NHL Even Strength Goals Leaders 2024-25?

In terms of the 2025-26 year, Wyatt Johnston is sitting in first place in even strength goals scored with 18. In second is Pavel Dorofeyev, with an even strength goals scored total of 14. Holding a total of 13, Leon Draisaitl ranks in the third spot. Rounding out the top five are Kirill Kaprizov (13) in addition to Tomas Hertl (11).

2025-26 NHL Even Strength Goals Leaders

EVG Rank	Player	EVG
1st	Wyatt Johnston	18
2nd	Pavel Dorofeyev	14
3rd	Leon Draisaitl	13
4th	Kirill Kaprizov	13
5th	Tomas Hertl	11
6th	Jason Robertson	11
7th	Alex DeBrincat	11
8th	Mika Zibanejad	11
9th	Jake DeBrusk	11
10th	Juraj Slafkovsky	10
11th	Dylan Cozens	10
12th	Sidney Crosby	10
13th	Connor McDavid	10
14th	Morgan Geekie	10
15th	Nick Suzuki	10
16th	Sam Reinhart	10
17th	David Pastrnak	9
18th	Dylan Larkin	9
19th	Tyler Bertuzzi	9
20th	Darren Raddysh	9
21st	Steven Stamkos	9
22nd	Matt Boldy	9
23rd	Trevor Zegras	8
24th	Brock Nelson	8
25th	Nathan MacKinnon	8
26th	Andrei Kuzmenko	8
27th	Zach Hyman	8
28th	Oliver Bjorkstrand	8
29th	Tom Wilson	7
30th	Dmitri Voronkov	7
31st	Andrei Svechnikov	7
32nd	Tim Stutzle	7

2022 NHL Even Strength Goals Leaders

EVG Rank	Player	EVG
1st	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	44
2nd	Kyle Connor – Winnipeg Jets	36
3rd	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	34
4th	Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames	34
5th	Kirill Kaprizov – Minnesota Wild	33
6th	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	33
7th	Jake Guentzel – Pittsburgh Penguins	33
8th	Ryan Hartman – Minnesota Wild	33
9th	Filip Forsberg – Nashville Predators	32
10th	Elias Lindholm – Calgary Flames	31
11th	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	30
12th	Matthew Tkachuk – Calgary Flames	30
13th	Vladimir Tarasenko – St. Louis Blues	29
14th	Troy Terry – Anaheim Ducks	29
15th	Jason Robertson – Dallas Stars	28
16th	Jeff Skinner – Buffalo Sabres	28
17th	Matt Duchene – Nashville Predators	27
18th	Kevin Fiala – Minnesota Wild	27
19th	Alex DeBrincat – Chicago Blackhawks	27
20th	Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning	26
21st	Mitch Marner – Toronto Maple Leafs	26
22nd	Tage Thompson – Buffalo Sabres	26
23rd	Brock Nelson – New York Islanders	26
24th	Adrian Kempe – Los Angeles Kings	26
25th	Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche	25
26th	David Pastrnak – Boston Bruins	25
27th	Roope Hintz – Dallas Stars	25
28th	Dylan Larkin – Detroit Red Wings	25
29th	Jonathan Marchessault – Vegas Golden Knights	25
30th	Andrew Mangiapane – Calgary Flames	25
31st	Phillip Danault – Los Angeles Kings	25
32nd	J.T. Miller – Vancouver Canucks	24

