highest shot attempts per game by a single player every year

Phil Esposito has taken the most shots per game in a season, with 7.05 taken in 1970-71.

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highest shot attempts per game with a minimum of 51.25 games played per 82 team games by a single player every year

	NAME	S/GP	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	7.05	1970-71	BOS	78	76	76	152	+69	71	24	27	1	1	16		550	13.8
2	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	6.68	2008-09	WSH	79	56	54	110	+8	72	19	27	1	0	10	2	528	10.6	8	32	25.0	243	32	60	107	23:00
3	Bobby Hull B. Hull	6.03	1964-65	CHI	61	39	32	71	+23	32	10	5	2	2	5		368	10.6
4	Bobby Hull B. Hull	5.83	1963-64	CHI	70	43	44	87	+14	48	12	20	4	0	5		408	10.5
5	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	5.61	1971-72	BOS	76	66	67	133	+54	76	27	25	2	2	16		426	15.5
6	Bobby Hull B. Hull	5.59	1968-69	CHI	74	58	49	107	+12	48	20	16	2	0	11		414	14.0
7	Brett Hull B. Hull	5.59	1991-92	STL	73	70	39	109	-2	48	20	20	5	0	9	1	408	17.2
8	Gordie Howe G. Howe	5.58	1960-61	DET	64	23	49	72	-5	30	6	17	2	1	4		357	6.4
9	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	5.44	2007-08	WSH	82	65	47	112	+28	40	22	15	0	0	11	2	446	14.6	7	18	38.9	220	44	68	93	23:06
10	Bobby Orr B. Orr	5.43	1969-70	BOS	76	33	87	120	+54	125	11	40	4	1	3		413	8.0
11	Bobby Hull B. Hull	5.40	1965-66	CHI	65	54	43	97	+19	66	22	19	1	1	7		351	15.4
12	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	5.36	1993-94	BOS	72	20	71	91	+26	58	10	42	3	2	1	0	386	5.2
13	Bobby Hull B. Hull	5.36	1961-62	CHI	70	50	34	84	+10	35	9	10	0	2	7		375	13.3
14	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	5.33	1969-70	BOS	76	43	56	99	+26	50	18	26	1	1	5		405	10.6
15	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	5.27	1972-73	BOS	78	55	75	130	+17	87	19	25	5	1	11		411	13.4
16	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	5.25	2005-06	WSH	81	52	54	106	+2	52	21	31	3	0	5	2	425	12.2	2	16	12.5	172	20	69	88	21:37
17	Paul Kariya P. Kariya	5.23	1998-99	ANA	82	39	62	101	+17	40	11	32	2	1	4	0	429	9.1
18	Bobby Orr B. Orr	5.19	1973-74	BOS	74	32	90	122	+84	82	11	24	0	4	4		384	8.3
19	Bobby Hull B. Hull	5.17	1967-68	CHI	71	44	31	75	+13	39	8	8	2	1	6		367	12.0
20	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	5.15	2022-23	COL	71	42	69	111	+29	30	12	22	0	0	9	2	366	11.5	519	1,168	44.4	53	40	43	47	22:19
21	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	5.11	2009-10	WSH	72	50	59	109	+45	89	13	23	0	0	7	0	368	13.6	10	22	45.5	185	20	66	76	21:48
22	Gordie Howe G. Howe	5.06	1959-60	DET	70	28	45	73	+16	46	5	17	2	1	5		354	7.9
23	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	5.04	1973-74	BOS	78	68	77	145	+51	58	14	26	4	2	9		393	17.3
24	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	5.04	2015-16	WSH	79	50	21	71	+21	53	19	5	0	0	8	2	398	12.6	0	0		225	34	24	50	20:19
25	Bobby Orr B. Orr	5.03	1970-71	BOS	78	37	102	139	+124	91	5	44	3	10	5		392	9.4

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Thu 2/26	CBJ	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Sat 2/28	BOS	@	PHI	3:00 PM
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Lightning	37	14	4	78	59
Canadiens	32	17	8	72	12
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Sabres	32	19	6	70	19
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Panthers	29	25	3	61	-17
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Fri 1/9	STL	@	VGK	2-4
Fri 1/9	LAK	@	EDM	4-3
Sat 1/10	NJD	@	WPG	3-4
Sat 1/10	PIT	@	BOS	0-1
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