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NHL Goals Leaders: Forwards

2018-19All situationsThrough 84 team games

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

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.

Leader in 2018-19: Alex Ovechkin (WSH), 51 G.

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NHL Goals Leaders: Forwards, 2018-19, All situations
#	Player	Team	G	GP	Per game	SOG	SH%
1	Alex OvechkinFWSH	WSH	51	81	0.63	338	15.1%	20:55	96%▲1.2
2	Leon DraisaitlFEDM	EDM	50	82	0.61	231	21.6%	22:35	100%
3	John TavaresFTOR	TOR	47	82	0.57	286	16.4%	19:05	96%▲9.3
4	Steven StamkosFTBL	TBL	45	82	0.55	234	19.2%	18:18	94%▼4.2
5	Patrick KaneFCHI	CHI	44	81	0.54	341	12.9%	22:29	80%▲0.9
6	Nikita KucherovFTBL	TBL	41	82	0.50	246	16.7%	19:58	100%
7	Nathan MacKinnonFCOL	COL	41	82	0.50	365	11.2%	22:05	100%▲0.9
8	Alex DeBrincatFCHI	CHI	41	82	0.50	220	18.6%	17:42	100%▲2.5
9	Cam AtkinsonFCBJ	CBJ	41	80	0.51	295	13.9%	19:23	—
10	Brayden PointFTBL	TBL	41	79	0.52	191	21.5%	18:55	95%▲7.5
11	Connor McDavidFEDM	EDM	41	78	0.53	240	17.1%	22:50	100%▲1.5
12	Jeff SkinnerFBUF	BUF	40	82	0.49	268	14.9%	18:31	0.1%
13	Jake GuentzelFPIT	PIT	40	82	0.49	227	17.6%	19:21	100%
14	Mark ScheifeleFWPG	WPG	38	82	0.46	199	19.1%	21:52	99%
15	Joe PavelskiFSJS	SJS	38	75	0.51	188	20.2%	19:03	—
16	David PastrnakFBOS	BOS	38	66	0.58	235	16.2%	18:45	100%▲1.1
17	Auston MatthewsFTOR	TOR	37	68	0.54	251	14.7%	18:33	99%
18	Mike HoffmanFFLA	FLA	36	82	0.44	253	14.2%	17:50	—
19	Johnny GaudreauFCGY	CGY	36	82	0.44	245	14.7%	20:04	—
20	Brad MarchandFBOS	BOS	36	79	0.46	231	15.6%	19:37	73%▲0.7
21	Jonathan ToewsFCHI	CHI	35	82	0.43	235	14.9%	21:00	0.3%
22	Aleksander BarkovFFLA	FLA	35	82	0.43	206	17.0%	22:21	97%▲7
23	Sidney CrosbyFPIT	PIT	35	79	0.44	220	15.9%	21:00	100%▲2.4
24	Tomas HertlFSJS	SJS	35	77	0.45	176	19.9%	19:01	84%▲3.2
25	Kyle ConnorFWPG	WPG	34	82	0.41	227	15.0%	19:15	99%▲1.1
26	Matthew TkachukFCGY	CGY	34	80	0.42	207	16.4%	17:36	100%▲2.6
27	Sean MonahanFCGY	CGY	34	78	0.44	211	16.1%	19:03	19%▲13
28	Gabriel LandeskogFCOL	COL	34	73	0.47	243	14.0%	21:09	50%▲32
29	Viktor ArvidssonFNSH	NSH	34	58	0.59	195	17.4%	19:09	33%▲23
30	Tyler SeguinFDAL	DAL	33	82	0.40	334	9.9%	20:45	22%▲19
31	Brendan GallagherFMTL	MTL	33	82	0.40	302	10.9%	16:24	3.3%▲2.8
32	Sean CouturierFPHI	PHI	33	80	0.41	223	14.8%	22:08	9.2%▲7.2
33	Mark StoneFVGK	VGK	33	77	0.43	199	16.6%	19:53	93%▲9.6
34	Vladimir TarasenkoFSTL	STL	33	76	0.43	275	12.0%	18:24	10%▲1
35	Dylan LarkinFDET	DET	32	76	0.42	287	11.1%	21:51	96%
36	Patrice BergeronFBOS	BOS	32	65	0.49	205	15.6%	18:28	—
37	Mikko RantanenFCOL	COL	31	74	0.42	193	16.1%	20:51	99%▲0.5
38	Matt DucheneFCBJ	CBJ	31	73	0.42	172	18.0%	18:50	62%▼17
39	Jonathan HuberdeauFFLA	FLA	30	82	0.37	226	13.3%	18:51	17%▲12
40	Mika ZibanejadFNYR	NYR	30	82	0.37	236	12.7%	20:34	98%▲1.4
41	Sebastian AhoFCAR	CAR	30	82	0.37	243	12.3%	20:09	99%▲1.2
42	Patrik LaineFWPG	WPG	30	82	0.37	245	12.2%	17:14	9.7%▲9.2
43	Timo MeierFSJS	SJS	30	78	0.38	250	12.0%	16:58	82%▼8
44	Andreas AthanasiouFDET	DET	30	76	0.39	216	13.9%	16:58	—
45	Evander KaneFSJS	SJS	30	75	0.40	268	11.2%	18:25	5.7%▲0.8
46	Tyler JohnsonFTBL	TBL	29	80	0.36	163	17.8%	15:57	—
