diff -u b/core/modules/statistics/src/NodeStatisticsDatabaseStorage.php b/core/modules/statistics/src/NodeStatisticsDatabaseStorage.php
--- b/core/modules/statistics/src/NodeStatisticsDatabaseStorage.php
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/src/NodeStatisticsDatabaseStorage.php
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\statistics;
 
-use Drupal\Core\Database\Connection;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeInterface;
-use Drupal\Core\State\StateInterface;
-use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestStack;
 
 /**
  * Provides the default database storage backend for statistics.
diff -u b/core/modules/statistics/src/StatisticsDatabaseStorage.php b/core/modules/statistics/src/StatisticsDatabaseStorage.php
--- b/core/modules/statistics/src/StatisticsDatabaseStorage.php
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/src/StatisticsDatabaseStorage.php
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
    *
    * @throws \Exception
    */
-  protected function catchException(EntityTypeInterface $entity_type,\Exception $e) {
+  protected function catchException(EntityTypeInterface $entity_type, \Exception $e) {
     if ($this->connection->schema()->tableExists($this->tableName($entity_type))) {
       throw $e;
     }
diff -u b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.install b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.install
--- b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.install
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.install
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
   return 8300;
 }
 
-
 /**
  * Replace count_content_views settings with entity_type_ids setting.
  */
@@ -39,4 +38,4 @@
   $config->clear('count_content_views')
   // Set the new configuration setting for entity_type_ids to the initial value.
     ->set('entity_type_ids', $value)->save();
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff -u b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.services.yml b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.services.yml
--- b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.services.yml
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.services.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
     tags:
       - { name: backend_overridable }
 
+  statistics.storage.node:
+    class: Drupal\statistics\NodeStatisticsDatabaseStorage
+    arguments: ['@database', '@request_stack']
+    tags:
+      - { name: backend_overridable }
+
   statistics.reset_count:
     class: Drupal\statistics\StatisticsResetCount
     arguments: ['@database', '@state', '@datetime.time']