NHL Defense vs Position: Stats Allowed to Every Position

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What every NHL defense allows to each position this season, softest first: the top rows are the matchups players at that position like most, the bottom rows the toughest. Each team links to its page. Updated November 9, 2026.

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Defense vs forwards

#	Defense	Goals allowed	Assists allowed	Points allowed	Shots allowed
1	Vancouver Canucks	4.00 32nd	5.21 32nd	9.21 32nd	23.84 32nd
2	Chicago Blackhawks	3.56 31st	4.61 31st	8.17 31st	22.83 31st
3	Seattle Kraken	3.31 30th	4.13 24th	7.44 28th	21.38 27th
4	Washington Capitals	3.13 29th	4.13 25th	7.27 26th	20.73 20th
5	Anaheim Ducks	3.11 27th	4.44 29th	7.56 30th	20.33 14th
6	Pittsburgh Penguins	3.11 28th	4.33 28th	7.44 29th	20.50 17th
7	Buffalo Sabres	3.06 26th	3.82 18th	6.88 23rd	20.76 21st
8	San Jose Sharks	3.00 25th	4.26 26th	7.26 24th	22.11 30th
9	Utah Mammoth	2.94 24th	3.72 16th	6.67 20th	18.44 9th
10	Los Angeles Kings	2.93 23rd	4.33 27th	7.27 25th	20.67 19th
11	Calgary Flames	2.89 22nd	3.94 21st	6.83 22nd	21.83 29th
12	Winnipeg Jets	2.83 21st	4.44 30th	7.28 27th	20.89 25th
13	Ottawa Senators	2.72 20th	3.44 14th	6.17 14th	20.39 16th
14	New York Islanders	2.69 19th	3.25 7th	5.94 10th	21.56 28th
15	Toronto Maple Leafs	2.68 18th	3.84 19th	6.53 18th	20.84 23rd
16	Columbus Blue Jackets	2.67 16th	3.73 17th	6.40 16th	19.27 12th
17	Florida Panthers	2.67 17th	3.39 11th	6.06 13th	18.11 6th
18	Montréal Canadiens	2.65 14th	3.65 15th	6.29 15th	20.88 24th
19	St. Louis Blues	2.65 15th	3.88 20th	6.53 19th	20.29 13th
20	Philadelphia Flyers	2.63 13th	4.11 23rd	6.74 21st	21.21 26th
21	Colorado Avalanche	2.56 12th	3.44 12th	6.00 12th	20.39 15th
22	Edmonton Oilers	2.50 11th	3.44 13th	5.94 11th	18.67 10th
23	Tampa Bay Lightning	2.47 10th	3.35 10th	5.82 9th	17.06 2nd
24	New Jersey Devils	2.44 9th	3.17 6th	5.61 7th	17.11 3rd
25	Detroit Red Wings	2.44 8th	4.06 22nd	6.50 17th	18.00 5th
26	Nashville Predators	2.41 7th	3.29 9th	5.71 8th	20.82 22nd
27	Vegas Golden Knights	2.26 6th	2.63 2nd	4.89 5th	19.11 11th
28	New York Rangers	2.06 5th	3.28 8th	5.33 6th	18.28 7th
29	Dallas Stars	2.00 4th	2.65 3rd	4.65 2nd	16.47 1st
30	Carolina Hurricanes	1.95 3rd	2.95 5th	4.89 4th	17.26 4th
31	Boston Bruins	1.89 2nd	2.83 4th	4.72 3rd	20.67 18th
32	Minnesota Wild	1.74 1st	2.63 1st	4.37 1st	18.42 8th

A game, to opposing forwards, softest first. Small numbers are ranks of 32: 1st allows the fewest. Tap a column to sort.

Defense vs defensemen

#	Defense	Goals allowed	Assists allowed	Points allowed	Shots allowed
1	New York Rangers	0.83 32nd	1.50 8th	2.33 22nd	8.28 28th
2	Philadelphia Flyers	0.74 31st	1.89 26th	2.63 30th	7.89 24th
3	Winnipeg Jets	0.67 30th	1.83 24th	2.50 28th	7.72 22nd
4	Chicago Blackhawks	0.67 29th	2.50 31st	3.17 32nd	7.83 23rd
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	0.63 28th	1.74 19th	2.37 23rd	8.74 31st
6	Calgary Flames	0.61 27th	1.89 25th	2.50 26th	8.17 26th
7	Vancouver Canucks	0.58 26th	2.58 32nd	3.16 31st	7.32 15th
8	San Jose Sharks	0.58 25th	1.68 16th	2.26 19th	7.95 25th
9	Detroit Red Wings	0.56 23rd	1.28 4th	1.83 8th	7.39 16th
10	Utah Mammoth	0.56 24th	2.00 29th	2.56 29th	6.61 5th
11	Anaheim Ducks	0.56 22nd	1.83 23rd	2.39 24th	6.89 9th
12	Minnesota Wild	0.53 19th	1.26 3rd	1.79 5th	7.21 14th
13	Los Angeles Kings	0.53 21st	1.73 18th	2.27 20th	7.20 13th
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	0.53 20th	1.76 22nd	2.29 21st	7.53 18th
15	Colorado Avalanche	0.50 18th	1.56 10th	2.06 12th	6.83 8th
16	Montréal Canadiens	0.47 16th	1.76 21st	2.24 18th	7.41 17th
17	Columbus Blue Jackets	0.47 15th	1.93 27th	2.40 25th	8.73 30th
18	St. Louis Blues	0.47 17th	1.59 13th	2.06 14th	8.41 29th
19	Edmonton Oilers	0.44 13th	1.56 11th	2.00 11th	7.61 20th
20	Pittsburgh Penguins	0.44 14th	1.61 14th	2.06 13th	6.61 4th
21	Nashville Predators	0.41 12th	1.71 17th	2.12 16th	8.18 27th
22	New Jersey Devils	0.39 11th	2.11 30th	2.50 27th	7.67 21st
23	Florida Panthers	0.39 10th	1.39 5th	1.78 4th	7.11 12th
24	Boston Bruins	0.39 9th	1.06 2nd	1.44 2nd	7.56 19th
25	Vegas Golden Knights	0.37 8th	1.42 6th	1.79 6th	6.74 6th
26	Carolina Hurricanes	0.37 7th	0.95 1st	1.32 1st	5.16 1st
27	New York Islanders	0.31 6th	1.75 20th	2.06 15th	6.94 10th
28	Dallas Stars	0.29 5th	1.53 9th	1.82 7th	6.47 3rd
29	Ottawa Senators	0.28 4th	1.56 12th	1.83 9th	6.78 7th
30	Washington Capitals	0.27 3rd	1.67 15th	1.93 10th	7.07 11th
31	Seattle Kraken	0.25 2nd	1.44 7th	1.69 3rd	8.75 32nd
32	Buffalo Sabres	0.24 1st	1.94 28th	2.18 17th	6.35 2nd

A game, to opposing defensemen, softest first. Small numbers are ranks of 32: 1st allows the fewest. Tap a column to sort.

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