Top NHL Forwards by Goals

2021-22·Regular Season·20+ GP

Auston Matthews (TOR) leads NHL forwards with 60 goals across 73 games, 5 ahead of Leon Draisaitl. Chris Kreider rounds out the top three at 52. Rankings cover the 2021-22 NHL season among qualifying forwards.

Position: ForwardsMin GP: 20+

Player	Team	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	A1	P	P/60	S%	xGF%	CF%	+/-	TOI	Cap Hit
Auston Matthews CTOR#34	TOR	C	29	73	60	46	26	106	4.23	17.2%	63.5	59.7	+20	20.6	$11.64M
Leon Draisaitl CEDM#29	EDM	C	30	80	55	55	33	110	3.69	19.8%	50.8	50.5	+17	22.3	$8.50M
Chris Kreider CNYR#20	NYR	C	35	81	52	25	12	77	3.05	20.2%	51.8	49.8	+19	18.7	$6.50M
Alex Ovechkin LWSH#8	WSH	L	41	77	50	40	23	90	3.41	15.0%	47.9	49.4	+8	20.6	$9.50M
Kirill Kaprizov LMIN#97	MIN	L	29	81	47	61	39	108	4.19	16.3%	54.0	53.4	+27	19.1	$9.00M
Kyle Connor LWPG#81	WPG	L	29	79	47	46	27	93	3.24	14.8%	49.9	49.6	−3	21.8	$7.14M
Connor McDavid CEDM#97	EDM	C	29	80	44	79	49	123	4.18	14.0%	57.4	56.6	+28	22.1	$12.50M
Matt Duchene CNSH#95	NSH	C	35	78	43	43	24	86	3.48	18.8%	52.4	51.7	+6	19.0	$8.00M
Steven Stamkos CTBL#91	TBL	C	36	81	42	64	43	106	4.25	17.4%	51.4	50.5	+24	18.5	$8.50M
Matthew Tkachuk LCGY#19	CGY	L	28	82	42	62	39	104	4.25	16.6%	61.2	58.8	+57	17.9	$7.00M
Filip Forsberg LNSH#9	NSH	L	32	69	42	42	27	84	4.04	18.6%	54.4	52.5	+12	18.1	$6.00M
Elias Lindholm CCGY#28	CGY	C	31	82	42	40	24	82	3.01	17.8%	60.4	55.5	+61	19.9	$4.85M
Jason Robertson LDAL#21	DAL	L	27	74	41	38	19	79	3.54	18.6%	59.9	55.4	+16	18.1	$795,000
Alex DeBrincat RCHI#93	CHI	R	28	82	41	37	19	78	2.74	15.2%	48.3	48.8	−13	20.9	$6.40M
Johnny Gaudreau LCGY#13	CGY	L	33	82	40	75	52	115	4.53	15.3%	60.6	56.2	+64	18.6	$6.75M
Jake Guentzel CPIT#59	PIT	C	32	76	40	44	23	84	3.30	15.2%	53.1	53.1	+13	20.1	$6.00M
David Pastrnak RBOS#88	BOS	R	30	72	40	37	27	77	3.45	12.8%	59.7	57.7	+13	18.6	$6.67M
Aleksander Barkov CFLA#16	FLA	C	31	67	39	49	26	88	3.88	18.2%	61.8	58.1	+36	20.3	$5.90M
Tage Thompson CBUF#72	BUF	C	28	78	38	30	15	68	2.93	15.0%	49.4	50.9	−17	17.9	$1.40M
Sebastian Aho CCAR#20	CAR	C	29	79	37	44	28	81	3.25	16.7%	55.2	54.2	+18	19.0	$8.46M
Roope Hintz CDAL#24	DAL	C	29	80	37	35	22	72	2.99	17.4%	58.5	53.4	+15	18.0	$3.15M
Troy Terry RANA#19	ANA	R	29	75	37	30	15	67	2.94	19.3%	51.3	50.6	−11	18.2	$1.45M
Brock Nelson CNYI#11	NYI	C	34	72	37	22	14	59	2.78	21.6%	47.6	46.2	−5	17.7	$6.00M
