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2008-09 NHL Season Summary

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2008-09 NHL:

League Standings

Glossary ▪ Playoff teams are marked with an asterisk (*)
Eastern Conference GP W L OL PTS PTS% GF GA SRS
Atlantic Division         
New Jersey Devils* 82 51 27 4 106 .646 244 209 0.38
Pittsburgh Penguins* 82 45 28 9 99 .604 264 239 0.28
Philadelphia Flyers* 82 44 27 11 99 .604 264 238 0.28
New York Rangers* 82 43 30 9 95 .579 210 218 -0.10
New York Islanders 82 26 47 9 61 .372 201 279 -0.91
Northeast Division         
Boston Bruins* 82 53 19 10 116 .707 274 196 0.89
Montreal Canadiens* 82 41 30 11 93 .567 249 247 0.02
Buffalo Sabres 82 41 32 9 91 .555 250 234 0.18
Ottawa Senators 82 36 35 11 83 .506 217 237 -0.23
Toronto Maple Leafs 82 34 35 13 81 .494 250 293 -0.49
Southeast Division         
Washington Capitals* 82 50 24 8 108 .659 272 245 0.27
Carolina Hurricanes* 82 45 30 7 97 .591 239 226 0.11
Florida Panthers 82 41 30 11 93 .567 234 231 0.00
Atlanta Thrashers 82 35 41 6 76 .463 257 280 -0.30
Tampa Bay Lightning 82 24 40 18 66 .402 210 279 -0.81
Western Conference GP W L OL PTS PTS% GF GA SRS
Central Division         
Detroit Red Wings* 82 51 21 10 112 .683 295 244 0.62
Chicago Blackhawks* 82 46 24 12 104 .634 264 216 0.60
St. Louis Blues* 82 41 31 10 92 .561 233 233 0.05
Columbus Blue Jackets* 82 41 31 10 92 .561 226 230 -0.01
Nashville Predators 82 40 34 8 88 .537 213 233 -0.19
Northwest Division         
Vancouver Canucks* 82 45 27 10 100 .610 246 220 0.30
Calgary Flames* 82 46 30 6 98 .598 254 248 0.07
Minnesota Wild 82 40 33 9 89 .543 219 200 0.22
Edmonton Oilers 82 38 35 9 85 .518 234 248 -0.16
Colorado Avalanche 82 32 45 5 69 .421 199 257 -0.66
Pacific Division         
San Jose Sharks* 82 53 18 11 117 .713 257 204 0.61
Anaheim Ducks* 82 42 33 7 91 .555 245 238 0.09
Dallas Stars 82 36 35 11 83 .506 230 257 -0.30
Phoenix Coyotes 82 36 39 7 79 .482 208 252 -0.50
Los Angeles Kings 82 34 37 11 79 .482 207 234 -0.29

League Playoffs

Glossary ▪ Click series name to show/hide game results
Stanley Cup Finals (4-3):Pittsburgh Penguins over Detroit Red Wings 
 
Conference Finals (4-1):Detroit Red Wings over Chicago Blackhawks 
Conference Finals (4-0):Pittsburgh Penguins over Carolina Hurricanes 
 
Conference Semi-Finals (4-2):Chicago Blackhawks over Vancouver Canucks 
Conference Semi-Finals (4-3):Detroit Red Wings over Anaheim Ducks 
Conference Semi-Finals (4-3):Pittsburgh Penguins over Washington Capitals 
Conference Semi-Finals (4-3):Carolina Hurricanes over Boston Bruins 
 
Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2):Chicago Blackhawks over Calgary Flames 
Conference Quarter-Finals (4-0):Vancouver Canucks over St. Louis Blues 
Conference Quarter-Finals (4-0):Detroit Red Wings over Columbus Blue Jackets 
Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2):Anaheim Ducks over San Jose Sharks 
Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2):Pittsburgh Penguins over Philadelphia Flyers 
Conference Quarter-Finals (4-3):Carolina Hurricanes over New Jersey Devils 
Conference Quarter-Finals (4-3):Washington Capitals over New York Rangers 
Conference Quarter-Finals (4-0):Boston Bruins over Montreal Canadiens 

