what active nhl player has the most career goals

Alex Ovechkin has scored the most career goals by an active player, with 897 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	897	1,491	726	1,623	+60	831	326	277	5	1	136	27	6,864	13.1	64	190	33.7	3,742	563	784	1,189	20:37
2	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	625	1,352	1,062	1,687	+197	854	184	403	4	7	100	25	4,299	14.5	15,664	29,637	52.9	1,181	662	772	1,107	20:40
3	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	582	1,164	608	1,190	+10	679	228	215	5	3	91	14	3,506	16.6	6,801	13,494	50.4	1,238	529	500	662	19:05
4	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	514	1,213	832	1,346	+28	1,202	183	325	4	1	86	14	3,810	13.5	6,000	13,370	44.9	713	523	1,029	1,176	19:34
5	John Tavares J. Tavares	494	1,184	620	1,114	-21	521	155	215	3	3	82	18	3,749	13.2	11,310	21,003	53.8	888	509	853	1,056	19:18
6	Patrick Kane P. Kane	492	1,302	851	1,343	0	454	138	308	0	1	81	14	4,233	11.6	328	846	38.8	335	298	719	714	20:03
7	Corey Perry C. Perry	448	1,392	487	935	+57	1,487	124	164	6	4	78	6	3,460	12.9	110	345	31.9	1,288	501	511	713	16:35
8	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	440	1,454	838	1,278	+108	348	124	321	14	14	78	9	3,328	13.2	14,493	27,146	53.4	1,266	1,030	831	935	20:48
9	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	424	1,100	556	980	+285	1,115	84	163	36	23	82	21	2,811	15.1	268	688	39.0	1,039	381	675	946	18:02
10	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	401	629	326	727	+151	134	104	99	2	1	63	13	2,534	15.8	4,977	9,338	53.3	441	625	591	490	19:52
11	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	399	790	557	956	+86	340	162	167	9	4	72	19	2,147	18.6	6,860	12,941	53.0	461	261	662	884	20:35
12	Jamie Benn J. Benn	399	1,192	557	956	+81	879	109	156	16	14	62	12	3,041	13.1	4,856	9,191	52.8	1,986	786	830	829	17:42
13	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	391	756	442	833	+141	342	122	138	0	0	64	12	2,819	13.9	48	148	32.4	622	239	452	833	18:21
14	Jeff Skinner J. Skinner	373	1,078	326	699	-129	467	75	89	0	0	47	7	3,330	11.2	770	1,729	44.5	494	260	753	608	16:43
15	Matt Duchene M. Duchene	371	1,138	520	891	-64	298	94	134	2	1	55	13	2,721	13.6	7,078	13,258	53.4	655	610	660	715	18:06
16	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	367	870	648	1,015	+173	389	102	224	2	2	69	14	3,492	10.5	5,539	11,961	46.3	597	474	458	643	20:32
17	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	365	1,263	751	1,116	+16	496	100	311	9	12	57	13	3,183	11.5	11,687	20,748	56.3	1,094	503	647	657	19:29
18	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	361	712	721	1,082	+168	276	87	277	8	9	72	16	2,407	15.0	3,936	8,243	47.7	533	280	663	652	21:44
19	Tyler Seguin T. Seguin	360	989	449	809	+89	307	94	139	2	4	62	10	3,216	11.2	5,042	9,409	53.6	813	354	439	551	18:05
20	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	357	803	637	994	+157	386	96	268	0	0	57	7	2,481	14.4	10	22	45.5	446	263	454	766	19:00
21	Mark Scheifele M. Scheifele	336	879	468	804	+77	421	89	115	2	6	59	17	1,955	17.2	6,594	14,092	46.8	670	528	619	553	20:03
22	Max Pacioretty M. Pacioretty	335	939	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
23	James van Riemsdyk J. van Riemsdyk	327	1,082	338	665	-70	417	94	71	3	2	48	1	2,729	12.0	151	359	42.1	810	329	400	349	15:56
24	Chris Kreider C. Kreider	326	883	256	582	+121	575	116	64	13	3	50	3	2,160	15.1	329	771	42.7	1,593	363	266	480	16:56
25	Evander Kane E. Kane	326	930	291	617	-50	1,186	52	52	18	7	46	5	3,248	10.0	657	1,452	45.2	2,216	372	476	498	18:42