Mikko Rantanen RCOL#96	COL	R	29	75	36	56	37	92	3.51	14.2%	57.8	55.7	+35	21.0	$9.25M
Mitch Marner RTOR#16	TOR	R	29	72	35	62	36	97	3.87	15.6%	62.1	58.0	+23	20.9	$10.90M
Timo Meier RSJS#28	SJS	R	30	77	35	41	22	76	3.09	10.7%	53.0	50.8	−3	19.2	$6.00M
Andrew Mangiapane LCGY#26	CGY	L	30	82	35	20	13	55	2.56	18.9%	59.8	59.0	+20	15.7	$2.43M
Josh Norris COTT#13	OTT	C	27	66	35	20	7	55	2.69	20.3%	47.5	49.8	−7	18.6	$925,000
Adrian Kempe RLAK#9	LAK	R	30	78	35	19	8	54	2.24	14.2%	52.6	54.7	−2	18.6	$2.00M
Vladimir Tarasenko RSTL#11	STL	R	34	75	34	48	27	82	3.88	14.8%	49.6	45.2	+7	16.9	$7.50M
William Nylander RTOR#88	TOR	R	30	81	34	46	34	80	3.24	13.3%	55.9	53.9	−9	18.3	$6.96M
Ryan Hartman RMIN#38	MIN	R	32	82	34	31	21	65	2.62	14.2%	53.1	52.3	+31	18.2	$1.70M
Kevin Fiala LMIN#22	MIN	L	30	82	33	52	31	85	3.52	12.6%	56.0	52.3	+23	17.6	$5.10M
Sam Reinhart CFLA#13	FLA	C	30	78	33	49	31	82	3.55	17.7%	60.6	56.6	+25	17.8	$6.50M
Jeff Skinner CBUF#53	BUF	C	34	80	33	30	23	63	2.76	12.6%	49.8	51.3	−14	17.1	$9.00M
J.T. Miller LVAN#8	VAN	L	33	80	32	67	36	99	3.53	15.5%	51.2	52.3	+15	21.1	$5.25M
Nathan MacKinnon CCOL#29	COL	C	31	65	32	56	38	88	3.86	10.7%	55.0	53.8	+22	21.1	$6.30M
Brad Marchand CBOS#63	BOS	C	38	70	32	48	29	80	3.56	13.2%	63.2	62.8	+16	19.2	$6.13M
Elias Pettersson CVAN#40	VAN	C	27	80	32	36	20	68	2.74	16.7%	48.9	50.8	+1	18.6	$7.35M
Sidney Crosby CPIT#87	PIT	C	39	69	31	53	31	84	3.66	14.9%	54.8	53.7	+19	20.0	$8.70M
Dylan Larkin CDET#71	DET	C	30	71	31	38	26	69	2.97	14.6%	49.2	49.6	−18	19.7	$6.10M
Anthony Duclair LFLA#11	FLA	L	31	74	31	27	18	58	3.14	18.6%	55.6	54.1	+19	15.0	$3.00M
Bo Horvat CVAN#14	VAN	C	31	70	31	21	12	52	2.29	15.9%	49.6	51.1	+3	19.5	$5.50M
Jonathan Huberdeau LFLA#10	FLA	L	33	80	30	85	53	115	4.44	13.5%	56.4	55.4	+35	19.4	$5.90M
Pavel Buchnevich LSTL#89	STL	L	31	73	30	46	22	76	3.41	15.1%	53.3	51.0	+29	18.3	$5.80M
Andrei Svechnikov RCAR#37	CAR	R	26	78	30	39	24	69	3.08	12.0%	56.3	55.3	+19	17.3	$7.75M
Brady Tkachuk LOTT#7	OTT	L	27	79	30	37	29	67	2.71	10.4%	48.3	51.5	−7	18.8	$8.33M
Jonathan Marchessault CVGK#81	VGK	C	35	76	30	36	24	66	2.97	12.0%	54.4	56.8	+3	17.6	$5.00M
Tomas Hertl CSJS#48	SJS	C	32	82	30	34	21	64	2.35	14.6%	48.7	49.1	−9	19.9	$5.63M
Tyler Bertuzzi LDET#59	DET	L	31	68	30	32	18	62	2.75	16.7%	50.1	48.9	−11	19.9	$4.75M

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