Top NHL Forwards by Expected Goals For %

2023-24·Regular Season·20+ GP

Zach Hyman (EDM) leads NHL forwards with 64.8% expected goals for % across 80 games, 0.3 percentage points ahead of Connor McDavid. Mark Jankowski rounds out the top three at 64.0%. Rankings cover the 2023-24 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
Zach Hyman LEDM#18	EDM	L	34	80	54	23	11	77	2.96	18.6%	64.8	58.8	+36	19.5	$5.50M
Connor McDavid CEDM#97	EDM	C	29	76	32	100	62	132	4.88	12.2%	64.5	59.4	+35	21.4	$12.50M
Mark Jankowski CNSH#77	NSH	C	32	32	7	8	2	15	2.22	14.6%	64.0	57.5	+11	12.7	$775,000
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins CEDM#93	EDM	C	33	80	18	49	29	67	2.56	9.8%	61.6	57.3	+10	19.6	$5.13M
William Carrier LVGK#28	VGK	L	31	39	6	2	1	8	1.10	9.2%	61.3	53.8	+3	11.2	$1.40M
Aleksander Barkov CFLA#16	FLA	C	31	73	23	57	35	80	3.35	11.9%	61.3	57.9	+33	19.6	$10.00M
Logan Stankoven CDAL#22	DAL	C	23	24	6	8	5	14	2.39	11.8%	61.3	57.4	+10	14.7	$814,167
Devin Shore CSEA#19	SEA	C	32	21	1	3	2	4	1.43	6.7%	60.7	50.7	+3	8.0	$775,000
Stefan Noesen RCAR#11	CAR	R	33	81	14	23	14	37	2.31	12.6%	60.4	60.4	+13	11.9	$762,500
William Karlsson CVGK#71	VGK	C	33	70	30	30	20	60	2.92	17.1%	59.7	51.0	+15	17.6	$5.90M
Jake Guentzel CCAR#59	CAR	C	32	67	30	47	33	77	3.44	12.6%	59.6	56.7	+25	20.0	$6.00M
Nathan MacKinnon CCOL#29	COL	C	31	82	51	89	50	140	4.49	12.6%	59.4	56.3	+35	22.8	$12.60M
Artturi Lehkonen LCOL#62	COL	L	31	45	16	18	10	34	2.45	15.5%	59.3	56.4	+11	18.5	$4.50M
Noah Cates LPHI#27	PHI	L	27	59	6	12	6	18	1.33	7.7%	59.3	55.5	−8	13.8	$2.63M
Evan Rodrigues CFLA#17	FLA	C	33	80	12	27	14	39	1.93	6.5%	59.2	57.9	+26	15.2	$3.00M
Jesper Fast RCAR#71	CAR	R	34	73	6	13	9	19	1.24	7.6%	59.1	64.0	0	12.6	$2.40M
Conor Garland RVAN#83	VAN	R	30	82	20	27	18	47	2.37	10.0%	59.0	55.2	+19	14.5	$4.95M
Sam Reinhart CFLA#13	FLA	C	30	82	57	37	22	94	3.39	24.5%	59.0	57.5	+29	20.3	$6.50M
Seth Jarvis CCAR#24	CAR	C	24	81	33	34	20	67	2.65	18.5%	58.7	58.6	+23	18.8	$894,167
Jordan Staal CCAR#11	CAR	C	38	80	10	20	7	30	1.46	8.1%	58.6	64.1	−14	15.4	$2.90M
Roope Hintz CDAL#24	DAL	C	29	80	30	35	17	65	2.83	16.5%	58.6	56.4	+26	17.2	$8.45M
Kevin Fiala LLAK#22	LAK	L	30	82	29	44	21	73	2.96	12.9%	58.5	56.2	+1	18.0	$7.88M
Leon Draisaitl CEDM#29	EDM	C	30	81	41	65	38	106	3.79	18.9%	58.4	55.4	+26	20.7	$8.50M
