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Points Against by Position

What do these mean?
Tonight's Matchups
Pick it above the tables to see today's games instead, with what each defence allows to every position and its league rank (1st allows the most). Green is a top five spot, red a bottom five. Soft Matchups Tonight lists the three softest.
vs MTL, @ MTL
The team plays today: vs is at home, @ is away. Untick Show who plays today to hide them (Pro: in My Account).
Rk
Rank in the league (among the playoff teams when Span is Playoffs). 1 = allows the most to that position.
GP
Games played.
SA/GP, GA/GP, A/GP, P/GP, PPP/GP
Shots on goal, goals, assists, points or power-play points a team allows per game to players at that position.
C, LW, RW, D
Centres, left wingers, right wingers and defencemen. W = both wings together, F = all forwards.
Centres and wingers
Each shot counts where the shooter lined up that game (the expected lines) for the games whose lines were kept, else his usual spot or his NHL position. Counted by NHL position, a team's split between C, LW and RW didn't carry from one 10 games to the next (2025-26).
Group
How the positions are split into tables: one each (C/L/R/D), wings together (C/W/D), or all forwards together (F/D).
YTD, Last 10
YTD = the season so far, playoffs included once they start. Last 10 = each team's last 10 regular-season games (fewer early in a season). Reg Season and Playoffs show one or the other.
Loc
Location: all games, home games only, or away games only.
View
All teams, or only those playing today or tomorrow. A team keeps its league rank whichever is showing.
Colours
Green = allows the most (a softer matchup for that position), red = allows the least.
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Tonight's Matchups

What each defence allows a game, and its rank (1st = the most)
GameDefenceTo CTo LWTo RWTo D
NYR @ EDM8:00 PMNYR2.5627th0.7831st2.0010th2.3311th
EDM2.5627th1.6710th1.7216th2.0021st
PHI @ VAN9:30 PMPHI3.2116th1.3221st2.216th2.633rd
VAN4.051st2.892nd2.263rd3.162nd
NYI @ SJS10:00 PMNYI2.5029th1.818th1.6320th2.0618th
SJS3.3713th1.957th1.9511th2.2115th
Soft Matchups Tonight
  • PHI centres vs VAN: the most points allowed (4.05 a game)
  • PHI defencemen vs VAN: 2nd-most points allowed (3.16 a game)
  • PHI left wings vs VAN: 2nd-most points allowed (2.89 a game)
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Points Against to C

RkTeamGPP/GP
1VAN vs PHI194.05
2LAK154.00
3CGY183.89
4ANA183.78
5PIT183.67
6CHI183.61
7STL173.53
8UTA183.50
9MTL173.47
10DET183.39
10FLA183.39
12SEA163.38
13SJS vs NYI193.37
14COL183.28
15WPG183.22
16PHI @ VAN193.21
16TOR193.21
18WSH153.07
19BUF173.06
20TBL173.00
21NSH172.94
22CAR192.79
23NJD182.78
24CBJ152.73
25DAL172.71
26MIN192.63
27EDM vs NYR182.56
27NYR @ EDM182.56
29NYI @ SJS162.50
29OTT182.50
31BOS182.17
32VGK192.16
Last updated: Nov 9, 2026

Points Against to LW

RkTeamGPP/GP
1CHI183.06
2VAN vs PHI192.89
3SEA162.25
4WPG182.11
5WSH152.07
6OTT182.06
7SJS vs NYI191.95
8NYI @ SJS161.81
9STL171.76
10EDM vs NYR181.67
11TBL171.65
12CBJ151.60
13ANA181.56
13PIT181.56
15BUF171.53
16LAK151.47
17DET181.44
18CGY181.39
19MTL171.35
20BOS181.33
21PHI @ VAN191.32
21VGK191.32
23FLA181.28
24NSH171.12
25NJD181.11
25TOR191.11
27DAL171.06
28COL180.94
29CAR190.89
30UTA180.83
31NYR @ EDM180.78
32MIN190.68
Last updated: Nov 9, 2026

Points Against to RW

RkTeamGPP/GP
1UTA182.33
2BUF172.29
3VAN vs PHI192.26
4ANA182.22
4PIT182.22
6PHI @ VAN192.21
6TOR192.21
8WSH152.13
9CBJ152.07
10NYR @ EDM182.00
11SJS vs NYI191.95
12WPG181.94
13SEA161.81
14LAK151.80
15COL181.78
16EDM vs NYR181.72
16NJD181.72
18DET181.67
19NSH171.65
20NYI @ SJS161.63
21OTT181.61
22CGY181.56
23CHI181.50
24MTL171.47
24VGK191.47
26FLA181.39
27STL171.24
28BOS181.22
29CAR191.21
30TBL171.18
31MIN191.05
32DAL170.88
Last updated: Nov 9, 2026

Points Against to D

RkTeamGPP/GP
1CHI183.17
2VAN vs PHI193.16
3PHI @ VAN192.63
4UTA182.56
5CGY182.50
5NJD182.50
5WPG182.50
8CBJ152.40
9ANA182.39
10TOR192.37
11NYR @ EDM182.33
12TBL172.29
13LAK152.27
14MTL172.24
15SJS vs NYI192.21
16BUF172.18
17NSH172.12
18COL182.06
18NYI @ SJS162.06
18PIT182.06
21EDM vs NYR182.00
21STL172.00
23WSH151.93
24DET181.83
24OTT181.83
26DAL171.82
27MIN191.79
28FLA181.78
29VGK191.74
30SEA161.69
31BOS181.44
32CAR191.32
Last updated: Nov 9, 2026