Top NHL Forwards by Expected Goals For %

2021-22·Regular Season·20+ GP

Patrice Bergeron (BOS) leads NHL forwards with 68.9% expected goals for % across 73 games, 5.2 percentage points ahead of Drew O'Connor. Auston Matthews rounds out the top three at 63.5%. 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
Patrice Bergeron CBOS#37	BOS	C	41	73	25	40	19	65	2.94	8.5%	68.9	65.7	+26	18.2	$6.88M
Drew O'Connor LPIT#18	PIT	L	28	22	3	2	1	5	1.33	7.5%	63.7	59.8	−1	10.3	$925,000
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
Mason Marchment LFLA#27	FLA	L	31	54	18	29	15	47	3.70	14.9%	63.4	60.1	+29	14.1	$800,000
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
Dakota Joshua CSTL#81	STL	C	30	30	3	5	3	8	1.88	9.7%	63.0	51.6	+6	8.5	$750,000
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
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
Carter Verhaeghe CFLA#23	FLA	C	31	78	24	31	19	55	2.64	14.4%	61.4	58.7	+24	16.1	$1.00M
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
Michael Bunting LTOR#58	TOR	L	31	79	23	40	24	63	3.08	13.1%	60.8	57.1	+27	15.5	$950,000
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
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
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
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
Valeri Nichushkin RCOL#13	COL	R	31	62	25	27	14	52	2.64	13.9%	59.7	58.2	+21	19.0	$2.50M
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
Jesper Fast RCAR#71	CAR	R	34	82	14	20	15	34	1.68	14.4%	59.0	57.9	+24	14.8	$2.00M
Danton Heinen LPIT#58	PIT	L	31	76	18	15	10	33	2.05	13.0%	58.8	54.1	+6	12.7	$1.10M
Anton Lundell CFLA#15	FLA	C	25	65	18	26	14	44	2.58	14.4%	58.5	55.0	+33	15.7	$925,000
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
Jesse Puljujarvi REDM#20	EDM	R	28	65	14	22	14	36	2.05	8.8%	58.0	58.2	+22	16.2	$1.18M
Taylor Hall LBOS#71	BOS	L	34	81	20	41	27	61	2.75	9.2%	58.0	54.7	+11	16.4	$6.00M
Matt Boldy LMIN#12	MIN	L	25	47	15	24	14	39	3.24	13.3%	58.0	50.2	+17	15.4	$880,833
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
Mikael Backlund CCGY#11	CGY	C	37	82	12	27	18	39	1.67	5.6%	57.8	57.6	+16	17.1	$5.35M
Evan Rodrigues CPIT#17	PIT	C	33	82	19	24	15	43	1.99	7.8%	57.5	57.0	+3	15.8	$1.00M
Brett Ritchie RCGY#24	CGY	R	33	41	3	1	1	4	0.60	5.5%	57.5	56.9	−6	9.7	$900,000
Seth Jarvis CCAR#24	CAR	C	24	68	17	23	12	40	2.54	15.5%	57.5	54.7	+11	13.9	$894,167
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
Ilya Mikheyev RTOR#95	TOR	R	32	53	21	11	8	32	2.37	14.3%	57.4	55.9	+16	15.3	$1.65M
Maxim Mamin CFLA#98	FLA	C	31	40	7	7	4	14	1.76	14.3%	57.4	53.4	+8	11.9	$975,000
Nino Niederreiter RCAR#62	CAR	R	34	75	24	20	11	44	2.37	16.7%	57.4	58.0	+29	14.8	$5.25M
Blake Coleman LCGY#20	CGY	L	34	81	16	17	9	33	1.65	7.5%	57.4	57.2	+16	14.8	$4.90M
Nathan Walker LSTL#26	STL	L	32	30	8	4	3	12	2.08	21.1%	57.4	46.6	+1	11.5	$750,000
Jake DeBrusk LBOS#74	BOS	L	29	77	25	17	11	42	2.18	13.5%	57.4	56.3	+6	15.0	$3.68M
Jordan Staal CCAR#11	CAR	C	38	78	17	19	10	36	1.66	11.6%	57.4	58.4	+11	16.6	$6.00M
Joe Pavelski CDAL#16	DAL	C	42	82	27	54	30	81	3.21	12.5%	57.3	53.2	+11	18.5	$7.00M
Patric Hornqvist RFLA#70	FLA	R	39	65	11	17	9	28	2.04	6.7%	57.2	56.9	−5	12.7	$5.30M
Sam Bennett CFLA#9	FLA	C	30	71	28	21	15	49	2.44	11.6%	57.1	56.6	+27	16.9	$4.43M
Oskar Steen CBOS#62	BOS	C	28	20	2	4	3	6	1.63	8.0%	57.1	52.6	−1	11.1	$809,167
Marcus Foligno LMIN#17	MIN	L	35	74	23	19	15	42	2.08	23.2%	57.0	51.7	+25	16.4	$3.10M
Jason Zucker LPIT#17	PIT	L	34	41	8	9	5	17	1.68	7.8%	56.8	51.1	−2	14.8	$5.50M
Derek Stepan CCAR#21	CAR	C	36	58	9	10	6	19	1.82	9.4%	56.6	56.8	0	10.8	$1.35M
Gabriel Landeskog LCOL#92	COL	L	33	51	30	29	16	59	3.42	20.0%	56.6	56.1	+27	20.3	$7.00M
Joel Eriksson Ek CMIN#14	MIN	C	29	77	26	23	11	49	2.06	11.6%	56.6	53.2	+16	18.6	$5.25M
Michael Amadio RVGK#22	VGK	R	30	56	11	7	4	18	1.59	17.2%	56.5	55.6	+1	12.2	$750,000
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
Viktor Arvidsson LLAK#33	LAK	L	33	66	20	29	17	49	2.62	8.8%	56.4	56.3	+1	17.0	$4.25M

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