NHL Goals Leaders

In terms of the 2026-27 year, Kirill Kaprizov is ahead of the pack in shots that have gotten past the opposing goalie with 11. In 2nd is Auston Matthews, collecting a shots that have gotten past the opposing goalie total of 8. Sitting with a mark of 8, Leon Draisaitl is sitting in the 3rd spot. Rounding out the top five are Mark Stone (8) in addition to Kyle Connor (8).

2026-27 NHL Goals Leaders

Goals Rank	Player	Goals
1st	Kirill Kaprizov	11
2nd	Auston Matthews	8
3rd	Leon Draisaitl	8
4th	Mark Stone	8
5th	Kyle Connor	8
6th	Artturi Lehkonen	8
7th	Evan Bouchard	7
8th	Alexis Lafreniere	7
9th	Nick Schmaltz	7
10th	Brandon Hagel	7
11th	Vasily Podkolzin	7
12th	Brady Tkachuk	7
13th	Connor McDavid	6
14th	Nathan MacKinnon	6
15th	William Nylander	6
16th	Sebastian Aho	6
17th	Tim Stutzle	6
18th	Alex DeBrincat	6
19th	Andrei Svechnikov	6
20th	Cole Perfetti	6
21st	Logan Stankoven	6
22nd	Cole Caufield	6
23rd	Matvei Michkov	6
24th	Carter Verhaeghe	6
25th	Mark Jankowski	6
26th	Jack Eichel	5
27th	Macklin Celebrini	5
28th	Nick Suzuki	5
29th	Kirill Marchenko	5
30th	Martin Necas	5
31st	Mikko Rantanen	5
32nd	Bo Horvat	5

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2022 NHL Goals Leaders

Goals Rank	Player	Goals
1st	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	60
2nd	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	55
3rd	Chris Kreider – New York Rangers	52
4th	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	50
5th	Kirill Kaprizov – Minnesota Wild	47
6th	Kyle Connor – Winnipeg Jets	47
7th	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	44
8th	Matt Duchene – Nashville Predators	43
9th	Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning	42
10th	Matthew Tkachuk – Calgary Flames	42
11th	Filip Forsberg – Nashville Predators	42
12th	Elias Lindholm – Calgary Flames	42
13th	Jason Robertson – Dallas Stars	41
14th	Alex DeBrincat – Chicago Blackhawks	41
15th	Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames	40
16th	Jake Guentzel – Pittsburgh Penguins	40
17th	David Pastrnak – Boston Bruins	40
18th	Aleksander Barkov – Florida Panthers	39
19th	Tage Thompson – Buffalo Sabres	38
20th	Sebastian Aho – Carolina Hurricanes	37
21st	Roope Hintz – Dallas Stars	37
22nd	Troy Terry – Anaheim Ducks	37
23rd	Brock Nelson – New York Islanders	37
24th	Mikko Rantanen – Colorado Avalanche	36
25th	Mitch Marner – Toronto Maple Leafs	35
26th	Timo Meier – San Jose Sharks	35
27th	Andrew Mangiapane – Calgary Flames	35
28th	Joshua Norris – Ottawa Senators	35
29th	Adrian Kempe – Los Angeles Kings	35
30th	Vladimir Tarasenko – St. Louis Blues	34
31st	William Nylander – Toronto Maple Leafs	34
32nd	Ryan Hartman – Minnesota Wild	34

