NHL statistics · 2026-27 regular season

NHL shot data

Where NHL shots come from and how often they go in: danger zones, every team's shot quality and the shot types, from every unblocked attempt in 2026-27.

SeasonSmall sample: teams average 3.3 games so far, so rate leaders move a lot from night to night.

Small sample this early in the season: switch to 2025-26 above for a full year of shots.

Danger zones · 2026-27

40.9% of attempts come from the crease and slot, and 66.8% of the goals

Every unblocked attempt by where it was taken. Crease = within 8 feet of the net; slot = between the faceoff dots below the top of the circles; point = the blue-line area; wing = the rest of the zone.

ZoneAttemptsShareGoalsSh%xG/att
Crease3799.1%5614.8%.140
Slot1,33331.9%15911.9%.116
Wing1,68440.3%875.2%.050
Point69516.6%162.3%.019
Neutral zone912.2%44.4%.048

Shot quality · by team

NY Rangers take the most dangerous shots on average

Expected goals per attempt is the average quality of a team's shots; attempts per game is the volume. Both together make xG per game. Sorted by quality.

#TeamGPAtt / GPxG / attSlot + creasexG / GPGoalsG − xG
1NY Rangers533.2.09845.8%3.2715−1.3
2Vegas443.8.08748.0%3.7917+1.8
3Tampa Bay345.7.08645.3%3.928−3.8
4Carolina446.3.07939.5%3.6711−3.7
5Ottawa337.3.07940.2%2.9510+1.1
6Buffalo345.0.07842.2%3.5310−0.6
7Pittsburgh346.3.07749.6%3.5815+4.3
8Edmonton343.0.07741.9%3.3117+7.1
9Detroit342.0.07744.4%3.237−2.7
10Minnesota338.3.07736.5%2.949+0.2
11Vancouver431.8.07740.9%2.4419+9.2
12Utah446.8.07641.7%3.5717+2.7
13Toronto444.0.07644.9%3.3511−2.4
14Colorado242.0.07542.9%3.1614+7.7
15Columbus232.5.07535.4%2.437+2.1
16Chicago432.3.07533.3%2.419−0.7
17NY Islanders339.0.07446.2%2.909+0.3
18Anaheim230.5.07250.8%2.197+2.6
19Dallas343.0.07241.1%3.086−3.2
20St. Louis336.7.07133.6%2.616−1.8
21Boston441.0.07039.0%2.879−2.5
22Winnipeg346.7.07037.1%3.249−0.7
23Florida443.5.06944.3%3.018−4.0
24Seattle437.8.06941.7%2.6015+4.6
25Montréal337.3.06838.4%2.5412+4.4
26Washington236.5.06837.0%2.486+1.0
27Nashville337.3.06742.0%2.507−0.5
28Philadelphia429.5.06634.7%1.955−2.8
29Los Angeles344.0.06537.1%2.889+0.4
30New Jersey354.0.06535.8%3.526−4.5
31San Jose334.0.06337.3%2.139+2.6
32Calgary346.0.05535.5%2.543−4.6

xG for and against, share and PDO for every team →


Shot types

Wrist shots are the most common, at 40.6% of attempts

How often each kind of shot goes in, and how dangerous the average one is once location is counted (xG per attempt).

TypeAttemptsShareGoalsSh%xG/att
Wrist1,69840.6%1317.7%.069
Snap1,16827.9%917.8%.085
Slap45110.8%214.7%.048
Tip-in4139.9%317.5%.076
Backhand3368.0%329.5%.090
Deflection501.2%1122.0%.119

Shot maps

Every club's shot map

Each team page maps every attempt this season, for and against, with zones and shot types. Player pages map each skater's attempts.


Guide

How to read NHL shot data

Every unblocked shot attempt this season, mapped by where it was taken and weighted by its chance of scoring. The rink is split into the crease, the slot, the wings, the point and the neutral zone: most goals come from the slot and the crease, most attempts from the wings and the point.

Teams that create chances in the slot and keep opponents out of theirs win more over a season than their record sometimes shows. For players, see expected goals; for goalies, save percentage by zone.

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct · 4,182 located attempts