Prospects — Minor & Junior Leagues

Scoring leaders across the AHL and junior circuits (2025-26). The pipeline: who's forcing a call-up conversation. Different league than the NHL — colors flag it.

Regular-season totals only (playoffs excluded). A player traded mid-season shows combined totals across both clubs, so GP can exceed one team's schedule — read P/GP for rate. No game logs exist for minor/junior players, so trending is season-over-season only.

Rankings Goalies Scoring leaders

All leagues AHL ALLSVENSKAN CZECHIA DEL KHL LHJMQ LIIGA MESTIS MHL NCAA NL OHL SHL SLOVAKIA USHL VHL WHL

Points Goals Assists

#	Player	League	Pos	Age	Drafted	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	NHLe	SOG	PIM
1	Markus Ruck	WHL	C	18.6	PIT '26 #39	68	21	87	108	1.59	39		28
2	Liam Ruck	WHL	R	18.6	PIT '26 #22	68	45	59	104	1.53	38		36
3	Maxim Massé	LHJMQ	R	20.5	ANA '24 #66	63	51	51	102	1.62	37		40
4	Nikita Klepov	OHL	R	18.3	ANA '26 #15	67	37	60	97	1.45	36		43
5	JP Hurlbert	WHL	RW	18.5	—	68	42	55	97	1.43	35	294	45
6	Philippe Veilleux	LHJMQ	LW	19.5	—	64	43	53	96	1.5	34	256	10
7	Thomas Verdon	LHJMQ	C	21.2	—	64	36	59	95	1.48	34	189	54
8	Nathan Aspinall	OHL	L	20.5	NYR '24 #159	65	33	61	94	1.45	36		42
9	Jake O'Brien	OHL	C	19.3	SEA '25 #8	53	28	65	93	1.75	43	147	28
10	Alexander Weiermair	WHL	C	21.4	VGK '25 #186	66	37	56	93	1.41	35		28
11	Alex Weiermair	WHL	RW	21.4	—	66	37	56	93	1.41	35	241	28
12	Egor Barabanov	OHL	C	20.4	CGY '26 #100	68	28	63	91	1.34	33		79
13	Jack Pridham	OHL	R	21	CHI '24 #92	65	46	44	90	1.38	34		54
14	Tij Iginla	WHL	C	20.2	UTA '24 #6	48	41	49	90	1.88	46		29
15	Marco Mignosa	OHL	R	21.5	TBL '25 #215	65	35	54	89	1.37	34		33
16	Cole Beaudoin	OHL	C	20.4	UTA '24 #24	54	33	55	88	1.63	40		29
17	Lukas Sawchyn	WHL	RW	19.6	—	68	27	61	88	1.29	32	127	42
18	Luke Mistelbacher	WHL	RW	20.9	—	67	42	46	88	1.31	32	303	33
19	Justin Larose	LHJMQ	LW	21.4	—	64	32	56	88	1.38	32	292	46
20	Matias Vanhanen	WHL	L	19.1	NJD '26 #37	62	21	66	87	1.4	34		6
21	Jonas Woo	WHL	D	19.9	CBJ '26 #185	56	29	57	86	1.54	38		50
22	Nathan Behm	WHL	R	19.5	CHI '25 #66	67	38	48	86	1.28	31		41
23	Félix Lacerte	LHJMQ	RW	20.3	—	62	38	48	86	1.39	32	241	55
24	Braeden Cootes	WHL	C	19.6	VAN '25 #15	62	34	52	86	1.39	34	252	10
25	Christian Humphreys	OHL	C	20.7	COL '24 #215	63	27	58	85	1.35	33		33
26	Jaxon Jacobson	WHL	C	17.8	—	63	25	60	85	1.35	33	162	32
