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1955-56 NHL Expanded Leaders

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Goals

1.	Jean Beliveau*-MTL	47
2.	Maurice Richard*-MTL	38
	Gordie Howe*-DET	38
4.	Tod Sloan-TOR	37
5.	Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL	29
6.	Ted Lindsay*-DET	27
7.	Alex Delvecchio*-DET	25
8.	Dean Prentice-NYR	24
	Andy Hebenton-NYR	24
	Johnny Wilson-CBH	24
11.	Wally Hergesheimer-NYR	22
12.	Dave Creighton-NYR	20
13.	Henri Richard*-MTL	19
	Nick Mickoski-CBH	19
	Vic Stasiuk-BOS	19
	Andy Bathgate*-NYR	19
17.	Danny Lewicki-NYR	18
	Dick Duff*-TOR	18
19.	Dutch Reibel-DET	17
20.	Red Kelly*-DET	16
	Leo Labine-BOS	16
	Ron Murphy-NYR	16
	George Armstrong*-TOR	16

Goals Per Game

1.	Jean Beliveau*-MTL	0.67
2.	Maurice Richard*-MTL	0.54
	Gordie Howe*-DET	0.54
4.	Tod Sloan-TOR	0.53
5.	Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL	0.49
6.	Ted Lindsay*-DET	0.40
7.	Alex Delvecchio*-DET	0.36
8.	Johnny Wilson-CBH	0.34
	Andy Hebenton-NYR	0.34
	Dean Prentice-NYR	0.34
11.	Vic Stasiuk-BOS	0.32
12.	Wally Hergesheimer-NYR	0.31
13.	Henri Richard*-MTL	0.30
14.	Dave Creighton-NYR	0.29
15.	Nick Mickoski-CBH	0.27
	Andy Bathgate*-NYR	0.27
17.	Dick Duff*-TOR	0.26
18.	Danny Lewicki-NYR	0.26

Assists

1.	Bert Olmstead*-MTL	56
2.	Andy Bathgate*-NYR	47
3.	Bill Gadsby*-NYR	42
4.	Gordie Howe*-DET	41
	Jean Beliveau*-MTL	41
6.	Dickie Moore*-MTL	39
	Doug Harvey*-MTL	39
	Dutch Reibel-DET	39
9.	Red Kelly*-DET	34
10.	Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL	33
	Maurice Richard*-MTL	33
12.	George Armstrong*-TOR	32
13.	Dave Creighton-NYR	31
14.	Ed Litzenberger-CBH	29
	Tod Sloan-TOR	29
16.	Ron Murphy-NYR	28
17.	Danny Lewicki-NYR	27
18.	Alex Delvecchio*-DET	26
	Red Sullivan-CBH	26
20.	Larry Popein-NYR	25

Assists Per Game

1.	Bert Olmstead*-MTL	0.80
2.	Andy Bathgate*-NYR	0.67
3.	Doug Harvey*-MTL	0.63
4.	Bill Gadsby*-NYR	0.60
5.	Gordie Howe*-DET	0.59
	Jean Beliveau*-MTL	0.59
7.	Dutch Reibel-DET	0.57
8.	Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL	0.56
9.	Dickie Moore*-MTL	0.56
10.	Red Kelly*-DET	0.49
11.	George Armstrong*-TOR	0.48
12.	Maurice Richard*-MTL	0.47
13.	Dave Creighton-NYR	0.44
14.	Ron Murphy-NYR	0.42
15.	Ed Litzenberger-CBH	0.41
	Tod Sloan-TOR	0.41
17.	Danny Lewicki-NYR	0.39

