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Which defencemen get the most power play time?

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2026-27 · measured from NHL shift charts and play-by-play

By Rich Jasinski · 14 November 2026 · updated nightly while the season runs

Quinn Hughes of Minnesota takes the most power-play time of any defenceman, 4:40 a game across 22 games. He was on Minnesota's measured first unit in 100% of the games it had a power play.

A power play is four forwards and one defenceman in most of the league, so the first-unit blue-line spot is the scarcest job on this page — one per club.

How this is measured

Power-play time per game is measured from shift charts intersected with the strength state, over every game the skater played. Minimum 20 games in which his club drew a power play. The top 60 are listed.

This table covers the 2026-27 regular season · updated nightly.

playerclubunitPP min/gmPP1 sharestreakPP G
Quinn HughesMINPP14:40100%212
Seth JonesFLAPP14:37100%211
Jackson LaCombeANAPP14:06100%201
Shayne GostisbehereCARPP13:49100%211
Adam FoxNYRPP13:36100%201
Mikhail SergachevUTAPP13:32100%213
Luke HughesNJDPP13:28100%210
Filip HronekVANPP13:27100%211
Moritz SeiderDETPP13:2595%20
Darren RaddyshTORPP13:18100%200
Jamie DrysdalePHIPP13:0173%120
Neal PionkWPGPP22:5667%30
Dmitry OrlovSJSPP22:3141%72
Philip BrobergSTLPP22:1255%11
Owen PowerBUFPP22:0420%60
Dougie HamiltonNJDPP21:480%81
Devon ToewsCOLPP11:4814%20
Cam FowlerSTL—1:4630%—0
Zeev BuiumVANPP21:465%100
Justin FaulkDETPP21:425%12
Jacob TroubaSJS—1:1414%—0
K'Andre MillerCAR—1:010%—0
Tristan LuneauANA—0:530%—1
Hampus LindholmBOS—0:415%—0
Travis SanheimPHIPP20:380%10
MacKenzie WeegarUTAPP20:350%20
Sean WalkerCAR—0:290%—0
Gustav ForslingFLA—0:260%—0
Oliver Ekman-LarssonTORPP20:260%20
Sam DickinsonSJSPP10:225%10
Jordan SpenceOTT—0:200%—0
Dylan SambergWPG—0:170%—0
Ben ChiarotDET—0:160%—0
Sam MalinskiCOLPP20:160%10
Vladislav GavrikovNYR—0:150%—0
Jonas BrodinMIN—0:140%—0
Jonas SiegenthalerNJD—0:090%—0
Michael KesselringSJS—0:080%—0
Tyler KlevenOTT—0:070%—0
Marcus PetterssonNYR—0:070%—0
Braden SchneiderNYR—0:050%—0
William BorgenBOS—0:050%—0
Niko MikkolaFLA—0:050%—0
Mattias SamuelssonBUF—0:040%—0
Elias PetterssonVAN—0:040%—0
Jalen ChatfieldCAR—0:040%—0
Dylan DeMeloWPG—0:040%—0
Jake McCabeTOR—0:030%—0
Dmitri SimashevUTA—0:030%—0
Troy StecherTOR—0:030%—0
Mario FerraroWPG—0:030%—0
Jaccob SlavinCAR—0:030%—0
Zach BogosianMIN—0:030%—0
Brett KulakCOL—0:020%—0
Darnell NurseSJS—0:020%—0
Noah WarrenANA—0:010%—0
Anton JohanssonDET—0:010%—0
Andrew PeekeUTA—0:010%—0
Brent BurnsCOL—0:010%—0
Dmitry KulikovFLA—0:010%—0

Frequently asked

Which defencemen get the most power play time?
Quinn Hughes of Minnesota took the most power-play time of any NHL defenceman in 2026-27, at 4:40 a game.

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Measured from the NHL's own shift charts: 325 games in 2026-27.

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