NHL Player Stats: xG Leaders, Defense & Goalie Rankings

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Offense — Top 50 Skaters by xG

#	Player	Team	GP	Shots	xG	Goals	S%	xG%
1	Connor McDavid	EDM	58	323	38.9	34	10.5%	87%
2	Jason Robertson	DAL	58	305	31.6	36	11.8%	114%
3	Nathan MacKinnon	COL	55	322	30.8	41	12.7%	133%
4	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN	58	316	30.1	34	10.8%	113%
5	Alex DeBrincat	DET	57	318	29.8	30	9.4%	101%
6	Dylan Larkin	DET	58	272	29.5	26	9.6%	88%
7	Tomas Hertl	VGK	54	228	29.2	22	9.6%	75%
8	Brandon Hagel	TBL	50	237	28.8	27	11.4%	94%
9	Jake Guentzel	TBL	56	223	28.7	27	12.1%	94%
10	Sam Reinhart	FLA	55	252	28.6	29	11.5%	101%
11	Auston Matthews	TOR	52	292	27.8	28	9.6%	101%
12	Wyatt Johnston	DAL	57	214	27.8	32	15.0%	115%
13	Tage Thompson	BUF	58	305	27.5	32	10.5%	116%
14	Jake DeBrusk	VAN	57	242	27.1	14	5.8%	52%
15	Cole Caufield	MTL	57	272	26.8	36	13.2%	134%
16	Zach Hyman	EDM	40	177	26.7	23	13.0%	86%
17	Seth Jarvis	CAR	49	228	25.5	27	11.8%	106%
18	John Tavares	TOR	57	216	25.4	21	9.7%	83%
19	Pavel Dorofeyev	VGK	56	243	24.8	30	12.3%	121%
20	Nikita Kucherov	TBL	52	272	24.7	32	11.8%	129%
21	Matt Boldy	MIN	53	289	24.7	36	12.5%	146%
22	Macklin Celebrini	SJS	55	277	24.7	29	10.5%	117%
23	Artturi Lehkonen	COL	52	201	24.5	19	9.5%	77%
24	Anders Lee	NYI	58	223	24.4	11	4.9%	45%
25	Nico Hischier	NJD	52	219	24.0	19	8.7%	79%
26	Leon Draisaitl	EDM	55	264	23.7	31	11.7%	131%
27	Timo Meier	NJD	53	292	23.6	15	5.1%	64%
28	Tim Stützle	OTT	54	202	23.4	30	14.9%	128%
29	Alex Ovechkin	WSH	60	274	23.4	22	8.0%	94%
30	Kyle Connor	WPG	57	261	23.3	26	10.0%	112%
31	Jordan Eberle	SEA	53	194	22.9	20	10.3%	87%
32	Andrei Svechnikov	CAR	57	246	22.9	23	9.3%	100%
33	Dylan Guenther	UTA	56	283	22.8	27	9.5%	119%
34	Bryan Rust	PIT	49	216	22.2	20	9.3%	90%
35	Juraj Slafkovský	MTL	55	196	21.9	21	10.7%	96%
36	Roope Hintz	DAL	51	175	21.9	15	8.6%	69%
37	Nick Schmaltz	UTA	57	204	21.7	23	11.3%	106%
38	Gabriel Vilardi	WPG	53	177	21.6	23	13.0%	106%
39	Steven Stamkos	NSH	57	203	21.6	28	13.8%	130%
40	Bo Horvat	NYI	44	200	21.5	26	13.0%	121%
41	Adrian Kempe	LAK	56	256	21.5	26	10.2%	121%
42	Mikko Rantanen	DAL	53	201	21.4	23	11.4%	108%
43	Tyler Bertuzzi	CHI	53	184	21.3	25	13.6%	117%
44	Clayton Keller	UTA	58	235	21.3	17	7.2%	80%
45	Owen Tippett	PHI	56	232	21.2	19	8.2%	90%
46	Mika Zibanejad	NYR	56	238	21.1	23	9.7%	109%
47	Jackson Blake	CAR	53	184	21.0	18	9.8%	86%
48	William Eklund	SJS	49	184	21.0	12	6.5%	57%
49	David Pastrnak	BOS	51	269	20.9	22	8.2%	105%
50	Adam Fantilli	CBJ	54	228	20.7	14	6.1%	68%

S% = Shooting Percentage | xG% = Goals as percentage of Expected Goals

Defense — Top 50 Skaters (xGA/60)

