Top 14 Power-Play Goal Scorers in NHL History

The man advantage is where careers get built: one-timers from the circle, tips at the crease, and a spot on the ice so reliable it got a nickname. Pick the scorer you would least want to defend two men short.

1. 1
   Alex Ovechkin

   Scores from the same left-circle spot so often that the spot is called his office.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Dave Andreychuk

   Held the power-play record for two decades on the strength of pure net-front work.
   1000pts
3. 3
   Marcel Dionne

   Scored 731 goals for mostly ordinary teams, many with the extra man.
   912pts
4. 4
   Phil Esposito

   Parked in the slot for Boston and converted everything that arrived there.
   879pts
5. 5
   Steven Stamkos

   The modern one-timer specialist from the opposite circle to Ovechkin's.
   684pts
6. 6
   Wayne Gretzky

   Set up more power-play goals than anyone has scored, and still finished plenty himself.
   684pts
7. 7
   Joe Nieuwendyk

   Won Cups with three teams by living on the edge of the crease.
   684pts
8. 8
   Luc Robitaille

   The highest-scoring left wing before Ovechkin, and most of it from in tight.
   560pts
9. 9
   Brett Hull

   A one-timer off the wing that goalies could see coming and still not stop.
   560pts
10. 10
    Dino Ciccarelli

    Made a 608-goal career out of tips, deflections and rebounds nobody else wanted.
    560pts
11. 11
    Mike Bossy

    Nine straight 50-goal seasons, a lot of them on the Islanders' man advantage.
    560pts
12. 12
    Mario Lemieux

    Ran the Pittsburgh power play as both quarterback and finisher.
    410pts
13. 13
    Teemu Selanne

    The Finnish Flash turned 21 seasons of man-advantage chances into goals.
    410pts
14. 14
    Mike Gartner

    Seven hundred goals of speed and consistency across four decades of the schedule.
    410pts