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Team Forecheck xG per 60

2024-255-on-5Through 82 team games

A forecheck is only as good as what it turns into. We count every offensive-zone hit, takeaway and forced defensive-zone giveaway, then add up the expected goals of the attempts that follow within ten seconds.

Hits make up more than half of these pressure events, and hit recording varied a lot by arena before 2024-25, so older seasons carry a scorer-bias caveat.

Leading in 2024-25: Boston Bruins, 0.355 FC xG/60.

Season2026-27 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24

Team Forecheck xG per 60, 2024-25, 5-on-5
#	Team	FC xG/60	GP	Pressure events/60	FC xG
1	Boston Bruins	0.355	82	25.5	28.4
2	Florida Panthers	0.337	82	29.4	26.7
3	Carolina Hurricanes	0.333	82	24.0	26.4
4	Nashville Predators	0.313	82	22.3	24.8
5	Utah Mammoth	0.311	82	20.6	24.8
6	Washington Capitals	0.303	82	19.7	24.3
7	New York Rangers	0.298	82	25.1	23.9
8	Pittsburgh Penguins	0.287	82	21.5	23.3
9	Calgary Flames	0.287	82	23.2	23.0
10	Montreal Canadiens	0.277	82	23.6	22.0
11	Detroit Red Wings	0.277	82	19.5	22.7
12	Vancouver Canucks	0.267	82	25.6	21.3
13	Winnipeg Jets	0.267	82	20.0	21.9
14	San Jose Sharks	0.263	78	22.0	20.9
15	Toronto Maple Leafs	0.262	82	23.6	21.0
16	Columbus Blue Jackets	0.259	82	22.7	21.3
17	Anaheim Ducks	0.258	82	20.3	20.5
18	New York Islanders	0.258	82	22.5	21.1
19	Minnesota Wild	0.256	82	22.2	21.0
20	New Jersey Devils	0.256	82	22.7	20.7
21	Dallas Stars	0.253	82	16.6	20.1
22	Colorado Avalanche	0.253	80	20.8	20.3
23	Edmonton Oilers	0.252	82	18.5	20.6
24	Philadelphia Flyers	0.251	82	21.8	20.5
25	Buffalo Sabres	0.241	82	19.5	19.0
26	St. Louis Blues	0.238	82	23.3	19.7
27	Ottawa Senators	0.237	82	26.1	18.5
28	Seattle Kraken	0.234	82	19.9	18.9
29	Chicago Blackhawks	0.231	82	17.4	19.1
30	Tampa Bay Lightning	0.228	82	19.0	18.5
31	Los Angeles Kings	0.218	82	19.9	17.6
32	Vegas Golden Knights	0.216	82	18.9	18.3

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Expected goals per 60 minutes of 5-on-5 play that came straight off the forecheck.

How reliable is it?

Team forecheck rates separate clearly (in our sample, 0.33 per game for the best team vs 0.13 for the worst); it is a team trait more than a player one.

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