All 32 first pairs, ranked on what their two defensemen have produced this season.
Updated Oct 25, 6:11 PM ET · Lines and stats from Daily Faceoff
Ranked by the two defensemen's points per game this season, summed. Each player's own production, not the pair's together; ties go to the last 10 games.
Ryan Shea and Evan Bouchard are the league's most productive top pair, at 2.18 points per game between them. Bouchard leads the way with 21 points (7 goals, 14 assists) in 11 games. Between them they play 49:40 a night.
Devon Toews and Cale Makar combine for 1.92 points per game, 2nd of the 32 top pairs ranked. Makar leads the way with 11 points (3 goals, 8 assists) in 10 games. Between them they play 42:23 a night.
No top pair is hotter right now: 1.80 per game over each player's last 10.
Quinn Hughes and Jared Spurgeon combine for 1.79 points per game, 3rd of the 32 top pairs ranked. Hughes leads the way with 14 points (2 goals, 12 assists) in 12 games. Between them they play 48:57 a night.
Jake Sanderson and Artem Zub combine for 1.65 points per game, 4th of the 32 top pairs ranked. Sanderson leads the way with 5 points (1 goal, 4 assists) in 4 games. Between them they play 37:46 a night.
Vladislav Gavrikov and Adam Fox combine for 1.62 points per game, 5th of the 32 top pairs ranked. Fox leads the way with 15 points, all assists, in 13 games. Between them they play 43:11 a night.
Mikhail Sergachev and MacKenzie Weegar combine for 1.50 points per game, 6th of the 32 top pairs ranked. Sergachev leads the way with 14 points (3 goals, 11 assists) in 12 games. Between them they play 45:04 a night.
Logan Stanley and Matthew Schaefer combine for 1.40 points per game, 7th of the 32 top pairs ranked. Schaefer leads the way with 9 points (2 goals, 7 assists) in 10 games. Between them they play 46:53 a night.
Hampus Lindholm and Charlie McAvoy combine for 1.33 points per game, 8th of the 32 top pairs ranked. McAvoy leads the way with 6 points (1 goal, 5 assists) in 6 games. Between them they play 45:25 a night.
The pace has cooled, though: 0.90 per game over each player's last 10, 16th of 32.
Roman Josi and Adam Wilsby combine for 1.30 points per game, 9th of the 32 top pairs ranked. Josi leads the way with 9 points (1 goal, 8 assists) in 10 games. Between them they play 45:19 a night.
Spencer Stastney and Erik Karlsson combine for 1.29 points per game, 10th of the 32 top pairs ranked. Karlsson leads the way with 12 points (1 goal, 11 assists) in 12 games. Between them they play 41:05 a night.
Rasmus Dahlin and Mattias Samuelsson combine for 1.26 points per game, 11th of the 32 top pairs ranked. Samuelsson leads the way with 7 points (2 goals, 5 assists) in 11 games. Between them they play 47:56 a night.
Zach Werenski and Damon Severson combine for 1.24 points per game, 12th of the 32 top pairs ranked. Werenski leads the way with 6 points, all assists, in 9 games. Between them they play 52:54 a night.
Lane Hutson and Mike Matheson combine for 1.23 points per game, 13th of the 32 top pairs ranked. Hutson leads the way with 9 points (2 goals, 7 assists) in 10 games. Between them they play 49:28 a night.
Thomas Harley and Miro Heiskanen combine for 1.20 points per game, 14th of the 32 top pairs ranked. Heiskanen leads the way with 8 points (3 goals, 5 assists) in 10 games. Between them they play 50:45 a night.
Jackson LaCombe and Noah Warren combine for 1.09 points per game, 15th of the 32 top pairs ranked. LaCombe leads the way with 9 points (1 goal, 8 assists) in 11 games. Between them they play 43:11 a night.
Dylan Samberg and Neal Pionk combine for 1.00 points per game, 16th of the 32 top pairs ranked. Pionk leads the way with 7 points (1 goal, 6 assists) in 10 games. Between them they play 47:17 a night.
Philip Broberg and Colton Parayko combine for 0.91 points per game, 17th of the 32 top pairs ranked. Broberg leads the way with 6 points (2 goals, 4 assists) in 11 games. Between them they play 44:08 a night.
Vince Dunn and Adam Larsson combine for 0.89 points per game, 18th of the 32 top pairs ranked. Dunn leads the way with 8 points (2 goals, 6 assists) in 11 games. Between them they play 44:55 a night.
Travis Sanheim and Oliver Bonk combine for 0.88 points per game, 19th of the 32 top pairs ranked. Between them they play 45:26 a night.
Brayden McNabb and Shea Theodore combine for 0.85 points per game, 20th of the 32 top pairs ranked. McNabb leads the way with 7 points, all assists, in 13 games. Between them they play 40:55 a night.
The pace has cooled, though: 0.40 per game over each player's last 10, 31st of 32.
Elias Pettersson and Filip Hronek combine for 0.83 points per game, 21st of the 32 top pairs ranked. Hronek leads the way with 7 points, all assists, in 12 games. Between them they play 44:10 a night.
Joel Edmundson and Brandt Clarke combine for 0.78 points per game, 22nd of the 32 top pairs ranked. Clarke leads the way with 7 points (2 goals, 5 assists) in 9 games. Between them they play 36:04 a night.
Luke Hughes and Brett Pesce combine for 0.73 points per game, 23rd of the 32 top pairs ranked. Between them they play 45:22 a night.
Jakob Chychrun and Matt Roy combine for 0.70 points per game, 24th of the 32 top pairs ranked. Chychrun leads the way with 7 points (1 goal, 6 assists) in 10 games. Between them they play 44:16 a night.
Jake McCabe and Darren Raddysh combine for 0.62 points per game, 25th of the 32 top pairs ranked. Raddysh leads the way with 6 points, all assists, in 13 games. Between them they play 42:50 a night.
Ben Chiarot and Moritz Seider combine for 0.60 points per game, 26th of the 32 top pairs ranked. Seider leads the way with 5 points, all assists, in 10 games. Between them they play 45:03 a night.
Gustav Forsling and Aaron Ekblad combine for 0.48 points per game, 27th of the 32 top pairs ranked. Ekblad leads the way with 3 points, all assists, in 10 games. Between them they play 41:06 a night.
Jaccob Slavin and Jalen Chatfield combine for 0.46 points per game, 28th of the 32 top pairs ranked. Between them they play 41:51 a night.
J.J. Moser and John Carlson combine for 0.46 points per game, 29th of the 32 top pairs ranked. Carlson leads the way with 5 points (3 goals, 2 assists) in 11 games. Between them they play 37:39 a night.
Kevin Bahl and Simon Nemec combine for 0.40 points per game, 30th of the 32 top pairs ranked. Between them they play 43:28 a night.
Darnell Nurse and Michael Kesselring combine for 0.35 points per game, 31st of the 32 top pairs ranked. Between them they play 40:20 a night.
Alex Vlasic and Ian Cole combine for 0.18 points per game, 32nd of the 32 top pairs ranked. Vlasic leads the way with 2 points, all assists, in 11 games. Between them they play 34:40 a night.
