Blueliner in a sentence

Defenseman Erik Karlsson continues to have the most productive season by an NHL blueliner in more than 30 seasons.

He’s the lone defenseman on the list and the highest-scoring 19-and-under blueliner since BC’s Brian Leetch way back in the 1986-87 season.

They got their second by a blueliner six minutes into the opening period thanks to their potent power play as Draisaitl swung a pass back to Bouchard, who stepped into a bullet for his first of the campaign.

It was surprising that four more picks went by before another blueliner was selected — and that the second defenseman targeted was Yakemchuk, the 6-foot-3, 30-goal scorer from the WHL’s Calgary Hitmen.

Rempe delivered that hard hit on Lyubushkin late in the period to end the reacquired blueliner’s evening.

Swayman had to turn away just four shots in the third period, and a late penalty from Avs blueliner Josh Manson meant the Avs had to kill a penalty with just 4:35 remaining in regulation before continuing their comeback attempt.

A stand out blueliner on the night was who had more than a few shifts of quality stick work.

The blueliner also explained that he’s seen the Bruins enter the NHL restart with a sense of “urgency” while admitting the league’s bubble in Toronto won’t have as much of an impact on him as it does other players.

The Finnish blueliner skated into the Avs zone and fired the puck at Francouz before whacking at the goaltender’s pad and the puck numerous times and erupting into a celebration for scoring a goal.

As if he was a harbinger of a weekend of defensive scoring, Jacob Bartziokas potting Jasper’s first goal; an unassisted end-to-end rush for the Bearcats’ normally stay-at-home blueliner.

Etem says there are a number of things that stand out about MacPherson in regard to making the jump and forging a career at the professional level, but few caught his eye like the 6-foot-3, 190-pound blueliner’s ability to kick his skates into overdrive.

Fellow blueliner Liam Ross is an 18-year-old who plays junior for Sudbury in the OHL.

In late June of 2016, the Canadiens stunningly sent their franchise defenceman Subban to the Predators for their franchise blueliner Shea Weber.

Saturday marked the Blazer debut of 20-year-old blueliner Max Martin, who arrived just before midnight the night earlier after being picked up in a trade from Prince Albert.

The Bruins’ blueliner led his team with 26:22 of ice time and had one of his best games this season between his defensive plays and potting an empty-net goal in the third.

Like the Oilers, the Habs may be experiencing buyer’s remorse as P.K. Subban, the blueliner traded for Weber, continues to play a top-four role for the league-leading Nashville Predators.

The puck-moving blueliner carries a -5-rating into Tuesday’s game and he’s registered just two power play points so far this season.

Though the all-situation blueliner is on pace to finish the season with 40 points, he hasn’t been the shutdown man or the prime puck mover of years past.