Need help with your 2015-2016 hockey pool? We previously looked at the top 250 NHL players (by points) predicted for this upcoming NHL season. Now we look at the top 50 NHL defensemen.
Hockey Pool Tips: Top 50 NHL Defensemen
The top ten are somewhat predictable, but you win hockey pools with the mid to late round picks that you make. Here is a look at the top 50 NHL defensemen with predicted point totals for the 2015-2016 NHL season.
RANK | PLAYER | TEAM | POS | GP | G | A | PTS |
1 | Erik Karlsson | Ottawa | D | 80 | 19 | 48 | 67 |
2 | Kris Letang | Pittsburgh | D | 66 | 14 | 44 | 58 |
3 | P.K. Subban | Montreal | D | 81 | 15 | 42 | 57 |
4 | Shea Weber | Nashville | D | 77 | 18 | 37 | 55 |
5 | Duncan Keith | Chicago | D | 80 | 10 | 41 | 51 |
6 | Victor Hedman | Tampa Bay | D | 74 | 11 | 40 | 51 |
7 | Dustin Byfuglien | Winnipeg | D | 75 | 18 | 31 | 49 |
8 | Brent Burns | San Jose | D | 80 | 14 | 35 | 49 |
9 | Alex Pietrangelo | St. Louis | D | 81 | 11 | 38 | 49 |
10 | Kevin Shattenkirk | St. Louis | D | 75 | 9 | 39 | 48 |
11 | Roman Josi | Nashville | D | 78 | 13 | 35 | 48 |
12 | Keith Yandle | N.Y. Rangers | D | 82 | 7 | 39 | 46 |
13 | John Klingberg | Dallas | D | 78 | 8 | 38 | 46 |
14 | Mark Streit | Philadelphia | D | 81 | 8 | 37 | 45 |
15 | Mark Giordano | Calgary | D | 71 | 12 | 33 | 45 |
16 | Andrei Markov | Montreal | D | 80 | 9 | 35 | 44 |
17 | Mike Green | Detroit | D | 71 | 11 | 32 | 43 |
18 | Drew Doughty | Los Angeles | D | 81 | 9 | 34 | 43 |
19 | Niklas Kronwall | Detroit | D | 80 | 10 | 33 | 43 |
20 | John Carlson | Washington | D | 82 | 9 | 33 | 42 |
21 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | Arizona | D | 81 | 13 | 29 | 42 |
22 | Ryan Suter | Minnesota | D | 80 | 5 | 37 | 42 |
23 | Torey Krug | Boston | D | 79 | 12 | 30 | 42 |
24 | Dougie Hamilton | Calgary | D | 75 | 11 | 31 | 42 |
25 | Tyson Barrie | Colorado | D | 75 | 12 | 27 | 39 |
26 | Sami Vatanen | Anaheim | D | 72 | 13 | 26 | 39 |
27 | Alex Goligoski | Dallas | D | 80 | 5 | 34 | 39 |
28 | Justin Faulk | Carolina | D | 79 | 9 | 29 | 38 |
29 | Aaron Ekblad | Florida | D | 80 | 11 | 27 | 38 |
30 | Jake Muzzin | Los Angeles | D | 77 | 10 | 27 | 37 |
31 | Nick Leddy | N.Y. Islanders | D | 80 | 11 | 26 | 37 |
32 | James Wisniewski | Carolina | D | 70 | 9 | 28 | 37 |
33 | Jack Johnson | Columbus | D | 80 | 6 | 30 | 36 |
34 | Ryan McDonagh | N.Y. Rangers | D | 75 | 10 | 26 | 36 |
35 | Matt Niskanen | Washington | D | 80 | 9 | 27 | 36 |
36 | Justin Schultz | Edmonton | D | 77 | 9 | 27 | 36 |
37 | Brent Seabrook | Chicago | D | 81 | 10 | 25 | 35 |
38 | Seth Jones | Nashville | D | 80 | 8 | 27 | 35 |
39 | Cody Franson | Buffalo | D | 78 | 6 | 28 | 34 |
40 | Travis Hamonic | N.Y. Islanders | D | 72 | 6 | 28 | 34 |
41 | Hampus Lindholm | Anaheim | D | 79 | 10 | 24 | 34 |
42 | Dennis Wideman | Calgary | D | 72 | 7 | 26 | 33 |
43 | T.J. Brodie | Calgary | D | 77 | 6 | 27 | 33 |
44 | Brian Campbell | Florida | D | 74 | 5 | 28 | 33 |
45 | Morgan Rielly | Toronto | D | 77 | 9 | 24 | 33 |
46 | Cam Fowler | Anaheim | D | 77 | 7 | 26 | 33 |
47 | Alexander Edler | Vancouver | D | 72 | 11 | 22 | 33 |
48 | Zdeno Chara | Boston | D | 70 | 10 | 22 | 32 |
49 | Dion Phaneuf | Toronto | D | 74 | 8 | 24 | 32 |
50 | Hapus Lindholm | Anaheim | D | 80 | 8 | 24 | 32 |