Nathan MacKinnon
01/Where he scores from
MacKinnon scored 52 regular season goals on 461 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2025-26. His densest patch is left circle, 34 ft out: 10/52 · 19% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 7% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 17/52 · 33% of his goals came from here, on 96/461 · 21% of his attempts — 17/96 · 18% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 21/52 · 40% of his goals came from here, on 186/461 · 40% of his attempts — 21/186 · 11% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 10/52 · 19% of his goals came from here, on 150/461 · 33% of his attempts — 10/150 · 7% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 4/52 · 8% of his goals came from here, on 29/461 · 6% of his attempts — 4/29 · 14% of what he sent from there went in.
MacKinnon scored 5 playoff goals on 72 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 1 of his 5 goals came from here, on 8 of his 72 attempts.
Slot. 4 of his 5 goals came from here, on 32 of his 72 attempts.
Perimeter. 0 of his 5 goals came from here, on 29 of his 72 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 5 goals came from here, on 3 of his 72 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 72 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 1 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
MacKinnon scored 131 regular season goals on 1,397 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. His densest patch is left circle, 33 ft out: 25/131 · 19% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 7% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 38/131 · 29% of his goals came from here, on 250/1,397 · 18% of his attempts — 38/250 · 15% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 67/131 · 51% of his goals came from here, on 620/1,397 · 44% of his attempts — 67/620 · 11% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 20/131 · 15% of his goals came from here, on 425/1,397 · 30% of his attempts — 20/425 · 5% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 6/131 · 5% of his goals came from here, on 102/1,397 · 7% of his attempts — 6/102 · 6% of what he sent from there went in.
MacKinnon scored 16 playoff goals on 181 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. His densest patch is left circle, 34 ft out: 5/16 · 31% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 6% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 2/16 · 13% of his goals came from here, on 24/181 · 13% of his attempts — 2/24 · 8% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 12/16 · 75% of his goals came from here, on 78/181 · 43% of his attempts — 12/78 · 15% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 1/16 · 6% of his goals came from here, on 61/181 · 34% of his attempts — 1/61 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 1/16 · 6% of his goals came from here, on 18/181 · 10% of his attempts — 1/18 · 6% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 5 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
MacKinnon scored 410 regular season goals on 4,973 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2013-14 to 2025-26. His densest patch is left circle, 35 ft out: 48/410 · 12% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 4% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 112/410 · 27% of his goals came from here, on 875/4,973 · 18% of his attempts — 112/875 · 13% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 205/410 · 50% of his goals came from here, on 2,131/4,973 · 43% of his attempts — 205/2,131 · 10% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 76/410 · 19% of his goals came from here, on 1,536/4,973 · 31% of his attempts — 76/1,536 · 5% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 17/410 · 4% of his goals came from here, on 431/4,973 · 9% of his attempts — 17/431 · 4% of what he sent from there went in.
MacKinnon scored 57 playoff goals on 640 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2013-14 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the high slot, 35 ft out: 10/57 · 18% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 6% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 14/57 · 25% of his goals came from here, on 102/640 · 16% of his attempts — 14/102 · 14% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 34/57 · 60% of his goals came from here, on 277/640 · 43% of his attempts — 34/277 · 12% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 6/57 · 11% of his goals came from here, on 208/640 · 33% of his attempts — 6/208 · 3% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 3/57 · 5% of his goals came from here, on 53/640 · 8% of his attempts — 3/53 · 6% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2013-14 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 10 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
02/When his goals came
20 of his 53 goals came in the 1st period, on 119 shots. That is a record of last season, not a description of the player: which period a skater scores in does not carry from one year to the next.
03/Game log
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | S | H | +/- | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15 | @CGY | W 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:08 |
| Apr 14 | @EDM | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27:57 |
| Apr 12 | VGK | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:38 |
| Apr 10 | CGY | W 3-1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:23 |
| Apr 8 | @STL | W 3-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 21:08 |
| Apr 6 | STL | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 21:38 |
| Apr 4 | @DAL | W 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:47 |
| Apr 2 | VAN | L 6-8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 24:21 |
| Mar 31 | CGY | W 9-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 19:20 |
| Mar 28 | WPG | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 22:36 |
| Mar 27 | @WPG | W 3-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 24:55 |
| Mar 24 | @PIT | W 6-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:03 |
| Mar 22 | @WSH | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:50 |
| Mar 21 | @CHI | W 4-1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 22:12 |
| Mar 19 | DAL | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:40 |
| Mar 17 | PIT | L 2-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:39 |
| Mar 14 | @WPG | L 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 25:26 |
| Mar 13 | @SEA | W 5-1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 20:58 |
| Mar 11 | EDM | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15 | 14:17 |
| Mar 8 | MIN | W 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:29 |
| Mar 7 | @DAL | W 5-4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 27:21 |
| Mar 4 | @ANA | W 5-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 20:43 |
| Mar 3 | @LAK | W 4-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 21:07 |
| Feb 28 | CHI | W 3-1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 23:32 |
| Feb 27 | MIN | L 2-5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:21 |
Showing the 25 most recent of 80 regular season games. Playoff games are kept out of this table and totalled separately in the career record.
