NHL statistics · 2026-27 regular season

NHL goal leaders

Goals, with power-play, shorthanded and game-winning goals, shots and shooting percentage.

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

SearchTeamPositionMin GP

#Player

1Nick Schmaltz#8 · UTA · C453011729.4%18:14

2Evan Bouchard#2 · EDM · D340001233.3%25:41

3Sebastian Aho#20 · CAR · C443001526.7%20:00

4Paul Cotter#47 · VAN · L44111757.1%15:14

5Victor Olofsson#95 · VGK · L44200944.4%13:08

6Artturi Lehkonen#62 · COL · L23200560.0%19:27

7Tim Stützle#18 · OTT · C33011742.9%21:08

8Leon Draisaitl#29 · EDM · C331011618.8%21:54

9Kyle Connor#81 · WPG · L333012015.0%21:00

10Vasily Podkolzin#92 · EDM · R332001323.1%18:55

11Steven Stamkos#91 · NSH · C33200837.5%19:30

12Kirill Kaprizov#97 · MIN · L33100933.3%21:33

13Nils Hoglander#21 · NSH · L33101475.0%10:56

14Zachary Bolduc#76 · MTL · R33100560.0%12:14

15William Nylander#88 · TOR · R43100933.3%20:09

16Dylan Guenther#11 · UTA · R433011717.6%16:10

17Tomas Hertl#48 · VGK · C433001421.4%16:25

18Marco Rossi#23 · VAN · C43000742.9%17:14

19Alexis Lafrenière#13 · NYR · L530001127.3%19:08

20Eeli Tolvanen#17 · NYR · R53000650.0%13:34

21Nathan MacKinnon#29 · COL · C221001216.7%18:00

22Martin Necas#88 · COL · C22001825.0%19:16

23Matthew Knies#89 · CBJ · L22101540.0%16:55

24Cutter Gauthier#61 · ANA · L22200922.2%19:21

25Nicolas Roy#10 · COL · C22001540.0%12:33

26Ben Kindel#81 · PIT · C22100728.6%16:28

27Alex Tuch#89 · WSH · R22001540.0%17:16

28Connor McDavid#97 · EDM · C32010728.6%23:44

29Nick Suzuki#14 · MTL · C32000825.0%21:05

30Cole Perfetti#91 · WPG · C321011020.0%18:05

31Evgeni Malkin#71 · PIT · C32200728.6%17:45

32Tommy Novak#18 · PIT · C32001540.0%15:19

33Alex DeBrincat#93 · DET · R32100825.0%20:35

34Tage Thompson#72 · BUF · C320001711.8%19:57

35Declan Carlile#72 · PIT · D32000825.0%18:28

36Bo Horvat#14 · NYI · C322001020.0%19:37

37Michael Amadio#22 · OTT · R32000366.7%16:52

38Viktor Arvidsson#33 · DET · L32200825.0%18:20

39Artemi Panarin#10 · LAK · L320001020.0%21:01

40Drake Batherson#19 · OTT · R32100633.3%16:47

41Luke Evangelista#77 · NJD · R32100922.2%18:28

42Will Smith#2 · SJS · C32110540.0%19:06

43Igor Chernyshov#92 · SJS · L32001366.7%14:33

44Miro Heiskanen#4 · DAL · D32001825.0%23:59

45Cole Caufield#13 · MTL · R32000728.6%20:10

46Nick Robertson#14 · PIT · L32011633.3%14:37

47Jack Quinn#22 · BUF · R320001118.2%20:33

48Mackie Samoskevich#11 · SEA · R32001633.3%14:51

49Mason McTavish#83 · STL · C32001825.0%15:38

50Dalibor Dvorsky#15 · STL · R32000633.3%12:04

About this table

How to read it

GP: Games played.
G: Goals.
PPG: Power-play goals.
SHG: Shorthanded goals.
GWG: Game-winning goals.
S: Shots.
S%: Shooting percentage.
TOI: Time on ice per game.

Guide

NHL goal leaders 2026-27

Nick Schmaltz (UTA) leads with 5 goals in 4 games, 1 goal ahead of Evan Bouchard (EDM). It is early: over a few games one big night can top the list.

Who wins the Rocket Richard Trophy?

The Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy goes to the regular season’s top goal scorer. Unlike the Art Ross, there is no tiebreaker: players level on goals share it. The Rocket Richard market prices the race.

Does shooting percentage hold up?

Shooting percentage, goals divided by shots on goal, is the number to watch early in a season. A forward scoring on a quarter of his shots will cool off; most regulars settle between 8% and 15% over a full season. Shot volume is the steadier sign of a scorer, and the expected goals report shows whose chances are worth the most.

Power-play and game-winning goals

The table splits out power-play, shorthanded and game-winning goals. A scorer who relies on the power play depends on his team drawing penalties, which varies more from season to season than even-strength scoring.

Season reports refresh once a day after new finals.