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2021 NHL Goals Leaders

Goals Rank	Player	Goals
1st	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	41
2nd	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	33
3rd	Alex DeBrincat – Chicago Blackhawks	32
4th	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	31
5th	Mikko Rantanen – Colorado Avalanche	30
6th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	29
7th	Tyler Toffoli – Montreal Canadiens	28
8th	Kirill Kaprizov – Minnesota Wild	27
9th	Kyle Connor – Winnipeg Jets	26
10th	Aleksander Barkov – Florida Panthers	26
11th	Joe Pavelski – Dallas Stars	25
12th	Sam Reinhart – Buffalo Sabres	25
13th	Sebastian Aho – Carolina Hurricanes	24
14th	Ryan O’Reilly – St. Louis Blues	24
15th	Mika Zibanejad – New York Rangers	24
16th	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	24
17th	Max Pacioretty – Vegas Golden Knights	24
18th	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	24
19th	Brock Boeser – Vancouver Canucks	23
20th	Jake Guentzel – Pittsburgh Penguins	23
21st	Brayden Point – Tampa Bay Lightning	23
22nd	Patrice Bergeron – Boston Bruins	23
23rd	Evander Kane – San Jose Sharks	22
24th	Bryan Rust – Pittsburgh Penguins	22
25th	T.J. Oshie – Washington Capitals	22
26th	Connor Brown – Ottawa Senators	21
27th	Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets	21
28th	Mark Stone – Vegas Golden Knights	21
29th	Nikolaj Ehlers – Winnipeg Jets	21
30th	Phil Kessel – Arizona Coyotes	20
31st	Nino Niederreiter – Carolina Hurricanes	20
32nd	Joel Farabee – Philadelphia Flyers	20

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2020 NHL Goals Leaders

Goals Rank	Player	Goals
1st	David Pastrnak – Boston Bruins	48
2nd	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	48
3rd	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	47
4th	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	43
5th	Mika Zibanejad – New York Rangers	41
6th	Kyle Connor – Winnipeg Jets	38
7th	Sebastian Aho – Carolina Hurricanes	38
8th	Jack Eichel – Buffalo Sabres	36
9th	Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche	35
10th	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	34
11th	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	33
12th	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	33
13th	Max Pacioretty – Vegas Golden Knights	32
14th	Artemi Panarin – New York Rangers	32
15th	William Nylander – Toronto Maple Leafs	31
16th	Patrice Bergeron – Boston Bruins	31
17th	Dominik Kubalík – Chicago Blackhawks	30
18th	Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets	29
19th	Elias Lindholm – Calgary Flames	29
20th	Mike Hoffman – Florida Panthers	29
21st	Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning	29
22nd	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	28
23rd	Patrik Laine – Winnipeg Jets	28
24th	Reilly Smith – Vegas Golden Knights	27
25th	J.T. Miller – Vancouver Canucks	27
26th	Elias Pettersson – Vancouver Canucks	27
27th	Bryan Rust – Pittsburgh Penguins	27
28th	Adam Henrique – Anaheim Ducks	26
29th	T.J. Oshie – Washington Capitals	26
30th	Alex Killorn – Tampa Bay Lightning	26
31st	Brock Nelson – New York Islanders	26
32nd	Jean-Gabriel Pageau – 2 Teams	26

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2019 NHL Goals Leaders

Goals Rank	Player	Goals
1st	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	51
2nd	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	50
3rd	John Tavares – Toronto Maple Leafs	47
4th	Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning	45
5th	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	44
6th	Alex DeBrincat – Chicago Blackhawks	41
7th	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	41
8th	Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche	41
9th	Cam Atkinson – Columbus Blue Jackets	41
10th	Brayden Point – Tampa Bay Lightning	41
11th	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	41
12th	Jake Guentzel – Pittsburgh Penguins	40
13th	Jeff Skinner – Buffalo Sabres	40
14th	Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets	38
15th	Joe Pavelski – San Jose Sharks	38
16th	David Pastrnak – Boston Bruins	38
17th	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	37
18th	Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames	36
19th	Mike Hoffman – Florida Panthers	36
20th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	36
21st	Aleksander Barkov – Florida Panthers	35
22nd	Jonathan Toews – Chicago Blackhawks	35
23rd	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	35
24th	Tomas Hertl – San Jose Sharks	35
25th	Kyle Connor – Winnipeg Jets	34
26th	Matthew Tkachuk – Calgary Flames	34
27th	Sean Monahan – Calgary Flames	34
28th	Gabriel Landeskog – Colorado Avalanche	34
29th	Viktor Arvidsson – Nashville Predators	34
30th	Brendan Gallagher – Montreal Canadiens	33
31st	Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars	33
32nd	Sean Couturier – Philadelphia Flyers	33

