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	Nathan MacKinnon	COL	89	532	51.8	63	11.8%	122%
2	Connor McDavid	EDM	87	456	51.7	50	11.0%	97%
3	Cole Caufield	MTL	95	449	47.4	61	13.6%	129%
4	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN	89	474	46.3	50	10.5%	108%
5	Jason Robertson	DAL	88	461	45.7	55	11.9%	120%
6	Wyatt Johnston	DAL	87	334	42.6	50	15.0%	117%
7	Matt Boldy	MIN	85	474	42.3	54	11.4%	128%
8	Jake Guentzel	TBL	87	352	41.3	40	11.4%	97%
9	Tage Thompson	BUF	94	489	40.7	47	9.6%	115%
10	Alex DeBrincat	DET	81	447	40.2	42	9.4%	104%
11	Brandon Hagel	TBL	77	351	40.2	42	12.0%	105%
12	Juraj Slafkovský	MTL	94	370	39.7	34	9.2%	86%
13	Seth Jarvis	CAR	78	359	39.6	35	9.7%	88%
14	Tomas Hertl	VGK	89	356	39.1	25	7.0%	64%
15	Pavel Dorofeyev	VGK	92	389	37.5	47	12.1%	125%
16	Dylan Larkin	DET	74	352	36.9	34	9.7%	92%
17	Macklin Celebrini	SJS	82	413	36.3	47	11.4%	130%
18	Zach Hyman	EDM	64	261	36.1	33	12.6%	91%
19	Nikita Kucherov	TBL	83	434	36.1	47	10.8%	130%
20	Nick Suzuki	MTL	95	359	35.9	33	9.2%	92%
21	Kyle Connor	WPG	82	396	35.3	40	10.1%	113%
22	Timo Meier	NJD	76	429	35.3	24	5.6%	68%
23	John Tavares	TOR	81	304	35.2	31	10.2%	88%
24	Beckett Sennecke	ANA	90	365	34.7	29	7.9%	84%
25	Andrei Svechnikov	CAR	87	367	34.5	35	9.5%	101%
26	Dylan Guenther	UTA	85	450	33.8	43	9.6%	127%
27	Cutter Gauthier	ANA	88	487	33.6	47	9.7%	140%
28	Jake DeBrusk	VAN	80	328	33.5	26	7.9%	78%
29	Jackson Blake	CAR	84	316	33.4	29	9.2%	87%
30	Adrian Kempe	LAK	84	370	33.4	43	11.6%	129%
31	Owen Tippett	PHI	86	351	33.3	29	8.3%	87%
32	Tim Stützle	OTT	80	299	33.2	36	12.0%	109%
33	Martin Necas	COL	85	348	32.9	43	12.4%	131%
34	Nico Hischier	NJD	72	299	32.9	28	9.4%	85%
35	David Pastrnak	BOS	82	425	32.6	32	7.5%	98%
36	Alex Ovechkin	WSH	82	389	32.6	32	8.2%	98%
37	Auston Matthews	TOR	60	334	32.5	29	8.7%	89%
38	Alex Tuch	BUF	91	394	32.2	38	9.6%	118%
39	Sebastian Aho	CAR	83	344	32.2	30	8.7%	93%
40	Jack Eichel	VGK	86	418	32.1	28	6.7%	87%
41	Leo Carlsson	ANA	80	337	32.0	34	10.1%	106%
42	Steven Stamkos	NSH	82	310	31.9	42	13.5%	132%
43	Brock Nelson	COL	86	293	31.8	35	11.9%	110%
44	Anders Lee	NYI	82	316	31.7	19	6.0%	60%
45	Bryan Rust	PIT	78	329	31.5	31	9.4%	98%
46	Bo Horvat	NYI	68	321	31.4	33	10.3%	105%
47	Brady Tkachuk	OTT	63	318	31.3	20	6.3%	64%
48	Sam Reinhart	FLA	62	282	31.1	31	11.0%	100%
49	Clayton Keller	UTA	88	366	31.0	27	7.4%	87%
50	Jordan Eberle	SEA	76	268	30.9	26	9.7%	84%

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	William Lockwood	FLA	26	214.9	1.87	2.79	1.12	-3.3
