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2017-18 to 2021-22 TOP CHEDDAR HOCKEY #8 WILL BUTCHER New Jersey Devils · Defense
EX-MT Career
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Card #CAREER-08477355
Will Butcher in action
8 D Defense
82 OVR
Will Butcher New Jersey Devils
5 NHL seasons · 2017-18 to 2021-22
2021-22

Career Report

6 Excellent–Mint 6

Graded on the Game Score of their best 5 seasons, ranked among retired defense.

Season Team GP P OVR Grade
2017-18 NJD 81 44 93 7
2020-21 NJD 23 11 86 8
2018-19 NJD 78 30 84 6
2019-20 NJD 56 21 77 7
2021-22 BUF 37 8 70 4

Connections

Every goal of his career he scored or set up, from the play-by-play.

Set up most by

L 82OVR Taylor Hall Hurricanes 4 of his goals C 87OVR Nico Hischier Devils 3 of his goals C 85OVR Travis Zajac Devils 3 of his goals C 70OVR Kyle Palmieri Islanders 2 of his goals

Set up most

C 70OVR Kyle Palmieri Islanders Set up 19 goals L 52OVR Miles Wood Maple Leafs Set up 9 goals L 91OVR Jesper Bratt Devils Set up 7 goals L 82OVR Taylor Hall Hurricanes Set up 6 goals

Most time together

D 74OVR Ben Lovejoy Devils 868 min together L 52OVR Miles Wood Maple Leafs 853 min together C 87OVR Nico Hischier Devils 788 min together C 90OVR Pavel Zacha Bruins 760 min together

Best with

D 53OVR Steven Santini Lightning 11–5 in goals together R 43OVR Stefan Noesen Devils 15–11 in goals together C 87OVR Nico Hischier Devils 48–37 in goals together D 74OVR Ben Lovejoy Devils 32–26 in goals together
Scored on most
Henrik Lundqvist 2 goals Devan Dubnyk 2 goals Matt Murray 2 goals
Best game
October 07, 2017 vs COL: 3A

Rivals

His fights, hit rivals, and faceoff duels across his career, from the play-by-play (hits and faceoffs from 2009-10 on).

Hit most

L 62OVR Tom Pyatt Senators Hit him 2 times C 91OVR Derick Brassard Blue Jackets Hit him 2 times C 50OVR Lars Eller Panthers Hit him 2 times C 40OVR Tyler Pitlick Wild Hit him 2 times

Hit most by

L 56OVR Matt Martin Islanders Hit by him 7 times L 41OVR Nicolas Deslauriers Hurricanes Hit by him 5 times C 62OVR Scott Laughton Kings Hit by him 5 times R 72OVR Zack Kassian Oilers Hit by him 4 times