04/Splits
Home / Road
In wins / In losses
Every split prints its own denominator. Any split under eight games is greyed rather than hidden, so the edge of the sample is visible instead of guessed at.
05/Career
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | COL | 82 | 24 | 39 | 63 | +11 | 26 | 241 | 10.0 | 57 | 45 | 13:35 |
| 2014-15 | COL | 64 | 14 | 24 | 38 | -5 | 34 | 192 | 7.3 | 43 | 41 | 15:47 |
| 2015-16 | COL | 72 | 21 | 31 | 52 | +2 | 20 | 245 | 8.6 | 46 | 53 | 16:54 |
| 2016-17 | COL | 82 | 16 | 37 | 53 | -11 | 16 | 251 | 6.4 | 56 | 30 | 15:18 |
| 2017-18 | COL | 74 | 39 | 58 | 97 | +25 | 55 | 284 | 13.7 | 38 | 22 | 16:30 |
| 2018-19 | COL | 82 | 41 | 58 | 99 | +19 | 34 | 365 | 11.2 | 54 | 31 | 18:34 |
| 2019-20 | COL | 69 | 35 | 58 | 93 | +12 | 12 | 318 | 11.0 | 51 | 31 | 18:34 |
| 2020-21 | COL | 48 | 20 | 45 | 65 | +22 | 37 | 206 | 9.7 | 38 | 15 | 18:20 |
| 2021-22 | COL | 65 | 32 | 56 | 88 | +22 | 42 | 299 | 10.7 | 68 | 39 | 18:43 |
| 2022-23 | COL | 71 | 42 | 69 | 111 | +23 | 30 | 366 | 11.5 | 53 | 40 | 19:37 |
| 2023-24 | COL | 82 | 51 | 89 | 140 | +26 | 42 | 405 | 12.6 | 55 | 75 | 19:56 |
| 2024-25 | COL | 79 | 32 | 84 | 116 | +26 | 41 | 320 | 10.0 | 38 | 63 | 21:55 |
| 2025-26 | COL | 80 | 53 | 74 | 127 | +38 | 39 | 352 | 15.1 | 64 | 42 | 19:04 |
| Career | 950 | 420 | 722 | 1,142 | +210 | 428 | 3,844 | 10.9 | 661 | 527 | 17:54 |
Playoffs
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | COL | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | — | 4 | 18 | 11.1 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2017-18 | COL | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | — | 4 | 28 | 10.7 | 4 | 2 | – |
| 2018-19 | COL | 12 | 6 | 7 | 13 | — | 2 | 57 | 10.5 | 15 | 8 | – |
| 2019-20 | COL | 15 | 9 | 16 | 25 | — | 12 | 65 | 13.8 | 20 | 5 | – |
| 2020-21 | COL | 10 | 8 | 7 | 15 | — | 2 | 38 | 21.1 | 15 | 5 | – |
| 2021-22 | COL | 20 | 13 | 11 | 24 | — | 8 | 117 | 11.1 | 28 | 12 | – |
| 2022-23 | COL | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | — | 4 | 40 | 7.5 | 9 | 9 | – |
| 2023-24 | COL | 11 | 4 | 10 | 14 | — | 4 | 46 | 8.7 | 8 | 13 | – |
| 2024-25 | COL | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | — | 2 | 39 | 17.9 | 12 | 3 | – |
| 2025-26 | COL | 13 | 7 | 8 | 15 | +5 | 6 | 47 | 14.9 | 11 | 6 | 21:13 |
| Career | 108 | 62 | 78 | 140 | +5 | 48 | 495 | 12.5 | 123 | 65 | 21:13 |
06/Bio
- Position
- Center
- Jersey
- #29
- Shoots
- R
- Height
- 6'0"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Born
- Sep 1, 1995 (age 31)
- Birthplace
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, CAN
- Drafted
- 2013 · Round 1 · Pick 1 · COL
- Club
- Colorado Avalanche