Team Statistics

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Team GP W L OL PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
1 San Jose Sharks* 82 53 18 11 117 .713 257 204 0.61 5.62 87 360 24.17 51 304 83.22 12 11
2 Boston Bruins* 82 53 19 10 116 .707 274 196 0.89 5.73 74 313 23.64 54 306 82.35 8 7
3 Detroit Red Wings* 82 51 21 10 112 .683 295 244 0.62 6.57 90 353 25.50 71 327 78.29 6 4
4 Washington Capitals* 82 50 24 8 108 .659 272 245 0.27 6.30 85 337 25.22 75 387 80.62 7 11
5 New Jersey Devils* 82 51 27 4 106 .646 244 209 0.38 5.52 58 307 18.89 65 324 79.94 12 4
6 Chicago Blackhawks* 82 46 24 12 104 .634 264 216 0.60 5.85 70 363 19.28 64 330 80.61 10 6
7 Vancouver Canucks* 82 45 27 10 100 .610 246 220 0.30 5.68 67 357 18.77 69 371 81.40 7 5
8 Pittsburgh Penguins* 82 45 28 9 99 .604 264 239 0.28 6.13 62 360 17.22 60 347 82.71 7 13
9 Philadelphia Flyers* 82 44 27 11 99 .604 264 238 0.28 6.12 71 316 22.47 67 393 82.95 16 1
10 Calgary Flames* 82 46 30 6 98 .598 254 248 0.07 6.12 61 358 17.04 58 349 83.38 6 15
11 Carolina Hurricanes* 82 45 30 7 97 .591 239 226 0.11 5.67 70 374 18.72 59 301 80.40 8 9
12 New York Rangers* 82 43 30 9 95 .579 210 218 -0.10 5.22 48 346 13.87 40 329 87.84 9 14
13 Montreal Canadiens* 82 41 30 11 93 .567 249 247 0.02 6.05 72 374 19.25 65 370 82.43 10 11
14 Florida Panthers 82 41 30 11 93 .567 234 231 0.00 5.67 51 308 16.56 54 311 82.64 7 9
15 Columbus Blue Jackets* 82 41 31 10 92 .561 226 230 -0.01 5.56 41 322 12.73 62 346 82.08 8 12
16 St. Louis Blues* 82 41 31 10 92 .561 233 233 0.05 5.68 72 351 20.51 58 357 83.75 10 8
17 Buffalo Sabres 82 41 32 9 91 .555 250 234 0.18 5.90 75 358 20.95 61 336 81.85 7 5
18 Anaheim Ducks* 82 42 33 7 91 .555 245 238 0.09 5.89 73 309 23.62 78 385 79.74 6 8
19 Minnesota Wild 82 40 33 9 89 .543 219 200 0.22 5.11 66 328 20.12 36 291 87.63 9 6
20 Nashville Predators 82 40 34 8 88 .537 213 233 -0.19 5.44 50 318 15.72 59 338 82.54 9 8
21 Edmonton Oilers 82 38 35 9 85 .518 234 248 -0.16 5.88 60 354 16.95 76 338 77.51 3 8
22 Dallas Stars 82 36 35 11 83 .506 230 257 -0.30 5.94 54 351 15.38 70 327 78.59 2 4
23 Ottawa Senators 82 36 35 11 83 .506 217 237 -0.23 5.54 66 339 19.47 64 346 81.50 8 5
24 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 34 35 13 81 .494 250 293 -0.49 6.62 62 330 18.79 78 308 74.68 6 7
25 Phoenix Coyotes 82 36 39 7 79 .482 208 252 -0.50 5.61 50 341 14.66 68 293 76.79 5 4
26 Los Angeles Kings 82 34 37 11 79 .482 207 234 -0.29 5.38 69 360 19.17 62 361 82.83 4 8
27 Atlanta Thrashers 82 35 41 6 76 .463 257 280 -0.30 6.55 69 357 19.33 88 366 75.96 13 10
28 Colorado Avalanche 82 32 45 5 69 .421 199 257 -0.66 5.56 50 318 15.72 64 318 79.87 4 8
29 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 24 40 18 66 .402 210 279 -0.81 5.96 61 343 17.78 89 405 78.02 4 9
30 New York Islanders 82 26 47 9 61 .372 201 279 -0.91 5.85 54 320 16.88 73 361 79.78 12 5
League Average 82 41 32 9 91 .557 239 239 0.00 5.83 65 341 18.95 65 341 81.05 8 8

