nhl center position shots per game leaders

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

Interpreted as:

NHL center position shots per game with a minimum of 51.25 games played per 82 team games leaders 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	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
3	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
4	Jack Eichel J. Eichel	3.62	2025-26	VGK	58	24	50	74	+15	12	0	24	1	0	5	2	210	11.4	448	938	47.8	32	35	23	102	21:20
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	Connor Bedard C. Bedard	3.31	2025-26	CHI	52	27	35	62	-6	38	7	12	0	0	4	1	172	15.7	189	418	45.2	24	19	21	70	20:58
10	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
11	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
12	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	2.88	2025-26	EDM	64	34	62	96	+13	26	15	26	1	0	3	1	184	18.5	626	1,099	57.0	34	15	26	106	21:52
13	Nazem Kadri N. Kadri	2.86	2025-26	TOT	65	13	30	43	-25	24	2	11	0	0	1	0	186	7.0	435	918	47.4	43	22	20	67	19:31
14	Joel Eriksson Ek J. Eriksson Ek	2.77	2025-26	MIN	61	17	27	44	+15	26	7	9	0	0	2	0	169	10.1	603	1,239	48.7	91	28	15	38	19:19
15	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	2.72	2025-26	PIT	46	13	34	47	+13	51	3	14	0	0	1	0	125	10.4	104	236	44.1	20	15	24	76	17:29
16	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	2.68	2025-26	TBL	65	29	40	69	+10	49	7	19	2	0	5	2	174	16.7	145	312	46.5	27	35	20	59	20:12
17	Mika Zibanejad M. Zibanejad	2.68	2025-26	NYR	65	27	35	62	-17	10	13	14	2	0	3	0	174	15.5	458	886	51.7	85	43	29	80	20:56
18	Adam Fantilli A. Fantilli	2.64	2025-26	CBJ	66	19	28	47	-10	32	3	6	0	0	2	2	174	10.9	448	893	50.2	106	42	21	78	18:47
19	Sam Bennett S. Bennett	2.62	2025-26	FLA	65	24	26	50	-9	74	5	8	0	0	4	1	170	14.1	463	961	48.2	109	26	23	62	18:30
20	Nico Hischier N. Hischier	2.61	2025-26	NJD	66	23	27	50	-9	25	8	9	0	0	4	2	172	13.4	797	1,436	55.5	51	53	23	57	20:48
21	Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	2.59	2025-26	FLA	64	29	32	61	-18	10	11	14	3	1	6	1	166	17.5	56	147	38.1	59	40	15	52	21:17
22	Martin Necas M. Necas	2.58	2025-26	COL	62	31	49	80	+44	30	8	9	0	0	1	0	160	19.4	9	20	45.0	68	23	17	103	21:20
23	Wyatt Johnston W. Johnston	2.58	2025-26	DAL	66	36	37	73	0	22	22	14	0	0	3	0	170	21.2	318	664	47.9	37	46	20	46	20:04
24	Leo Carlsson L. Carlsson	2.54	2025-26	ANA	54	21	31	52	-1	31	4	10	2	1	3	1	137	15.3	350	779	44.9	10	19	23	64	19:17
25	Tim Stutzle T. Stutzle	2.46	2025-26	OTT	65	30	40	70	+8	31	7	16	2	0	5	2	160	18.8	291	545	53.4	99	40	28	82	20:27

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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	26	6	74	21
Predators	29	27	9	67	-28
Blues	27	29	10	64	-44
Jets	27	28	10	64	-15
Blackhawks	25	29	11	61	-34

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

149

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

25.1

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.6

84.5

83.3

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

41-23

41-24

41-25

38-27

Worst Record ATS

22-43

23-43

25-42

25-41

26-40

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	26	6	74	21
Predators	29	27	9	67	-28
Jets	27	28	10	64	-15
Blues	27	29	10	64	-44
Blackhawks	25	29	11	61	-34
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Ducks	36	27	3	75	-11
Golden Knights	30	22	14	74	7
Oilers	32	26	9	73	4
Sharks	32	26	6	70	-22
Kings	27	24	15	69	-24
Kraken	29	26	9	67	-15
Flames	26	33	7	59	-42
Canucks	20	37	8	48	-72

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
Islanders	38	24	5	81	6
Penguins	32	18	15	79	20
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