The Calgary Flames continue to search for offense, which explains why Jonathan Huberdeau is the NHL's lowest-ranked top scorer of a team.
The Calgary Flames are one of the lowest-scoring teams in the NHL, with just 129 goals through 48 games. Their leading goal scorer, Jonathan Huberdeau, has 19 goals and 36 points.
Interestingly, with 36 points, Huberdeau ranks dead last among other team top scorers in the NHL.
What makes this statistic so fascinating is that the Flames are in a playoff spot and nowhere near the bottom of the league regarding wins or points.
First, let's look at each team's top point producers:
Statistics as of Jan. 28, 2025
- Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado) 77 points
- Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton) 75 points
- Nikita Kucherov (Tampa Bay) 73 points
- Mitch Marner (Toronto) 68 points
- Kyle Connor (Winnipeg) 63 points
- Jack Eichel (Vegas) 62 points
- David Pastrnak (Boston) 59 points
- Travis Konecy (Philadelphia) 58 points
- Jack Hughes (New Jersey) 58 points
- Lucas Raymond (Detroit) 56 points
- Quinn Hughes (Vancouver) 56 points
- Clayton Keller (Utah) 54 points
- Zach Werenski (Columbus) 54 points
- Sam Reinhart (Florida) 53 points
- Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh) 53 points
- Kirill Kaprizov (Minnesota) 52 points
- Artemi Panarin (New York) 52 points
- Sebastian Aho (Carolina) 50 points*
- Nick Suzuki (Montreal) 50 points
- Filip Forsberg (Nashville) 49 points
- Tim Stutzle (Ottawa) 48 points
- Matt Duchene (Dallas) 47 points
- Dylan Strome (Washington) 46 points
- Adrian Kempe (Los Angeles) 44 points
- Mikael Granlund (San Jose) 44 points
- Connor Bedard (Chicago) 43 points
- Jordan Kyrou (St. Louis) 42 points
- Tage Thompson (Buffalo) 40 points
- Troy Terry (Anaheim) 38 points
- Jared McCann (Seattle) 38 points
- Anders Lee (New York) 37 points
- Jonathan Huberdeau (Calgary) 36 points
Sebastian Aho is not technically the leading scorer for the Carolina Hurricanes. Still, since Martin Necs (55 points) was just traded for Mikko Rantanen (64 points), Aho needs only five points to overtake his former teammate and put himself in a position to win the team's scoring title.
Meanwhile, the NHL's top team, the Washington Capitals, has the league's 23rd-highest top scorer, as Dylan Strome only has 46 points.
As mentioned, Huberdeau leads the Flames with 19 goals, which isn't bad. At least Calgary doesn't rank last in this category.
When Huberdeau gets his 20th, the team could become the 23rd team with a 20-goal scorer in the lineup, depending on which other 19-goal scorers light the lamp that night.
Here's a breakdown of the NHL's top goal scorers by team:
- Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton) 35 goals
- Sam Reinhart (Florida) 29 goals
- Mark Scheifele (Winnipeg) 28 goals
- William Nylander (Toronto) 28 goals
- Brayden Point (Tampa Bay) 27 goals
- Cole Caufield (Montreal) 25 goals
- David Pastrnak (Boston) 24 goals
- Adrian Kempe (Los Angeles) 24 goals
- Nico Hischier (New Jersey) 24 goals
- Rickard Rakell (Pittsburgh) 23 goals
- Kirill Kaprizov (Minnesota) 23 goals
- Alex Ovechkin (Washington) 22 goals
- Tage Thompson (Buffalo) 22 goals
- Anders Lee (New York) 21 goals
- Dylan Larkin (Detroit) 21 goals
- Travis Konecy (Philadelphia) 21 goals
- Artemi Panarin (New York) 21 goals
- Jordan Kyrou (St. Louis) 21 goals
- Pavel Dorofeyev (Vegas) 21 goals
- Artturi Lehkonen (Colorado) 20 goals*
- Roope Hintz (Dallas) 20 goals
- Kirill Marchenko (Columbus) 20 goals
- Jonathan Huberdeau (Calgary) 19 goals
- Brady Tkachuk (Ottawa) 19 goals
- Jack Hughes (New Jersey) 19 goals
- Filip Forsberg (Nashville) 18 goals
- Jack Roslovic (Carolina) 18 goals
- Clayton Keller (Utah) 18 goals
- Tyler Toffoli (San Jose) 17 goals
- Tyler Bertuzzi (Chicago) 17 goals
- Jake DeBrusk (Vancouver) 17 goals
- Jaden Schwartz (Seattle) 16 goals
Once again, since Rantanen got traded, he is technically still the leading goal scorer on the Avalanche. Still, Artturi Lehkonen gets the nod here since he is only five away from overtaking his former teammate for the lead.
What do you think about where the Flames' top scorer ranks among his peers? What other adjustments can the coaching staff make to get more goals and points out of their players? Let us know in the comments.
