nhl most shots on goal per game since 2009

Since 2008-09, Alex Ovechkin has taken the most shots per game, with 4.43 taken.

Interpreted as:
NHL most shots on goal per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player since 2009
NAMES/GPGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Alex Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin
4.43
1,288
749
598
1,347
+49
697
269
217
2
1
115
22
5,712
13.1
49
141
34.8
3,238
462
584
950
20:15
2Nathan MacKinnon
N. MacKinnon
4.04
910
402
687
1,089
+224
403
109
235
2
2
74
15
3,674
10.9
5,917
12,722
46.5
631
497
468
723
20:35
3Auston Matthews
A. Matthews
4.03
664
421
339
760
+157
146
108
102
2
1
66
13
2,673
15.8
5,319
9,923
53.6
460
680
606
525
19:55
4Brady Tkachuk
B. Tkachuk
3.88
532
197
226
423
-59
772
58
68
0
0
27
12
2,065
9.5
1,353
2,730
49.6
1,816
198
233
348
18:18
5David Pastrnak
D. Pastrnak
3.71
793
408
471
879
+130
372
130
149
0
0
66
12
2,945
13.9
49
150
32.7
667
253
465
897
18:25
6Jack Eichel
J. Eichel
3.57
648
251
398
649
0
195
62
159
2
6
42
12
2,311
10.9
4,231
9,420
44.9
421
433
381
580
20:12
7Rick Nash
R. Nash
3.55
697
283
246
529
+52
366
56
68
17
7
49
3
2,474
11.4
42
122
34.4
672
282
510
357
18:32
8Kirill Kaprizov
K. Kaprizov
3.53
362
209
226
435
+78
151
71
76
0
0
29
12
1,278
16.4
10
43
23.3
260
148
195
357
20:37
9Jack Hughes
J. Hughes
3.46
391
152
223
375
-37
62
36
90
1
1
24
9
1,354
11.2
1,090
3,027
36.0
65
145
308
474
19:31
10Evander Kane
E. Kane
3.45
970
332
304
636
-61
1,241
54
55
18
7
47
5
3,347
9.9
669
1,486
45.0
2,286
387
485
537
18:38
11Connor McDavid
C. McDavid
3.39
754
386
768
1,154
+168
292
94
301
9
10
73
16
2,558
15.1
4,150
8,692
47.7
551
298
677
718
21:47
12Macklin Celebrini
M. Celebrini
3.31
111
47
79
126
-18
56
12
27
0
0
8
3
367
12.8
809
1,677
48.2
61
76
51
176
20:06
13Patrick Kane
P. Kane
3.30
1,248
477
818
1,295
+5
412
132
295
0
1
79
13
4,121
11.6
312
821
38.0
326
304
671
723
20:06
14Ilya Kovalchuk
I. Kovalchuk
3.26
460
189
221
410
-73
210
51
90
7
3
33
10
1,499
12.6
65
194
33.5
221
119
209
493
21:24
15Max Pacioretty
M. Pacioretty
3.25
939
335
346
681
+53
509
80
95
7
3
66
16
3,048
11.0
158
353
44.8
1,257
424
408
452
17:16
16Patrick Sharp
P. Sharp
3.24
663
212
273
485
+29
304
59
93
6
3
35
6
2,146
9.9
1,157
2,343
49.4
546
216
368
247
17:40
17Timo Meier
T. Meier
3.23
657
229
231
460
-64
390
64
49
0
1
33
5
2,119
10.8
219
516
42.4
1,134
383
356
421
17:15
18Henrik Zetterberg
H. Zetterberg
3.21
727
185
443
628
+54
279
44
173
4
4
32
4
2,331
7.9
5,215
10,295
50.7
443
252
403
427
19:45
19Tyler Seguin
T. Seguin
3.20
1,016
367
459
826
+99
309
95
142
2
4
64
10
3,247
11.3
5,168
9,644
53.6
831
360
442
572
18:03
20Cole Caufield
C. Caufield
3.19
328
138
121
259
-20
52
35
40
0
0
28
11
1,047
13.2
21
52
40.4
193
83
124
173
18:03
21Filip Forsberg
F. Forsberg
3.18
821
334
378
712
+8
365
86
133
6
1
58
11
2,608
12.8
42
123
34.1
1,214
382
633
710
18:06
22Kyle Connor
K. Connor
3.16
653
303
327
630
-4
147
69
107
9
2
61
13
2,065
14.7
25
74
33.8
184
208
375
373
19:41
23Marian Hossa
M. Hossa
3.16
608
226
260
486
+160
233
50
75
18
7
37
9
1,921
11.8
21
62
33.9
418
220
513
243
18:23
24John Tavares
J. Tavares
3.15
1,225
509
642
1,151
-27
541
157
218
3
3
83
19
3,856
13.2
11,697
21,653
54.0
926
517
871
1,095
19:15
25Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
3.13
1,179
549
889
1,438
+169
675
158
310
4
4
89
22
3,694
14.9
14,188
26,500
53.5
1,044
553
677
985
20:39
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