Points

1.	Jean Beliveau*-MTL	88
2.	Gordie Howe*-DET	79
3.	Maurice Richard*-MTL	71
4.	Bert Olmstead*-MTL	70
5.	Tod Sloan-TOR	66
	Andy Bathgate*-NYR	66
7.	Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL	62
8.	Dutch Reibel-DET	56
9.	Alex Delvecchio*-DET	51
	Bill Gadsby*-NYR	51
	Dave Creighton-NYR	51
12.	Dickie Moore*-MTL	50
	Ted Lindsay*-DET	50
	Red Kelly*-DET	50
15.	George Armstrong*-TOR	48
16.	Danny Lewicki-NYR	45
17.	Doug Harvey*-MTL	44
	Ron Murphy-NYR	44
19.	Dean Prentice-NYR	42
20.	Henri Richard*-MTL	40
	Wally Hergesheimer-NYR	40
	Red Sullivan-CBH	40

Points Per Game

1.	Jean Beliveau*-MTL	1.26
2.	Gordie Howe*-DET	1.13
3.	Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL	1.05
4.	Maurice Richard*-MTL	1.01
5.	Bert Olmstead*-MTL	1.00
6.	Andy Bathgate*-NYR	0.94
	Tod Sloan-TOR	0.94
8.	Dutch Reibel-DET	0.82
9.	Ted Lindsay*-DET	0.75
10.	Dave Creighton-NYR	0.73
	Bill Gadsby*-NYR	0.73
	Alex Delvecchio*-DET	0.73
13.	George Armstrong*-TOR	0.72
14.	Red Kelly*-DET	0.71
	Dickie Moore*-MTL	0.71
16.	Doug Harvey*-MTL	0.71
17.	Ron Murphy-NYR	0.67
18.	Danny Lewicki-NYR	0.64

Goals Created

1.	Jean Beliveau*-MTL	36.1
2.	Gordie Howe*-DET	32.7
3.	Maurice Richard*-MTL	29.1
4.	Tod Sloan-TOR	28.0
5.	Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL	24.6
6.	Bert Olmstead*-MTL	24.2
7.	Andy Bathgate*-NYR	23.7
8.	Dutch Reibel-DET	21.5
9.	Alex Delvecchio*-DET	21.2
	Ted Lindsay*-DET	21.2
11.	Dave Creighton-NYR	19.4
12.	Red Kelly*-DET	19.4
13.	George Armstrong*-TOR	18.5
14.	Dickie Moore*-MTL	17.5
15.	Dean Prentice-NYR	17.4
16.	Bill Gadsby*-NYR	17.2
17.	Danny Lewicki-NYR	17.1
18.	Ron Murphy-NYR	16.4
19.	Wally Hergesheimer-NYR	16.4
20.	Andy Hebenton-NYR	16.2

Goals Created Per Game

1.	Jean Beliveau*-MTL	0.52
2.	Gordie Howe*-DET	0.47
3.	Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL	0.42
4.	Maurice Richard*-MTL	0.42
5.	Tod Sloan-TOR	0.40
6.	Bert Olmstead*-MTL	0.35
7.	Andy Bathgate*-NYR	0.34
8.	Dutch Reibel-DET	0.32
9.	Ted Lindsay*-DET	0.32
10.	Alex Delvecchio*-DET	0.30
11.	Dave Creighton-NYR	0.28
12.	Red Kelly*-DET	0.28
13.	George Armstrong*-TOR	0.28

Penalties in Minutes

1.	Lou Fontinato-NYR	202
2.	Ted Lindsay*-DET	161
3.	Jean Beliveau*-MTL	143
4.	Bob Armstrong-BOS	122
5.	Vic Stasiuk-BOS	118
6.	Leo Labine-BOS	104
	Jack Evans-NYR	104
8.	Gordie Howe*-DET	100
	Tod Sloan-TOR	100
10.	George Armstrong*-TOR	97
11.	Jimmy Thomson-TOR	96
12.	Bert Olmstead*-MTL	94
13.	Maurice Richard*-MTL	89
14.	Lee Fogolin-CBH	88
15.	Gus Mortson-CBH	87
16.	Warren Godfrey-DET	86
17.	Bill Gadsby*-NYR	84
18.	Leo Boivin*-BOS	80
	Jean-Guy Talbot-MTL	80
20.	Harry Howell*-NYR	77
	Jim Morrison-TOR	77

Games Played (Goalie)

