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NHL Projected Goal Scorers - Rest of Season - Rest of Season

Which players are most likely to light the lamp this season? Our goal-scoring projections identify the NHL players with the best chances to find the back of the net in the remaining games this season. Perfect for fantasy hockey managers chasing the goals category or DFS players looking for ceiling plays.

Season Outlook: Mar 1 through Apr 17, 2026
Sunday, March 1, 2026
Updated: 7:44 AM UTC(hourly)
6 games • 776 players

What drives goal scoring? Goals are the most valuable fantasy stat but also the most volatile. Our projections analyze multiple factors to identify This Season's best scoring opportunities.

Key factors

- Line placement: Top-6 forwards get more offensive zone time - Power play role: PP1 triggers score most goals - Opponent goalie: Backup goalies allow more goals on average - Shot volume: More shots = more goal opportunities - Shooting percentage: Hot shooters often stay hot short-term

League averages

The average NHL goal scorer has a 10-12% shooting percentage. Elite finishers exceed 15%.

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Pro Tip: Target players facing backup goalies with sub-.900 save percentages this season—goal projections spike in these matchups.
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Forward-looking projections only

ROS stats represent expected future production—they don't include any stats already accumulated this season.

Sorted by Projected Goals

776 players
Showing 100 of 776 players
PlayerTeamPosRost%GAPTSSOGHITBLKPIMPPGPPAPPPSHGSHAFOWFOLTKGV+/-TOISFTFPTS
Nathan MacKinnon
COLC99.8%17.0024.0041.00108.0019.0012.008.003.000.000.000.000.00226.00216.000.000.0021.00532.00562.00366.00
Brock Nelson
COLC88.2%13.008.0021.0056.0012.0018.009.003.000.000.000.000.00216.00217.000.000.003.00464.00574.00193.00
Nikita Kucherov
TBRW99.6%13.0028.0041.0069.0010.0011.0010.002.000.000.000.000.000.001.000.000.0015.00471.00495.00318.00
Jason Robertson
DALLW100.0%13.0014.0026.0083.0015.009.006.004.000.000.000.000.000.001.000.000.008.00459.00480.00250.00
Morgan Geekie
BOSLW95.8%13.009.0022.0052.0037.008.006.004.000.000.000.000.0027.0031.000.000.000.00402.00441.00187.00
Cole Caufield
MONLW99.7%13.0010.0023.0070.0017.006.006.003.000.000.000.000.002.004.000.000.008.00419.00477.00219.00
Matthew Boldy
MINRW99.9%13.0012.0026.0071.0016.0014.0010.003.000.000.001.000.0017.0019.000.000.006.00438.00441.00235.00
Macklin Celebrini
SJC99.8%13.0024.0036.0087.0013.0015.0012.002.000.000.000.000.00193.00197.000.000.004.00531.00530.00292.00
Brad Marchand
FLALW97.6%12.0012.0024.0061.0016.007.0016.003.000.000.000.000.000.003.000.000.00-6.00398.00487.00190.00
Connor McDavid
EDMC99.7%12.0023.0035.0079.009.008.008.004.000.000.000.000.00112.00126.000.000.005.00485.00464.00280.00
Steven Stamkos
NSHC88.0%12.006.0018.0057.0026.008.0010.004.000.000.000.000.0078.0063.000.000.00-6.00405.00473.00154.00
Zach Hyman
EDMRW93.5%12.008.0020.0061.0019.006.007.004.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.006.00402.00405.00188.00
Tage Thompson
BUFC99.9%12.0012.0023.0077.0020.0013.008.002.000.000.000.000.00112.00136.000.000.00-2.00422.00506.00208.00
Brandon Hagel
TBLW99.3%12.0012.0024.0068.0018.0013.0014.001.000.000.000.000.0010.0014.000.000.0013.00454.00533.00231.00
Kirill Kaprizov
