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	93	550	52.7	63	11.5%	120%
2	Connor McDavid	EDM	87	456	51.7	50	11.0%	97%
3	Cole Caufield	MTL	100	459	48.2	63	13.7%	131%
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	Seth Jarvis	CAR	89	401	44.1	38	9.5%	86%
7	Tomas Hertl	VGK	98	387	42.8	28	7.2%	65%
8	Wyatt Johnston	DAL	87	334	42.6	50	15.0%	117%
9	Matt Boldy	MIN	85	474	42.3	54	11.4%	128%
10	Juraj Slafkovský	MTL	98	382	41.5	36	9.4%	87%
11	Jake Guentzel	TBL	87	351	41.3	40	11.4%	97%
12	Pavel Dorofeyev	VGK	102	435	40.8	50	11.5%	123%
13	Tage Thompson	BUF	94	488	40.7	47	9.6%	116%
14	Alex DeBrincat	DET	81	447	40.2	42	9.4%	104%
15	Brandon Hagel	TBL	77	351	40.2	42	12.0%	105%
16	Andrei Svechnikov	CAR	98	416	39.1	40	9.6%	102%
17	Jackson Blake	CAR	93	357	37.8	32	9.0%	85%
18	Nick Suzuki	MTL	100	375	37.4	33	8.8%	88%
19	Dylan Larkin	DET	74	352	36.9	34	9.7%	92%
20	Macklin Celebrini	SJS	82	413	36.3	47	11.4%	130%
21	Zach Hyman	EDM	64	261	36.1	33	12.6%	91%
22	Nikita Kucherov	TBL	83	434	36.1	47	10.8%	130%
23	Kyle Connor	WPG	82	396	35.3	40	10.1%	113%
24	Timo Meier	NJD	76	429	35.3	24	5.6%	68%
25	John Tavares	TOR	81	304	35.2	31	10.2%	88%
26	Jack Eichel	VGK	96	453	35.2	29	6.4%	82%
27	Sebastian Aho	CAR	94	381	35.0	32	8.4%	91%
28	Beckett Sennecke	ANA	90	365	34.7	29	7.9%	84%
29	Martin Necas	COL	89	361	33.9	43	11.9%	127%
30	Dylan Guenther	UTA	85	450	33.8	43	9.6%	127%
31	Cutter Gauthier	ANA	88	487	33.6	47	9.7%	140%
32	Jake DeBrusk	VAN	80	328	33.5	26	7.9%	78%
33	Adrian Kempe	LAK	84	370	33.4	43	11.6%	129%
34	Owen Tippett	PHI	86	351	33.3	29	8.3%	87%
35	Tim Stützle	OTT	80	298	33.1	36	12.1%	109%
36	Brock Nelson	COL	90	306	33.1	35	11.4%	106%
37	Nico Hischier	NJD	72	299	32.9	28	9.4%	85%
38	David Pastrnak	BOS	82	425	32.6	32	7.5%	98%
39	Alex Ovechkin	WSH	82	389	32.6	32	8.2%	98%
40	Logan Stankoven	CAR	100	331	32.6	32	9.7%	98%
41	Auston Matthews	TOR	60	334	32.5	29	8.7%	89%
42	Alex Tuch	BUF	91	394	32.2	38	9.6%	118%
43	Leo Carlsson	ANA	80	337	32.0	34	10.1%	106%
44	Steven Stamkos	NSH	82	310	31.9	42	13.5%	132%
45	Anders Lee	NYI	82	316	31.7	19	6.0%	60%
46	Mark Stone	VGK	74	259	31.5	35	13.5%	111%
47	Bryan Rust	PIT	78	329	31.5	31	9.4%	98%
48	Bo Horvat	NYI	68	321	31.4	33	10.3%	105%
49	Brady Tkachuk	OTT	63	318	31.3	20	6.3%	64%
50	Sam Reinhart	FLA	62	282	31.1	31	11.0%	100%

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	30	286.1	2.17	3.98	1.68	-8.7
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	Daniil But	UTA	29	361.6	2.41	3.82	1.16	-8.5
6	8482447	OTT	32	1757.5	2.45	3.07	1.71	-18.2
7	Stephen Halliday	OTT	30	255.9	2.47	3.99	1.17	-6.5
8	Sam Gagner	EDM	28	285.9	2.48	4.41	1.26	-9.2
9	8483703	PIT	5	281.3	2.50	2.77	0.85	-1.3
10	Nino Niederreiter	WPG	238	3479.2	2.50	3.98	1.57	-86.0
11	Jared Wright	LAK	27	308.8	2.51	4.86	1.94	-12.1
12	8481529	COL	6	328.2	2.51	2.74	1.83	-1.3
13	Nicolas Deslauriers	PHI	123	995.9	2.54	6.27	1.81	-61.8
14	Luca Del Bel Belluz	CBJ	30	343.2	2.57	4.72	1.92	-12.3
