2026 NHL Goals per Game Leaders

Goals per game played

Evan Bouchard leads the NHL in goals per game in 2026 with 3.00, 1.00 ahead of Paul Cotter (2.00). Held to the end of the season it would be the best single-season goals per game mark in NHL history. The 2026 season is still being played: this is the board through September 29, about 1 games into 84.

P G A P/GP PPG GWG PIM +/-SHG PPP S S%G/GP GP

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Leads the NHL in 2026 through September 29 Evan Bouchard EDM

3.00 Goals per Game 1.00 clear of Paul Cotter

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#	Player	Team	G/GP	GP	G	A	P
1	Evan Bouchard	EDM	3.00	1	3	2	5
2	Paul Cotter	VAN	2.00	1	2	0	2
3	William Nylander	TOR	2.00	1	2	0	2
4	Vasily Podkolzin	EDM	2.00	1	2	0	2
5	Josh Anderson	MTL	1.00	1	1	1	2
6	Zachary Bolduc	MTL	1.00	1	1	0	1
7	Alexandre Carrier	MTL	1.00	1	1	1	2
8	Gustav Forsling	FLA	1.00	1	1	0	1
9	Mark Kastelic	BOS	1.00	1	1	0	1
10	Jonathan Lekkerimaki	VAN	1.00	1	1	0	1
11	Fraser Minten	BOS	1.00	1	1	1	2
12	John-Jason Peterka	BOS	1.00	1	1	0	1
13	Elias Pettersson	VAN	1.00	1	1	0	1
14	Marco Rossi	VAN	1.00	1	1	0	1
15	Max Sasson	VAN	1.00	1	1	1	2
16	Sebastian Aho	CAR	0.00	1	0	0	0
17	Jonathan Aspirot	BOS	0.00	1	0	0	0
18	Arshdeep Bains	VAN	0.00	1	0	0	0
19	Aleksander Barkov	FLA	0.00	1	0	0	0
20	Sam Bennett	FLA	0.00	1	0	0	0
21	Oliver Bjorkstrand	NYR	0.00	1	0	0	0
22	Jackson Blake	CAR	0.00	1	0	0	0
23	Theodor Blueger	TOR	0.00	1	0	0	0
24	Brock Boeser	VAN	0.00	1	0	1	1
25	William Borgen	BOS	0.00	1	0	0	0
26	Zeev Buium	VAN	0.00	1	0	0	0
27	William Carrier	CAR	0.00	1	0	0	0
28	Cole Caufield	MTL	0.00	1	0	0	0
29	Jalen Chatfield	CAR	0.00	1	0	0	0
30	Connor Clifton	BOS	0.00	1	0	0	0
31	Easton Cowan	TOR	0.00	1	0	1	1
32	Will Cuylle	NYR	0.00	1	0	0	0
33	Colton Dach	EDM	0.00	1	0	0	0
34	Kirby Dach	MTL	0.00	1	0	1	1
35	Phillip Danault	MTL	0.00	1	0	0	0
36	Jake DeBrusk	VAN	0.00	1	0	1	1
37	Ivan Demidov	MTL	0.00	1	0	0	0
38	Nicolas Deslauriers	CAR	0.00	1	0	0	0
39	Noah Dobson	MTL	0.00	1	0	0	0
40	Pavel Dorofeyev	NYR	0.00	1	0	0	0
41	Leon Draisaitl	EDM	0.00	1	0	1	1
42	Brandon Duhaime	TOR	0.00	1	0	0	0
43	Sean Durzi	NYR	0.00	1	0	0	0
44	Nikolaj Ehlers	CAR	0.00	1	0	0	0
45	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	0.00	1	0	0	0
46	Mattias Ekholm	EDM	0.00	1	0	0	0
47	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	TOR	0.00	1	0	0	0
48	Lars Eller	FLA	0.00	1	0	0	0
49	Jake Evans	MTL	0.00	1	0	0	0
50	Alex Formenton	EDM	0.00	1	0	1	1