most even strength goals in a season since 1997

Since 1996-97, Auston Matthews has scored the most even-strength goals in a season, with 51 goals in 2023-24.

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most even strength goals by a player in a season since 1997

	NAME	EVG	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	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	51	2023-24	TOR	81	69	38	107	+31	20	18	11	0	1	8	3	369	18.7	705	1,319	53.4	89	93	85	54	20:58
2	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	48	2011-12	TBL	82	60	37	97	+7	66	12	13	0	0	12	5	303	19.8	558	1,227	45.5	109	37	42	45	22:01
3	Pavel Bure P. Bure	45	1999-00	FLA	74	58	36	94	+25	16	11	9	2	0	14	1	360	16.1	0	1	0.0	25	12	54	95	24:45
4	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	44	2021-22	TOR	73	60	46	106	+20	18	16	13	0	0	10	2	348	17.2	691	1,229	56.2	67	62	92	48	20:37
5	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	43	2022-23	BOS	82	61	52	113	+34	38	18	19	0	0	13	4	407	15.0	8	19	42.1	91	33	52	109	19:34
6	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	43	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
7	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	42	2022-23	COL	82	55	50	105	+15	82	13	24	0	0	9	3	306	18.0	222	453	49.0	77	41	61	45	22:13
8	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	41	2023-24	COL	82	51	89	140	+35	42	10	38	0	0	9	2	405	12.6	607	1,314	46.2	55	69	42	82	22:49
9	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	41	1997-98	ANA	73	52	34	86	+12	30	10	7	1	1	10	1	268	19.4
10	Keith Tkachuk K. Tkachuk	41	1996-97	PHX	81	52	34	86	-1	228	9	10	2	0	7	1	296	17.6
11	John LeClair J. LeClair	40	1996-97	PHI	82	50	47	97	+44	58	10	6	0	0	5	0	324	15.4
12	Zach Hyman Z. Hyman	39	2023-24	EDM	80	54	23	77	+36	48	15	5	0	0	7	1	290	18.6	7	16	43.8	87	37	35	19	19:30
13	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	39	2022-23	EDM	82	64	89	153	+22	36	21	50	4	3	11	2	352	18.2	525	1,011	51.9	89	40	82	77	22:23
14	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	39	1996-97	ANA	78	51	58	109	+28	34	11	21	1	0	8	1	273	18.7
15	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	38	2023-24	NYR	82	49	71	120	+18	24	11	33	0	1	5	1	303	16.2	1	10	10.0	20	15	34	72	20:07
16	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	38	2011-12	PIT	75	50	59	109	+18	70	12	22	0	0	9	1	339	14.7	575	1,210	47.5	29	41	52	73	21:01
17	Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	38	1996-97	NYI	80	48	42	90	+21	43	6	15	4	2	6	0	292	16.4
18	Tage Thompson T. Thompson	37	2024-25	BUF	76	44	28	72	-2	35	7	9	0	0	6	0	242	18.2	301	704	42.8	70	31	21	54	18:45
19	John Tavares J. Tavares	37	2018-19	TOR	82	47	41	88	+19	34	10	9	0	0	8	1	286	16.4	832	1,528	54.5	59	53	53	72	19:05
20	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	37	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
21	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	37	2000-01	PIT	81	52	69	121	+19	42	14	27	1	1	10	0	317	16.4	0	2	0.0	25	27	38	112	23:19
22	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	36	2024-25	EDM	71	52	54	106	+32	34	16	17	0	0	11	6	240	21.7	650	1,196	54.3	23	27	35	88	21:31
23	Kyle Connor K. Connor	36	2021-22	WPG	79	47	46	93	-3	4	8	20	3	0	9	1	317	14.8	1	7	14.3	32	23	66	47	21:47
24	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	36	2009-10	PIT	81	51	58	109	+15	71	13	21	2	1	6	1	298	17.1	1,001	1,791	55.9	63	43	43	77	21:57
25	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	36	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

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TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Canadiens	25	13	6	56	7
Red Wings	26	15	4	56	-1
Lightning	26	13	3	55	34
Sabres	23	15	4	50	4
Maple Leafs	21	15	7	49	3
Bruins	23	19	2	48	-3
Panthers	22	18	3	47	-8
Senators	20	18	5	45	-6

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 1/10	VAN	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Mon 1/12	TOR	@	COL	10:00 PM
Tue 1/13	TOR	@	UTA	10:00 PM
Thu 1/15	TOR	@	VGK	9:30 PM
Sat 1/17	TOR	@	WPG	7:00 PM

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Assists Leaders

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Points Leaders

78

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Hits Leaders

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Blocks Leaders

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Wins Leaders

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Goals Against Leaders

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Goals Against Rankings

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Worst Record ATS

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Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	32	4	7	71	76
Stars	26	10	8	60	29
Wild	26	11	8	60	22
Mammoth	22	20	3	47	10
Predators	20	19	4	44	-21
Blackhawks	18	19	7	43	-16
Blues	17	20	8	42	-45
Jets	16	22	5	37	-9
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	19	11	12	50	1
Oilers	22	16	6	50	1
Kraken	20	14	8	48	-6
Sharks	22	18	3	47	-15
Kings	18	15	10	46	-7
Ducks	21	20	3	45	-16
Flames	18	22	4	40	-20
Canucks	16	22	5	37	-32

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Canadiens	25	13	6	56	7
Red Wings	26	15	4	56	-1
Lightning	26	13	3	55	34
Sabres	23	15	4	50	4
Maple Leafs	21	15	7	49	3
Bruins	23	19	2	48	-3
Panthers	22	18	3	47	-8
Senators	20	18	5	45	-6
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	27	14	3	57	19
Islanders	24	15	5	53	8
Flyers	22	12	8	52	10
Capitals	23	16	6	52	18
Penguins	21	12	9	51	7
Devils	22	20	2	46	-22
Rangers	20	19	6	46	-7
Blue Jackets	18	18	7	43	-15

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 12/12	SJS	@	PIT	6-5
Fri 12/12	TBL	@	NYI	2-3
Fri 12/12	WSH	@	WPG	1-5
Fri 12/12	VGK	@	CBJ	3-2
Fri 12/12	CAR	@	PHI	4-3

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Sat 1/10	NYR	@	BOS	1:00 PM
Sat 1/10	CGY	@	PIT	3:30 PM
Sat 1/10	CBJ	@	COL	4:00 PM
Sat 1/10	DAL	@	SJS	4:00 PM
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