2	Dominic Toninato	WPG	29	277.0	2.09	3.90	1.30	-8.3
3	8474682	CAR	6	358.3	2.31	2.51	1.00	-1.2
4	8477361	PHI	5	276.9	2.34	3.90	0.87	-7.2
5	8482447	OTT	21	1166.6	2.35	2.93	1.75	-11.4
6	Nino Niederreiter	WPG	210	3061.8	2.48	3.86	1.51	-70.2
7	Sam Gagner	EDM	28	285.9	2.48	4.41	1.26	-9.2
8	Alex Bump	PHI	17	215.5	2.51	4.46	1.11	-7.0
9	Andre Lee	LAK	22	209.0	2.51	5.74	1.44	-11.3
10	Cole Perfetti	WPG	212	3135.5	2.52	4.40	1.91	-98.2
11	Jared Wright	LAK	24	274.7	2.52	5.24	1.97	-12.4
12	Luca Del Bel Belluz	CBJ	25	296.2	2.56	4.86	1.82	-11.4
13	Daniil But	UTA	22	273.3	2.56	4.17	1.54	-7.3
14	8476316	WPG	25	1428.2	2.58	2.35	1.26	+5.4
15	Oskar Steen	BOS	34	308.4	2.59	5.06	1.56	-12.7
16	8477293	CAR	24	1268.8	2.60	3.26	2.46	-14.1
17	Nicolas Deslauriers	PHI	108	871.6	2.60	6.54	1.79	-57.2
18	Justin Schultz	SEA	70	1153.1	2.61	5.57	1.87	-56.8
19	Pyotr Kochetkov	CAR	98	5672.1	2.61	2.66	1.78	-3.9
20	8483548	CAR	27	1639.3	2.62	2.56	1.68	+1.6
21	Joe Pavelski	DAL	101	1714.5	2.62	4.37	2.13	-50.2
22	8477831	LAK	10	522.3	2.62	3.22	1.38	-5.2
23	8475809	COL	86	4770.5	2.63	2.55	1.71	+6.5
24	8478905	PHI	28	1488.5	2.63	3.67	1.65	-25.9
25	8478492	TOR	74	4325.4	2.64	3.07	1.43	-30.6
26	Declan Chisholm	MIN	111	1819.7	2.66	4.88	2.08	-67.2
27	Nick Cousins	OTT	189	2205.0	2.66	4.27	1.85	-59.2
28	Sergei Bobrovsky	FLA	191	11330.5	2.66	2.70	1.77	-6.9
29	Kevin Fiala	LAK	203	3741.2	2.67	4.55	2.23	-117.4
30	Zakhar Bardakov	COL	35	244.0	2.67	5.41	2.70	-11.2
31	8470594	MIN	65	3576.4	2.67	3.19	1.36	-31.0
32	Jesper Fast	CAR	73	920.7	2.68	4.50	2.28	-27.9
33	Pavel Dorofeyev	VGK	194	3109.8	2.68	4.28	2.16	-82.9
34	Denis Gurianov	NSH	18	219.8	2.68	5.46	1.91	-10.2
35	Evan Rodrigues	FLA	247	3811.6	2.69	4.55	2.06	-118.3
36	8479394	PHI	43	2476.1	2.69	2.79	1.48	-4.2
37	Arthur Kaliyev	LAK	65	761.0	2.70	5.12	2.29	-30.8
38	Adin Hill	VGK	121	7009.8	2.70	2.82	1.61	-13.7
39	Alex Steeves	BOS	34	382.1	2.71	4.87	2.51	-13.8
40	8481544	OTT	9	433.1	2.72	4.43	2.63	-12.4
41	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN	171	3766.3	2.73	4.68	1.91	-122.6
42	Olle Lycksell	PHI	40	427.2	2.73	5.76	2.67	-21.5
43	James Hamblin	EDM	31	246.6	2.73	4.87	2.19	-8.8
44	8475717	EDM	78	4155.8	2.74	2.89	1.99	-10.3
45	Quinn Hughes	VAN	211	5434.9	2.74	4.49	2.43	-158.9
46	Jordan Spence	LAK	207	3421.4	2.74	4.79	2.42	-116.9
47	Ben Hutton	VGK	84	1280.9	2.74	5.53	2.25	-59.5
48	William Carrier	CAR	152	1700.2	2.75	5.58	1.98	-80.0
