Between the 2016-17 and 2021-22 seasons, Auston Matthews scored the most goals, with 259 scored.

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NHL most goals by a player 2016-17 to 2021-22

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	259	407	198	457	+78	74	63	58	0	0	45	8	1,577	16.4	3,027	5,747	52.7	229	351	409	319	19:28
2	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	255	435	189	444	+5	182	90	59	1	0	33	7	1,833	13.9	9	30	30.0	1,015	169	172	305	20:03
3	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	233	449	323	556	+40	182	87	97	8	1	40	10	1,261	18.5	3,947	7,471	52.8	255	142	414	525	21:15
4	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	223	442	426	649	+92	165	47	157	3	6	48	12	1,491	15.0	2,350	4,987	47.1	274	173	448	400	21:55
5	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	215	413	236	451	+71	187	81	80	0	0	37	4	1,510	14.2	24	77	31.2	329	137	246	427	18:27
6	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	198	420	308	506	+125	463	43	111	14	14	41	11	1,209	16.4	155	394	39.3	333	129	311	413	19:25
7	John Tavares J. Tavares	184	439	240	424	+8	168	52	74	3	2	23	7	1,400	13.1	4,470	8,192	54.6	304	210	272	398	19:15
8	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	183	420	312	495	+75	196	53	113	2	1	33	9	1,723	10.6	2,755	6,038	45.6	305	168	222	288	20:47
9	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	182	445	219	401	+72	172	45	75	13	5	36	7	1,232	14.8	2,009	4,051	49.6	350	133	352	349	18:44
10	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	179	401	292	471	+54	179	52	109	1	2	32	11	1,198	14.9	4,810	9,109	52.8	362	188	246	346	20:23
11	Patrick Kane P. Kane	179	449	338	517	-25	158	41	110	0	0	23	7	1,671	10.7	22	93	23.7	115	107	256	264	21:33
12	Kyle Connor K. Connor	178	384	166	344	-9	88	45	45	5	1	34	5	1,165	15.3	20	52	38.5	96	113	252	190	19:12
13	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	178	351	289	467	+79	202	53	118	0	0	29	4	1,137	15.7	4	10	40.0	174	92	232	328	19:37
14	Patrik Laine P. Laine	176	407	151	327	-36	163	61	44	0	0	25	5	1,165	15.1	52	166	31.3	391	183	177	303	17:49
15	Mark Scheifele M. Scheifele	172	415	260	432	+26	174	48	62	2	6	27	9	939	18.3	3,419	7,200	47.5	261	253	342	266	21:12
16	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	169	353	241	410	+67	197	73	77	2	1	26	3	1,012	16.7	2,226	4,199	53.0	354	157	129	180	18:27
17	Aleksander Barkov A. Barkov	168	405	266	434	+70	82	47	80	10	3	26	8	1,166	14.4	4,354	8,140	53.5	199	272	380	288	20:58
18	Chris Kreider C. Kreider	168	406	126	294	+39	275	66	33	3	0	26	1	1,040	16.2	207	476	43.5	766	219	132	262	17:19
19	Brayden Point B. Point	167	417	201	368	+74	121	54	54	3	2	35	9	978	17.1	2,250	4,576	49.2	218	206	211	121	18:47
20	Mika Zibanejad M. Zibanejad	165	404	199	364	+15	121	69	55	8	9	27	6	1,165	14.2	3,750	7,486	50.1	442	297	297	309	19:31
21	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	165	399	243	408	+51	214	65	86	0	0	23	2	1,042	15.8	346	706	49.0	232	200	247	178	19:39
22	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	162	396	202	364	+132	158	53	68	10	11	28	3	1,409	11.5	5,123	8,627	59.4	318	276	278	149	18:46
23	Anders Lee A. Lee	162	416	111	273	+12	251	47	29	0	0	25	1	1,037	15.6	311	650	47.8	612	216	117	168	16:58
24	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	161	375	180	341	+42	164	33	43	1	1	23	4	1,011	15.9	121	260	46.5	469	200	177	127	18:47
25	Alex DeBrincat A. DeBrincat	160	368	147	307	-14	67	52	46	1	0	21	9	1,033	15.5	88	218	40.4	304	127	223	202	18:07