When was the last time each NHL team had a player score 40 goals in a season?

Often viewed as a significant benchmark to reach for top-six forwards, a more offensive game has made the feat a bit more common across the league.

The NHL has reached its in-season break, with many players throughout the league currently in Italy competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics, the first time NHL players are allowed to compete in the event since 2014.

The Games give a lengthy break to the 2025-26 NHL season, with a 20-day break in between games that began on Feb. 5 and will last through nearly the end of the month, with NHL action resuming on Feb. 25.

As players put it all on the line to represent their countries as the world watches, another high-octane NHL season is well underway, with plentiful offense dominating the storylines across the league once again this season.

The leaguewide explosion has been spearheaded by Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche, with MacKinnon leading the league’s best offense with an NHL-best 40 goals as the Olympics break began.

MacKinnon reaching the lofty mark in early February had me wondering about what 40 goals in a season means, and if a league with much more offense somewhat diminishes the accomplishment.

This comes as the league is seeing its most offensive stretch of seasons in my lifetime, only falling short to the Gretzky/Lemieux years of the 1980’s and early 1990’s, where the league’s greatest players and incredibly frequent penalties created a very friendly environment for offenses.

Though a 40-goal season isn’t as uncommon as it was a dozen years ago, it remains an incredible feat to accomplish regardless of what the league’s offense is like, as even players that participate in all 82 games have to find the back of the net on an average of nearly half of their contests.

After looking into just how more frequent 40-goal seasons have become in recent years, it’s fair to wonder if this era will be remembered as abnormally offense-friendly, with plenty of snipers likely to be forgotten when remembering the names of dominant goal scorers.

With Dylan Guenther reaching the 40-goal mark this season for the Utah Mammoth, all 32 NHL teams have had a player accomplish the feat at least once.

Furthermore, 21 of the NHL’s 32 teams have had a player reach the mark during the 2020’s, while 26 teams have had a player score 40 goals at least once since the league’s last work stoppage in the 2012-13 season.

While the feat is nowhere near as rare or eye-catching as it was in the dog days of NHL offenses, a small handful of clubs have gone well over a decade without a player reaching the mark – making it clear that having a 40-goal scorer is still very far from a given in today’s NHL.

Beginning with the most recent teams to have a player reach the mark, here’s a look at the last time each NHL team had a player score 40 goals in a season:

1. Colorado Avalanche: 2025-26 – Nathan MacKinnon – 53 goals
2. Montreal Canadiens: 2025-26 – Cole Caufield – 51 goals
3. Edmonton Oilers: 2025-26 – Connor McDavid – 48 goals
4. San Jose Sharks: 2025-26 – Macklin Celebrini – 45 goals
5. Minnesota Wild: 2025-26 – Kirill Kaprizov/Matt Boldy – 45/42 goals
6. Dallas Stars: 2025-26 – Wyatt Johnston/Jason Robertson – 45/45 goals
7. Tampa Bay Lightning: 2025-26 – Nikita Kucherov – 44 goals
8. Nashville Predators: 2025-26 – Steven Stamkos/Filip Forsberg – 42/40 goals
9. Detroit Red Wings: 2025-26 – Alex DeBrincat – 41 goals
10. Anaheim Ducks: 2025-26 – Cutter Gauthier – 41 goals
11. Utah Mammoth: 2025-26 – Dylan Guenther – 40 goals
12. Buffalo Sabres: 2025-26 – Tage Thompson – 40 goals
13. Toronto Maple Leafs: 2024-25 – William Nylander – 45 goals
14. Washington Capitals: 2024-25 – Alex Ovechkin – 44 goals
15. Boston Bruins: 2024-25 – David Pastrnak – 43 goals
16. Winnipeg Jets: 2024-25 – Kyle Connor – 41 goals
17. Florida Panthers: 2023-24 – Sam Reinhart – 57 goals
18. New York Rangers: 2023-24 – Artemi Panarin – 49 goals
19. Vegas Golden Knights: 2023-24 – Jonathan Marchessault – 42 goals
20. Pittsburgh Penguins: 2023-24 – Sidney Crosby – 42 goals
21. Vancouver Canucks: 2023-24 – Brock Boeser – 40 goals
22. New Jersey Devils: 2022-23 – Jack Hughes – 43 goals
23. Los Angeles Kings: 2022-23 – Adrian Kempe – 41 goals
24. Seattle Kraken: 2022-23 – Jared McCann – 40 goals
25. Calgary Flames: 2021-22 – Matthew Tkachuk, Elias Lindholm and Johnny Gaudreau – 42 goals, 42 goals and 41 goals
26. Chicago Blackhawks: 2021-22 – Alex DeBrincat – 41 goals
27. Columbus Blue Jackets: 2018-19 – Cam Atkinson – 41 goals
28. New York Islanders: 2018-19 – Anders Lee – 40 goals
29. St. Louis Blues: 2015-16 – Vladimir Tarasenko – 40 goals
30. Philadelphia Flyers: 2008-09 – Jeff Carter – 46 goals
31. Carolina Hurricanes: 2008-09 – Eric Staal – 40 goals
32. Ottawa Senators: 2007-08 – Dany Heatley and Daniel Alfredsson – 41 goals and 40 goals