most goals per game since 1997 by a player

Since 1996-97, Auston Matthews has scored the most goals per game, with 0.64 per game.

Interpreted as:

most goals per game with a minimum of 0.125 goals per team game since 1997 by a player

	NAME	G/GP	G	GP	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	0.64	401	629	326	727	+151	134	104	99	2	1	63	13	2,534	15.8	4,977	9,338	53.3	441	625	591	490	19:52
2	Pavel Bure P. Bure	0.61	257	419	189	446	+16	244	69	57	17	6	33	4	1,805	14.2	3	17	17.6	76	70	148	222	24:37
3	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	0.60	897	1,491	726	1,623	+60	831	326	277	5	1	136	27	6,864	13.1	64	190	33.7	3,742	563	784	1,189	20:37
4	Kirill Kaprizov K. Kaprizov	0.58	185	319	201	386	+71	137	62	69	0	0	27	10	1,129	16.4	10	41	24.4	239	130	184	293	20:24
5	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	0.52	391	756	442	833	+141	342	122	138	0	0	64	12	2,819	13.9	48	148	32.4	622	239	452	833	18:21
6	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	0.52	127	246	224	351	-1	162	50	97	4	3	16	2	906	14.0	1,414	2,865	49.4	52	45	70	122	22:40
7	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	0.51	361	712	721	1,082	+168	276	87	277	8	9	72	16	2,407	15.0	3,935	8,242	47.7	533	280	663	652	21:44
8	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	0.51	399	790	557	956	+86	340	162	167	9	4	72	19	2,147	18.6	6,860	12,941	53.0	461	261	662	884	20:35
9	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	0.50	582	1,164	608	1,190	+10	679	228	215	5	3	91	14	3,506	16.6	6,801	13,494	50.4	1,238	529	500	662	19:05
10	Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	0.49	276	565	333	609	+103	260	74	140	18	6	38	5	1,799	15.3	14	36	38.9	181	128	228	328	20:32
11	Ilya Kovalchuk I. Kovalchuk	0.48	443	926	433	876	-146	544	144	185	10	5	64	17	3,223	13.7	140	388	36.1	501	233	451	1,012	21:20
12	Brayden Point B. Point	0.47	306	657	329	635	+77	149	105	96	3	2	63	12	1,630	18.8	3,391	6,928	48.9	297	332	315	246	19:08
13	Kyle Connor K. Connor	0.46	284	613	298	582	-9	139	67	99	7	1	60	12	1,926	14.7	25	74	33.8	174	202	366	341	19:36
14	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	0.46	625	1,352	1,062	1,687	+197	854	184	403	4	7	100	25	4,299	14.5	15,664	29,637	52.9	1,181	662	772	1,107	20:40
15	Peter Bondra P. Bondra	0.46	316	690	241	557	+11	498	104	88	22	3	55	5	2,340	13.5	9	31	29.0	390	116	256	387	18:43
16	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	0.45	294	652	411	705	+91	408	103	151	0	0	47	5	1,840	16.0	991	1,949	50.8	410	345	392	349	20:25
17	John LeClair J. LeClair	0.45	281	624	274	555	+129	326	87	72	1	0	44	4	1,833	15.3	16	36	44.4	337	101	204	275	17:08
18	Jason Robertson J. Robertson	0.45	168	374	226	394	+95	98	45	71	0	0	31	5	1,106	15.2	12	27	44.4	272	132	214	281	18:02
19	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	0.45	268	600	303	571	+87	256	66	83	2	1	36	5	1,710	15.7	312	683	45.7	628	326	279	280	19:15
20	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	0.44	357	803	637	994	+157	386	96	268	0	0	57	7	2,481	14.4	10	22	45.5	446	263	454	766	19:00
21	Keith Tkachuk K. Tkachuk	0.44	394	893	382	776	+51	1,427	149	106	6	9	59	8	2,713	14.5	3,126	6,084	51.4	933	160	260	472	18:08
22	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	0.44	521	1,192	594	1,115	+104	569	203	247	4	2	95	9	3,528	14.8	935	1,994	46.9	243	158	461	783	17:56
23	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	0.43	340	788	555	895	+117	387	119	229	14	6	49	6	2,738	12.4	6,687	12,735	52.5	227	268	419	405	21:09
24	Dany Heatley D. Heatley	0.43	372	869	419	791	+38	620	143	155	8	5	64	5	2,565	14.5	285	658	43.3	721	310	412	559	20:02
25	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	0.42	514	1,213	832	1,346	+28	1,202	183	325	4	1	86	13	3,810	13.5	6,000	13,370	44.9	713	523	1,029	1,176	19:34