27	Jacob Kvasnicka	WHL	R	19.1	NYI '25 #202	65	35	50	85	1.31	32		21
28	Caleb Malhotra	OHL	C	18.3	VAN '26 #3	67	29	55	84	1.25	31		51
29	Riley Patterson	OHL	C	20.5	VAN '24 #125	60	40	44	84	1.4	34		16
30	Nathan Leek	LHJMQ	LW	21	—	63	47	37	84	1.33	31	231	84
31	Bryce Pickford	WHL	D	20.5	MTL '25 #81	55	45	38	83	1.51	37		56
32	Marek Vanacker	OHL	L	20.5	CHI '24 #27	60	47	35	82	1.37	34		33
33	Egor Shilov	LHJMQ	C	18.4	COL '26 #43	63	32	50	82	1.3	30		29
34	Tommy Bleyl	LHJMQ	D	18.8	—	63	13	68	81	1.29	30	195	33
35	Justin Carbonneau	LHJMQ	R	19.8	STL '25 #19	60	51	29	80	1.33	31		64
36	Alexey Vlasov	LHJMQ	LW	18.7	—	64	44	36	80	1.25	29	226	40
37	Miroslav Holinka	WHL	C	20.9	TOR '24 #151	59	37	43	80	1.36	33		24
38	Terik Parascak	WHL	R	20.3	WSH '24 #17	61	33	46	79	1.3	32		53
39	Caleb Desnoyers	LHJMQ	C	19.5	UTA '25 #4	45	22	56	78	1.73	40		36
40	Mateo Nobert	LHJMQ	C	19.1	VGK '25 #85	62	30	48	78	1.26	29		14
41	Vincent Desjardins	LHJMQ	C	20.1	—	64	28	50	78	1.22	28	199	21
42	Daxon Rudolph	WHL	D	18.6	BUF '26 #4	68	28	50	78	1.15	28		75
43	Tommy Lafreniere	WHL	R	19.7	EDM '25 #83	67	41	36	77	1.15	28		22
44	Jakob Pelletier	AHL	LW	25.6	CGY '19 #26	63	28	49	77	1.22	44	157	19
45	Benjamin Rautiainen	LIIGA	C	21.3	TBL '25 #108	59	25	52	77	1.31	58		20
46	Carter Bear	WHL	L	19.9	DET '25 #13	53	36	41	77	1.45	36		56
47	Adam Benak	OHL	C	19.5	MIN '25 #102	48	28	49	77	1.6	39		29
48	Gabe Smith	LHJMQ	C	20.2	UTA '24 #103	60	34	43	77	1.28	29		49
49	Julius Miettinen	WHL	C	20.7	SEA '24 #40	52	35	41	76	1.46	36		29
50	Thomas Desruisseaux	LHJMQ	C	20.6	—	58	24	52	76	1.31	30	124	36
51	Ryan Miller	WHL	C	19.4	PIT '25 #130	65	30	45	75	1.15	28		78
52	Kale Dach	WHL	C	19.6	PIT '25 #201	63	34	41	75	1.19	29		24
53	Pierce Mbuyi	OHL	L	18.5	PIT '26 #86	68	32	43	75	1.1	27		85
54	Dimian Zhilkin	OHL	LW	17.9	—	59	36	39	75	1.27	31	233	100
55	Niko Tournas	LHJMQ	RW	20.6	—	64	43	31	74	1.16	27	274	44
56	Cooper Simpson	USHL	L	19.7	BOS '25 #79	61	34	40	74	1.21	24		68
57	Liam Greentree	OHL	R	20.7	LAK '24 #26	52	38	36	74	1.42	35		63
58	Cooper Dennis	OHL	RW	19.4	—	68	34	40	74	1.09	27	269	14
59	Ryden Evers	WHL	C	21.3	—	67	35	39	74	1.1	27	229	12
60	Oleg Kulebiakin	LHJMQ	R	18.7	TBL '26 #52	64	29	44	73	1.14	26		30
61	Nathan Quinn	LHJMQ	C	19.1	PHI '25 #164	58	34	39	73	1.26	29		13
62	Landon DuPont	WHL	D	17.3	—	63	18	55	73	1.16	29	283	52
63	Josh Evaschesen	WHL	LW	20.1	—	67	33	40	73	1.09	27	183	35