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2018 NHL Goals Leaders

Goals Rank	Player	Goals
1st	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	49
2nd	Patrik Laine – Winnipeg Jets	44
3rd	William Karlsson – Vegas Golden Knights	43
4th	Eric Staal – Minnesota Wild	42
5th	Evgeni Malkin – Pittsburgh Penguins	42
6th	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	41
7th	Anders Lee – New York Islanders	40
8th	Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars	40
9th	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	39
10th	Taylor Hall – New Jersey Devils	39
11th	Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche	39
12th	John Tavares – New York Islanders	37
13th	Jamie Benn – Dallas Stars	36
14th	James van Riemsdyk – Toronto Maple Leafs	36
15th	Anze Kopitar – Los Angeles Kings	35
16th	David Pastrnak – Boston Bruins	35
17th	Claude Giroux – Philadelphia Flyers	34
18th	Phil Kessel – Pittsburgh Penguins	34
19th	Logan Couture – San Jose Sharks	34
20th	Rickard Rakell – Anaheim Ducks	34
21st	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	34
22nd	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	34
23rd	Jason Zucker – Minnesota Wild	33
24th	Vladimir Tarasenko – St. Louis Blues	33
25th	Brayden Point – Tampa Bay Lightning	32
26th	Nazem Kadri – Toronto Maple Leafs	32
27th	Sean Couturier – Philadelphia Flyers	31
28th	Brendan Gallagher – Montreal Canadiens	31
29th	Vincent Trocheck – Florida Panthers	31
30th	Kyle Connor – Winnipeg Jets	31
31st	Sean Monahan – Calgary Flames	31
32nd	Patrice Bergeron – Boston Bruins	30

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2017 NHL Goals Leaders

Goals Rank	Player	Goals
1st	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	44
2nd	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	40
3rd	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	40
4th	Vladimir Tarasenko – St. Louis Blues	39
5th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	39
6th	Jeff Skinner – Carolina Hurricanes	37
7th	Patrik Laine – Winnipeg Jets	36
8th	Cam Atkinson – Columbus Blue Jackets	35
9th	Max Pacioretty – Montreal Canadiens	35
10th	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	34
11th	Anders Lee – New York Islanders	34
12th	David Pastrnak – Boston Bruins	34
13th	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	33
14th	Rickard Rakell – Anaheim Ducks	33
15th	T.J. Oshie – Washington Capitals	33
16th	Evgeni Malkin – Pittsburgh Penguins	33
17th	Jeff Carter – Los Angeles Kings	32
18th	Nazem Kadri – Toronto Maple Leafs	32
19th	Patrick Eaves – 2 Teams	32
20th	Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets	32
21st	Filip Forsberg – Nashville Predators	31
22nd	Artemi Panarin – Chicago Blackhawks	31
23rd	Wayne Simmonds – Philadelphia Flyers	31
24th	Viktor Arvidsson – Nashville Predators	31
25th	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	30
26th	Jonathan Marchessault – Florida Panthers	30
27th	Brent Burns – San Jose Sharks	29
28th	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	29
29th	James van Riemsdyk – Toronto Maple Leafs	29
30th	Joe Pavelski – San Jose Sharks	29
31st	Eric Staal – Minnesota Wild	28
32nd	John Tavares – New York Islanders	28

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2016 NHL Goals Leaders

Goals Rank	Player	Goals
1st	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	50
2nd	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	46
3rd	Jamie Benn – Dallas Stars	41
4th	Vladimir Tarasenko – St. Louis Blues	40
5th	Joe Pavelski – San Jose Sharks	38
6th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	37
7th	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	36
8th	Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning	36
9th	Corey Perry – Anaheim Ducks	34
10th	Filip Forsberg – Nashville Predators	33
11th	John Tavares – New York Islanders	33
12th	Jason Spezza – Dallas Stars	33
13th	Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars	33
14th	Wayne Simmonds – Philadelphia Flyers	32
15th	Patrice Bergeron – Boston Bruins	32
16th	James Neal – Nashville Predators	31
17th	Tyler Toffoli – Los Angeles Kings	31
18th	Brandon Saad – Columbus Blue Jackets	31
19th	Loui Eriksson – Boston Bruins	30
20th	Alex Galchenyuk – Montreal Canadiens	30
21st	Boone Jenner – Columbus Blue Jackets	30
22nd	Max Pacioretty – Montreal Canadiens	30
23rd	Kyle Palmieri – New Jersey Devils	30
24th	Adam Henrique – New Jersey Devils	30
25th	Artemi Panarin – Chicago Blackhawks	30
26th	Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames	30
27th	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	30
28th	Matt Duchene – Colorado Avalanche	30
29th	Mike Hoffman – Ottawa Senators	29
30th	Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets	29
31st	Daniel Sedin – Vancouver Canucks	28
32nd	Jeff Skinner – Carolina Hurricanes	28

