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NHL Goals Leaders: Forwards

2021-22All situationsThrough 82 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 2021-22: Auston Matthews (TOR), 60 G.

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NHL Goals Leaders: Forwards, 2021-22, All situations
#	Player	Team	G	GP	Per game	SOG	SH%
1	Auston MatthewsFTOR	TOR	60	73	0.82	348	17.2%	20:37	99%
2	Leon DraisaitlFEDM	EDM	55	80	0.69	278	19.8%	22:21	100%
3	Chris KreiderFNYR	NYR	52	81	0.64	258	20.2%	18:44	62%▲29
4	Alex OvechkinFWSH	WSH	50	77	0.65	334	15.0%	20:34	96%▲1.2
5	Kirill KaprizovFMIN	MIN	47	81	0.58	289	16.3%	19:06	98%▼0.9
6	Kyle ConnorFWPG	WPG	47	79	0.59	317	14.8%	21:47	99%▲1.1
7	Connor McDavidFEDM	EDM	44	80	0.55	314	14.0%	22:04	100%▲1.5
8	Matt DucheneFNSH	NSH	43	78	0.55	228	18.9%	19:01	62%▼17
9	Elias LindholmFCGY	CGY	42	82	0.51	235	17.9%	19:57	43%▲4.7
10	Matthew TkachukFCGY	CGY	42	82	0.51	253	16.6%	17:54	100%▲2.6
11	Steven StamkosFTBL	TBL	42	81	0.52	241	17.4%	18:29	94%▼4.2
12	Filip ForsbergFNSH	NSH	42	69	0.61	226	18.6%	18:06	99%▲1.7
13	Alex DeBrincatFCHI	CHI	41	82	0.50	270	15.2%	20:51	100%▲2.5
14	Jason RobertsonFDAL	DAL	41	74	0.55	220	18.6%	18:07	100%
15	Johnny GaudreauFCGY	CGY	40	82	0.49	262	15.3%	18:34	—
16	Jake GuentzelFPIT	PIT	40	76	0.53	264	15.2%	20:06	100%
17	David PastrnakFBOS	BOS	40	72	0.56	312	12.8%	18:36	100%▲1.1
18	Aleksander BarkovFFLA	FLA	39	67	0.58	214	18.2%	20:18	97%▲7
19	Tage ThompsonFBUF	BUF	38	78	0.49	253	15.0%	17:53	100%▲1.3
20	Roope HintzFDAL	DAL	37	80	0.46	213	17.4%	18:03	84%▲7.1
21	Sebastian AhoFCAR	CAR	37	79	0.47	221	16.7%	18:57	99%▲1.2
22	Troy TerryFANA	ANA	37	75	0.49	192	19.3%	18:14	47%▲34
23	Brock NelsonFNYI	NYI	37	72	0.51	171	21.6%	17:41	88%▼3.6
24	Mikko RantanenFCOL	COL	36	75	0.48	254	14.2%	20:59	99%▲0.5
25	Andrew MangiapaneFCGY	CGY	35	82	0.43	185	18.9%	15:44	3.2%▲3.1
26	Adrian KempeFLAK	LAK	35	78	0.45	247	14.2%	18:35	97%▼0.6
27	Timo MeierFSJS	SJS	35	77	0.45	326	10.7%	19:09	82%▼8
28	Mitch MarnerFTOR	TOR	35	72	0.49	224	15.6%	20:53	99%▲1.3
29	Josh NorrisFOTT	OTT	35	66	0.53	172	20.3%	18:35	39%▲32
30	Ryan HartmanFMIN	MIN	34	82	0.41	239	14.2%	18:11	40%▼17
31	William NylanderFTOR	TOR	34	81	0.42	256	13.3%	18:16	99%▼0.8
32	Vladimir TarasenkoFSTL	STL	34	75	0.45	230	14.8%	16:55	10%▲1
33	Kevin FialaFMIN	MIN	33	82	0.40	262	12.6%	17:39	67%▼8.3
34	Jeff SkinnerFBUF	BUF	33	80	0.41	262	12.6%	17:06	0.1%
35	Sam ReinhartFFLA	FLA	33	78	0.42	186	17.7%	17:46	99%
36	J.T. MillerFVAN	VAN	32	80	0.40	206	15.5%	21:05	92%▲7.7
37	Elias PetterssonFVAN	VAN	32	80	0.40	192	16.7%	18:36	87%▼5.5
38	Brad MarchandFBOS	BOS	32	70	0.46	242	13.2%	19:15	73%▲0.7
39	Nathan MacKinnonFCOL	COL	32	65	0.49	299	10.7%	21:04	100%▲0.9
40	Anthony DuclairFFLA	FLA	31	74	0.42	167	18.6%	15:00	3.3%▲3
41	Dylan LarkinFDET	DET	31	71	0.44	212	14.6%	19:39	96%
42	Bo HorvatFVAN	VAN	31	70	0.44	194	16.0%	19:31	90%▲1.2
43	Sidney CrosbyFPIT	PIT	31	69	0.45	208	14.9%	19:58	100%▲2.4
44	Tomas HertlFSJS	SJS	30	82	0.37	205	14.6%	19:56	84%▲3.2
45	Jonathan HuberdeauFFLA	FLA	30	80	0.38	222	13.5%	19:25	17%▲12
46	Brady TkachukFOTT	OTT	30	79	0.38	288	10.4%	18:48	100%▲2
47	Andrei SvechnikovFCAR	CAR	30	78	0.38	249	12.0%	17:16	97%▲8.8
