current nhl players with the most shots on goals

Alex Ovechkin has taken the most career shots by an active player, with 7,108 taken.

	NAME	S	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	7,108	1,573	929	758	1,687	+55	857	331	291	5	1	141	27	13.1	66	194	34.0	3,876	579	793	1,251	20:27
2	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	4,459	1,420	654	1,107	1,761	+197	898	194	416	4	7	104	26	14.7	16,437	31,038	53.0	1,241	692	796	1,180	20:36
3	Brent Burns B. Burns	4,224	1,579	273	672	945	+43	887	88	235	3	14	47	16	6.5	81	178	45.5	1,577	1,933	924	1,583	22:11
4	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	3,958	1,269	533	874	1,407	+41	1,263	187	343	4	1	89	14	13.5	6,109	13,615	44.9	737	540	1,058	1,264	19:28
5	John Tavares J. Tavares	3,941	1,266	525	660	1,185	-49	549	167	224	3	3	86	20	13.3	12,110	22,394	54.1	962	533	879	1,131	19:13
6	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	3,842	950	420	722	1,142	+230	428	113	243	2	2	76	15	10.9	6,220	13,295	46.8	661	509	483	808	20:40
7	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	3,712	1,246	624	632	1,256	-7	737	242	227	5	3	101	17	16.8	7,124	14,054	50.7	1,327	565	524	727	19:00
8	Corey Perry C. Perry	3,573	1,464	465	507	972	+57	1,568	129	172	6	4	80	6	13.0	117	376	31.1	1,318	521	517	762	16:27
9	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	3,321	1,345	379	786	1,165	+36	518	101	323	9	12	60	13	11.4	12,191	21,547	56.6	1,159	530	671	709	19:17
10	Tyler Seguin T. Seguin	3,247	1,016	367	459	826	+99	309	95	142	2	4	64	10	11.3	5,168	9,644	53.6	831	360	442	572	18:03
11	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	3,150	1,159	215	721	936	-115	508	48	283	2	5	38	12	6.8	0	4	0.0	800	1,491	888	1,385	25:07
12	Jamie Benn J. Benn	3,113	1,252	414	578	992	+89	932	111	160	16	14	65	12	13.3	4,906	9,294	52.8	2,065	809	841	864	17:30
13	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	3,080	833	420	513	933	+145	414	132	161	0	0	68	13	13.6	50	157	31.8	708	271	484	967	18:33
14	Kris Letang K. Letang	3,050	1,235	178	628	806	+81	843	57	238	6	10	36	13	5.8	1	5	20.0	2,096	1,849	659	1,201	24:03
15	Roman Josi R. Josi	3,021	1,030	203	576	779	+44	429	69	216	1	9	38	10	6.7	0	2	0.0	703	1,915	382	733	24:52
16	Nazem Kadri N. Kadri	2,986	1,062	322	437	759	-80	790	97	132	1	0	46	8	10.8	7,180	14,780	48.6	1,224	366	542	705	17:31
17	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	2,949	1,152	451	583	1,034	+269	1,151	90	177	36	23	85	22	15.3	269	696	38.6	1,075	397	690	1,002	18:01
18	Taylor Hall T. Hall	2,906	989	302	485	787	-37	526	85	126	1	1	51	13	10.4	414	924	44.8	746	511	618	832	17:55
19	Matt Duchene M. Duchene	2,810	1,195	387	549	936	-67	306	99	143	2	1	59	13	13.8	7,344	13,768	53.3	684	633	671	776	18:02
20	Mikael Backlund M. Backlund	2,762	1,148	232	374	606	+73	503	37	71	19	17	41	8	8.4	8,641	17,602	49.1	817	515	855	752	17:21
21	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	2,761	689	428	352	780	+147	152	109	106	2	1	66	13	15.5	5,557	10,310	53.9	483	706	621	541	19:57
22	Filip Forsberg F. Forsberg	2,732	862	358	398	756	+13	379	96	141	6	1	60	12	13.1	45	135	33.3	1,256	401	654	761	18:09
23	Jordan Staal J. Staal	2,717	1,403	318	429	747	+67	644	50	68	21	23	49	6	11.7	12,651	23,614	53.6	2,654	673	713	678	17:56
24	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	2,713	794	409	811	1,220	+185	320	100	318	9	10	76	17	15.1	4,392	9,165	47.9	573	310	695	786	21:52
25	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	2,712	879	401	723	1,124	+200	436	104	297	1	0	65	9	14.8	10	24	41.7	482	292	475	890	19:07

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Team Leaders

32

Ovechkin

39

Strome

+/-

+20

Chychrun

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.18

15th

GA/GP

2.90

7th

PP%

17.8

25th

PK%

80.2

14th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	53	22	7	113	56
Flyers	43	27	12	98	7
Penguins	41	25	16	98	25
Capitals	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers	34	39	9	77	-12

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Final

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40 - 30 - 12

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NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

53

MacKinnon

51

Caufield

48

McDavid

Assists Leaders

90

McDavid

86

Kucherov

74

Bouchard

Points Leaders

138

McDavid

130

Kucherov

127

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

413

Trenin

339

Sherwood

302

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

190

McCabe

188

Dobson

185

Clarke

Wins Leaders

39

Vasilevskiy

38

Vejmelka

35

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.02

Wedgewood

2.31

Vasilevskiy

2.42

Vladar

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Wedgewood

.915

Wallstedt

.912

Thompson

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.63

3.55

3.54

Goals Against Rankings

2.40

2.71

2.79

Power Play Rankings

30.6

28.6

25.2

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.6

83.7

82.6

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

48-34

59-42

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

34-48

43-58

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12

Alex Ovechkin has taken the most career shots by an active player, with 7,108 taken.

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