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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
After that period, Gio is tied for 2nd in defencemen scoring, and is 1st in league +/- by 6 points.
Have seen it commented on here how amazing it is to see him top 3 in both of those categories so I went back a bit to find just how rare that is.
The last time a defenceman was both top 3 in both categories was Mike Green in 2009-10.
Green finished 3rd in league +/- and had 76 points leading all D.
He didn't win the Norris however, Duncan Keith did who had 69 points and +21.
In 2010/11; Chara was top 5 in both categories and last year Hedman was 5th in D scoring, 6th in +/- (won the Norris).
Incredibly rare combination of statistics. I can only imagine if Gio finishes 1st in both stats, not sure that has ever been done??
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I'm not doing a thorough search, but in 1971-72, Bobby Orr was second in the entire NHL with 117 points (44 more than the next defenseman) and tops with +83, 20 points higher than the next player. He was even better the year before when he was second in NHL scoring with 139 points (76 more than the next defenseman) and tops with +124. I am sure he did it many times.
There aren't many that had the top league +/- and the top scoring defenseman.