MINLW99.7%12.0015.0027.0076.0014.007.007.005.000.000.000.000.000.001.000.000.003.00491.00467.00234.00
Wyatt Johnston
DALC99.7%12.0012.0024.0060.0011.0017.006.008.000.000.000.000.00107.00119.000.000.00-1.00462.00512.00214.00
Connor Bedard
CHIC99.7%12.0015.0026.0072.008.008.0016.003.000.000.000.000.0076.0086.000.000.00-1.00462.00498.00215.00
Sam Reinhart
FLARW99.8%11.0011.0022.0059.0023.0015.004.004.000.000.001.000.0022.0034.000.000.00-6.00491.00561.00182.00
Leon Draisaitl
EDMC99.6%11.0019.0030.0057.0010.005.008.005.000.000.000.000.00194.00148.000.000.004.00436.00445.00230.00
Mark Stone
LVRW96.1%11.0020.0031.0048.009.0018.002.004.000.000.000.000.002.004.000.000.009.00432.00465.00250.00
Bo Horvat
NYIC93.9%11.008.0019.0068.0018.0012.0010.003.000.000.000.000.00213.00165.000.000.004.00431.00490.00192.00
Mark Scheifele
WPGC99.7%11.0018.0029.0050.009.0013.004.003.000.000.000.000.00175.00205.000.000.000.00510.00515.00211.00
Jake Guentzel
TBLW99.9%11.0016.0027.0064.0010.0013.0010.003.000.000.001.000.0054.0062.000.000.006.00493.00528.00231.00
Kyle Connor
WPGLW100.0%11.0017.0028.0079.006.004.006.001.000.000.001.000.000.000.000.000.00-1.00511.00531.00220.00
Martin Necas
COLRW99.8%11.0017.0028.0057.0026.008.0012.002.000.000.000.000.004.005.000.000.0015.00484.00512.00234.00
Alex DeBrincat
DETLW98.5%11.0010.0021.0077.0010.009.004.004.000.000.000.000.006.009.000.000.000.00399.00465.00200.00
Tim Stutzle
OTTC99.9%11.0014.0025.0058.0035.0015.0010.003.000.000.000.000.00107.0092.000.000.002.00471.00602.00208.00
Seth Jarvis
CARRW98.2%11.008.0020.0069.0031.0010.003.002.000.000.001.000.0012.0016.000.000.005.00418.00480.00194.00
Dylan Guenther
UTARW98.2%11.009.0020.0074.0017.008.0010.002.000.000.000.000.009.0012.000.000.004.00396.00482.00194.00
Pavel Dorofeyev
LVRW94.1%11.007.0018.0063.009.009.007.006.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00-2.00401.00438.00175.00
Logan Cooley
UTAC90.7%11.007.0018.0045.0025.0011.0011.002.000.000.001.000.00106.00140.000.000.005.00389.00470.00159.00
Cutter Gauthier
ANALW96.5%11.0010.0021.0090.0021.007.008.003.000.000.000.000.0018.0022.000.000.000.00419.00512.00206.00
Dylan Larkin
DETC98.7%10.009.0020.0063.0012.0011.009.004.000.000.000.000.00239.00215.000.000.004.00448.00532.00187.00
Filip Forsberg
NSHLW98.2%10.009.0019.0070.0042.007.0010.002.000.000.000.000.004.007.000.000.00-2.00432.00508.00176.00
Jared McCann
SEALW82.2%10.0010.0020.0054.0016.0013.002.004.000.000.000.000.006.007.000.000.001.00368.00484.00179.00
Matthew Tkachuk
FLARW94.0%10.0014.0024.0074.0032.006.0022.005.000.000.000.000.001.003.000.000.00-3.00411.00477.00208.00
Tyler Bertuzzi
CHILW75.0%10.007.0017.0049.0016.006.008.004.000.000.000.000.0018.0019.000.000.00-8.00404.00450.00139.00
Auston Matthews
TORC99.0%10.009.0020.0078.0012.0029.007.002.000.000.000.000.00206.00140.000.000.000.00439.00504.00207.00
Gabriel Vilardi
WPGRW88.7%10.0012.0022.0047.006.0010.006.003.000.000.000.000.0014.0017.000.000.000.00452.00481.00171.00
Will Smith
SJRW87.3%10.0012.0022.0059.006.005.008.003.000.000.000.000.005.0015.000.000.000.00436.00474.00177.00
Leo Carlsson
ANAC91.4%10.0014.0023.0057.005.008.007.002.000.000.001.000.00162.00195.000.000.001.00448.00534.00188.00
David Pastrnak
BOSRW99.6%9.0021.0030.0076.0026.009.0012.004.000.000.000.000.000.002.000.000.001.00449.00464.00240.00
Jack Eichel
LVC99.8%9.0020.0029.0081.0013.0013.004.000.000.000.000.000.00171.00189.000.000.007.00470.00497.00255.00
Chris Kreider
