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NHL Goals Leaders: Forwards

2020-21All situationsThrough 57 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 2020-21: Auston Matthews (TOR), 41 G.

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NHL Goals Leaders: Forwards, 2020-21, All situations
#	Player	Team	G	GP	Per game	SOG	SH%
1	Auston MatthewsFTOR	TOR	41	52	0.79	222	18.5%	21:33	99%
2	Connor McDavidFEDM	EDM	33	56	0.59	200	16.5%	22:09	100%▲1.5
3	Alex DeBrincatFCHI	CHI	32	52	0.62	155	20.6%	20:32	100%▲2.5
4	Leon DraisaitlFEDM	EDM	31	56	0.55	168	18.5%	22:11	100%
5	Mikko RantanenFCOL	COL	30	52	0.58	177	16.9%	19:55	99%▲0.5
6	Brad MarchandFBOS	BOS	29	53	0.55	143	20.3%	18:55	73%▲0.7
7	Tyler ToffoliFMTL	MTL	28	52	0.54	158	17.7%	17:31	38%▼18
8	Kirill KaprizovFMIN	MIN	27	55	0.49	157	17.2%	18:18	98%▼0.9
9	Kyle ConnorFWPG	WPG	26	56	0.46	166	15.7%	18:44	99%▲1.1
10	Aleksander BarkovFFLA	FLA	26	50	0.52	176	14.8%	20:56	97%▲7
11	Joe PavelskiFDAL	DAL	25	56	0.45	139	18.0%	19:01	—
12	Sam ReinhartFBUF	BUF	25	54	0.46	130	19.2%	19:32	99%
13	Ryan O'ReillyFSTL	STL	24	56	0.43	129	18.6%	20:45	84%▲5
14	Mika ZibanejadFNYR	NYR	24	56	0.43	171	14.0%	20:06	98%▲1.4
15	Sebastian AhoFCAR	CAR	24	56	0.43	148	16.2%	19:28	99%▲1.2
16	Sidney CrosbyFPIT	PIT	24	55	0.44	159	15.1%	20:24	100%▲2.4
17	Max PaciorettyFVGK	VGK	24	48	0.50	174	13.8%	17:56	—
18	Alex OvechkinFWSH	WSH	24	45	0.53	182	13.2%	19:30	96%▲1.2
19	Jake GuentzelFPIT	PIT	23	56	0.41	141	16.3%	20:16	100%
20	Brayden PointFTBL	TBL	23	56	0.41	131	17.6%	18:26	95%▲7.5
21	Brock BoeserFVAN	VAN	23	56	0.41	141	16.3%	19:19	64%▼4.5
22	Patrice BergeronFBOS	BOS	23	54	0.43	182	12.6%	18:13	—
23	Evander KaneFSJS	SJS	22	56	0.39	194	11.3%	20:12	5.7%▲0.8
24	Bryan RustFPIT	PIT	22	56	0.39	154	14.3%	19:43	85%▲2.5
25	T.J. OshieFWSH	WSH	22	53	0.42	106	20.8%	18:04	—
26	Mark ScheifeleFWPG	WPG	21	56	0.38	126	16.7%	20:58	99%
27	Connor BrownFOTT	OTT	21	56	0.38	123	17.1%	18:15	6.6%▲5.1
28	Mark StoneFVGK	VGK	21	55	0.38	98	21.4%	19:04	93%▲9.6
29	Nikolaj EhlersFWPG	WPG	21	47	0.45	148	14.2%	16:55	93%▲7.5
30	Phil KesselFARI	ARI	20	56	0.36	115	17.4%	17:05	—
31	Nino NiederreiterFCAR	CAR	20	56	0.36	126	15.9%	15:43	4.0%▲3.8
32	Jonathan HuberdeauFFLA	FLA	20	55	0.36	122	16.4%	18:25	17%▲12
33	Mitch MarnerFTOR	TOR	20	55	0.36	156	12.8%	22:26	99%▲1.3
34	Joel FarabeeFPHI	PHI	20	55	0.36	122	16.4%	16:01	11%▲6.4
35	Gabriel LandeskogFCOL	COL	20	54	0.37	155	12.9%	19:57	50%▲32
36	Pavel BuchnevichFNYR	NYR	20	54	0.37	120	16.7%	18:44	36%▲7.6
37	Chris KreiderFNYR	NYR	20	50	0.40	102	19.6%	17:24	62%▲29
38	Kevin FialaFMIN	MIN	20	50	0.40	162	12.3%	16:54	67%▼8.3
39	Nathan MacKinnonFCOL	COL	20	48	0.42	206	9.7%	20:22	100%▲0.9
40	David PastrnakFBOS	BOS	20	48	0.42	176	11.4%	18:37	100%▲1.1
41	David PerronFSTL	STL	19	56	0.34	151	12.6%	18:33	0.2%
42	John TavaresFTOR	TOR	19	56	0.34	163	11.7%	18:12	96%▲9.3
43	Johnny GaudreauFCGY	CGY	19	56	0.34	112	17.0%	18:25	—
44	Elias LindholmFCGY	CGY	19	56	0.34	130	14.6%	19:54	43%▲4.7
45	Bo HorvatFVAN	VAN	19	56	0.34	131	14.5%	19:53	90%▲1.2
46	Joel Eriksson EkFMIN	MIN	19	56	0.34	119	16.0%	17:03	82%▲10
47	Andre BurakovskyFCOL	COL	19	53	0.36	102	18.6%	15:06	5.6%▲5.4