League Awards

Art Ross Trophy:Evgeni Malkin
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:Steve Sullivan
Calder Memorial Trophy:Steve Mason
Conn Smythe Trophy:Evgeni Malkin
Frank J. Selke Trophy:Pavel Datsyuk
Hart Memorial Trophy:Alex Ovechkin
James Norris Memorial Trophy:Zdeno Chara
King Clancy Memorial Trophy:Ethan Moreau
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:Pavel Datsyuk
Lester B. Pearson Award:Alex Ovechkin
Maurice Richard Trophy:Alex Ovechkin
Vezina Trophy:Tim Thomas
William M. Jennings Trophy:Manny Fernandez
Tim Thomas

League Leaders

Glossary ▪ Rate Statistic Requirements

Goals

1.Alex Ovechkin-WSH56
2.Jeff Carter-PHI46
3.Zach Parise-NJD45
4.Ilya Kovalchuk-ATL43
5.Thomas Vanek-BUF40
 Marian Hossa-DET40
 Rick Nash-CBJ40
 Eric Staal-CAR40

Goals Per Game

1.Alex Ovechkin-WSH0.71
2.Jeff Carter-PHI0.56
3.Zach Parise-NJD0.55
4.Alexander Semin-WSH0.55
5.Thomas Vanek-BUF0.55

Assists

1.Evgeni Malkin-PIT78
2.Sidney Crosby-PIT70
3.Nicklas Backstrom-WSH66
 Ryan Getzlaf-ANA66
5.Pavel Datsyuk-DET65

Assists Per Game

1.Evgeni Malkin-PIT0.95
2.Sidney Crosby-PIT0.91
3.Ryan Getzlaf-ANA0.81
4.Nicklas Backstrom-WSH0.80
5.Pavel Datsyuk-DET0.80

Points

1.Evgeni Malkin-PIT113
2.Alex Ovechkin-WSH110
3.Sidney Crosby-PIT103
4.Pavel Datsyuk-DET97
5.Zach Parise-NJD94

Points Per Game

1.Alex Ovechkin-WSH1.39
2.Evgeni Malkin-PIT1.38
3.Sidney Crosby-PIT1.34
4.Alexander Semin-WSH1.27
5.Pavel Datsyuk-DET1.20

Goals Created

1.Alex Ovechkin-WSH45.2
2.Evgeni Malkin-PIT39.6
3.Zach Parise-NJD36.7
4.Ilya Kovalchuk-ATL36.5
5.Sidney Crosby-PIT36.4

Goals Created Per Game

1.Alex Ovechkin-WSH0.57
2.Alexander Semin-WSH0.50
3.Evgeni Malkin-PIT0.48
4.Sidney Crosby-PIT0.47
5.Ilya Kovalchuk-ATL0.46

Total Goals On-Ice For

1.Alex Ovechkin-WSH162
2.Mike Green-WSH145
3.Evgeni Malkin-PIT143
4.Dion Phaneuf-CGY139
5.Nicklas Backstrom-WSH138
 Nicklas Lidstrom-DET138

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1.Alex Ovechkin-WSH80
2.Mike Green-WSH66
3.Nicklas Backstrom-WSH65
4.Chris Pronger-ANA59
5.Andrei Markov-MTL58

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1.Dion Phaneuf-CGY122
2.Zbynek Michalek-PHX119
3.Scott Niedermayer-ANA114
4.Tobias Enstrom-ATL113
5.Barret Jackman-STL110

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1.Niclas Havelid-2Tm47
2.Tobias Enstrom-ATL46
3.Greg Zanon-NSH45
4.Dan Hamhuis-NSH44
 Scott Niedermayer-ANA44

Plus/Minus

1.David Krejci-BOS37
2.Blake Wheeler-BOS36
3.Pavel Datsyuk-DET34
4.Travis Zajac-NJD33
 Duncan Keith-CHI33

Penalties in Minutes

1.Daniel Carcillo-2Tm254
2.Shane O'Brien-2Tm196
3.Colton Orr-NYR193
4.Zack Stortini-EDM181
5.Jared Boll-CBJ180

Even Strength Goals

1.Alex Ovechkin-WSH36
2.Ilya Kovalchuk-ATL31
 Zach Parise-NJD31
4.Marian Hossa-DET30
5.Jeff Carter-PHI29
 Rick Nash-CBJ29