ANALW57.4%9.006.0014.0044.0020.008.006.003.000.000.000.000.006.0010.000.000.00-1.00390.00493.00131.00
Mika Zibanejad
NYRC96.2%9.0012.0021.0062.0032.0015.004.004.000.000.001.000.00160.00149.000.000.00-9.00483.00580.00172.00
Bryan Rust
PITRW88.5%9.0010.0018.0058.009.0026.008.002.000.000.000.000.000.002.000.000.000.00463.00534.00185.00
Tomas Hertl
LVC92.8%9.0011.0020.0059.0032.0012.008.005.000.000.000.000.00212.00156.000.000.00-2.00402.00454.00176.00
William Nylander
TORRW98.5%9.0018.0027.0046.003.008.007.001.000.000.000.000.0012.0017.000.000.000.00390.00458.00186.00
Tom Wilson
WASRW94.8%9.0010.0018.0041.0049.0013.0022.003.000.000.000.000.005.006.000.000.009.00369.00442.00165.00
Nick Schmaltz
UTARW91.4%9.0012.0021.0055.007.0014.009.002.000.000.000.000.00115.00135.000.000.008.00453.00547.00193.00
Zach Werenski
CLBD99.8%9.0019.0027.0082.0010.0029.005.001.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.003.00608.00602.00249.00
Travis Konecny
PHIRW94.3%9.0013.0022.0051.0031.0012.0012.000.000.000.000.000.004.0012.000.000.003.00437.00538.00179.00
Brady Tkachuk
OTTLW98.3%9.0013.0022.0085.0060.006.0020.002.000.000.001.000.0057.0041.000.000.00-2.00375.00523.00199.00
Kiefer Sherwood
SJRW71.6%9.003.0012.0060.00116.0012.0014.003.000.000.000.000.007.0011.000.000.00-6.00420.00526.00129.00
Kirill Marchenko
CLBRW98.9%9.0012.0021.0069.0018.0014.0010.001.000.000.000.000.001.002.000.000.003.00433.00479.00199.00
Pavol Regenda
SJC19.0%9.003.0013.0046.0044.007.0012.004.000.000.000.000.0026.0023.000.000.002.00348.00448.00132.00
Ryan O'Reilly
NSHC83.2%8.0014.0023.0042.004.0017.005.001.000.000.001.000.00215.00174.000.000.003.00462.00545.00181.00
Sam Bennett
FLAC86.6%8.0010.0017.0059.0040.009.0023.001.000.000.000.000.00161.00174.000.000.00-4.00425.00519.00148.00
Artemi Panarin
LALW98.3%8.0016.0024.0066.003.004.007.001.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00-7.00459.00493.00176.00
Anthony Mantha
PITRW47.5%8.0010.0018.0044.0013.0012.007.002.000.000.000.000.003.009.000.000.006.00359.00420.00160.00
Jordan Eberle
SEARW47.8%8.007.0016.0050.0017.0012.007.002.000.000.000.000.004.006.000.000.002.00431.00517.00152.00
Jason Zucker
BUFLW41.5%8.007.0015.0044.0021.005.007.004.000.000.000.000.0020.0034.000.000.00-5.00334.00409.00125.00
Viktor Arvidsson
BOSRW25.8%8.007.0014.0059.008.0013.009.002.000.000.000.000.003.002.000.000.004.00319.00394.00154.00
John Tavares
TORC97.3%8.0010.0018.0054.0019.006.007.003.000.000.000.000.00200.00144.000.000.00-7.00395.00462.00136.00
Sebastian Aho
CARC98.7%8.0015.0023.0052.0021.007.009.002.000.000.000.000.00177.00174.000.000.005.00455.00519.00186.00
Adrian Kempe
LARW98.7%8.0011.0019.0064.0042.0013.0019.001.000.000.000.000.0020.0035.000.000.002.00444.00493.00176.00
Alex Tuch
BUFRW97.4%8.0010.0019.0053.0023.0026.0011.002.000.000.000.000.0011.0013.000.000.006.00415.00544.00183.00
Artturi Lehkonen
COLLW80.7%8.0010.0018.0056.0018.0011.005.000.000.000.000.000.001.006.000.000.0013.00459.00554.00176.00
Brayden Point
TBC93.2%8.0012.0021.0052.003.008.005.002.000.000.000.000.00117.00134.000.000.005.00420.00474.00174.00
Owen Tippett
PHIRW68.4%8.007.0014.0060.0043.0013.006.001.000.000.001.000.002.005.000.000.00-4.00379.00489.00135.00
Andrei Svechnikov
CARLW92.7%8.0012.0020.0061.0040.005.0014.003.000.000.000.000.004.004.000.000.003.00391.00466.00179.00
Drake Batherson
OTTRW95.2%8.0012.0020.0046.0032.006.007.003.000.000.000.000.004.004.000.000.00-2.00391.00515.00153.00
