Top NHL Defensemen by Expected Goals For %

2024-25·Regular Season·20+ GP

Shayne Gostisbehere (CAR) leads NHL defensemen with 59.9% expected goals for % across 70 games, 0.6 percentage points ahead of Mattias Ekholm. Nate Schmidt rounds out the top three at 58.6%. Rankings cover the 2024-25 NHL season among qualifying defensemen.

Position: DefenseMin GP: 20+

Player	Team	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	A1	P	P/60	S%	xGF%	CF%	+/-	TOI	Cap Hit
Shayne Gostisbehere DCAR#4	CAR	D	33	70	7	38	12	45	2.08	5.7%	59.9	62.7	+1	18.5	$3.20M
Mattias Ekholm DEDM#14	EDM	D	36	65	9	24	9	33	1.37	6.3%	59.2	60.2	+11	22.2	$6.25M
Nate Schmidt DFLA#88	FLA	D	35	80	5	14	9	19	0.86	7.1%	58.6	57.0	+4	16.5	$800,000
Cale Makar DCOL#8	COL	D	27	80	30	62	34	92	2.68	12.2%	57.8	56.2	+28	25.7	$9.00M
Evan Bouchard DEDM#2	EDM	D	26	82	14	53	14	67	2.09	6.0%	57.8	59.6	+14	23.5	$3.90M
Vladislav Gavrikov DLAK#84	LAK	D	30	82	5	25	9	30	0.95	4.5%	57.4	54.6	+26	23.1	$5.88M
Jordan Spence DLAK#21	LAK	D	25	79	4	24	11	28	1.27	4.7%	57.1	56.5	+23	16.8	$1.50M
Mikey Anderson DLAK#44	LAK	D	27	77	6	18	6	24	0.82	7.1%	56.7	51.2	+17	22.7	$4.13M
Devon Toews DCOL#7	COL	D	32	76	10	34	14	44	1.41	7.2%	56.3	56.3	+30	24.6	$7.25M
Jacob Moverare DLAK#43	LAK	D	28	49	1	7	2	8	0.83	3.3%	56.0	52.8	+2	11.9	$775,000
Emil Andrae DPHI#36	PHI	D	24	42	1	6	4	7	0.58	1.9%	56.0	52.3	−5	17.3	$903,333
Uvis Balinskis DFLA#26	FLA	D	30	76	4	14	7	18	0.96	4.3%	55.9	55.5	−7	14.9	$850,000
Brayden McNabb DVGK#3	VGK	D	35	82	5	15	7	20	0.73	5.2%	55.8	51.0	+42	20.1	$2.85M
Dmitry Orlov DCAR#7	CAR	D	35	76	6	22	9	28	1.11	5.1%	55.8	59.6	+16	20.0	$7.75M
Artem Zub DOTT#2	OTT	D	31	56	2	11	4	13	0.68	3.5%	55.8	50.6	+3	20.6	$4.60M
Sean Walker DCAR#26	CAR	D	31	82	5	11	6	16	0.70	3.5%	55.8	60.6	−7	16.8	$3.60M
Jaccob Slavin DCAR#74	CAR	D	32	80	6	21	7	27	0.94	5.5%	55.8	58.1	+16	21.6	$5.30M
Chris Tanev DTOR#8	TOR	D	36	75	3	15	7	18	0.73	7.0%	55.7	47.1	+31	19.7	$4.50M
Jalen Chatfield DCAR#5	CAR	D	30	79	7	11	4	18	0.72	6.1%	55.5	59.1	+22	18.9	$3.00M
Adam Wilsby DNSH#83	NSH	D	26	23	1	4	1	5	0.72	3.0%	55.5	52.8	+3	18.1	$775,000
Brent Burns DCAR#8	CAR	D	41	82	6	23	10	29	1.01	3.4%	55.2	58.0	+7	21.0	$8.00M
Darnell Nurse DEDM#25	EDM	D	31	76	5	28	16	33	1.16	2.7%	55.2	52.1	+11	22.4	$9.25M
