Among the top 15 scoring defensemen through last nights games, Niskanen ranked 13th with 30 points.

But he was sixth in points production vs. ice time among that group, and among those 15 players only three had played fewer total minutes on the PP this season. A chart of those top 15 defensemen in scoring with players ranked by number of minutes it takes for each to produce one point, including where they ranked in total ice time on the PP among NHL defensemen this season: Player Keith Shattenkirk Karlsson Wisniewski Hedman Niskanen Byfuglien Pietrangelo Seabrook Subban Yandle Kronwall Weber McDonough Suter Team Chicago St. Louis Ottawa Columbus Tampa Bay Pittsburgh Winnipeg St. Louis Chicago Montreal Phoenix Detroit Nashville NY Rangers Minnesota Pts 46 35 49 31 29 30 38 36 33 36 34 31 35 29 31 Total TOI 1278:04 976:53 1396:30 935:59 969:57 1037:15 1314:41 1267:36 1163:09 1288:44 1225:19 1182:03 1346:03 1306:06 1565:23 Minutes/Point 27.78 27.91 28.50 30.19 33.44 34.57 34.59 35.21 35.24 35.79 36.03 38.13 38.45 45.03 50.49 Rank/PP TOI 25 28 2 22 79 68 12 38 86 1 5 21 30 39 8