Josi, Shesterkin, more: Top NHL defensemen, goalies so far in 2022

Earlier, we kicked off April by chronicling the top NHL scorers in 2022 (since Jan. 1). To wrap up our look at the hottest players from the past few months, let’s give defensemen and goalies the same treatment.

1. Roman Josi: 52 points in 35 games played 2. Cale Makar: 49 points in 41 GP 3. Kris Letang: 39 points in 39 GP 4. Adam Fox: 35 points in 33 GP 5. Aaron Ekblad: 32 points in 31 GP 6(t). Victor Hedman: 30 points in 33 GP 6(t). Charlie McAvoy: 30 points in 39 GP 8(t). Devon Toews: 29 points in 41 GP 8(t). Morgan Rielly: 29 points in 37 GP 10. Damon Severson: 27 points in 34 GP 11(t). Noah Dobson, Brent Burns, Rasmus Andersson, Quinn Hughes: 26 points

Jacob Markstrom: 20-7-3, .923 save percentageSergei Bobrovsky: 20-3-1, .916Igor Shesterkin: 18-5-1, .938Darcy Kuemper: 18-4-3, .935Juuse Saros: 18-11-2, .919Tristan Jarry: 18-9-2, .912Frederik Andersen: 17-5-3, .928Jake Oettinger, 17-9-1, .914Andrei Vasilevskiy: 17-10-1, .911Ilya Sorokin: 15-7-2, .928Ville Husso: 15-4-3, .921

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James O’Brien is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line atphtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @cyclelikesedins.