Evgeni Malkin took the most shots per game in 2011-12, with 4.52 taken.

Interpreted as:

NHL shots per game with a minimum of 51.25 games played per 82 team games leaders 2011-2012

	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	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	4.52	2011-12	PIT	75	50	59	109	+18	70	12	22	0	0	9	1	339	14.7	575	1,210	47.5	29	41	52	73	21:01
2	James Neal J. Neal	4.11	2011-12	PIT	80	40	41	81	+6	87	18	12	0	0	4	0	329	12.2	4	15	26.7	108	15	30	26	19:08
3	Ilya Kovalchuk I. Kovalchuk	4.03	2011-12	NJD	77	37	46	83	-9	33	10	19	3	2	5	0	310	11.9	13	37	35.1	27	18	42	120	24:26
4	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	3.88	2011-12	WSH	78	38	27	65	-8	26	13	10	0	0	3	2	303	12.5	6	15	40.0	215	42	34	51	19:48
5	Evander Kane E. Kane	3.88	2011-12	WPG	74	30	27	57	+11	53	6	3	0	0	4	1	287	10.5	15	44	34.1	173	31	35	18	17:31
6	Patrick Sharp P. Sharp	3.81	2011-12	CHI	74	33	36	69	+28	38	7	10	1	0	8	2	282	11.7	139	291	47.8	80	18	55	29	19:54
7	Rick Nash R. Nash	3.73	2011-12	CBJ	82	30	29	59	-19	40	6	13	2	0	2	0	306	9.8	6	19	31.6	104	21	62	26	19:05
8	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	3.70	2011-12	TBL	82	60	37	97	+7	66	12	13	0	0	12	5	303	19.8	558	1,227	45.5	109	37	42	45	22:01
9	Max Pacioretty M. Pacioretty	3.62	2011-12	MTL	79	33	32	65	+2	56	4	9	0	0	5	1	286	11.5	1	5	20.0	104	39	33	36	18:16
10	Phil Kessel P. Kessel	3.60	2011-12	TOR	82	37	45	82	-10	20	10	13	0	0	6	0	295	12.5	9	28	32.1	12	21	39	82	20:03
11	Zach Parise Z. Parise	3.57	2011-12	NJD	82	31	38	69	-5	32	7	7	3	4	3	1	293	10.6	30	63	47.6	65	39	65	35	21:29
12	John Tavares J. Tavares	3.49	2011-12	NYI	82	31	50	81	-6	26	7	18	0	0	8	1	286	10.8	814	1,586	51.3	27	23	99	65	20:34
13	Corey Perry C. Perry	3.46	2011-12	ANA	80	37	23	60	-7	127	14	9	1	1	6	1	277	13.4	19	48	39.6	69	45	35	50	21:23
14	Taylor Hall T. Hall	3.39	2011-12	EDM	61	27	26	53	-3	36	13	8	0	0	7	2	207	13.0	23	57	40.4	44	34	35	62	18:13
15	Dustin Byfuglien D. Byfuglien	3.38	2011-12	WPG	66	12	41	53	-8	72	4	15	0	1	3	0	223	5.4	0	0		112	57	49	55	24:07
16	Marian Gaborik M. Gaborik	3.37	2011-12	NYR	82	41	35	76	+15	34	10	11	0	0	7	3	276	14.9	0	2	0.0	63	40	30	41	19:31
17	Jeff Carter J. Carter	3.35	2011-12	TOT	55	21	13	34	-12	16	10	3	0	0	2	0	184	11.4	393	774	50.8	16	17	26	20	19:11
18	Gabriel Landeskog G. Landeskog	3.29	2011-12	COL	82	22	30	52	+20	51	6	6	0	2	5	1	270	8.1	8	36	22.2	219	58	58	35	18:37
19	Jeff Skinner J. Skinner	3.28	2011-12	CAR	64	20	24	44	-8	56	4	9	0	0	5	0	210	9.5	67	159	42.1	44	15	46	40	18:37
20	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	3.28	2011-12	SJS	82	31	30	61	+18	31	8	10	1	0	2	0	269	11.5	507	864	58.7	50	84	73	61	20:37
21	Henrik Zetterberg H. Zetterberg	3.26	2011-12	DET	82	22	47	69	+14	47	3	11	0	2	4	0	267	8.2	548	1,115	49.1	45	26	42	54	19:50
22	Tyler Kennedy T. Kennedy	3.25	2011-12	PIT	60	11	22	33	+10	29	0	3	0	0	1	0	195	5.6	42	89	47.2	70	10	19	11	14:22
23	Andrew Ladd A. Ladd	3.23	2011-12	WPG	82	28	22	50	-8	64	4	8	0	0	6	2	265	10.6	32	59	54.2	76	25	40	43	19:34
24	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	3.22	2011-12	OTT	81	19	59	78	+16	42	3	25	0	0	5	0	261	7.3	0	1	0.0	60	65	67	84	25:19
25	Eric Staal E. Staal	3.20	2011-12	CAR	82	24	46	70	-20	48	7	16	3	2	3	1	262	9.2	882	1,681	52.5	48	35	66	47	21:33