League Leaders Who Led?

2016 NHL Goals per Game Leaders

Goals per game played

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Sidney Crosby led the NHL in goals per game in 2016 with 0.59, 0.05 ahead of Nikita Kucherov (0.54).

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# Player Team GP G A P +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG S S% G/GP
1 Sidney Crosby Sidney Crosby PIT 75 44 45 89 17 24 14 0 5 255 17.3% 0.59
2 Nikita Kucherov Nikita Kucherov TBL 74 40 45 85 13 38 17 0 7 246 16.3% 0.54
3 Evgeni Malkin Evgeni Malkin PIT 62 33 39 72 18 77 11 0 6 191 17.3% 0.53
4 Patrik Laine Patrik Laine WPG 73 36 28 64 7 26 9 0 5 204 17.7% 0.49
5 Auston Matthews Auston Matthews TOR 82 40 29 69 2 14 8 0 8 279 14.3% 0.49
6 Brad Marchand Brad Marchand BOS 80 39 46 85 18 81 9 3 8 226 17.3% 0.49
7 T.J. Oshie T.J. Oshie WSH 68 33 23 56 28 36 7 1 4 143 23.1% 0.49
8 Vladimir Tarasenko Vladimir Tarasenko STL 82 39 36 75 -1 12 9 0 8 286 13.6% 0.48
9 Jeff Skinner Jeff Skinner CAR 79 37 26 63 -3 28 7 0 4 281 13.2% 0.47
10 Rickard Rakell Rickard Rakell ANA 71 33 18 51 10 12 5 0 10 177 18.6% 0.47
11 David Pastrnak David Pastrnak BOS 75 34 36 70 11 34 10 0 6 262 13.0% 0.45
12 Max Pacioretty Max Pacioretty MTL 81 35 32 67 15 38 8 1 7 268 13.1% 0.43
13 Cam Atkinson Cam Atkinson CBJ 82 35 27 62 13 22 10 3 9 240 14.6% 0.43
14 Anders Lee Anders Lee NYI 81 34 18 52 9 56 9 0 6 191 17.8% 0.42
15 Patrick Kane Patrick Kane CHI 82 34 55 89 11 32 7 0 5 292 11.6% 0.42
16 Patrick Eaves Patrick Eaves DAL +1 79 32 19 51 -2 24 13 0 2 209 15.3% 0.41
17 Mark Scheifele Mark Scheifele WPG 79 32 50 82 18 38 7 0 5 160 20.0% 0.41
18 Alex Ovechkin Alex Ovechkin WSH 82 33 36 69 6 50 17 0 7 313 10.5% 0.40
19 Jonathan Marchessault Jonathan Marchessault FLA 75 30 21 51 -21 38 8 0 6 193 15.5% 0.40
20 Evander Kane Evander Kane BUF 70 28 15 43 -17 113 3 0 5 260 10.8% 0.40
21 Jack Eichel Jack Eichel BUF 61 24 33 57 -13 22 10 0 4 249 9.6% 0.39
22 Jeff Carter Jeff Carter LAK 82 32 34 66 2 41 10 1 9 250 12.8% 0.39
23 Nazem Kadri Nazem Kadri TOR 82 32 29 61 -7 95 12 0 6 236 13.6% 0.39
24 Viktor Arvidsson Viktor Arvidsson NSH 80 31 30 61 16 28 4 5 6 246 12.6% 0.39
25 Filip Forsberg Filip Forsberg NSH 82 31 27 58 -4 32 3 3 9 234 13.3% 0.38
26 Artemi Panarin Artemi Panarin CHI 82 31 43 74 18 21 9 0 5 211 14.7% 0.38
27 Wayne Simmonds Wayne Simmonds PHI 82 31 23 54 -18 122 16 2 4 224 13.8% 0.38
28 Conor Sheary Conor Sheary PIT 61 23 30 53 24 22 2 0 6 154 14.9% 0.38
29 Chris Kreider Chris Kreider NYR 75 28 25 53 6 58 6 0 4 186 15.1% 0.37
30 Connor McDavid Connor McDavid EDM 82 30 70 100 27 26 3 1 6 251 12.0% 0.37
31 John Tavares John Tavares NYI 77 28 38 66 4 38 7 1 3 260 10.8% 0.36
32 Joe Pavelski Joe Pavelski SJS 81 29 39 68 11 34 7 1 7 233 12.5% 0.36
33 Marian Hossa Marian Hossa CHI 73 26 19 45 7 8 5 1 7 167 15.6% 0.36
34 Bryan Little Bryan Little WPG 59 21 26 47 -7 18 6 0 3 119 17.7% 0.36
35 Michael Grabner Michael Grabner NYR 76 27 13 40 22 10 0 1 3 162 16.7% 0.36
36 Brent Burns Brent Burns SJS 82 29 47 76 19 40 8 0 6 320 9.1% 0.35
37 Leon Draisaitl Leon Draisaitl EDM 82 29 48 77 7 20 10 0 5 172 16.9% 0.35
38 James van Riemsdyk James van Riemsdyk TOR 82 29 33 62 -2 37 6 0 5 238 12.2% 0.35
39 Mike Hoffman Mike Hoffman OTT 74 26 35 61 17 51 13 0 8 224 11.6% 0.35
40 Kyle Turris Kyle Turris OTT 78 27 28 55 -3 47 6 0 6 185 14.6% 0.35
41 Artem Anisimov Artem Anisimov CHI 64 22 23 45 9 30 4 0 7 105 21.0% 0.34
42 Aleksander Barkov Aleksander Barkov FLA 61 21 31 52 13 10 3 0 5 142 14.8% 0.34
43 Rick Nash Rick Nash NYR 67 23 15 38 9 26 6 1 3 195 11.8% 0.34
44 Logan Couture Logan Couture SJS 73 25 27 52 11 12 11 0 3 174 14.4% 0.34
45 Eric Staal Eric Staal MIN 82 28 37 65 17 34 4 1 8 211 13.3% 0.34
46 Jamie Benn Jamie Benn DAL 77 26 43 69 -9 66 12 1 4 201 12.9% 0.34
47 Patrick Maroon Patrick Maroon EDM 81 27 15 42 13 95 3 0 5 178 15.2% 0.33
48 Patrick Marleau Patrick Marleau SJS 82 27 19 46 4 28 7 0 6 190 14.2% 0.33
49 Sean Monahan Sean Monahan CGY 82 27 31 58 -1 20 8 1 4 199 13.6% 0.33
50 Nick Foligno Nick Foligno CBJ 79 26 25 51 -4 55 11 0 5 185 14.1% 0.33
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