49	Zack Bolduc	STL	158	2046.8	2.75	4.72	2.35	-67.1
50	8481035	PHI	121	6663.3	2.75	3.16	1.78	-46.0

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	+0.519	+22.3	11-2-3	4
2	Mackenzie Blackwood	COL	16	0.924	2.07	+0.308	+11.7	13-1-1	4
3	Jonathan Quick	NYR	10	0.924	2.11	+0.032	+0.8	3-6-1	1
4	Philipp Grubauer	SEA	13	0.920	2.32	+0.355	+9.9	7-3-1	2
5	Scott Wedgewood	COL	24	0.919	2.13	+0.503	+25.1	17-1-4	2
6	Joseph Woll	TOR	14	0.914	2.74	+0.171	+6.5	8-4-1	1
7	Devin Cooley	CGY	13	0.914	2.40	+0.567	+14.7	4-4-2	1
8	Logan Thompson	WSH	29	0.913	2.39	+0.671	+38.9	15-11-3	2
9	Darcy Kuemper	LAK	24	0.913	2.27	+0.018	+0.9	10-7-6	3
10	Andrei Vasilevskiy	TBL	24	0.913	2.33	+0.528	+34.3	15-7-2	1
11	Filip Gustavsson	MIN	25	0.912	2.47	-0.002	-0.1	13-8-4	3
12	Jake Allen	NJD	21	0.912	2.52	+0.546	+19.7	11-8-1	1
13	Casey DeSmith	DAL	15	0.912	2.44	+0.307	+8.6	9-2-4	1
14	Dennis Hildeby	TOR	15	0.912	2.90	+0.554	+7.8	3-5-4	3
15	Igor Shesterkin	NYR	32	0.910	2.51	+0.437	+22.3	16-12-4	1
16	Ilya Sorokin	NYI	24	0.910	2.55	+0.720	+38.9	12-10-2	3
17	Dan Vladar	PHI	23	0.910	2.40	+0.400	+24.4	14-6-3	0
18	Spencer Knight	CHI	28	0.909	2.63	+0.232	+12.8	11-11-6	2
19	Jet Greaves	CBJ	26	0.909	2.62	+0.468	+24.8	11-10-5	0
20	David Rittich	NYI	17	0.909	2.46	+0.421	+11.8	10-5-2	2
21	Jake Oettinger	DAL	26	0.907	2.57	+0.160	+9.6	16-7-3	2
22	Connor Hellebuyck	WPG	22	0.907	2.51	+0.081	+4.6	9-10-3	0
23	Alex Lyon	BUF	21	0.906	2.82	+0.463	+19.4	10-6-3	2
24	Tristan Jarry	EDM	17	0.906	2.73	-0.057	-1.7	12-3-1	1
25	Thatcher Demko	VAN	17	0.905	2.72	+0.248	+5.0	8-8-0	1
26	Jeremy Swayman	BOS	28	0.903	2.84	+0.720	+43.2	15-10-2	0
27	Joey Daccord	SEA	24	0.903	2.77	+0.021	+1.0	10-9-5	2
28	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	BUF	13	0.903	2.46	+0.350	+13.6	7-5-1	0
29	Dustin Wolf	CGY	31	0.901	2.82	+0.085	+4.7	14-14-2	2
30	Joel Hofer	STL	22	0.901	2.87	+0.380	+16.3	8-8-2	3
31	Brandon Bussi	CAR	16	0.901	2.33	+0.200	+7.8	13-2-1	1
32	Anton Forsberg	LAK	15	0.901	2.70	+0.244	+8.5	6-6-3	1
33	Daniil Tarasov	FLA	13	0.899	2.96	+0.031	+1.0	4-6-2	1
34	Juuse Saros	NSH	31	0.897	2.93	+0.111	+6.6	15-13-3	0
35	Yaroslav Askarov	SJS	26	0.896	3.36	-0.447	-21.0	15-10-1	0
36	Karel Vejmelka	UTA	30	0.895	2.68	+0.191	+13.2	17-10-2	1
37	Akira Schmid	VGK	20	0.895	2.50	-0.259	-7.5	11-4-4	4
38	Alex Nedeljkovic	SJS	17	0.895	3.06	+0.197	+6.7	5-7-2	0
39	Jonas Johansson	TBL	17	0.894	2.83	-0.416	-9.6	9-6-1	0
40	John Gibson	DET	23	0.893	2.97	+0.333	+19.0	13-8-1	2