Kaedan Korczak DVGK#6	VGK	D	25	40	0	10	5	10	1.00	0.0%	55.1	48.4	+15	15.1	$825,000
Adam Pelech DNYI#3	NYI	D	32	60	0	21	4	21	0.99	0.0%	55.0	56.5	+4	21.1	$5.75M
Noah Dobson DNYI#8	NYI	D	26	71	10	29	16	39	1.42	5.1%	54.9	53.0	−16	23.3	$4.00M
Josh Morrissey DWPG#44	WPG	D	31	80	14	48	19	62	1.91	8.1%	54.8	51.1	+17	24.4	$6.25M
Quinn Hughes DVAN#43	VAN	D	26	68	16	60	34	76	2.61	8.3%	54.7	56.0	+2	25.7	$7.85M
Travis Sanheim DPHI#6	PHI	D	30	82	8	22	9	30	0.90	5.8%	54.7	49.0	−6	24.5	$6.25M
Noah Hanifin DVGK#15	VGK	D	29	80	10	29	17	39	1.36	6.9%	54.6	52.9	+8	21.6	$7.35M
Zach Whitecloud DVGK#28	VGK	D	29	74	4	9	5	13	0.60	5.6%	54.5	51.8	+7	17.5	$2.75M
Dylan DeMelo DWPG#2	WPG	D	33	82	3	16	7	19	0.65	4.0%	54.4	49.6	+31	21.5	$4.90M
Philip Broberg DSTL#6	STL	D	25	68	8	21	10	29	1.25	8.2%	54.4	47.5	+21	20.5	$4.58M
Cam York DPHI#8	PHI	D	25	66	4	13	6	17	0.74	6.2%	54.4	48.5	−8	20.8	$1.60M
Dylan Samberg DWPG#54	WPG	D	27	60	6	14	10	20	0.95	6.3%	54.3	52.0	+34	21.1	$1.40M
Brandt Clarke DLAK#92	LAK	D	23	78	5	28	15	33	1.56	3.8%	54.2	53.5	+13	16.3	$863,334
Shea Theodore DVGK#27	VGK	D	31	67	7	50	28	57	2.32	5.5%	54.2	52.2	+18	22.0	$5.20M
Niko Mikkola DFLA#77	FLA	D	30	76	6	16	3	22	0.86	5.2%	54.2	55.1	+12	20.2	$2.50M
Gustav Forsling DFLA#42	FLA	D	30	80	11	20	10	31	1.01	5.6%	54.2	56.3	+33	22.9	$5.75M
Victor Hedman DTBL#77	TBL	D	35	79	15	51	26	66	2.17	8.3%	54.2	52.0	+18	23.1	$7.88M
Rasmus Ristolainen DPHI#55	PHI	D	31	63	4	15	4	19	0.88	4.0%	54.1	49.6	+3	20.5	$5.10M
Egor Zamula DPHI#6	PHI	D	26	63	3	12	5	15	0.86	8.1%	54.0	50.7	−14	16.5	$1.70M
Kyle Burroughs DLAK#7	LAK	D	31	33	0	3	3	3	0.70	0.0%	53.9	52.5	+3	7.8	$1.10M
Filip Hronek DVAN#17	VAN	D	28	61	5	28	12	33	1.36	6.0%	53.9	52.9	0	23.9	$7.25M
Mikhail Sergachev DUTA#98	UTA	D	28	77	15	38	22	53	1.64	11.4%	53.8	54.1	−8	25.1	$8.50M
Colin Miller DWPG#6	WPG	D	33	60	4	11	6	15	1.03	5.9%	53.8	50.3	+10	14.5	$1.50M
Brett Kulak DEDM#27	EDM	D	32	82	7	18	7	25	0.89	5.2%	53.7	53.7	−7	20.5	$2.75M
Jonas Siegenthaler DNJD#71	NJD	D	29	55	2	7	1	9	0.50	3.8%	53.6	50.9	+9	19.6	$3.40M
Jake McCabe DTOR#22	TOR	D	32	66	2	21	10	23	0.97	2.7%	53.6	48.1	+23	21.5	$4.00M
Michael Kesselring DUTA#-	UTA	D	26	82	7	22	16	29	1.20	4.7%	53.5	53.6	+4	17.7	$1.40M
John Carlson DWSH#74	WSH	D	36	79	5	46	24	51	1.64	3.0%	53.5	53.8	+17	23.6	$8.00M

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