2021 NHL Even Strength Goals Leaders

EVG Rank	Player	EVG
1st	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	31
2nd	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	24
3rd	Alex DeBrincat – Chicago Blackhawks	22
4th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	21
5th	Mikko Rantanen – Colorado Avalanche	21
6th	Mitch Marner – Toronto Maple Leafs	20
7th	Joel Eriksson Ek – Minnesota Wild	19
8th	Kirill Kaprizov – Minnesota Wild	19
9th	Tyler Toffoli – Montreal Canadiens	19
10th	Jakub Vrana – 2 Teams	19
11th	Ryan O’Reilly – St. Louis Blues	18
12th	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	18
13th	Aleksander Barkov – Florida Panthers	18
14th	Max Pacioretty – Vegas Golden Knights	18
15th	Jake Guentzel – Pittsburgh Penguins	17
16th	Evander Kane – San Jose Sharks	17
17th	Brayden Point – Tampa Bay Lightning	17
18th	Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets	17
19th	Joel Farabee – Philadelphia Flyers	17
20th	Oliver Bjorkstrand – Columbus Blue Jackets	16
21st	Kyle Connor – Winnipeg Jets	16
22nd	Phil Kessel – Arizona Coyotes	16
23rd	Nino Niederreiter – Carolina Hurricanes	16
24th	Bryan Rust – Pittsburgh Penguins	16
25th	Frank Vatrano – Florida Panthers	16
26th	Mathew Barzal – New York Islanders	16
27th	Alex Tuch – Vegas Golden Knights	16
28th	Pavel Buchnevich – New York Rangers	16
29th	Jason Robertson – Dallas Stars	16
30th	Carter Verhaeghe – Florida Panthers	16
31st	Connor Brown – Ottawa Senators	15
32nd	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	15

2020 NHL Even Strength Goals Leaders

EVG Rank	Player	EVG
1st	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	35
2nd	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	35
3rd	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	29
4th	Kyle Connor – Winnipeg Jets	28
5th	David Pastrnak – Boston Bruins	28
6th	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	27
7th	Sebastian Aho – Carolina Hurricanes	26
8th	Dominik Kubalík – Chicago Blackhawks	26
9th	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	25
10th	Artemi Panarin – New York Rangers	25
11th	Max Pacioretty – Vegas Golden Knights	24
12th	Jakub Vrana – Washington Capitals	24
13th	Jack Eichel – Buffalo Sabres	24
14th	Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche	23
15th	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	23
16th	Mika Zibanejad – New York Rangers	23
17th	Reilly Smith – Vegas Golden Knights	22
18th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	22
19th	Brock Nelson – New York Islanders	22
20th	William Nylander – Toronto Maple Leafs	22
21st	Nikolaj Ehlers – Winnipeg Jets	21
22nd	Adam Henrique – Anaheim Ducks	21
23rd	Elias Lindholm – Calgary Flames	21
24th	Brendan Gallagher – Montreal Canadiens	21
25th	Timo Meier – San Jose Sharks	20
26th	Patrik Laine – Winnipeg Jets	20
27th	Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets	19
28th	Brady Tkachuk – Ottawa Senators	19
29th	Elias Pettersson – Vancouver Canucks	19
30th	Tyler Toffoli – 2 Teams	19
31st	Noel Acciari – Florida Panthers	19
32nd	Travis Konecny – Philadelphia Flyers	19

2019 NHL Even Strength Goals Leaders

EVG Rank	Player	EVG
1st	John Tavares – Toronto Maple Leafs	37
2nd	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	35
3rd	Jake Guentzel – Pittsburgh Penguins	33
4th	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	33
5th	Jeff Skinner – Buffalo Sabres	32
6th	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	31
7th	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	31
8th	Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames	30
9th	Brendan Gallagher – Montreal Canadiens	29
10th	Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche	29
11th	Cam Atkinson – Columbus Blue Jackets	29
12th	Viktor Arvidsson – Nashville Predators	29
13th	Alex DeBrincat – Chicago Blackhawks	28
14th	Tyler Johnson – Tampa Bay Lightning	27
15th	Andreas Athanasiou – Detroit Red Wings	27
16th	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	26
17th	Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets	26
18th	Mark Stone – 2 Teams	26
19th	Pierre-Luc Dubois – Columbus Blue Jackets	25
20th	Jonathan Toews – Chicago Blackhawks	25
21st	Joe Pavelski – San Jose Sharks	25
22nd	Matt Duchene – 2 Teams	25
23rd	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	25
24th	Max Domi – Montreal Canadiens	24
25th	Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars	24
26th	Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning	24
27th	Sean Couturier – Philadelphia Flyers	24
28th	Timo Meier – San Jose Sharks	24
29th	Evander Kane – San Jose Sharks	24
30th	Gabriel Landeskog – Colorado Avalanche	24
31st	Sebastian Aho – Carolina Hurricanes	23
32nd	Jakub Vrana – Washington Capitals	23

