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NHL Goals Leaders: Forwards

2022-23All situationsThrough 85 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 2022-23: Connor McDavid (EDM), 64 G.

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NHL Goals Leaders: Forwards, 2022-23, All situations
#	Player	Team	G	GP	Per game	SOG	SH%
1	Connor McDavidFEDM	EDM	64	82	0.78	352	18.2%	22:23	100%▲1.5
2	David PastrnakFBOS	BOS	61	82	0.74	407	15.0%	19:34	100%▲1.1
3	Mikko RantanenFCOL	COL	55	82	0.67	306	18.0%	22:13	99%▲0.5
4	Leon DraisaitlFEDM	EDM	52	80	0.65	247	21.1%	21:44	100%
5	Brayden PointFTBL	TBL	51	82	0.62	235	21.7%	19:40	95%▲7.5
6	Tage ThompsonFBUF	BUF	47	78	0.60	295	15.9%	18:35	100%▲1.3
7	Jason RobertsonFDAL	DAL	46	82	0.56	313	14.7%	18:50	100%
8	Jack HughesFNJD	NJD	43	78	0.55	336	12.8%	19:58	100%
9	Mark ScheifeleFWPG	WPG	42	81	0.52	206	20.4%	20:29	99%
10	Carter VerhaegheFFLA	FLA	42	81	0.52	275	15.3%	17:30	72%
11	Alex OvechkinFWSH	WSH	42	73	0.58	294	14.3%	20:12	96%▲1.2
12	Nathan MacKinnonFCOL	COL	42	71	0.59	366	11.5%	22:19	100%▲0.9
13	Adrian KempeFLAK	LAK	41	82	0.50	250	16.4%	18:45	97%▼0.6
14	William NylanderFTOR	TOR	40	82	0.49	293	13.7%	18:33	99%▼0.8
15	Jared McCannFSEA	SEA	40	79	0.51	210	19.0%	16:20	72%▲1.9
16	Matthew TkachukFFLA	FLA	40	79	0.51	322	12.4%	20:26	100%▲2.6
17	Timo MeierFNJD	NJD	40	78	0.51	327	12.2%	19:23	82%▼8
18	Auston MatthewsFTOR	TOR	40	74	0.54	327	12.2%	20:17	99%
19	Kirill KaprizovFMIN	MIN	40	67	0.60	261	15.3%	21:07	98%▼0.9
20	Mika ZibanejadFNYR	NYR	39	82	0.48	251	15.5%	19:58	98%▲1.4
21	Andrei KuzmenkoFVAN	VAN	39	81	0.48	143	27.3%	16:15	11%▲9.8
22	Elias PetterssonFVAN	VAN	39	80	0.49	257	15.2%	20:33	87%▼5.5
23	Tim StützleFOTT	OTT	39	78	0.50	228	17.1%	21:16	99%▲0.8
24	Bo HorvatFNYI	NYI	38	79	0.48	229	16.6%	20:39	90%▲1.2
25	Ryan Nugent-HopkinsFEDM	EDM	37	82	0.45	201	18.4%	19:48	77%▲15
26	Clayton KellerFARI	ARI	37	82	0.45	223	16.6%	20:45	100%▲2.1
27	Jordan KyrouFSTL	STL	37	79	0.47	272	13.6%	18:00	80%▲3.7
28	Roope HintzFDAL	DAL	37	73	0.51	184	20.1%	17:33	84%▲7.1
29	Brock NelsonFNYI	NYI	36	82	0.44	222	16.2%	18:26	88%▼3.6
30	John TavaresFTOR	TOR	36	80	0.45	277	13.0%	17:39	96%▲9.3
31	Chris KreiderFNYR	NYR	36	79	0.46	229	15.7%	18:25	62%▲29
32	Zach HymanFEDM	EDM	36	79	0.46	276	13.0%	20:09	98%▼1.8
33	Jake GuentzelFPIT	PIT	36	78	0.46	244	14.8%	20:07	100%
34	Sebastian AhoFCAR	CAR	36	75	0.48	218	16.5%	19:30	99%▲1.2
35	Alex TuchFBUF	BUF	36	74	0.49	218	16.5%	19:09	94%▼5.5
36	Claude GirouxFOTT	OTT	35	82	0.43	214	16.4%	18:48	30%▲20
37	Brady TkachukFOTT	OTT	35	82	0.43	347	10.1%	18:38	100%▲2
38	Jeff SkinnerFBUF	BUF	35	79	0.44	242	14.5%	17:24	0.1%
39	Tyler ToffoliFCGY	CGY	34	82	0.41	268	12.7%	16:37	38%▼18
40	Steven StamkosFTBL	TBL	34	81	0.42	240	14.2%	19:01	94%▼4.2
41	Sidney CrosbyFPIT	PIT	33	82	0.40	255	12.9%	20:09	100%▲2.4
42	Jamie BennFDAL	DAL	33	82	0.40	190	17.4%	15:47	22%▲18
43	Jesper BrattFNJD	NJD	32	82	0.39	212	15.1%	17:22	97%▲11
44	J.T. MillerFVAN	VAN	32	81	0.40	223	14.3%	20:41	92%▲7.7
45	Dylan LarkinFDET	DET	32	80	0.40	244	13.1%	19:33	96%
46	Sam ReinhartFFLA	FLA	31	82	0.38	227	13.7%	19:47	99%
47	Kyle ConnorFWPG	WPG	31	82	0.38	273	11.4%	20:32	99%▲1.1
48	Nico HischierFNJD	NJD	31	81	0.38	256	12.1%	19:17	97%▲2.3