#	Player	Team	GP	TOI	xGA/60	GA/60	HDCA/60	GSAX
1	Victor Olofsson	COL	29	377.8	2.13	3.34	1.75	-7.6
2	Nick Cousins	OTT	26	267.1	2.18	4.27	0.90	-9.3
3	Daniil But	UTA	19	240.5	2.36	3.74	1.50	-5.5
4	Bobby Brink	PHI	27	411.9	2.36	4.95	1.17	-17.8
5	Pontus Holmberg	TBL	27	361.6	2.37	3.82	1.99	-8.7
6	David Perron	OTT	23	310.2	2.39	6.38	1.55	-20.6
7	Barrett Hayton	UTA	23	347.5	2.42	5.18	1.73	-16.0
8	Jordan Spence	OTT	22	392.7	2.42	6.11	1.38	-24.2
9	8482447	OTT	9	503.6	2.42	4.17	0.83	-14.7
10	Oliver Bjorkstrand	TBL	29	405.6	2.44	4.73	1.78	-15.5
11	Nino Niederreiter	WPG	27	363.1	2.50	4.46	1.16	-11.9
12	Marcus Johansson	MIN	24	376.5	2.55	2.39	0.96	+1.0
13	Alex Steeves	BOS	19	229.4	2.55	5.23	1.83	-10.3
14	Ross Colton	COL	25	303.5	2.57	4.94	1.98	-12.0
15	Brandt Clarke	LAK	27	513.6	2.58	3.50	1.05	-7.9
16	Mitch Marner	VGK	28	563.6	2.58	4.05	1.38	-13.8
17	Zack Bolduc	MTL	29	398.4	2.58	5.87	1.81	-21.9
18	Gabriel Landeskog	COL	23	378.0	2.59	2.86	1.75	-1.7
19	Jayden Struble	MTL	17	243.1	2.59	5.68	1.48	-12.5
20	Pyotr Kochetkov	CAR	6	367.5	2.60	2.78	2.12	-1.1
21	8478499	VGK	7	389.1	2.60	4.01	1.39	-9.2
22	Jordan Kyrou	STL	19	290.4	2.61	5.99	1.65	-16.4
23	Logan Stankoven	CAR	26	404.4	2.61	4.01	1.34	-9.4
24	Linus Ullmark	OTT	14	801.4	2.62	2.99	1.35	-5.1
25	8481033	VGK	13	736.0	2.62	2.28	1.30	+4.1
26	Mats Zuccarello	MIN	17	316.6	2.62	4.36	2.08	-9.2
27	Ryan Hartman	MIN	28	466.1	2.63	2.83	1.54	-1.6
28	Braeden Bowman	VGK	23	317.9	2.66	6.42	0.57	-19.9
29	Sam Malinski	COL	28	467.3	2.66	4.24	1.28	-12.3
30	Darcy Kuemper	LAK	16	918.5	2.68	2.55	1.18	+2.1
31	Casey Mittelstadt	BOS	25	377.7	2.68	4.13	1.59	-9.2
32	Tomas Hertl	VGK	29	512.8	2.68	5.15	1.64	-21.1
33	8475809	COL	14	776.6	2.69	2.24	1.16	+5.8
34	8478435	PHI	15	844.2	2.70	2.77	1.28	-1.1
35	Andrei Vasilevskiy	TBL	16	964.0	2.71	2.37	1.87	+5.6
36	Gage Goncalves	TBL	25	296.3	2.72	4.66	1.62	-9.5
37	Nathan MacKinnon	COL	28	636.8	2.73	3.86	1.79	-12.0
38	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN	28	625.0	2.73	4.03	1.63	-13.5
39	Martin Necas	COL	28	581.2	2.73	3.61	1.55	-8.5
40	Kaedan Korczak	VGK	28	476.0	2.75	5.67	1.13	-23.2
41	Andrei Kuzmenko	LAK	24	360.6	2.78	4.49	1.33	-10.3
42	Warren Foegele	LAK	23	341.2	2.78	4.57	1.41	-10.2
43	Taylor Hall	CAR	26	351.7	2.78	4.61	1.54	-10.7
44	Fabian Zetterlund	OTT	27	399.2	2.79	5.11	1.80	-15.4
45	8478971	EDM	7	390.8	2.79	2.61	0.61	+1.2
46	8477970	UTA	7	413.1	2.79	3.20	1.74	-2.8
47	Michael Amadio	OTT	26	415.9	2.80	5.05	2.16	-15.6
48	Owen Tippett	PHI	30	486.7	2.81	5.42	1.85	-21.2
49	Kevin Fiala	LAK	27	504.1	2.81	4.28	1.55	-12.4
50	Nikolas Matinpalo	OTT	18	270.1	2.81	5.78	0.44	-13.4

xGA/60 = expected goals against per 60 minutes (lower is better). GSAX = xG against − goals against (positive = better).

