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The below totals should be viewed as safe point estimates and do not indicate each player's ceiling or floor. Defensemen who have been safely estimated to reach at least 35 points have been included
DEFENSEMAN POINT PROJECTIONS FOR 2018-19 SEASON
NOTES: Defenseman point projections have been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production, projected defense pairs, power-play usage, injury history, sleeper upside, anticipated regression or bounce-back candidacy, age and contract status (pending unrestricted or restricted free agent). Any potential 2019 UFAs (\) and RFAs (\\) also are noted below. The order of projected point totals (highest to lowest) does not reflect order of rank in NHL.com's fantasy top 250 because those rankings take standard peripheral categories into account (plus/minus, power-play points, shots on goal, hits).
Players who missed time because of injury either last season or in recent seasons but produce at a high rate when healthy (e.g. Tyson Barrie, Ryan Ellis) have been projected based on the assumption that they will play close to a full season. Injuries could affect whether players meet or come close to their point projections. INJ. indicates players with injury concerns.
Erik Karlsson, SJS\ -- 78
Brent Burns, SJS -- 70
Victor Hedman, TBL -- 68
John Klingberg, DAL -- 66
John Carlson, WSH -- 60
Tyson Barrie, COL -- 60
P.K. Subban, NSH -- 58
Kris Letang, PIT -- 58
Keith Yandle, FLA -- 58
Drew Doughty, LAK -- 57
Shayne Gostisbehere, PHI -- 57
Seth Jones, CBJ (INJ.) -- 56
Dustin Byfuglien, WPG -- 55
Torey Krug, BOS (INJ.) -- 55
Alex Pietrangelo, STL -- 54
Roman Josi, NSH -- 53
Jake Gardiner, TOR* -- 52
Morgan Rielly, TOR -- 52
Matt Dumba, MIN -- 51
Oliver Ekman-Larsson, ARI -- 50
Ryan Ellis, NSH -- 49
Ryan Suter, MIN -- 49
Dougie Hamilton, CAR -- 49
Rasmus Ristolainen, BUF -- 47
Mark Giordano, CGY -- 46
Ivan Provorov, PHI\\ -- 46
Zach Werenski, CBJ\\ -- 45
Charlie McAvoy, BOS\\ -- 45
Mikhail Sergachev, TBL -- 45
Rasmus Dahlin
, BUF -- 43
Aaron Ekblad, FLA -- 43
Nick Leddy, NYI -- 43
Shea Theodore, VGK -- 43
Will Butcher, NJD\\ -- 42
Ryan Pulock, NYI -- 41
Justin Schultz, PIT (INJ.) -- 41
Mike Green, DET (INJ.) -- 41
Brandon Montour, ANA -- 40
Sami Vatanen, NJD -- 40
Kevin Shattenkirk, NYR -- 40
Jeff Petry, MTL -- 40
Marc-Edouard Vlasic, SJS -- 39
Alexander Edler, VAN -- 39
Jared Spurgeon, MIN -- 39
Josh Manson, ANA -- 39
Colin Miller, VGK -- 38
Jake Muzzin, LAK -- 38
Duncan Keith, CHI -- 38
Oscar Klefbom, EDM -- 37
Cam Fowler, ANA -- 37
Colton Parayko, STL -- 37
Jacob Trouba, WPG\\ -- 37
Noah Hanifin, D, CGY -- 36
Thomas Chabot, OTT -- 36
Justin Faulk, CAR -- 35
Ryan McDonagh, TBL -- 35
Tyler Myers, WPG* -- 35
Miro Heiskanen, DAL -- 35
Samuel Girard, COL -- 35
Alex Goligoski, ARI -- 35
Other key injury: Shea Weber, MTL
Suspended: Nate Schmidt, VGK
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