48	Tomas HertlFSJS	SJS	19	50	0.38	112	17.0%	19:08	84%▲3.2
49	Jakub VranaFDET	DET	19	50	0.38	100	19.0%	15:00	—
50	Brock NelsonFNYI	NYI	18	56	0.32	121	14.9%	17:50	88%▼3.6
51	Oliver BjorkstrandFCBJ	CBJ	18	56	0.32	143	12.6%	17:37	20%
52	Andrew MangiapaneFCGY	CGY	18	56	0.32	91	19.8%	16:40	3.2%▲3.1
53	Frank VatranoFFLA	FLA	18	56	0.32	158	11.4%	14:31	6.4%▲6.2
54	Jonathan MarchessaultFVGK	VGK	18	55	0.33	176	10.2%	17:25	24%▼21
55	Alex TuchFVGK	VGK	18	55	0.33	142	12.7%	16:50	94%▼5.5
56	Sean CouturierFPHI	PHI	18	45	0.40	120	15.0%	19:20	9.2%▲7.2
57	Carter VerhaegheFFLA	FLA	18	43	0.42	107	16.8%	17:44	72%
58	James van RiemsdykFPHI	PHI	17	56	0.30	132	12.9%	16:33	0.3%
59	Yanni GourdeFTBL	TBL	17	56	0.30	118	14.4%	17:04	4.9%▲4
60	Dominik KubalikFCHI	CHI	17	56	0.30	156	10.9%	15:31	—
61	Alexander WennbergFFLA	FLA	17	56	0.30	82	20.7%	18:10	25%▼1.6
62	Christian DvorakFARI	ARI	17	56	0.30	95	17.9%	18:24	16%▲13
63	Josh NorrisFOTT	OTT	17	56	0.30	96	17.7%	16:28	39%▲32
64	Drake BathersonFOTT	OTT	17	56	0.30	111	15.3%	16:28	97%▲7.2
65	Brady TkachukFOTT	OTT	17	56	0.30	220	7.7%	18:14	100%▲2
66	Miles WoodFNJD	NJD	17	55	0.31	127	13.4%	14:59	0.1%
67	Mathew BarzalFNYI	NYI	17	55	0.31	134	12.7%	18:43	84%▲11
68	Jeff CarterFPIT	PIT	17	54	0.31	154	11.0%	16:34	—
69	Logan CoutureFSJS	SJS	17	53	0.32	114	14.9%	19:16	—
70	Mike HoffmanFSTL	STL	17	52	0.33	113	15.0%	15:04	—
71	Josh AndersonFMTL	MTL	17	52	0.33	125	13.6%	16:25	10%▲9.2
72	Joonas DonskoiFCOL	COL	17	51	0.33	86	19.8%	14:32	—
73	William NylanderFTOR	TOR	17	51	0.33	133	12.8%	16:36	99%▼0.8
74	Jason RobertsonFDAL	DAL	17	51	0.33	127	13.4%	16:53	100%
75	Pavel ZachaFNJD	NJD	17	50	0.34	103	16.5%	17:09	78%▲13
76	Dustin BrownFLAK	LAK	17	49	0.35	129	13.2%	17:37	—
77	Vincent TrocheckFCAR	CAR	17	47	0.36	123	13.8%	18:14	88%▼5.4
78	Artemi PanarinFNYR	NYR	17	42	0.40	106	16.0%	19:39	97%▼1.8
79	Steven StamkosFTBL	TBL	17	38	0.45	91	18.7%	18:16	94%▼4.2
80	Brayden SchennFSTL	STL	16	56	0.29	113	14.2%	19:09	28%▲7.8
81	Matthew TkachukFCGY	CGY	16	56	0.29	151	10.6%	18:09	100%▲2.6
82	Jordan EberleFNYI	NYI	16	55	0.29	128	12.5%	16:45	30%▲2.7
83	Maxime ComtoisFANA	ANA	16	55	0.29	94	17.0%	15:28	—
84	Claude GirouxFPHI	PHI	16	54	0.30	120	13.3%	18:06	30%▲20
85	Yegor SharangovichFNJD	NJD	16	54	0.30	114	14.0%	16:48	7.8%▲0.9
86	Jordan StaalFCAR	CAR	16	53	0.30	103	15.5%	18:29	20%▲13
87	Ryan Nugent-HopkinsFEDM	EDM	16	52	0.31	135	11.9%	20:46	77%▲15
88	Alex KillornFTBL	TBL	15	56	0.27	121	12.4%	17:54	5.1%▲3.6
89	Patrick KaneFCHI	CHI	15	56	0.27	191	7.9%	22:14	80%▲0.9
90	Cam AtkinsonFCBJ	CBJ	15	56	0.27	158	9.5%	18:56	—
91	Anthony ManthaFWSH	WSH	15	56	0.27	138	10.9%	18:07	52%▲15
92	Nick RitchieFBOS	BOS	15	56	0.27	121	12.4%	15:22	—
93	Nick SuzukiFMTL	MTL	15	56	0.27	110	13.6%	18:11	100%▲0.5
94	Nicklas BackstromFWSH	WSH	15	55	0.27	91	16.5%	18:36	—
95	Ondrej PalatFTBL	TBL	15	55	0.27	111	13.5%	17:27	0.1%
96	Andrew CoppFWPG	WPG	15	55	0.27	115	13.0%	18:15	9.2%▲7.8
97	Jesse PuljujarviFEDM	EDM	15	55	0.27	115	13.0%	15:08	—
98	Andrei SvechnikovFCAR	CAR	15	55	0.27	147	10.2%	17:32	97%▲8.8
99	J.T. MillerFVAN	VAN	15	53	0.28	106	14.2%	20:58	92%▲7.7
100	Blake WheelerFWPG	WPG	15	50	0.30	113	13.3%	18:20	—

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