48	Jonathan MarchessaultFVGK	VGK	30	76	0.39	251	12.0%	17:34	24%▼21
49	Pavel BuchnevichFSTL	STL	30	73	0.41	199	15.1%	18:18	36%▲7.6
50	Tyler BertuzziFDET	DET	30	68	0.44	180	16.7%	19:52	62%▼3.5
51	Gabriel LandeskogFCOL	COL	30	51	0.59	150	20.0%	20:19	50%▲32
52	Mika ZibanejadFNYR	NYR	29	81	0.36	219	13.2%	19:38	98%▲1.4
53	Mark ScheifeleFWPG	WPG	29	67	0.43	159	18.2%	21:08	99%
54	Pierre-Luc DuboisFWPG	WPG	28	81	0.35	233	12.0%	18:55	42%▲33
55	Oliver BjorkstrandFCBJ	CBJ	28	80	0.35	215	13.0%	17:57	20%
56	Anders LeeFNYI	NYI	28	76	0.37	159	17.6%	16:38	29%▼20
57	Nazem KadriFCOL	COL	28	71	0.39	247	11.3%	19:14	71%▼9
58	Sam BennettFFLA	FLA	28	71	0.39	241	11.6%	16:57	84%▲4.3
59	Clayton KellerFARI	ARI	28	67	0.42	177	15.8%	20:08	100%▲2.1
60	Brayden PointFTBL	TBL	28	66	0.42	176	15.9%	19:28	95%▲7.5
61	Nikolaj EhlersFWPG	WPG	28	62	0.45	245	11.4%	18:04	93%▲7.5
62	Joe PavelskiFDAL	DAL	27	82	0.33	216	12.5%	18:28	—
63	John TavaresFTOR	TOR	27	79	0.34	237	11.4%	18:04	96%▲9.3
64	Phillip DanaultFLAK	LAK	27	79	0.34	194	13.9%	18:08	4.9%▲4.5
65	Zach HymanFEDM	EDM	27	76	0.36	213	12.7%	19:28	98%▼1.8
66	Jared McCannFSEA	SEA	27	74	0.36	199	13.6%	16:08	72%▲1.9
67	Jordan KyrouFSTL	STL	27	74	0.36	188	14.4%	16:35	80%▲3.7
68	David PerronFSTL	STL	27	67	0.40	177	15.3%	16:59	0.2%
69	Ivan BarbashevFSTL	STL	26	81	0.32	111	23.4%	16:26	68%▲27
70	Ryan JohansenFNSH	NSH	26	79	0.33	118	22.0%	16:34	—
71	Patrick KaneFCHI	CHI	26	78	0.33	287	9.1%	21:49	80%▲0.9
72	Joel Eriksson EkFMIN	MIN	26	77	0.34	223	11.7%	18:35	82%▲10
73	Jesper BrattFNJD	NJD	26	76	0.34	197	13.2%	17:26	97%▲11
74	Patrik LaineFCBJ	CBJ	26	56	0.46	167	15.6%	18:50	9.7%▲9.2
75	Jack HughesFNJD	NJD	26	49	0.53	165	15.8%	19:34	100%
76	Alex KillornFTBL	TBL	25	82	0.30	164	15.2%	18:42	5.1%▲3.6
77	Jake DeBruskFBOS	BOS	25	77	0.32	184	13.6%	15:02	49%▼20
78	Brandon HagelFTBL	TBL	25	77	0.32	125	20.0%	16:21	99%▲1.4
79	Patrice BergeronFBOS	BOS	25	73	0.34	293	8.5%	18:10	—
80	Valeri NichushkinFCOL	COL	25	62	0.40	180	13.9%	19:02	60%
81	Nikita KucherovFTBL	TBL	25	47	0.53	156	16.0%	19:59	100%
82	James van RiemsdykFPHI	PHI	24	82	0.29	186	12.9%	16:07	0.3%
83	Tyler SeguinFDAL	DAL	24	81	0.30	218	11.0%	17:49	22%▲19
84	Tanner JeannotFNSH	NSH	24	81	0.30	124	19.4%	15:59	6.5%▲6.1
85	Evgeny KuznetsovFWSH	WSH	24	79	0.30	208	11.5%	20:17	—
86	Brandon SaadFSTL	STL	24	78	0.31	158	15.2%	16:16	—
87	Tom WilsonFWSH	WSH	24	78	0.31	151	15.9%	18:35	94%▲6.3
88	Carter VerhaegheFFLA	FLA	24	78	0.31	167	14.4%	16:03	72%
89	Yegor SharangovichFNJD	NJD	24	76	0.32	168	14.3%	16:30	7.8%▲0.9
90	Nino NiederreiterFCAR	CAR	24	75	0.32	144	16.7%	14:50	4.0%▲3.8
91	Mats ZuccarelloFMIN	MIN	24	70	0.34	159	15.1%	18:35	51%▲29
92	Brayden SchennFSTL	STL	24	62	0.39	111	21.6%	17:47	28%▲7.8
93	Bryan RustFPIT	PIT	24	60	0.40	180	13.3%	18:46	85%▲2.5
94	Lucas RaymondFDET	DET	23	82	0.28	184	12.5%	18:09	96%▲10
95	Michael BuntingFTOR	TOR	23	79	0.29	175	13.1%	15:33	3.7%▲1
96	Logan CoutureFSJS	SJS	23	77	0.30	199	11.6%	18:56	—
97	Trevor ZegrasFANA	ANA	23	75	0.31	181	12.7%	17:54	86%▲18
98	Marcus FolignoFMIN	MIN	23	74	0.31	98	23.5%	16:24	4.2%▲3.4
99	Cam AtkinsonFPHI	PHI	23	73	0.32	215	10.7%	18:15	—
100	Brock BoeserFVAN	VAN	23	71	0.32	195	11.8%	18:36	64%▼4.5

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