most average shots per game by an nhl player

Nathan MacKinnon has taken the most shots per game this season, with 4.48 taken.

Interpreted as:

most average shots per game with a minimum of 51.25 games played per 82 team games by an NHL player this regular season

	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	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	4.48	2025-26	COL	64	44	65	109	+57	35	9	16	0	0	6	1	287	15.3	573	1,113	51.5	48	31	20	138	22:11
2	Brady Tkachuk B. Tkachuk	3.87	2025-26	OTT	45	17	27	44	-1	48	4	12	1	0	2	1	174	9.8	117	204	57.4	115	14	12	31	17:00
3	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	3.78	2025-26	TOR	60	27	26	53	-4	18	5	7	0	0	3	1	227	11.9	580	972	59.7	42	81	30	51	20:48
4	Cutter Gauthier C. Gauthier	3.75	2025-26	ANA	65	33	25	58	0	24	8	7	0	0	6	1	244	13.5	90	179	50.3	55	18	16	64	17:30
5	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	3.66	2025-26	EDM	67	37	74	111	+10	30	11	34	1	1	3	1	245	15.1	339	720	47.1	36	25	24	110	23:04
6	Jack Eichel J. Eichel	3.59	2025-26	VGK	59	24	50	74	+15	12	0	24	1	0	5	2	212	11.3	454	951	47.7	32	35	23	102	21:17
7	Timo Meier T. Meier	3.56	2025-26	NJD	61	18	15	33	-17	18	6	4	0	0	2	0	217	8.3	52	117	44.4	110	39	22	58	18:33
8	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	3.52	2025-26	BOS	61	24	55	79	-3	54	9	19	0	0	4	1	215	11.2	1	5	20.0	70	24	24	106	20:38
9	Macklin Celebrini M. Celebrini	3.52	2025-26	SJS	64	35	59	94	+8	36	5	21	0	0	4	2	225	15.6	489	1,000	48.9	35	44	34	106	21:19
10	Jack Hughes J. Hughes	3.51	2025-26	NJD	45	17	31	48	-6	4	4	14	0	0	3	1	158	10.8	86	244	35.2	3	17	29	86	20:57
11	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	3.51	2025-26	CBJ	59	20	48	68	+4	12	3	15	0	1	2	0	207	9.7	0	0		28	76	27	95	26:29
12	Tage Thompson T. Thompson	3.51	2025-26	BUF	67	34	36	70	-6	29	5	15	0	1	4	0	235	14.5	333	737	45.2	67	40	25	58	19:11
13	Jason Robertson J. Robertson	3.50	2025-26	DAL	66	36	43	79	+23	24	12	22	0	0	7	1	231	15.6	0	2	0.0	40	27	19	84	19:59
14	Kirill Kaprizov K. Kaprizov	3.49	2025-26	MIN	67	38	41	79	+10	26	16	13	0	0	5	4	234	16.2	0	2	0.0	45	22	19	98	22:24
15	Alex DeBrincat A. DeBrincat	3.40	2025-26	DET	67	33	33	66	+3	12	12	6	0	0	5	2	228	14.5	17	45	37.8	30	32	31	69	18:16
16	Bo Horvat B. Horvat	3.40	2025-26	NYI	53	28	19	47	+10	38	7	7	1	0	6	2	180	15.6	529	939	56.3	44	35	12	57	20:47
17	Matt Boldy M. Boldy	3.35	2025-26	MIN	63	38	37	75	+18	28	11	15	4	0	3	1	211	18.0	50	106	47.2	53	42	29	69	20:49
18	Connor Bedard C. Bedard	3.28	2025-26	CHI	53	27	35	62	-6	40	7	12	0	0	4	1	174	15.5	197	431	45.7	26	19	21	71	20:56
19	Kyle Connor K. Connor	3.26	2025-26	WPG	65	30	44	74	-1	16	3	12	2	1	1	1	212	14.2	0	0		21	13	16	54	21:24
20	Dylan Guenther D. Guenther	3.18	2025-26	UTA	65	33	25	58	+7	26	7	10	0	0	6	3	207	15.9	25	61	41.0	52	26	13	53	17:17
21	Seth Jarvis S. Jarvis	3.17	2025-26	CAR	58	28	25	53	+9	13	4	11	3	0	6	2	184	15.2	30	70	42.9	77	23	32	51	19:02
22	Filip Forsberg F. Forsberg	3.11	2025-26	NSH	65	28	25	53	-8	28	8	11	0	0	2	0	202	13.9	10	29	34.5	108	21	41	85	18:54
23	Jakob Chychrun J. Chychrun	3.05	2025-26	WSH	66	23	28	51	+14	55	6	8	0	0	7	2	201	11.4	0	0		51	93	34	87	23:44
24	Dylan Larkin D. Larkin	3.03	2025-26	DET	63	28	27	55	+7	42	10	8	0	0	8	4	191	14.7	678	1,290	52.6	34	31	15	57	20:15
25	Cole Caufield C. Caufield	3.03	2025-26	MTL	64	38	27	65	+21	14	8	13	0	0	8	4	194	19.6	6	17	35.3	44	19	21	43	18:08

