NHL Plus/Minus Leaders 2021-22

Leaders: Plus/Minus, 2021-22

1stJohnny GaudreauCGY · 82 GP64Share
2ndElias LindholmCGY · 82 GP61Share
3rdMatthew TkachukCGY · 82 GP57Share
4thDevon ToewsCOL · 66 GP52Share
5thCale MakarCOL · 77 GP48Share
6thJustin FaulkSTL · 76 GP41Share
7thAlex GoligoskiMIN · 72 GP41Share
8thGustav ForslingFLA · 72 GP41Share
9thMacKenzie WeegarFLA · 80 GP40Share
10thAaron EkbladFLA · 61 GP38Share

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What Plus/Minus measures

This board ranks every NHL skater by plus/minus, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table. Goals for minus goals against while on the ice (power-play goals for excluded).

Plus/minus is noisy and team-driven; on-ice goal and expected-goal shares at 5-on-5 tell you more about the player.

Plus/minus adds one for every even-strength or shorthanded goal the team scores with the player on the ice and subtracts one for every one allowed. Power-play goals for do not count; empty-net goals do. Plus/minus is still a category in many leagues but it mostly reflects team quality and goaltending. The per-60 view helps compare players with different minutes. In 2021-22, 1,004 skaters qualify for this board; the median is -1 and Johnny Gaudreau leads at 64.

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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders, 2021-22, All situations
#	Player	Team	+/-	GP	Per game	PTS	G		Pctl
1	Johnny GaudreauFCGY	CGY	64	82	0.78	115	40	18:34	100	—
2	Elias LindholmFCGY	CGY	61	82	0.74	82	42	19:57	100	43%▲1.9
3	Matthew TkachukFCGY	CGY	57	82	0.70	104	42	17:54	100	100%▲1.2
4	Devon ToewsDCOL	COL	52	66	0.79	57	13	25:22	100	82%▲8.8
5	Cale MakarDCOL	COL	48	77	0.62	86	28	25:40	100	100%
6	Justin FaulkDSTL	STL	41	76	0.54	47	16	23:12	99	54%▲4.7
7	Alex GoligoskiDMIN	MIN	41	72	0.57	30	2	18:56	99	—
8	Gustav ForslingDFLA	FLA	41	72	0.57	37	10	20:56	99	32%▼4.8
9	MacKenzie WeegarDFLA	FLA	40	80	0.50	44	8	23:22	99	91%
10	Aaron EkbladDFLA	FLA	38	61	0.62	57	15	24:55	99	42%▼0.8
11	Aleksander BarkovFFLA	FLA	36	67	0.54	88	39	20:18	99	89%▼1.5
12	Chris TanevDCGY	CGY	35	82	0.43	28	6	20:28	99	4.2%▼0.9
13	Jonathan HuberdeauFFLA	FLA	35	80	0.44	115	30	19:25	99	15%▼0.8
14	Jaccob SlavinDCAR	CAR	35	79	0.44	42	4	23:32	99	26%▲4.9
15	Mikko RantanenFCOL	COL	35	75	0.47	92	36	20:59	99	99%
16	Oliver KylingtonDCGY	CGY	34	73	0.47	31	9	18:10	99	—
17	Anton LundellFFLA	FLA	33	66	0.50	44	18	15:30	98	40%▼1.8
18	Nick JensenDWSH	WSH	32	76	0.42	21	5	19:21	98	0.5%▲0.5
19	Jared SpurgeonDMIN	MIN	32	65	0.49	40	10	21:09	98	44%▼8
20	Ryan HartmanFMIN	MIN	31	82	0.38	65	34	18:11	98	28%▼4.1
21	Charlie McAvoyDBOS	BOS	31	78	0.40	56	10	24:38	98	97%▲1.3
22	Rasmus AnderssonDCGY	CGY	30	82	0.37	50	4	22:40	98	87%▲1.8
23	Mika ZibanejadFNYR	NYR	30	81	0.37	81	29	19:38	98	98%
24	Tony DeAngeloDCAR	CAR	30	64	0.47	51	10	19:49	98	19%▼0.8
25	Nino NiederreiterFCAR	CAR	29	75	0.39	44	24	14:50	98	4.0%
26	Pavel BuchnevichFSTL	STL	29	73	0.40	76	30	18:18	98	31%
27	Mason MarchmentFFLA	FLA	29	54	0.54	47	18	14:07	98	36%▼4.6
28	Connor McDavidFEDM	EDM	28	80	0.35	123	44	22:04	97	100%
29	Noah HanifinDCGY	CGY	27	81	0.33	48	10	21:18	97	48%▲0.5
30	Kirill KaprizovFMIN	MIN	27	81	0.33	108	47	19:06	97	98%
31	Michael BuntingFTOR	TOR	27	79	0.34	63	23	15:33	97	3.6%▼0.8
32	Radko GudasDFLA	FLA	27	77	0.35	16	3	18:01	97	19%▼1.7
33	Sam BennettFFLA	FLA	27	71	0.38	49	28	16:57	97	80%▼1.3
34	Gabriel LandeskogFCOL	COL	27	51	0.53	59	30	20:19	97	51%▲4.6
35	Victor HedmanDTBL	TBL	26	82	0.32	85	20	25:05	96	84%▼1
36	Alexandre CarrierDNSH	NSH	26	77	0.34	30	3	20:59	96	15%▲1.8
37	Patrice BergeronFBOS	BOS	26	73	0.36	65	25	18:10	96	—
38	Jordan GreenwayFMIN	MIN	26	62	0.42	27	10	14:34	96	0.2%
39	Jacob TroubaDNYR	NYR	25	81	0.31	39	11	22:26	96	72%▲1.5
40	Sam ReinhartFFLA	FLA	25	78	0.32	82	33	17:46	96	99%▲1.7
41	Dmitry OrlovDWSH	WSH	25	76	0.33	35	12	20:58	96	33%▲7.5
42	Jan RuttaDTBL	TBL	25	76	0.33	18	3	16:23	96	—
43	Marcus FolignoFMIN	MIN	25	74	0.34	42	23	16:24	96	4.1%
44	Evander KaneFEDM	EDM	25	43	0.58	39	22	19:27	96	3.9%
45	Jesper FastFCAR	CAR	24	82	0.29	34	14	14:49	95	—
46	Steven StamkosFTBL	TBL	24	81	0.30	106	42	18:29	95	95%▲0.7
47	Pierre-Edouard BellemareFTBL	TBL	24	80	0.30	20	9	13:45	95	—
48	Carter VerhaegheFFLA	FLA	24	78	0.31	55	24	16:03	95	76%▲7.6
49	Brian DumoulinDPIT	PIT	24	76	0.32	18	3	21:49	95	0.1%
50	Kevin FialaFMIN	MIN	23	82	0.28	85	33	17:39	95	64%