Top NHL Forwards by Expected Goals For %

2025-26·Regular Season·20+ GP

Mark Stone (VGK) leads NHL forwards with 62.1% expected goals for % across 60 games, 0.5 percentage points ahead of Jordan Kyrou. Nathan MacKinnon rounds out the top three at 60.8%. Rankings cover the 2025-26 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
Mark Stone RVGK#61	VGK	R	34	60	28	45	31	73	3.80	21.5%	62.1	55.5	+26	19.2	$9.50M
Jordan Kyrou RSTL#25	STL	R	28	72	18	28	15	46	2.44	10.4%	61.6	54.8	−5	15.7	$8.13M
Nathan MacKinnon CCOL#29	COL	C	31	80	53	74	50	127	4.28	15.1%	60.8	56.9	+57	22.3	$12.60M
Jack Eichel CVGK#9	VGK	C	29	74	27	63	30	90	3.44	10.4%	60.4	53.8	+23	21.2	$10.00M
Joel Kiviranta LCOL#94	COL	L	30	51	3	6	2	9	1.02	6.0%	60.3	58.7	+7	10.4	$1.25M
Mark Jankowski CCAR#77	CAR	C	32	68	11	10	6	21	1.66	17.5%	60.3	58.8	+7	11.2	$800,000
Brock Nelson CCOL#11	COL	C	34	81	33	32	16	65	2.45	17.7%	60.2	57.3	+15	19.7	$7.50M
Danton Heinen LCBJ#58	CBJ	L	31	46	6	6	4	12	1.38	13.6%	60.1	52.8	+7	11.3	$2.25M
Brandon Hagel LTBL#38	TBL	L	28	71	36	38	26	74	3.16	16.8%	60.1	58.2	+34	19.8	$6.50M
Valeri Nichushkin RCOL#13	COL	R	31	72	17	32	12	49	2.30	10.6%	60.0	57.5	+9	17.7	$6.13M
Artturi Lehkonen LCOL#62	COL	L	31	70	21	27	19	48	2.23	13.7%	59.9	54.8	+32	18.5	$4.50M
Jack Drury CCOL#18	COL	C	26	82	10	17	10	27	1.36	10.1%	59.8	58.5	+15	14.5	$1.73M
Danil But LUTA#-	UTA	L	21	29	3	4	2	7	1.16	7.0%	59.4	55.2	+1	12.5	-
Brady Tkachuk LOTT#7	OTT	L	27	60	22	37	26	59	3.48	10.0%	59.3	58.4	+4	17.0	$8.21M
Logan Stankoven CCAR#22	CAR	C	23	81	21	23	10	44	2.11	12.7%	59.2	61.7	+12	15.5	$814,167
Jackson Blake RCAR#53	CAR	R	23	81	22	31	17	53	2.38	12.6%	59.2	60.8	+4	16.5	$905,833
Gabriel Landeskog LCOL#92	COL	L	33	60	14	21	7	35	2.13	10.6%	58.9	54.9	+29	16.4	$7.00M
Dylan Cozens COTT#24	OTT	C	25	82	28	31	14	59	2.53	13.7%	58.5	57.1	−7	17.0	$7.10M
Gage Goncalves CTBL#93	TBL	C	25	74	11	22	9	33	2.04	14.3%	58.1	52.3	+26	13.1	$1.20M
Parker Kelly CCOL#17	COL	C	27	82	21	14	6	35	2.02	20.2%	58.0	56.8	+18	12.7	$825,000
Martin Necas CCOL#88	COL	C	27	78	38	62	35	100	3.58	18.4%	57.8	55.4	+47	21.5	$6.50M
Ross Colton CCOL#20	COL	C	30	73	9	15	10	24	1.58	5.9%	57.8	58.7	+9	12.5	$4.00M
Stephen Halliday COTT#83	OTT	C	24	30	4	7	5	11	2.59	11.8%	57.7	56.2	0	8.5	-
