Top NHL Forwards by Expected Goals For %

2024-25·Regular Season·20+ GP

Mathew Barzal (NYI) leads NHL forwards with 61.8% expected goals for % across 30 games, 0.2 percentage points ahead of Jackson Blake. Seth Jarvis rounds out the top three at 61.3%. Rankings cover the 2024-25 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
Mathew Barzal CNYI#13	NYI	C	29	30	6	14	11	20	1.97	7.7%	61.8	58.2	+10	20.3	$9.15M
Jackson Blake RCAR#53	CAR	R	23	80	17	17	12	34	1.84	11.9%	61.6	61.3	+10	13.8	$905,833
Seth Jarvis CCAR#24	CAR	C	24	73	32	35	22	67	2.84	15.7%	61.3	60.0	+12	19.4	$7.42M
Leon Draisaitl CEDM#29	EDM	C	30	71	52	54	30	106	4.16	21.6%	61.1	58.7	+32	21.5	$8.50M
Zach Hyman LEDM#18	EDM	L	34	73	27	17	12	44	1.91	12.9%	60.5	59.3	+9	18.9	$5.50M
David Gustafsson CWPG#19	WPG	C	26	36	2	4	2	6	1.11	6.7%	60.4	50.6	+10	9.0	-
Aleksander Barkov CFLA#16	FLA	C	31	67	20	51	27	71	3.14	13.4%	60.3	60.2	+1	20.3	$10.00M
Nathan MacKinnon CCOL#29	COL	C	31	79	32	84	53	116	3.87	10.0%	60.0	59.0	+25	22.8	$12.60M
Connor McDavid CEDM#97	EDM	C	29	67	26	74	50	100	4.06	13.3%	59.9	60.7	+20	22.0	$12.50M
Anthony Cirelli CTBL#71	TBL	C	29	80	27	32	16	59	2.37	16.8%	59.8	54.6	+30	18.7	$6.25M
Brandon Hagel LTBL#38	TBL	L	28	82	35	55	34	90	3.17	15.4%	59.2	52.9	+33	20.7	$6.50M
Warren Foegele LLAK#37	LAK	L	30	82	24	22	10	46	2.08	12.1%	58.9	53.8	+36	16.2	$3.50M
Sam Reinhart CFLA#13	FLA	C	30	79	39	42	24	81	3.00	18.3%	58.7	58.5	+6	20.5	$8.63M
Artturi Lehkonen LCOL#62	COL	L	31	69	27	18	11	45	1.92	18.2%	58.6	56.2	+36	20.4	$4.50M
Mark Jankowski CCAR#77	CAR	C	32	60	12	5	4	17	1.35	18.2%	58.4	56.7	+4	12.6	$800,000
Phillip Danault CLAK#24	LAK	C	33	80	8	35	28	43	1.82	6.5%	58.3	56.3	+20	17.7	$5.50M
Josh Doan RUTA#91	UTA	R	24	51	7	12	8	19	1.65	8.0%	58.3	58.0	−2	13.5	$925,000
Sebastian Aho CCAR#20	CAR	C	29	79	29	45	33	74	2.80	14.0%	57.7	60.8	+7	20.1	$9.75M
Kevin Fiala LLAK#22	LAK	L	30	81	35	25	14	60	2.40	14.3%	57.6	56.7	−7	18.5	$7.88M
Vasily Podkolzin REDM#92	EDM	R	25	82	8	16	6	24	1.33	7.0%	57.5	57.2	+1	13.2	$1.00M
Mark Stone RVGK#61	VGK	R	34	66	19	48	34	67	3.16	14.5%	57.1	51.7	+22	19.3	$9.50M
Carter Verhaeghe CFLA#23	FLA	C	31	81	20	33	18	53	2.20	8.3%	57.1	57.2	−14	17.9	$4.17M
Alex Laferriere RLAK#14	LAK	R	24	77	19	23	16	42	1.98	9.8%	57.1	54.9	+22	16.5	$875,000