1.	Glenn Hall*-DET	70
	Gump Worsley*-NYR	70
3.	Terry Sawchuk*-BOS	68
4.	Jacques Plante*-MTL	64
5.	Harry Lumley*-TOR	59
6.	Al Rollins-CBH	58
7.	Hank Bassen-CBH	12
8.	Bob Perreault-MTL	6
	Gilles Mayer-TOR	6
10.	Ed Chadwick-TOR	5
11.	Claude Pronovost-BOS	1
	John Henderson-BOS	1
	Lefty Wilson-TOR	1

Wins (Goalie)

1.	Jacques Plante*-MTL	42
2.	Gump Worsley*-NYR	32
3.	Glenn Hall*-DET	30
4.	Terry Sawchuk*-BOS	22
5.	Harry Lumley*-TOR	21
6.	Al Rollins-CBH	17
7.	Bob Perreault-MTL	3
8.	Ed Chadwick-TOR	2
	Hank Bassen-CBH	2
10.	Claude Pronovost-BOS	1
	Gilles Mayer-TOR	1

Losses (Goalie)

1.	Terry Sawchuk*-BOS	33
2.	Al Rollins-CBH	30
3.	Harry Lumley*-TOR	28
	Gump Worsley*-NYR	28
5.	Glenn Hall*-DET	24
6.	Jacques Plante*-MTL	12
7.	Hank Bassen-CBH	9
8.	Gilles Mayer-TOR	5
9.	Bob Perreault-MTL	3
10.	John Henderson-BOS	1

Ties/Overtime (Goalie)

1.	Glenn Hall*-DET	16
2.	Terry Sawchuk*-BOS	13
3.	Al Rollins-CBH	11
4.	Jacques Plante*-MTL	10
	Harry Lumley*-TOR	10
	Gump Worsley*-NYR	10
7.	Ed Chadwick-TOR	3
8.	Hank Bassen-CBH	1

Points (Goalie)

1.	Jacques Plante*-MTL	94
2.	Glenn Hall*-DET	76
3.	Gump Worsley*-NYR	74
4.	Terry Sawchuk*-BOS	57
5.	Harry Lumley*-TOR	52
6.	Al Rollins-CBH	45
7.	Ed Chadwick-TOR	7
8.	Bob Perreault-MTL	6
9.	Hank Bassen-CBH	5
10.	Claude Pronovost-BOS	2
	Gilles Mayer-TOR	2

Points Percentage (Goalie)

1.	Jacques Plante*-MTL	.734
2.	Glenn Hall*-DET	.543
3.	Gump Worsley*-NYR	.529
4.	Harry Lumley*-TOR	.441
5.	Terry Sawchuk*-BOS	.419
6.	Al Rollins-CBH	.388

Shutouts

1.	Glenn Hall*-DET	12
2.	Terry Sawchuk*-BOS	9
3.	Jacques Plante*-MTL	7
4.	Gump Worsley*-NYR	4
5.	Harry Lumley*-TOR	3
	Al Rollins-CBH	3
7.	Ed Chadwick-TOR	2
8.	Bob Perreault-MTL	1
	Claude Pronovost-BOS	1
	Hank Bassen-CBH	1

Goals Against

1.	Gump Worsley*-NYR	198
2.	Terry Sawchuk*-BOS	177
3.	Al Rollins-CBH	171
4.	Harry Lumley*-TOR	157
5.	Glenn Hall*-DET	147
6.	Jacques Plante*-MTL	119
7.	Hank Bassen-CBH	40
8.	Gilles Mayer-TOR	18
9.	Bob Perreault-MTL	12
10.	John Henderson-BOS	4
11.	Ed Chadwick-TOR	3

Goals Against Average

1.	Jacques Plante*-MTL	1.86
2.	Glenn Hall*-DET	2.10
3.	Terry Sawchuk*-BOS	2.60
4.	Harry Lumley*-TOR	2.67
5.	Gump Worsley*-NYR	2.83
6.	Al Rollins-CBH	2.95

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