38 Zdeno Chara BOS 48 7 12 19 14 70 3
39 Jack Johnson CBJ 44 5 14 19 -5 12 3
40 Patrick Wiercioch OTT 42 5 14 19 9 39 3
41 Ryan McDonagh NYR 47 4 15 19 13 22 0
42 Marek Zidlicky NJD 48 4 15 19 -12 38 1
43 Nick Leddy CHI 48 6 12 18 15 10 2
44 Roman Josi NSH 48 5 13 18 -7 8 1
45 Sheldon Souray ANA 44 7 10 17 19 52 2
46 Joe Corvo CAR 40 6 11 17 -3 14 3
47 Dennis Seidenberg BOS 46 4 13 17 18 10 0
48 Sami Salo TBL 46 2 15 17 5 16 1
49 Jason Garrison VAN 47 8 8 16 18 28 3
50 Jake Muzzin LAK 45 7 9 16 16 35 3

Next we’ll take a look at the top 30 goalies from the past season.