Adam Lowry CWPG#17	WPG	C	33	81	12	23	15	35	1.61	10.1%	58.2	51.9	+17	16.1	$3.25M
Jason Robertson LDAL#21	DAL	L	27	82	29	51	23	80	3.19	12.6%	58.2	56.2	+19	18.3	$7.75M
Pavel Dorofeyev LVGK#16	VGK	L	25	47	13	11	7	24	2.31	13.4%	58.0	51.0	+8	13.3	$825,000
Nino Niederreiter RWPG#62	WPG	R	34	77	18	16	8	34	1.77	10.6%	57.8	52.7	+12	15.0	$4.00M
Warren Foegele LEDM#37	EDM	L	30	82	20	21	14	41	2.15	10.0%	57.7	56.6	+3	14.0	$2.75M
Dylan Holloway LEDM#81	EDM	L	25	38	6	3	0	9	1.25	10.7%	57.7	59.8	−1	11.4	$925,000
Dakota Joshua CVAN#81	VAN	C	30	63	18	14	8	32	2.12	21.4%	57.6	50.7	+19	14.4	$825,000
Jack Drury CCAR#18	CAR	C	26	74	8	19	10	27	1.78	7.5%	57.4	61.2	+4	12.3	$925,000
Jordan Martinook LCAR#48	CAR	L	34	82	14	18	11	32	1.60	9.5%	57.4	62.3	−1	14.6	$1.80M
Wyatt Johnston CDAL#53	DAL	C	23	82	32	33	25	65	2.80	14.8%	57.4	54.7	+14	17.0	$894,167
Carter Verhaeghe CFLA#23	FLA	C	31	76	34	38	24	72	3.16	13.8%	57.3	57.5	+17	18.0	$4.17M
Auston Matthews CTOR#34	TOR	C	29	81	69	38	24	107	3.78	18.7%	57.3	54.2	+31	21.0	$11.64M
Nikolaj Ehlers LWPG#27	WPG	L	30	82	25	36	24	61	2.81	10.7%	57.2	54.4	+27	15.9	$6.00M
Ryan McLeod CEDM#71	EDM	C	27	81	12	18	15	30	1.56	11.3%	57.2	56.6	+10	14.2	$2.10M
Arthur Kaliyev RLAK#34	LAK	R	25	51	7	8	7	15	1.50	6.9%	57.1	57.8	−3	11.8	$894,167
Jordan Eberle RSEA#7	SEA	R	36	78	17	27	18	44	1.94	10.1%	56.9	54.0	+1	17.4	$5.50M
Garnet Hathaway RPHI#19	PHI	R	34	82	7	10	8	17	1.00	6.8%	56.9	50.6	−7	12.5	$2.38M
Jonathan Drouin LCOL#92	COL	L	31	79	19	37	19	56	2.34	15.0%	56.8	54.8	+12	18.2	$825,000
Sebastian Aho CCAR#20	CAR	C	29	78	36	53	34	89	3.49	16.7%	56.8	57.3	+34	19.6	$8.46M
Trevor Moore LLAK#12	LAK	L	31	82	31	26	14	57	2.32	12.7%	56.7	56.1	+11	18.0	$4.20M
Quinton Byfield RLAK#55	LAK	R	24	80	20	35	21	55	2.50	12.4%	56.6	54.5	+19	16.5	$894,167
Tommy Novak CNSH#18	NSH	C	29	71	18	27	13	45	2.68	15.9%	56.6	56.4	−3	14.2	$800,000
Shane Pinto COTT#12	OTT	C	25	41	9	18	10	27	2.18	8.2%	56.6	53.6	+9	18.1	$775,000
Matthew Tkachuk LFLA#19	FLA	L	28	80	26	62	43	88	3.54	9.3%	56.6	57.6	+19	18.6	$9.50M
Phillip Danault CLAK#24	LAK	C	33	78	17	30	20	47	2.01	10.7%	56.5	55.8	+12	18.0	$5.50M
Tyler Bertuzzi LTOR#59	TOR	L	31	80	21	22	13	43	2.01	13.1%	56.4	53.4	+2	16.0	$5.50M
Pius Suter CVAN#24	VAN	C	30	67	14	15	9	29	1.68	13.3%	56.4	53.3	+17	15.5	$1.60M

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