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Team Leaders

44

MacKinnon

65

MacKinnon

+/-

+57

MacKinnon

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.75

1st

GA/GP

2.43

1st

PP%

16.1

29th

PK%

82.7

5th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	44	12	9	97	84
Stars	42	14	10	94	54
Wild	38	17	12	88	32
Mammoth	34	27	6	74	20
Predators	29	27	9	67	-28
Blues	27	29	10	64	-44
Jets	27	28	10	64	-15
Blackhawks	25	30	11	61	-38

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 3/16	PIT	@	COL	9:30 PM
Wed 3/18	DAL	@	COL	9:30 PM
Fri 3/20	COL	@	CHI	8:30 PM
Sun 3/22	COL	@	WSH	12:30 PM
Tue 3/24	COL	@	PIT	7:00 PM

Last Game

Avalanche

44 - 12 - 9

Final

Jets

27 - 28 - 10

Sat 14 Mar 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

44

MacKinnon

38

Kaprizov

38

Boldy

Assists Leaders

74

McDavid

72

Kucherov

65

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

111

McDavid

109

MacKinnon

106

Kucherov

Hits Leaders

340

Trenin

265

Sherwood

247

Klapka

Blocks Leaders

154

McCabe

151

Dobson

151

Weegar

Wins Leaders

30

Vejmelka

30

Vasilevskiy

28

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.16

Wedgewood

2.28

DeSmith

2.30

Vasilevskiy

Save Percentage Leaders

.918

Wedgewood

.914

Shesterkin

.914

Cooley

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.75

3.51

Goals Against Rankings

2.43

2.64

2.77

Power Play Rankings

32.1

30.0

25.5

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.0

84.2

83.3

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

42-23

41-23

41-25

39-27

Worst Record ATS

22-43

23-43

25-42

25-41

27-40

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	44	12	9	97	84
Stars	42	14	10	94	54
Wild	38	17	12	88	32
Mammoth	34	27	6	74	20
Predators	29	27	9	67	-28
Jets	27	28	10	64	-15
Blues	27	29	10	64	-44
Blackhawks	25	30	11	61	-38
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	31	22	14	76	11
Ducks	36	27	3	75	-11
Oilers	32	26	9	73	4
Sharks	32	26	6	70	-22
Kraken	30	26	9	69	-12
Kings	27	24	15	69	-24
Flames	26	33	7	59	-42
Canucks	20	38	8	48	-75

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	41	20	6	88	35
Lightning	40	21	4	84	49
Canadiens	36	19	10	82	14
Bruins	37	23	6	80	12
Red Wings	36	23	8	80	-6
Senators	33	23	9	75	17
Panthers	33	29	3	69	-17
Maple Leafs	28	27	12	68	-25
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	42	18	6	90	42
Penguins	33	18	15	81	21
Islanders	38	24	5	81	6
Blue Jackets	34	21	11	79	4
Flyers	31	23	12	74	-14
Capitals	33	27	8	74	9
Devils	33	31	2	68	-25
Rangers	28	30	8	64	-16