LEADING DEFENSEMEN PLAYER TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PP SH GW GT S PCT Brian Leetch KINGS 73 19 54 73 27 5 0 1 0 169 11.2 Robert Svehla PANTHERS 78 11 58 69 17 1 0 3 0 66 16.7 Nicklas Lidstrom BRUINS 80 20 44 64 26 4 0 2 0 148 13.5 Derian Hatcher KINGS 70 8 54 62 23 2 1 1 0 54 14.8 Chris Chelios RED WINGS 77 14 46 60 12 1 0 3 0 118 11.9 Igor Kravchuk COYOTES 78 17 42 59 -8 2 1 1 1 143 11.9 J.J. Daigneault FLYERS 79 14 44 58 6 4 1 2 0 135 10.4 Oleg Tverdovsky AVALANCHE 78 10 48 58 9 2 1 2 0 98 10.2 Sergei Zubov PENGUINS 80 14 42 56 7 3 2 2 0 114 12.3 Bryan Berard RANGERS 78 15 40 55 38 0 1 2 1 127 11.8 Rob Blake RANGERS 74 13 42 55 12 2 0 1 0 82 15.9 Garry Galley FLYERS 81 11 44 55 -4 1 1 3 0 100 11.0 Peter Popovic FLAMES 80 9 44 53 16 1 0 1 1 72 12.5 Bret Hedican RED WINGS 78 7 46 53 36 0 0 1 0 136 5.1 Calle Johansson FLAMES 79 20 31 51 17 4 0 2 0 139 14.4