most nhl career goals for current players including playoffs

Alex Ovechkin has recorded the most career goals by an active player in the regular season and playoffs, with 1,006 scored.

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	1,006	1,734	828	1,834	+58	940	362	324	5	1	152	28	7,783	12.9	77	209	36.8	4,548	666	865	1,387	20:30
2	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	726	1,606	1,241	1,967	+214	987	215	472	4	7	113	27	5,020	14.5	18,626	35,286	52.8	1,435	784	932	1,343	20:38
3	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	674	1,374	683	1,357	-18	815	262	257	5	3	106	17	4,033	16.7	7,793	15,355	50.8	1,596	635	569	783	18:55
4	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	602	1,452	988	1,590	+47	1,511	216	396	5	2	102	16	4,574	13.2	6,926	15,371	45.1	941	634	1,194	1,449	19:31
5	Patrick Kane P. Kane	561	1,512	977	1,538	+3	540	148	361	1	1	96	19	4,847	11.6	349	923	37.8	405	356	809	868	19:59
6	John Tavares J. Tavares	553	1,341	685	1,238	-69	579	175	234	3	3	92	23	4,185	13.2	12,807	23,671	54.1	1,101	582	925	1,191	19:15
7	Corey Perry C. Perry	529	1,708	584	1,113	+41	1,867	153	196	7	4	92	11	4,114	12.9	124	405	30.6	1,642	607	602	903	16:19
8	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	517	1,332	675	1,192	+316	1,358	108	209	39	25	101	27	3,405	15.2	310	823	37.7	1,314	486	784	1,151	18:10
9	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	489	957	715	1,204	+111	425	201	228	11	4	83	24	2,623	18.6	8,458	15,954	53.0	618	332	768	1,132	20:49
10	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	482	1,058	800	1,282	+273	476	133	272	2	2	86	17	4,337	11.1	6,958	14,835	46.9	784	572	539	909	20:49
11	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	462	929	565	1,027	+140	481	148	185	0	0	75	15	3,444	13.4	60	182	33.0	856	315	536	1,064	18:39
12	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	455	1,038	846	1,301	+239	562	123	354	1	0	73	11	3,192	14.3	10	26	38.5	676	335	557	1,053	19:11
13	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	454	757	385	839	+149	165	115	117	2	1	73	14	3,043	14.9	6,170	11,440	53.9	682	794	697	584	20:04
14	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	454	896	922	1,376	+208	350	114	362	11	11	81	19	3,063	14.8	4,942	10,358	47.7	759	374	780	887	22:04
15	Jamie Benn J. Benn	442	1,378	630	1,072	+83	1,085	120	173	18	14	68	12	3,393	13.0	5,443	10,264	53.0	2,398	897	904	951	17:28
16	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	408	1,450	843	1,251	+45	557	108	343	11	16	62	14	3,554	11.5	13,045	23,184	56.3	1,292	584	722	760	19:18
17	Matt Duchene M. Duchene	402	1,270	580	982	-88	328	108	159	2	1	64	16	2,930	13.7	7,671	14,392	53.3	765	687	711	840	18:00
18	Chris Kreider C. Kreider	398	1,093	317	715	+106	693	143	81	16	4	65	5	2,567	15.5	357	865	41.3	2,042	421	323	627	16:54
19	Mark Scheifele M. Scheifele	398	1,014	558	956	+80	523	104	135	2	7	67	18	2,247	17.7	7,643	16,316	46.8	777	618	678	719	20:11
20	Tyler Seguin T. Seguin	396	1,167	509	905	+108	349	102	155	3	5	71	12	3,672	10.8	5,837	10,905	53.5	1,062	407	498	654	17:54
21	Filip Forsberg F. Forsberg	389	943	426	815	+17	421	102	150	6	1	63	12	3,013	12.9	48	143	33.6	1,410	451	737	824	18:17
22	Brayden Point B. Point	369	819	406	775	+85	210	128	118	3	2	71	15	1,998	18.5	4,256	8,674	49.1	408	402	379	334	19:07
23	Mika Zibanejad M. Zibanejad	367	1,085	514	881	+2	283	145	166	15	26	47	9	2,820	13.0	8,361	16,768	49.9	1,293	671	637	773	18:36
24	Jordan Staal J. Staal	364	1,584	468	832	+75	729	59	72	23	26	56	9	3,060	11.9	14,422	26,967	53.5	3,244	787	794	766	17:58
25	Brock Nelson B. Nelson	363	1,099	346	709	+29	410	76	71	5	4	64	10	2,506	14.5	6,359	13,178	48.3	782	676	571	593	17:15

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+/-

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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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/2	WSH	@	CAR	7:00 PM
Sat 10/3	WSH	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/7	PIT	@	WSH	7:30 PM
Fri 10/9	NYR	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Sun 10/11	SEA	@	WSH	5:00 PM

Last Game

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43 - 30 - 9

Final

Blue Jackets

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

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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

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 4/2	BOS	@	FLA	1-2
Thu 4/2	DET	@	PHI	4-2
Thu 4/2	WSH	@	NJD	3-7
Thu 4/2	VAN	@	MIN	2-5
Thu 4/2	WPG	@	DAL	0-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 9/29	FLA	@	CAR	5:00 PM
Tue 9/29	MTL	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Tue 9/29	NYR	@	BOS	8:00 PM
Tue 9/29	VAN	@	EDM	10:00 PM
Tue 9/29	CHI	@	VGK	10:30 PM

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