nhl highest single season goals among active players max 45 goals

6 players are tied for the most goals by an active player with 45 or fewer goals in a season, with 45 scored. The first three are Kirill Kaprizov, Jason Robertson and Wyatt Johnston in 2025-26.

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Kirill Kaprizov K. Kaprizov	45	2025-26	MIN	78	44	89	+10	28	19	13	0	0	7	4	269	16.7	0	2	0.0	52	27	22	112	22:09
2	Jason Robertson J. Robertson	45	2025-26	DAL	82	51	96	+22	32	15	26	0	0	9	1	294	15.3	1	3	33.3	48	34	24	107	20:15
3	Wyatt Johnston W. Johnston	45	2025-26	DAL	82	41	86	-5	32	27	15	0	0	4	1	206	21.8	402	844	47.6	56	55	23	62	20:07
4	Macklin Celebrini M. Celebrini	45	2025-26	SJS	82	70	115	+8	44	8	25	0	0	5	2	287	15.7	625	1,285	48.6	53	53	41	150	21:19
5	William Nylander W. Nylander	45	2024-25	TOR	82	39	84	+10	26	12	18	0	0	8	2	253	17.8	76	153	49.7	14	27	28	79	19:31
6	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	45	2018-19	TBL	82	53	98	+4	37	19	21	2	0	6	0	234	19.2	506	953	53.1	72	40	28	60	18:18
7	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	45	2010-11	TBL	82	46	91	+3	74	17	19	0	0	8	1	272	16.5	431	927	46.5	84	37	40	60	20:12
8	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	44	2025-26	TBL	76	86	130	+43	50	8	29	1	0	8	2	231	19.0	0	2	0.0	36	29	21	124	20:20
9	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	44	2024-25	WSH	65	29	73	+15	14	14	8	0	0	7	1	237	18.6	0	2	0.0	110	13	12	47	17:43
10	Tage Thompson T. Thompson	44	2024-25	BUF	76	28	72	-2	35	7	9	0	0	6	0	242	18.2	301	704	42.8	70	31	21	54	18:45
11	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	44	2023-24	TBL	81	100	144	+8	22	13	40	0	0	6	1	306	14.4	2	4	50.0	47	35	62	96	21:40
12	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	44	2021-22	EDM	80	79	123	+28	45	10	34	0	1	9	4	314	14.0	562	1,046	53.7	75	26	73	68	22:04
13	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	44	2016-17	PIT	75	45	89	+17	24	14	11	0	0	5	1	255	17.3	842	1,748	48.2	80	27	39	70	19:53
14	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	43	2024-25	BOS	82	63	106	0	42	9	14	0	0	4	3	319	13.5	3	8	37.5	58	24	40	118	20:11
15	Jack Hughes J. Hughes	43	2022-23	NJD	78	56	99	+10	6	9	22	0	0	6	1	336	12.8	164	464	35.3	12	30	60	85	19:58
16	Matt Duchene M. Duchene	43	2021-22	NSH	78	43	86	+6	38	16	13	0	0	6	3	228	18.9	119	220	54.1	31	28	31	77	19:01
17	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	43	2019-20	EDM	71	67	110	-8	18	16	28	0	0	10	2	218	19.7	661	1,269	52.1	27	19	60	91	22:37
18	William Karlsson W. Karlsson	43	2017-18	VGK	82	35	78	+49	12	8	8	4	1	6	1	184	23.4	402	837	48.0	48	45	78	46	18:43
19	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	43	2014-15	TBL	82	29	72	+2	49	13	12	0	0	6	0	268	16.0	469	943	49.7	91	35	34	37	19:22
20	Corey Perry C. Perry	43	2013-14	ANA	81	39	82	+32	65	8	10	0	0	9	1	280	15.4	9	25	36.0	81	28	31	56	19:29
21	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	42	2025-26	NSH	82	24	66	-17	58	14	12	0	0	10	3	206	20.4	323	560	57.7	89	36	24	65	17:50
22	Matt Boldy M. Boldy	42	2025-26	MIN	76	43	85	+18	30	11	19	4	0	3	1	254	16.5	55	124	44.4	60	58	34	86	20:34
23	Brayden Point B. Point	42	2024-25	TBL	77	40	82	+17	7	16	15	0	0	7	2	189	22.2	430	886	48.5	26	45	17	45	19:29
24	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	42	2023-24	PIT	82	52	94	+7	40	10	13	0	0	3	0	278	15.1	1,090	1,872	58.2	101	37	73	57	20:05
25	Jonathan Marchessault J. Marchessault	42	2023-24	VGK	82	27	69	-2	40	8	9	0	0	5	2	266	15.8	6	24	25.0	106	23	47	37	17:54

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More Wild Stats

Team Leaders

45

Kaprizov

48

Hughes

+/-

+19

Brodin

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.27

10th

GA/GP

2.87

4th

PP%

25.2

3rd

PK%

79.8

16th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	55	16	11	121	99
Stars	50	20	12	112	53
Wild	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth	43	33	6	92	28
Blues	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks	29	39	14	72	-62

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/1	MIN	@	NSH	8:00 PM
Sat 10/3	BOS	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Tue 10/6	MIN	@	BUF	8:00 PM
Thu 10/8	MIN	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Sat 10/10	MIN	@	FLA	6:00 PM

Last Game

Wild

1 - 4

Final

Avalanche

4 - 1

Wed 13 May 2026

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

34-54

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