NHL Goals Leaders: Forwards 2021-22

Leaders: Goals: forwards, 2021-22

1stAuston MatthewsTOR · 73 GP60Share
2ndLeon DraisaitlEDM · 80 GP55Share
3rdChris KreiderNYR · 81 GP52Share
4thAlex OvechkinWSH · 77 GP50Share
5thKirill KaprizovMIN · 81 GP47Share
6thKyle ConnorWPG · 79 GP47Share
7thConnor McDavidEDM · 80 GP44Share
8thMatt DucheneNSH · 78 GP43Share
9thElias LindholmCGY · 82 GP42Share
10thMatthew TkachukCGY · 82 GP42Share

The full ranked table, with filters, follows.

What Goals: forwards measures

This board ranks forwards only (centres and wingers) by goals, so they are not buried under the defensemen. Total goals this season, all situations.

Totals reward games played and ice time as much as skill; see the per-60 version for the rate view.

Goals scored this season, every situation including the power play and empty nets. The goal race swings more than the points race, because shooting percentage runs hot and cold. In leagues that split forwards and defensemen, this is the board for your forward slots; centres and wingers are pooled together. In 2021-22, 661 forwards qualify for this board; the median is 7 and Auston Matthews leads at 60.

Goals: forwards leaderboard

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NHL Goals Leaders: Forwards, 2021-22, All situations
#	Player	Team	G	GP	Per game	SOG	SH%		Pctl
1	Auston MatthewsFTOR	TOR	60	73	0.82	348	17.2%	20:37	100	99%
2	Leon DraisaitlFEDM	EDM	55	80	0.69	278	19.8%	22:21	100	100%
3	Chris KreiderFNYR	NYR	52	81	0.64	258	20.2%	18:44	100	55%▼6.4
4	Alex OvechkinFWSH	WSH	50	77	0.65	334	15.0%	20:34	100	88%▼4
5	Kirill KaprizovFMIN	MIN	47	81	0.58	289	16.3%	19:06	99	98%
6	Kyle ConnorFWPG	WPG	47	79	0.59	317	14.8%	21:47	99	99%
7	Connor McDavidFEDM	EDM	44	80	0.55	314	14.0%	22:04	99	100%
8	Matt DucheneFNSH	NSH	43	78	0.55	228	18.9%	19:01	99	51%▼4.9
9	Elias LindholmFCGY	CGY	42	82	0.51	235	17.9%	19:57	99	43%▲1.9
10	Matthew TkachukFCGY	CGY	42	82	0.51	253	16.6%	17:54	99	100%▲1.2
11	Steven StamkosFTBL	TBL	42	81	0.52	241	17.4%	18:29	99	95%▲0.7
12	Filip ForsbergFNSH	NSH	42	69	0.61	226	18.6%	18:06	99	99%▼0.6
13	Alex DeBrincatFCHI	CHI	41	82	0.50	270	15.2%	20:51	98	100%▲1
14	Jason RobertsonFDAL	DAL	41	74	0.55	220	18.6%	18:07	98	99%
15	Johnny GaudreauFCGY	CGY	40	82	0.49	262	15.3%	18:34	98	—
16	Jake GuentzelFPIT	PIT	40	76	0.53	264	15.2%	20:06	98	100%▲0.5
17	David PastrnakFBOS	BOS	40	72	0.56	312	12.8%	18:36	98	100%
18	Aleksander BarkovFFLA	FLA	39	67	0.58	214	18.2%	20:18	97	89%▼1.5
19	Tage ThompsonFBUF	BUF	38	78	0.49	253	15.0%	17:53	97	100%
20	Roope HintzFDAL	DAL	37	80	0.46	213	17.4%	18:03	97	82%▼1.2
21	Sebastian AhoFCAR	CAR	37	79	0.47	221	16.7%	18:57	97	100%
22	Troy TerryFANA	ANA	37	75	0.49	192	19.3%	18:14	97	44%▼1
23	Brock NelsonFNYI	NYI	37	72	0.51	171	21.6%	17:41	97	88%▲1.4
24	Mikko RantanenFCOL	COL	36	75	0.48	254	14.2%	20:59	97	99%
25	Andrew MangiapaneFCGY	CGY	35	82	0.43	185	18.9%	15:44	96	3.2%
26	Adrian KempeFLAK	LAK	35	78	0.45	247	14.2%	18:35	96	95%▼0.9
27	Timo MeierFSJS	SJS	35	77	0.45	326	10.7%	19:09	96	75%▼2.5
28	Mitch MarnerFTOR	TOR	35	72	0.49	224	15.6%	20:53	96	99%
29	Josh NorrisFOTT	OTT	35	66	0.53	172	20.3%	18:35	96	31%▼2.6
30	Ryan HartmanFMIN	MIN	34	82	0.41	239	14.2%	18:11	95	28%▼4.1
31	William NylanderFTOR	TOR	34	81	0.42	256	13.3%	18:16	95	99%
32	Vladimir TarasenkoFSTL	STL	34	75	0.45	230	14.8%	16:55	95	7.4%▼0.9
33	Kevin FialaFMIN	MIN	33	82	0.40	262	12.6%	17:39	95	64%
34	Jeff SkinnerFBUF	BUF	33	80	0.41	262	12.6%	17:06	95	0.1%
35	Sam ReinhartFFLA	FLA	33	78	0.42	186	17.7%	17:46	95	99%▲1.7
36	J.T. MillerFVAN	VAN	32	80	0.40	206	15.5%	21:05	94	89%▼0.6
37	Elias PetterssonFVAN	VAN	32	80	0.40	192	16.7%	18:36	94	95%▲1.1
38	Brad MarchandFBOS	BOS	32	70	0.46	242	13.2%	19:15	94	65%▼2.8
39	Nathan MacKinnonFCOL	COL	32	65	0.49	299	10.7%	21:04	94	100%
40	Anthony DuclairFFLA	FLA	31	74	0.42	167	18.6%	15:00	94	3.2%
41	Dylan LarkinFDET	DET	31	71	0.44	212	14.6%	19:39	94	93%▼1.7
42	Bo HorvatFVAN	VAN	31	70	0.44	194	16.0%	19:31	94	94%▲1.2
43	Sidney CrosbyFPIT	PIT	31	69	0.45	208	14.9%	19:58	94	99%
44	Tomas HertlFSJS	SJS	30	82	0.37	205	14.6%	19:56	93	87%
45	Jonathan HuberdeauFFLA	FLA	30	80	0.38	222	13.5%	19:25	93	15%▼0.8
46	Brady TkachukFOTT	OTT	30	79	0.38	288	10.4%	18:48	93	100%▲1
47	Andrei SvechnikovFCAR	CAR	30	78	0.38	249	12.0%	17:16	93	98%
48	Jonathan MarchessaultFVGK	VGK	30	76	0.39	251	12.0%	17:34	93	19%
49	Pavel BuchnevichFSTL	STL	30	73	0.41	199	15.1%	18:18	93	31%
50	Tyler BertuzziFDET	DET	30	68	0.44	180	16.7%	19:52	93	50%▼2.2