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2015 NHL Goals Leaders

Goals Rank	Player	Goals
1st	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	53
2nd	Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning	43
3rd	Rick Nash – New York Rangers	42
4th	John Tavares – New York Islanders	38
5th	Joe Pavelski – San Jose Sharks	37
6th	Max Pacioretty – Montreal Canadiens	37
7th	Vladimir Tarasenko – St. Louis Blues	37
8th	Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars	37
9th	Jamie Benn – Dallas Stars	35
10th	Zach Parise – Minnesota Wild	33
11th	Corey Perry – Anaheim Ducks	33
12th	Sean Monahan – Calgary Flames	31
13th	Nick Foligno – Columbus Blue Jackets	31
14th	Radim Vrbata – Vancouver Canucks	31
15th	Jiri Hudler – Calgary Flames	31
16th	Jarome Iginla – Colorado Avalanche	29
17th	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	29
18th	Tomas Tatar – Detroit Red Wings	29
19th	Tyler Johnson – Tampa Bay Lightning	29
20th	Jeff Carter – Los Angeles Kings	28
21st	Jonathan Toews – Chicago Blackhawks	28
22nd	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	28
23rd	Scott Hartnell – Columbus Blue Jackets	28
24th	Jaden Schwartz – St. Louis Blues	28
25th	Wayne Simmonds – Philadelphia Flyers	28
26th	Evgeni Malkin – Pittsburgh Penguins	28
27th	Logan Couture – San Jose Sharks	27
28th	Gustav Nyquist – Detroit Red Wings	27
29th	James van Riemsdyk – Toronto Maple Leafs	27
30th	Mike Hoffman – Ottawa Senators	27
31st	Marián Gáborík – Los Angeles Kings	27
32nd	Mike Cammalleri – New Jersey Devils	27

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2014 NHL Goals Leaders

Goals Rank	Player	Goals
1st	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	51
2nd	Corey Perry – Anaheim Ducks	43
3rd	Joe Pavelski – San Jose Sharks	41
4th	Max Pacioretty – Montreal Canadiens	39
5th	Phil Kessel – Toronto Maple Leafs	37
6th	Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars	37
7th	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	36
8th	Chris Kunitz – Pittsburgh Penguins	35
9th	Patrick Sharp – Chicago Blackhawks	34
10th	Jamie Benn – Dallas Stars	34
11th	Ryan Johansen – Columbus Blue Jackets	33
12th	Patrick Marleau – San Jose Sharks	33
13th	Jeff Skinner – Carolina Hurricanes	33
14th	Alex Steen – St. Louis Blues	33
15th	Ryan Getzlaf – Anaheim Ducks	31
16th	Jason Pominville – Minnesota Wild	30
17th	Martin St. Louis – 2 Teams	30
18th	Patrice Bergeron – Boston Bruins	30
19th	James van Riemsdyk – Toronto Maple Leafs	30
20th	Jarome Iginla – Boston Bruins	30
21st	Marián Hossa – Chicago Blackhawks	30
22nd	Anze Kopitar – Los Angeles Kings	29
23rd	Wayne Simmonds – Philadelphia Flyers	29
24th	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	29
25th	Zach Parise – Minnesota Wild	29
26th	Claude Giroux – Philadelphia Flyers	28
27th	Blake Wheeler – Winnipeg Jets	28
28th	Jordan Eberle – Edmonton Oilers	28
29th	Ryan O’Reilly – Colorado Avalanche	28
30th	David Perron – Edmonton Oilers	28
31st	Jonathan Toews – Chicago Blackhawks	28
32nd	Gustav Nyquist – Detroit Red Wings	28