William Carrier LCAR#28	CAR	L	31	43	4	7	4	11	1.31	8.3%	57.0	60.6	0	11.7	$2.00M
Tyson Jost CCAR#27	CAR	C	28	39	4	5	1	9	1.33	9.1%	56.9	60.0	+2	10.4	$775,000
Alex Iafallo LWPG#9	WPG	L	32	82	15	16	12	31	1.71	13.8%	56.9	50.9	+21	13.3	$4.00M
Joel Kiviranta LCOL#94	COL	L	30	79	16	7	4	23	1.40	19.0%	56.9	51.7	+15	12.5	$775,000
Matthew Tkachuk LFLA#19	FLA	L	28	52	22	35	23	57	3.61	14.1%	56.8	58.8	−3	18.2	$9.50M
Robert Thomas CSTL#18	STL	C	27	70	21	60	35	81	3.48	14.5%	56.7	49.7	+20	20.0	$8.13M
Viktor Arvidsson LEDM#33	EDM	L	33	67	15	12	9	27	1.61	9.5%	56.7	56.4	−3	15.0	$4.00M
Quinton Byfield RLAK#55	LAK	R	24	81	23	31	13	54	2.15	14.6%	56.7	55.0	+16	18.6	$6.25M
Tomas Nosek LFLA#92	FLA	L	34	59	1	8	6	9	0.93	2.1%	56.6	56.2	+4	9.8	$775,000
William Karlsson CVGK#71	VGK	C	33	53	9	20	14	29	1.93	7.6%	56.5	55.6	+17	17.0	$5.90M
Jesperi Kotkaniemi CCAR#82	CAR	C	26	78	12	21	10	33	1.81	10.4%	56.5	58.0	+9	14.1	$4.82M
Jordan Staal CCAR#11	CAR	C	38	75	13	23	15	36	1.87	12.1%	56.5	60.3	+15	15.4	$2.90M
Morgan Barron CWPG#36	WPG	C	27	74	8	7	5	15	1.17	8.6%	56.5	50.7	+8	10.4	$1.35M
John Hayden CSEA#15	SEA	C	31	20	1	1	1	2	0.71	5.0%	56.4	50.2	0	8.5	-
Jack Eichel CVGK#9	VGK	C	29	77	28	66	27	94	3.57	12.0%	56.4	50.7	+32	20.5	$10.00M
Alex Turcotte CLAK#15	LAK	C	25	68	9	16	11	25	1.88	11.4%	56.4	53.1	+6	11.7	$775,000
Tyler Seguin CDAL#91	DAL	C	34	20	9	12	8	21	3.90	19.6%	56.3	53.7	+15	16.1	$9.85M
Victor Olofsson LVGK#95	VGK	L	31	56	15	14	10	29	2.14	13.8%	56.3	53.3	+17	14.5	$1.08M
Jack Hughes CNJD#86	NJD	C	25	62	27	43	29	70	3.24	11.8%	56.3	55.5	+12	20.9	$8.00M
Jordan Martinook LCAR#48	CAR	L	34	79	15	21	14	36	1.79	13.4%	56.3	59.8	+16	15.3	$3.05M
Sean Monahan CCBJ#23	CBJ	C	31	54	19	38	24	57	3.33	14.8%	56.2	54.0	+19	19.0	$5.50M
Eric Robinson LCAR#50	CAR	L	31	82	14	18	14	32	1.91	12.7%	56.1	59.3	+14	12.3	$950,000
Cody Glass CNJD#12	NJD	C	27	65	6	16	12	22	1.49	6.6%	55.9	55.9	−5	13.7	$2.50M
Ross Colton CCOL#20	COL	C	30	61	16	13	8	29	1.98	12.8%	55.9	53.3	−1	14.4	$4.00M
Barrett Hayton CUTA#27	UTA	C	26	82	20	26	13	46	2.09	12.9%	55.9	58.2	−6	16.1	$2.65M
Zack Bolduc RSTL#76	STL	R	23	72	19	17	7	36	2.34	15.8%	55.9	50.0	+20	12.8	$863,334
Mackie Samoskevich RFLA#25	FLA	R	23	72	15	16	10	31	1.94	11.6%	55.8	55.0	−4	13.3	$925,000

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