49	Dylan CozensFBUF	BUF	31	81	0.38	211	14.7%	16:30	90%▲3.9
50	Matt BoldyFMIN	MIN	31	81	0.38	255	12.2%	18:30	100%
51	Travis KonecnyFPHI	PHI	31	60	0.52	191	16.2%	20:07	92%▲9.6
52	Nikita KucherovFTBL	TBL	30	82	0.37	271	11.1%	20:08	100%
53	Brandon HagelFTBL	TBL	30	81	0.37	178	16.9%	18:39	99%▲1.4
54	Mitch MarnerFTOR	TOR	30	80	0.38	196	15.3%	21:17	99%▲1.3
55	Artemi PanarinFNYR	NYR	29	82	0.35	204	14.2%	19:36	97%▼1.8
56	Joe PavelskiFDAL	DAL	28	82	0.34	184	15.2%	17:43	—
57	Anze KopitarFLAK	LAK	28	82	0.34	169	16.6%	20:18	0.5%
58	Anders LeeFNYI	NYI	28	82	0.34	214	13.1%	17:13	29%▼20
59	Rickard RakellFPIT	PIT	28	82	0.34	243	11.5%	18:26	83%▲11
60	Martin NecasFCAR	CAR	28	82	0.34	240	11.7%	18:25	100%▲1.8
61	Jonathan MarchessaultFVGK	VGK	28	76	0.37	234	12.0%	17:08	24%▼21
62	Victor OlofssonFBUF	BUF	28	75	0.37	161	17.4%	14:21	14%▲14
63	Evgeni MalkinFPIT	PIT	27	82	0.33	240	11.3%	18:35	82%▲11
64	Alex KillornFTBL	TBL	27	82	0.33	143	18.9%	17:13	5.1%▲3.6
65	Logan CoutureFSJS	SJS	27	82	0.33	198	13.6%	19:08	—
66	Alex DeBrincatFOTT	OTT	27	82	0.33	263	10.3%	19:00	100%▲2.5
67	Dawson MercerFNJD	NJD	27	82	0.33	161	16.8%	16:34	25%▲19
68	Patrice BergeronFBOS	BOS	27	78	0.35	249	10.8%	17:24	—
69	Jason ZuckerFPIT	PIT	27	78	0.35	197	13.7%	15:39	23%▲17
70	Owen TippettFPHI	PHI	27	77	0.35	231	11.7%	17:26	78%▼7
71	Pierre-Luc DuboisFWPG	WPG	27	73	0.37	205	13.2%	18:27	42%▲33
72	Jack EichelFVGK	VGK	27	67	0.40	223	12.1%	18:46	99%▲1.4
73	Jake DeBruskFBOS	BOS	27	64	0.42	191	14.1%	16:47	49%▼20
74	Nick SuzukiFMTL	MTL	26	82	0.32	162	16.0%	21:06	100%▲0.5
75	Reilly SmithFVGK	VGK	26	78	0.33	180	14.4%	16:58	—
76	Viktor ArvidssonFLAK	LAK	26	77	0.34	228	11.4%	17:06	33%▲23
77	Boone JennerFCBJ	CBJ	26	68	0.38	214	12.1%	20:12	21%▲16
78	Pavel BuchnevichFSTL	STL	26	63	0.41	123	21.1%	19:27	36%▲7.6
79	Cole CaufieldFMTL	MTL	26	46	0.57	158	16.5%	18:03	100%▲1.2
80	David PerronFDET	DET	24	82	0.29	195	12.3%	16:55	0.2%
81	Nazem KadriFCGY	CGY	24	82	0.29	267	9.0%	17:13	71%▼9
82	Wyatt JohnstonFDAL	DAL	24	82	0.29	160	15.0%	15:29	100%▲0.9
83	Matty BeniersFSEA	SEA	24	80	0.30	148	16.2%	17:06	50%▼1.5
84	Nino NiederreiterFWPG	WPG	24	78	0.31	181	13.3%	16:17	4.0%▲3.8
85	Lawson CrouseFARI	ARI	24	77	0.31	151	15.9%	17:45	36%▲13
86	Michael BuntingFTOR	TOR	23	82	0.28	174	13.2%	15:48	3.7%▲1
87	Dylan StromeFWSH	WSH	23	81	0.28	154	14.9%	16:41	83%▲11
88	Trevor ZegrasFANA	ANA	23	81	0.28	184	12.5%	18:50	86%▲18
89	Joel Eriksson EkFMIN	MIN	23	78	0.29	247	9.3%	19:00	82%▲10
90	Troy TerryFANA	ANA	23	70	0.33	188	12.2%	19:22	47%▲34
91	Kevin FialaFLAK	LAK	23	69	0.33	208	11.1%	17:36	67%▼8.3
92	Aleksander BarkovFFLA	FLA	23	68	0.34	208	11.1%	21:13	97%▲7
93	Andrei SvechnikovFCAR	CAR	23	64	0.36	205	11.2%	18:03	97%▲8.8
94	Gabriel VilardiFLAK	LAK	23	63	0.37	122	18.9%	15:36	80%▲7.7
95	Vincent TrocheckFNYR	NYR	22	82	0.27	225	9.8%	19:19	88%▼5.4
96	Drake BathersonFOTT	OTT	22	82	0.27	249	8.8%	18:36	97%▲7.2
97	Frank VatranoFANA	ANA	22	81	0.27	231	9.5%	16:41	6.4%▲6.2
98	Elias LindholmFCGY	CGY	22	80	0.28	186	11.8%	18:39	43%▲4.7
99	Tomas HertlFSJS	SJS	22	79	0.28	183	12.0%	19:17	84%▲3.2
100	Mats ZuccarelloFMIN	MIN	22	78	0.28	198	11.1%	20:12	51%▲29

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