2018 NHL Even Strength Goals Leaders

EVG Rank	Player	EVG
1st	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	35
2nd	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	32
3rd	William Karlsson – Vegas Golden Knights	31
4th	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	31
5th	Eric Staal – Minnesota Wild	29
6th	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	29
7th	Anze Kopitar – Los Angeles Kings	28
8th	Evgeni Malkin – Pittsburgh Penguins	28
9th	Vladimir Tarasenko – St. Louis Blues	27
10th	Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche	27
11th	Jamie Benn – Dallas Stars	26
12th	Anders Lee – New York Islanders	26
13th	Rickard Rakell – Anaheim Ducks	26
14th	Claude Giroux – Philadelphia Flyers	25
15th	Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars	25
16th	Jason Zucker – Minnesota Wild	25
17th	James van Riemsdyk – Toronto Maple Leafs	25
18th	Michael Grabner – 2 Teams	25
19th	Taylor Hall – New Jersey Devils	25
20th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	25
21st	Sean Couturier – Philadelphia Flyers	24
22nd	Patrik Laine – Winnipeg Jets	24
23rd	Brayden Point – Tampa Bay Lightning	24
24th	Kyle Connor – Winnipeg Jets	24
25th	John Tavares – New York Islanders	23
26th	Travis Konecny – Philadelphia Flyers	23
27th	Viktor Arvidsson – Nashville Predators	23
28th	Alex DeBrincat – Chicago Blackhawks	22
29th	Nikolaj Ehlers – Winnipeg Jets	22
30th	Brendan Gallagher – Montreal Canadiens	22
31st	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	22
32nd	Phil Kessel – Pittsburgh Penguins	22

2017 NHL Even Strength Goals Leaders

EVG Rank	Player	EVG
1st	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	32
2nd	Vladimir Tarasenko – St. Louis Blues	30
3rd	Jeff Skinner – Carolina Hurricanes	30
4th	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	30
5th	Rickard Rakell – Anaheim Ducks	28
6th	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	27
7th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	27
8th	Patrik Laine – Winnipeg Jets	27
9th	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	26
10th	Max Pacioretty – Montreal Canadiens	26
11th	Michael Grabner – New York Rangers	26
12th	Filip Forsberg – Nashville Predators	25
13th	Anders Lee – New York Islanders	25
14th	Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets	25
15th	Evander Kane – Buffalo Sabres	25
16th	T.J. Oshie – Washington Capitals	25
17th	Pat Maroon – Edmonton Oilers	24
18th	David Pastrnak – Boston Bruins	24
19th	Brandon Saad – Columbus Blue Jackets	23
20th	Eric Staal – Minnesota Wild	23
21st	James van Riemsdyk – Toronto Maple Leafs	23
22nd	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	23
23rd	Cam Atkinson – Columbus Blue Jackets	22
24th	Artemi Panarin – Chicago Blackhawks	22
25th	Viktor Arvidsson – Nashville Predators	22
26th	Chris Kreider – New York Rangers	22
27th	Jonathan Marchessault – Florida Panthers	22
28th	Evgeni Malkin – Pittsburgh Penguins	22
29th	Brent Burns – San Jose Sharks	21
30th	Jeff Carter – Los Angeles Kings	21
31st	Vincent Trocheck – Florida Panthers	21
32nd	Paul Byron – Montreal Canadiens	21

2016 NHL Even Strength Goals Leaders

EVG Rank	Player	EVG
1st	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	31
2nd	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	29
3rd	Vladimir Tarasenko – St. Louis Blues	28
4th	James Neal – Nashville Predators	27
5th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	27
6th	Joe Pavelski – San Jose Sharks	26
7th	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	26
8th	John Tavares – New York Islanders	26
9th	Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars	26
10th	Brandon Saad – Columbus Blue Jackets	25
11th	Filip Forsberg – Nashville Predators	24
12th	Jeff Skinner – Carolina Hurricanes	24
13th	Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames	24
14th	Jason Spezza – Dallas Stars	24
15th	Brock Nelson – New York Islanders	23
16th	Jamie Benn – Dallas Stars	22
17th	Taylor Hall – Edmonton Oilers	22
18th	Phil Kessel – Pittsburgh Penguins	22
19th	Corey Perry – Anaheim Ducks	22
20th	Artemi Panarin – Chicago Blackhawks	22
21st	Jaromír Jágr – Florida Panthers	22
22nd	Matt Duchene – Colorado Avalanche	22
23rd	Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets	22
24th	Alex Galchenyuk – Montreal Canadiens	21
25th	Max Pacioretty – Montreal Canadiens	21
26th	Tyler Toffoli – Los Angeles Kings	21
27th	Blake Wheeler – Winnipeg Jets	21
28th	Cam Atkinson – Columbus Blue Jackets	21
29th	Adam Henrique – New Jersey Devils	21
30th	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	21
31st	Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning	21
32nd	Boone Jenner – Columbus Blue Jackets	20