15	8475809	COL	113	6335.9	2.58	2.49	1.69	+9.5
16	8476316	WPG	25	1428.2	2.58	2.35	1.26	+5.4
17	Zakhar Bardakov	COL	60	432.3	2.58	4.30	2.22	-12.4
18	Cole Perfetti	WPG	235	3495.2	2.59	4.53	2.03	-113.0
19	Oskar Steen	BOS	34	308.4	2.59	5.06	1.56	-12.7
20	8478905	PHI	29	1550.2	2.60	3.68	1.66	-27.8
21	8477293	CAR	24	1268.8	2.60	3.26	2.46	-14.1
22	Pyotr Kochetkov	CAR	103	5914.7	2.61	2.66	1.79	-4.7
23	Justin Schultz	SEA	70	1153.1	2.61	5.57	1.87	-56.8
24	8477831	LAK	10	522.3	2.62	3.22	1.38	-5.2
25	Joe Pavelski	DAL	101	1714.5	2.62	4.37	2.13	-50.2
26	Carter Hart	VGK	61	3518.5	2.62	2.64	1.42	-1.1
27	8478492	TOR	74	4325.4	2.64	3.07	1.43	-30.6
28	Sergei Bobrovsky	FLA	211	12485.9	2.65	2.73	1.75	-17.5
29	Kevin Fiala	LAK	230	4273.6	2.65	4.42	2.20	-126.4
30	8483548	CAR	39	2360.8	2.66	2.52	1.86	+5.5
31	Nick Cousins	OTT	221	2557.8	2.66	4.36	1.92	-72.5
32	Denis Gurianov	NSH	18	219.8	2.68	5.46	1.91	-10.2
33	Pavel Dorofeyev	VGK	238	3859.4	2.68	4.26	2.18	-101.7
34	Jesper Fast	CAR	73	920.7	2.68	4.50	2.28	-27.9
35	8470594	MIN	67	3647.0	2.68	3.26	1.37	-35.4
36	Zack MacEwen	OTT	54	374.5	2.70	5.77	1.92	-19.2
37	Adin Hill	VGK	126	7259.6	2.70	2.80	1.63	-12.7
38	Andre Lee	LAK	26	246.2	2.71	6.09	2.19	-13.9
39	James Hamblin	EDM	31	246.6	2.73	4.87	2.19	-8.8
40	Jordan Spence	LAK	237	3941.1	2.73	4.87	2.34	-140.5
41	Evan Rodrigues	FLA	276	4326.3	2.73	4.62	2.16	-135.8
42	Mackie Samoskevich	FLA	160	2203.7	2.75	5.12	2.34	-87.0
43	8481035	PHI	131	7287.1	2.75	3.19	1.76	-53.0
44	Victor Olofsson	VGK	195	2606.2	2.76	4.79	2.37	-88.2
45	Andrei Vasilevskiy	TBL	190	11273.1	2.77	2.67	1.85	+19.8
46	Michael Amadio	OTT	240	3511.2	2.77	4.51	1.85	-102.0
47	Declan Chisholm	MIN	123	1991.1	2.77	4.91	2.29	-71.1
48	8481033	VGK	59	3149.8	2.78	3.12	2.00	-18.0
49	8481544	OTT	10	450.5	2.79	5.06	2.80	-17.0
50	Gage Goncalves	TBL	148	1942.0	2.79	4.73	2.22	-62.8

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	+0.333	+13.0	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	+0.354	+9.9	7-3-1	2
5	Scott Wedgewood	COL	24	0.919	2.13	+0.471	+25.0	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	+0.560	+14.5	4-4-2	1
8	Logan Thompson	WSH	29	0.913	2.39	+0.669	+38.8	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	+0.718	+38.8	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	+0.231	+12.7	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	+0.078	+4.4	9-10-3	0
23	Alex Lyon	BUF	21	0.906	2.82	+0.460	+19.3	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	+0.719	+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	+0.347	+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	+0.282	+11.9	13-2-1	1
32	Anton Forsberg	LAK	15	0.901	2.70	+0.239	+8.4	6-6-3	1
33	Daniil Tarasov	FLA	13	0.899	2.96	+0.030	+0.9	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	-0.450	-21.2	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	-0.260	-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	+0.332	+18.9	13-8-1	2