Goalies — Traditional Stats

#	Goalie	Team	GP	SV%	GAA	GSAX/G	Total GSAX	Record	SO
1	Jesper Wallstedt	MIN	16	0.928	2.21	+0.485	+11.1	11-2-3	4
2	Mackenzie Blackwood	COL	16	0.924	2.07	+0.483	+10.1	13-1-1	4
3	Jonathan Quick	NYR	10	0.924	2.11	-0.028	-0.5	3-6-1	1
4	Philipp Grubauer	SEA	13	0.920	2.32	+0.845	+16.0	7-3-1	2
5	Scott Wedgewood	COL	24	0.919	2.13	+0.395	+12.6	17-1-4	2
6	Joseph Woll	TOR	14	0.914	2.74	+0.353	+8.8	8-4-1	1
7	Devin Cooley	CGY	13	0.914	2.40	+0.852	+13.6	4-4-2	1
8	Logan Thompson	WSH	29	0.913	2.39	+0.789	+31.5	15-11-3	2
9	Darcy Kuemper	LAK	24	0.913	2.27	+0.238	+8.6	10-7-6	3
10	Andrei Vasilevskiy	TBL	24	0.913	2.33	+0.825	+31.3	15-7-2	1
11	Filip Gustavsson	MIN	25	0.912	2.47	+0.187	+6.5	13-8-4	3
12	Jake Allen	NJD	21	0.912	2.52	+0.671	+18.8	11-8-1	1
13	Casey DeSmith	DAL	15	0.912	2.44	+0.618	+13.0	9-2-4	1
14	Dennis Hildeby	TOR	15	0.912	2.90	+0.552	+7.2	3-5-4	3
15	Igor Shesterkin	NYR	32	0.910	2.51	+0.459	+15.6	16-12-4	1
16	Ilya Sorokin	NYI	24	0.910	2.55	+1.083	+37.9	12-10-2	3
17	Dan Vladar	PHI	23	0.910	2.40	+0.342	+11.3	14-6-3	0
18	Spencer Knight	CHI	28	0.909	2.63	+0.421	+16.4	11-11-6	2
19	Jet Greaves	CBJ	26	0.909	2.62	+0.503	+17.6	11-10-5	0
20	David Rittich	NYI	17	0.909	2.46	+0.530	+12.2	10-5-2	2
21	Jake Oettinger	DAL	26	0.907	2.57	+0.216	+8.0	16-7-3	2
22	Connor Hellebuyck	WPG	22	0.907	2.51	+0.349	+12.6	9-10-3	0
23	Alex Lyon	BUF	21	0.906	2.82	+0.636	+15.9	10-6-3	2
24	Tristan Jarry	EDM	17	0.906	2.73	+0.217	+5.2	12-3-1	1
25	Thatcher Demko	VAN	17	0.905	2.72	+0.325	+6.5	8-8-0	1
26	Jeremy Swayman	BOS	28	0.903	2.84	+0.565	+20.9	15-10-2	0
27	Joey Daccord	SEA	24	0.903	2.77	+0.157	+5.3	10-9-5	2
28	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	BUF	13	0.903	2.46	+0.330	+6.9	7-5-1	0
29	Dustin Wolf	CGY	31	0.901	2.82	+0.084	+3.4	14-14-2	2
30	Joel Hofer	STL	22	0.901	2.87	-0.014	-0.4	8-8-2	3
31	Brandon Bussi	CAR	16	0.901	2.33	+0.625	+16.9	13-2-1	1
32	Anton Forsberg	LAK	15	0.901	2.70	+0.189	+3.8	6-6-3	1
33	Daniil Tarasov	FLA	13	0.899	2.96	-0.095	-1.7	4-6-2	1
34	Juuse Saros	NSH	31	0.897	2.93	+0.052	+2.3	15-13-3	0
35	Yaroslav Askarov	SJS	26	0.896	3.36	-0.175	-6.1	15-10-1	0
36	Karel Vejmelka	UTA	30	0.895	2.68	+0.509	+22.9	17-10-2	1
37	Akira Schmid	VGK	20	0.895	2.50	-0.106	-2.7	11-4-4	4
38	Alex Nedeljkovic	SJS	17	0.895	3.06	+0.277	+5.5	5-7-2	0
39	Jonas Johansson	TBL	17	0.894	2.83	-0.121	-2.2	9-6-1	0
40	John Gibson	DET	23	0.893	2.97	+0.434	+16.1	13-8-1	2