2015 NHL Even Strength Goals Leaders

EVG Rank	Player	EVG
1st	Rick Nash – New York Rangers	32
2nd	Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning	30
3rd	Vladimir Tarasenko – St. Louis Blues	29
4th	Corey Perry – Anaheim Ducks	29
5th	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	28
6th	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	27
7th	Max Pacioretty – Montreal Canadiens	27
8th	Mike Hoffman – Ottawa Senators	26
9th	John Tavares – New York Islanders	25
10th	Jiri Hudler – Calgary Flames	25
11th	Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars	24
12th	Jamie Benn – Dallas Stars	23
13th	Ryan Getzlaf – Anaheim Ducks	22
14th	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Edmonton Oilers	22
15th	Zach Parise – Minnesota Wild	22
16th	Brendan Gallagher – Montreal Canadiens	21
17th	Jarome Iginla – Colorado Avalanche	21
18th	Brandon Saad – Chicago Blackhawks	21
19th	Tyler Johnson – Tampa Bay Lightning	21
20th	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	21
21st	Filip Forsberg – Nashville Predators	20
22nd	Tomas Tatar – Detroit Red Wings	20
23rd	Sean Monahan – Calgary Flames	20
24th	Jonathan Toews – Chicago Blackhawks	20
25th	Mark Stone – Ottawa Senators	20
26th	Nick Foligno – Columbus Blue Jackets	20
27th	Blake Wheeler – Winnipeg Jets	20
28th	Scott Hartnell – Columbus Blue Jackets	20
29th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	20
30th	Anders Lee – New York Islanders	20
31st	Jaden Schwartz – St. Louis Blues	20
32nd	James Neal – Nashville Predators	20

2014 NHL Even Strength Goals Leaders

EVG Rank	Player	EVG
1st	Corey Perry – Anaheim Ducks	35
2nd	Phil Kessel – Toronto Maple Leafs	29
3rd	Jamie Benn – Dallas Stars	28
4th	Max Pacioretty – Montreal Canadiens	28
5th	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	27
6th	Ryan Johansen – Columbus Blue Jackets	26
7th	Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars	26
8th	Jarome Iginla – Boston Bruins	26
9th	Ryan Getzlaf – Anaheim Ducks	26
10th	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	25
11th	Alex Steen – St. Louis Blues	25
12th	Joe Pavelski – San Jose Sharks	24
13th	Patrick Sharp – Chicago Blackhawks	24
14th	Jason Pominville – Minnesota Wild	23
15th	Marián Hossa – Chicago Blackhawks	23
16th	Patrice Bergeron – Boston Bruins	22
17th	Chris Kunitz – Pittsburgh Penguins	22
18th	Kyle Okposo – New York Islanders	22
19th	Jeff Skinner – Carolina Hurricanes	22
20th	Gustav Nyquist – Detroit Red Wings	22
21st	Claude Giroux – Philadelphia Flyers	21
22nd	Gabriel Landeskog – Colorado Avalanche	21
23rd	Milan Lucic – Boston Bruins	21
24th	Paul Stastny – Colorado Avalanche	21
25th	Patrick Marleau – San Jose Sharks	20
26th	Blake Wheeler – Winnipeg Jets	20
27th	Martin St. Louis – 2 Teams	20
28th	Jordan Eberle – Edmonton Oilers	20
29th	Jonathan Toews – Chicago Blackhawks	20
30th	Taylor Hall – Edmonton Oilers	20
31st	Brent Burns – San Jose Sharks	20
32nd	Rick Nash – New York Rangers	20