Darren Raddysh
TBD89.4%8.0016.0024.0061.0024.0024.008.004.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.008.00521.00532.00226.00
Trevor Zegras
PHILW89.7%8.0012.0020.0050.0012.006.009.003.000.000.000.000.0027.0053.000.000.00-3.00431.00497.00155.00
Justin Brazeau
PITRW36.2%8.006.0014.0043.0029.0014.005.002.000.000.000.000.000.001.000.000.001.00297.00382.00133.00
John-Jason Peterka
UTARW75.6%8.007.0015.0044.005.006.009.001.000.000.000.000.003.006.000.000.004.00381.00470.00132.00
Juraj Slafkovsky
MONRW93.3%8.0010.0018.0046.0033.0022.0011.004.000.000.000.000.006.0013.000.000.002.00416.00460.00172.00
Beckett Sennecke
ANARW75.1%8.0012.0020.0055.0028.007.0015.000.000.000.000.000.001.001.000.000.00-2.00417.00523.00155.00
Matt Duchene
DALC60.7%7.007.0015.0034.007.009.004.003.000.000.000.000.0079.0069.000.000.00-1.00350.00405.00117.00
Tyler Toffoli
SJRW59.3%7.0010.0017.0059.0017.0012.005.002.000.000.000.000.002.007.000.000.00-4.00396.00487.00148.00
Mikael Granlund
ANAC48.3%7.0010.0017.0047.0014.0016.007.003.000.000.000.000.00147.00167.000.000.00-7.00436.00528.00135.00
Kevin Fiala
LALW78.4%7.009.0016.0060.0016.0010.0014.002.000.000.000.000.003.007.000.000.00-5.00440.00460.00149.00
Evgeni Malkin
PITC86.9%7.0018.0025.0060.009.008.0019.002.000.000.000.000.0054.0065.000.000.007.00404.00454.00209.00
Alex Ovechkin
WASLW95.5%7.009.0016.0056.0033.004.007.001.000.000.000.000.001.000.000.000.000.00356.00398.00143.00
Jakob Chychrun
WASD97.5%7.009.0016.0064.0016.0028.0015.002.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.008.00473.00452.00191.00
Clayton Keller
UTALW98.7%7.0016.0023.0062.003.0010.006.000.000.000.000.000.005.007.000.000.008.00438.00514.00201.00
Joel Eriksson Ek
MINC89.1%7.0010.0016.0058.0030.008.009.003.000.000.000.000.00213.00225.000.000.005.00404.00438.00161.00
Ivan Barbashev
LVLW64.3%7.0010.0016.0035.0036.0012.004.000.000.000.000.000.003.0012.000.000.004.00373.00446.00133.00
Blake Coleman
CGYRW35.2%7.004.0011.0055.0057.0015.0012.000.000.000.002.000.006.008.000.000.005.00389.00538.00131.00
Jack Roslovic
EDMRW26.2%7.004.0011.0043.009.007.007.001.000.000.000.000.0039.0034.000.000.00-3.00320.00375.00101.00
Nico Hischier
NJC95.3%7.009.0016.0058.0016.0018.007.002.000.000.000.000.00262.00214.000.000.00-3.00458.00526.00151.00
Anthony Cirelli
TBC58.6%7.009.0017.0042.0015.0014.006.001.000.000.000.000.00163.00175.000.000.0014.00401.00515.00164.00
Adam Gaudette
SJC4.0%7.004.0011.0036.0022.009.007.002.000.000.000.000.0041.0047.000.000.00-5.00283.00379.0096.00
Nick Suzuki
MONC99.9%7.0019.0026.0050.0019.0019.004.004.000.000.000.000.00199.00204.000.000.009.00477.00514.00224.00
Carter Verhaeghe
FLALW83.6%7.0010.0017.0055.0021.007.008.002.000.000.000.000.0010.0016.000.000.00-4.00405.00489.00138.00
Jack Hughes
NJC98.7%7.0014.0021.0072.002.009.000.001.000.000.000.000.0037.0067.000.000.00-4.00442.00452.00179.00
Mason Marchment
CLBLW44.9%7.008.0015.0037.0027.008.0019.001.000.000.000.000.007.0013.000.000.003.00398.00474.00125.00
Dylan Cozens
OTTC88.3%7.0010.0017.0053.0061.007.0014.004.000.000.000.000.00133.00117.000.000.00-5.00395.00527.00146.00
Tyson Foerster
PHILW32.4%7.003.0010.0031.0015.0013.007.002.000.000.000.000.001.001.000.000.004.00277.00365.00106.00
Jake Neighbours
STLLW43.8%7.005.0012.0029.0055.0012.0013.000.000.000.000.000.001.004.000.000.00-4.00348.00460.0096.00

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