William Carrier LCAR#28	CAR	L	31	70	7	11	8	18	1.43	8.8%	57.7	60.1	+5	10.8	$2.00M
Nick Cousins COTT#21	OTT	C	33	81	9	14	6	23	1.49	11.4%	57.3	52.1	+8	11.4	$825,000
Denver Barkey CPHI#52	PHI	C	21	43	5	12	10	17	1.77	11.6%	57.2	50.2	−6	13.4	-
Nikolaj Ehlers LCAR#27	CAR	L	30	82	26	45	29	71	3.13	12.5%	57.0	60.8	+8	16.6	$8.50M
Ville Koivunen RPIT#41	PIT	R	23	39	2	5	1	7	0.85	5.6%	57.0	57.9	−10	12.7	$805,833
Nikita Kucherov RTBL#86	TBL	R	33	76	44	86	51	130	5.05	19.0%	57.0	55.8	+43	20.3	$9.50M
Ivan Barbashev CVGK#49	VGK	C	30	82	23	38	23	61	2.75	17.3%	56.9	51.5	+20	16.2	$5.00M
Michael Carcone LUTA#53	UTA	L	30	79	16	15	8	31	1.85	10.9%	56.7	58.0	+4	12.7	$775,000
Robert Thomas CSTL#18	STL	C	27	64	25	39	23	64	3.16	24.5%	56.6	51.4	+22	19.0	$8.13M
Barrett Hayton CUTA#27	UTA	C	26	67	10	15	7	25	1.48	8.4%	56.6	54.5	+3	15.1	$2.65M
Connor McDavid CEDM#97	EDM	C	29	82	48	90	57	138	4.39	15.6%	56.6	54.3	+17	23.0	$12.50M
Zach Hyman LEDM#18	EDM	L	34	58	31	21	13	52	2.69	19.5%	56.5	51.8	+13	20.0	$5.50M
Anthony Cirelli CTBL#71	TBL	C	29	71	23	29	15	52	2.54	18.4%	56.5	55.4	+38	17.3	$6.25M
David Perron LDET#57	DET	L	38	65	13	15	6	28	1.90	14.0%	56.5	51.3	−7	13.6	$4.00M
Taylor Hall LCAR#71	CAR	L	34	80	18	30	19	48	2.48	13.1%	56.3	60.2	+6	14.5	$3.17M
Mitch Marner RVGK#16	VGK	R	29	81	24	56	38	80	2.97	14.5%	56.3	54.4	+17	20.0	$12.00M
Fabian Zetterlund LOTT#20	OTT	L	27	82	17	16	10	33	1.87	12.9%	56.2	52.6	−1	12.9	$4.28M
Sebastian Aho CCAR#20	CAR	C	29	79	27	53	32	80	3.10	13.8%	56.2	61.9	+11	19.6	$9.75M
Clayton Keller CUTA#9	UTA	C	28	82	26	62	42	88	3.37	11.6%	56.1	56.4	+21	19.1	$7.15M
Hendrix Lapierre CWSH#29	WSH	C	24	74	4	12	5	16	1.47	7.5%	56.1	54.4	0	8.8	$850,000
Jared Wright RLAK#-	LAK	R	23	23	0	4	4	4	0.91	0.0%	56.1	50.6	0	11.4	-
Curtis Douglas CVAN#42	VAN	C	26	43	1	3	3	4	0.83	3.4%	56.1	51.5	−3	6.8	$775,000
Pontus Holmberg RTBL#29	TBL	R	27	70	11	11	6	22	1.41	12.1%	55.8	54.5	+1	13.3	$1.55M
Sean Couturier CPHI#14	PHI	C	33	78	12	24	9	36	1.66	10.1%	55.7	50.0	−5	16.7	$7.75M
Alex Turcotte CLAK#15	LAK	C	25	62	3	11	4	14	1.25	4.5%	55.5	55.8	−8	10.8	$775,000
Roope Hintz CDAL#24	DAL	C	29	53	15	29	18	44	2.87	11.9%	55.5	49.4	+16	17.3	$8.45M
Sammy Blais LMTL#79	MTL	L	30	21	3	5	3	8	2.71	16.7%	55.4	46.7	+2	8.4	$775,000

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