64	Carson Carels	WHL	D	18.3	CGY '26 #6	58	20	53	73	1.26	31	219	66
65	Brock Souch	WHL	C	20	—	67	28	45	73	1.09	27	191	46
66	Marek Danicek	LHJMQ	RW	20.1	—	64	33	39	72	1.12	26	212	22
67	Kooper Gizowski	WHL	LW	21.4	—	67	32	40	72	1.07	26	225	32
68	Carson Wetsch	WHL	RW	20.4	SJS '24 #82	65	22	50	72	1.11	27	230	80
69	Jimmy Lombardi	OHL	C	19.6	LAK '25 #125	65	36	36	72	1.11	27		69
70	Tarin Smith	WHL	D	20.5	ANA '24 #79	65	16	55	71	1.09	27		98
71	Kashawn Aitcheson	OHL	D	20	NYI '25 #17	56	28	42	70	1.25	31		97
72	Alex Huang	LHJMQ	D	19.2	NSH '25 #122	62	11	59	70	1.13	26		14
73	Alex Barré-Boulet	AHL	C	29.4	—	70	26	44	70	1	36	215	30
74	Brady Birnie	WHL	LW	21.1	—	67	22	48	70	1.04	26	213	30
75	Maxime Coursol	LHJMQ	RW	21.6	—	51	25	44	69	1.35	31	198	34
76	Aiden Oiring	WHL	C	21.4	—	68	28	41	69	1.01	25	174	58
77	Lavr Gashilov	MHL	C	19	NJD '26 #119	51	16	53	69	1.35	20		20
78	Emmanuel Vermette	LHJMQ	LW	21.4	—	64	27	42	69	1.08	25	144	24
79	Teddy Mutryn	LHJMQ	C	19.6	SJS '25 #95	54	31	37	68	1.26	29		62
80	Mazden Leslie	WHL	D	21.5	—	67	18	50	68	1.01	25	239	67
81	Cameron Hughes	AHL	F	30	BOS '15 #165	65	17	51	68	1.05	38	149	48
82	Landen McFadden	WHL	C	19.2	—	67	32	36	68	1.01	25	158	42
83	Arthur Kaliyev	AHL	F	25.3	LAK '19 #33	70	40	28	68	0.97	35	266	30
84	Seth Griffith	AHL	RW	33.7	BOS '12 #131	71	18	49	67	0.94	34	82	50
85	Owen Griffin	OHL	C	19.5	CBJ '25 #160	66	25	42	67	1.02	25		54
86	Ross Campbell	LHJMQ	RW	20.3	—	51	28	39	67	1.31	30	140	67
87	Ilya Protas	AHL	C	20.2	WSH '24 #75	69	29	37	66	0.96	35	147	40
88	Cooper Foster	OHL	C	21.3	PIT '23 #174	66	29	37	66	1	25		71
89	Olivier Groulx	LHJMQ	C	19.2	—	64	20	46	66	1.03	24	166	24
90	Benjamin Wilmott	OHL	C	20.1	VGK '26 #92	66	27	39	66	1	25		47
91	Felix Unger Sörum	AHL	RW	21	CAR '23 #62	72	17	49	66	0.92	33	116	20
92	Pavel McKenzie	WHL	LW	21	—	65	17	49	66	1.02	25	153	18
93	Samuel Beauchemin	LHJMQ	C	20.2	—	64	16	50	66	1.03	24	166	2
94	Brad Gardiner	OHL	C	21.6	DAL '23 #79	67	31	34	65	0.97	24		49
95	David Lewandowski	WHL	L	19.6	EDM '25 #117	57	17	48	65	1.14	28		42
96	Shawn Carrier	LHJMQ	L	19.6	COL '26 #195	61	37	28	65	1.07	25		75
97	Emile Guite	LHJMQ	L	19.3	ANA '25 #159	59	32	33	65	1.1	25		20
98	Adam Novotny	OHL	L	18.9	VAN '26 #24	58	34	31	65	1.12	28		22
99	Jordan Duguay	WHL	C	18.6	—	68	22	43	65	0.96	24	180	38
100	Tyus Sparks	WHL	C	18.7	WSH '26 #101	69	28	37	65	0.94	23		24