nhl season with most shots per game by league since 1980

Since 1979-80, Alex Ovechkin has taken the most shots per game in a season, with 6.68 taken in 2008-09.

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NHL season with most shots per game with a minimum of 51.25 games played per 82 team games by a player by league since 1980

	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	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	6.68	2008-09	WSH	79	56	54	110	+8	72	19	27	1	0	10	2	528	10.6	8	32	25.0	243	32	60	107	23:00
2	Brett Hull B. Hull	5.59	1991-92	STL	73	70	39	109	-2	48	20	20	5	0	9	1	408	17.2
3	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	5.44	2007-08	WSH	82	65	47	112	+28	40	22	15	0	0	11	2	446	14.6	7	18	38.9	220	44	68	93	23:06
4	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	5.36	1993-94	BOS	72	20	71	91	+26	58	10	42	3	2	1	0	386	5.2
5	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	5.25	2005-06	WSH	81	52	54	106	+2	52	21	31	3	0	5	2	425	12.2	2	16	12.5	172	20	69	88	21:37
6	Paul Kariya P. Kariya	5.23	1998-99	ANA	82	39	62	101	+17	40	11	32	2	1	4	0	429	9.1
7	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	5.15	2022-23	COL	71	42	69	111	+29	30	12	22	0	0	9	2	366	11.5	519	1,168	44.4	53	40	43	47	22:19
8	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	5.11	2009-10	WSH	72	50	59	109	+45	89	13	23	0	0	7	0	368	13.6	10	22	45.5	185	20	66	76	21:48
9	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	5.04	2015-16	WSH	79	50	21	71	+21	53	19	5	0	0	8	2	398	12.6	0	0		225	34	24	50	20:19
10	Brett Hull B. Hull	4.99	1990-91	STL	78	86	45	131	+23	22	29	16	0	0	11	1	389	22.1
11	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	4.96	2022-23	BOS	82	61	52	113	+34	38	18	19	0	0	13	4	407	15.0	8	19	42.1	91	33	52	109	19:34
12	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	4.96	1987-88	PIT	77	70	98	168	+23	92	22	58	10	4	7	2	382	18.3
13	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	4.95	2013-14	WSH	78	51	28	79	-35	48	24	15	0	1	10	3	386	13.2	2	3	66.7	204	22	32	48	20:33
14	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	4.94	2023-24	COL	82	51	89	140	+35	42	10	38	0	0	9	2	405	12.6	607	1,314	46.2	55	69	42	82	22:49
15	Paul Kariya P. Kariya	4.93	1996-97	ANA	69	44	55	99	+36	6	15	19	3	1	10	0	340	12.9
16	Pavel Bure P. Bure	4.92	1993-94	VAN	76	60	47	107	+1	86	25	18	4	2	9	1	374	16.0
17	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	4.91	1995-96	PIT	82	62	87	149	+31	96	20	31	1	2	12	1	403	15.4
18	Pavel Bure P. Bure	4.90	1992-93	VAN	83	60	50	110	+35	69	13	20	7	2	9	0	407	14.7
19	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	4.90	1993-94	STL	81	52	50	102	-9	211	15	27	7	1	8	0	397	13.1
20	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	4.88	2014-15	WSH	81	53	28	81	+10	58	25	9	0	0	11	0	395	13.4	2	5	40.0	259	32	45	58	20:20
21	Brett Hull B. Hull	4.88	1992-93	STL	80	54	47	101	-27	41	29	29	0	0	2	0	390	13.8
22	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	4.87	1988-89	LAK	79	70	80	150	+30	96	21	28	8	6	6	0	385	18.2
23	Pavel Bure P. Bure	4.86	1999-00	FLA	74	58	36	94	+25	16	11	9	2	0	14	1	360	16.1	0	1	0.0	25	12	54	95	24:45
24	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	4.85	1988-89	DET	80	65	90	155	+17	61	17	29	3	5	7	2	388	16.8
25	Brett Hull B. Hull	4.84	1993-94	STL	81	57	40	97	-3	38	25	16	3	2	6	0	392	14.5

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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

Last Game

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43 - 30 - 9

Final

Blue Jackets

40 - 30 - 12

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NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs Goals Leaders

6

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6

Boldy

6

Stankoven

Playoffs Assists Leaders

9

LaCombe

8

Hughes

8

Kaprizov

Playoffs Points Leaders

11

Hughes

10

LaCombe

10

Boldy

Playoffs Hits Leaders

42

Carrier

40

Barbashev

38

Crouse

Playoffs Blocks Leaders

22

Theodore

21

Matheson

20

Carrier

Playoffs Wins Leaders

6

Andersen

5

Wedgewood

5

Hart

Playoffs Goals Against Leaders

1.02

Andersen

1.14

Lyon

1.27

Husso

Playoffs Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

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.958

Andersen

.955

Lyon

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs Goals Rankings

4.40

4.14

3.86

Playoffs Goals Against Rankings

1.17

2.00

2.13

Playoffs Power Play Rankings

40.0

28.6

Playoffs Penalty Kill Rankings

95.8

95.0

93.8

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

57-33

49-33

48-34

52-37

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

34-48

37-52

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
Sat 3/28	TOR	@	STL	1-5
Sat 3/28	PHI	@	DET	5-3
Sat 3/28	UTA	@	LAK	6-2
Sat 3/28	VAN	@	CGY	3-7
Sat 3/28	WSH	@	VGK	5-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 5/5	MIN	@	COL	8:00 PM
Wed 5/6	MTL	@	BUF	7:00 PM
Wed 5/6	ANA	@	VGK	9:30 PM
Thu 5/7	CAR	@	PHI	8:00 PM
Fri 5/8	MTL	@	BUF	7:00 PM

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