47	Alexander RadulovFDAL	DAL	29	70	0.41	209	13.9%	19:47	—
48	Evgenii DadonovFFLA	FLA	28	82	0.34	195	14.4%	18:22	0.1%
49	Ryan O'ReillyFSTL	STL	28	82	0.34	234	12.0%	20:46	84%▲5
50	Anders LeeFNYI	NYI	28	82	0.34	204	13.7%	17:05	29%▼20
51	Ryan Nugent-HopkinsFEDM	EDM	28	82	0.34	208	13.5%	20:06	77%▲15
52	Max DomiFMTL	MTL	28	82	0.34	203	13.8%	17:23	5.8%▲4.6
53	Chris KreiderFNYR	NYR	28	79	0.35	201	13.9%	17:24	62%▲29
54	Artemi PanarinFCBJ	CBJ	28	79	0.35	191	14.7%	19:51	97%▼1.8
55	Jack EichelFBUF	BUF	28	77	0.36	303	9.2%	20:26	99%▲1.4
56	Zach PariseFMIN	MIN	28	74	0.38	229	12.2%	18:40	—
57	Elias PetterssonFVAN	VAN	28	71	0.39	144	19.4%	18:14	87%▼5.5
58	Filip ForsbergFNSH	NSH	28	64	0.44	217	12.9%	18:37	99%▲1.7
59	Phil KesselFPIT	PIT	27	82	0.33	215	12.6%	17:59	—
60	Josh AndersonFCBJ	CBJ	27	82	0.33	230	11.7%	17:01	10%▲9.2
61	Bo HorvatFVAN	VAN	27	82	0.33	227	11.9%	20:50	90%▲1.2
62	Pierre-Luc DuboisFCBJ	CBJ	27	82	0.33	174	15.5%	17:43	42%▲33
63	Logan CoutureFSJS	SJS	27	81	0.33	204	13.2%	18:36	—
64	Elias LindholmFCGY	CGY	27	81	0.33	182	14.8%	20:02	43%▲4.7
65	Jamie BennFDAL	DAL	27	78	0.35	189	14.3%	18:14	22%▲18
66	Kyle PalmieriFNJD	NJD	27	74	0.36	224	12.1%	18:09	19%▲10
67	Jake DeBruskFBOS	BOS	27	68	0.40	156	17.3%	16:10	49%▼20
68	James van RiemsdykFPHI	PHI	27	66	0.41	167	16.2%	16:36	0.3%
69	Mitch MarnerFTOR	TOR	26	82	0.32	233	11.2%	19:49	99%▲1.3
70	Ryan DzingelFCBJ	CBJ	26	78	0.33	159	16.4%	16:49	—
71	Brock BoeserFVAN	VAN	26	69	0.38	209	12.4%	19:10	64%▼4.5
72	Brock NelsonFNYI	NYI	25	82	0.30	181	13.8%	17:58	88%▼3.6
73	Jonathan MarchessaultFVGK	VGK	25	82	0.30	278	9.0%	18:09	24%▼21
74	Tomas TatarFMTL	MTL	25	80	0.31	195	12.8%	16:25	—
75	T.J. OshieFWSH	WSH	25	69	0.36	143	17.5%	18:37	—
76	Anthony ManthaFDET	DET	25	67	0.37	198	12.6%	17:50	52%▲15
77	William KarlssonFVGK	VGK	24	82	0.29	169	14.2%	18:51	24%▲20
78	Jakub VranaFWSH	WSH	24	82	0.29	161	14.9%	14:02	—
79	Travis KonecnyFPHI	PHI	24	82	0.29	182	13.2%	15:16	92%▲9.6
80	Frank VatranoFFLA	FLA	24	81	0.30	208	11.5%	14:40	6.4%▲6.2
81	Jakob SilfverbergFANA	ANA	24	73	0.33	163	14.7%	17:06	—
82	Justin WilliamsFCAR	CAR	23	82	0.28	237	9.7%	17:27	—
83	Carl SoderbergFCOL	COL	23	82	0.28	188	12.2%	17:27	—
84	Nino NiederreiterFCAR	CAR	23	82	0.28	184	12.5%	16:14	4.0%▲3.8
85	Brandon SaadFCHI	CHI	23	80	0.29	195	11.8%	17:41	—
86	Oliver BjorkstrandFCBJ	CBJ	23	77	0.30	161	14.3%	12:20	20%
87	David PerronFSTL	STL	23	57	0.40	112	20.5%	17:06	0.2%
88	Claude GirouxFPHI	PHI	22	82	0.27	229	9.6%	21:27	30%▲20
89	Sam ReinhartFBUF	BUF	22	82	0.27	180	12.2%	18:57	99%
90	Eric StaalFMIN	MIN	22	81	0.27	215	10.2%	18:08	—
91	Anze KopitarFLAK	LAK	22	81	0.27	156	14.1%	22:18	0.5%
92	Gustav NyquistFSJS	SJS	22	81	0.27	204	10.8%	17:31	0.0%
93	Brett ConnollyFWSH	WSH	22	81	0.27	139	15.8%	13:20	—
94	Nicklas BackstromFWSH	WSH	22	80	0.28	169	13.0%	19:57	—
95	Yanni GourdeFTBL	TBL	22	80	0.28	130	16.9%	15:50	4.9%▲4
96	Cody EakinFVGK	VGK	22	78	0.28	120	18.3%	15:23	—
97	Blake ColemanFNJD	NJD	22	78	0.28	213	10.3%	17:01	38%▼24
98	Alex ChiassonFEDM	EDM	22	73	0.30	123	17.9%	16:58	—
99	Dustin BrownFLAK	LAK	22	72	0.31	180	12.2%	20:24	—
100	Brady TkachukFOTT	OTT	22	71	0.31	214	10.3%	16:01	100%▲2

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