Power Play Goals

1.Thomas Vanek-BUF20
2.Michael Cammalleri-CGY19
 Alex Ovechkin-WSH19
4.Mike Green-WSH18
5.Brad Boyes-STL16
 Teemu Selanne-ANA16

Short-Handed Goals

1.Mike Richards-PHI7
2.Rick Nash-CBJ5
 Patrick Marleau-SJS5
4.Kris Versteeg-CHI4
 Mikko Koivu-MIN4
 Simon Gagne-PHI4
 Radek Dvorak-FLA4
 Jeff Carter-PHI4
 Alexandre Burrows-VAN4
 Sean Bergenheim-NYI4

Game-Winning Goals

1.Jeff Carter-PHI12
2.Brad Boyes-STL11
3.Petr Sykora-PIT10
 Patrick Marleau-SJS10
 Alex Ovechkin-WSH10

Shots on Goal

1.Alex Ovechkin-WSH528
2.Eric Staal-CAR372
3.Zach Parise-NJD364
4.Jeff Carter-PHI342
5.Henrik Zetterberg-DET309

Shooting Percentage

1.Ryan Malone-TBL21.0
2.Loui Eriksson-DAL20.2
3.Kyle Wellwood-VAN19.1
4.Thomas Vanek-BUF19.0
5.Andrew Brunette-MIN18.6

Games Played (Goalie)

1.Miikka Kiprusoff-CGY76
2.Marty Turco-DAL74
3.Niklas Backstrom-MIN71
4.Henrik Lundqvist-NYR70
5.Cam Ward-CAR68

Wins (Goalie)

1.Miikka Kiprusoff-CGY45
2.Evgeni Nabokov-SJS41
3.Cam Ward-CAR39
4.Henrik Lundqvist-NYR38
5.Niklas Backstrom-MIN37

Losses (Goalie)

1.Marty Turco-DAL31
 Ilya Bryzgalov-PHX31
3.Peter Budaj-COL29
4.Joey MacDonald-NYI26
5.Henrik Lundqvist-NYR25

Ties/Overtime (Goalie)

1.Vesa Toskala-TOR11
2.Marty Turco-DAL10
 Carey Price-MTL10
4.Dwayne Roloson-EDM9
 Mike Smith-TBL9

Points (Goalie)

1.Miikka Kiprusoff-CGY95
2.Evgeni Nabokov-SJS90
3.Cam Ward-CAR83
 Henrik Lundqvist-NYR83
5.Niklas Backstrom-MIN82

Points Percentage (Goalie)

1.Evgeni Nabokov-SJS.738
2.Tim Thomas-BOS.732
3.Nikolai Khabibulin-CHI.713
4.Chris Osgood-DET.698
5.Roberto Luongo-VAN.689

Shutouts

1.Steve Mason-CBJ10
2.Roberto Luongo-VAN9
3.Niklas Backstrom-MIN8
4.Pekka Rinne-NSH7
 Evgeni Nabokov-SJS7

Goals Against

1.Miikka Kiprusoff-CGY209
2.Marty Turco-DAL203
3.Ilya Bryzgalov-PHX187
4.Henrik Lundqvist-NYR168
5.Vesa Toskala-TOR166
 Dwayne Roloson-EDM166

Goals Against Average

1.Tim Thomas-BOS2.10
2.Steve Mason-CBJ2.29
3.Niklas Backstrom-MIN2.33
4.Nikolai Khabibulin-CHI2.33
5.Roberto Luongo-VAN2.34

Shots Against

1.Miikka Kiprusoff-CGY2155
2.Niklas Backstrom-MIN2059
3.Henrik Lundqvist-NYR2007
4.Ilya Bryzgalov-PHX1994
5.Marty Turco-DAL1993

Saves

1.Miikka Kiprusoff-CGY1946
2.Niklas Backstrom-MIN1900
3.Henrik Lundqvist-NYR1839
4.Ilya Bryzgalov-PHX1807
5.Marty Turco-DAL1790

Save Percentage

1.Tim Thomas-BOS.933
2.Tomas Vokoun-FLA.926
3.Craig Anderson-FLA.924
4.Niklas Backstrom-MIN.923
5.Roberto Luongo-VAN.920

All-Star Teams

1st Team
G: Tim Thomas
D: Zdeno Chara
D: Mike Green
C: Evgeni Malkin
LW: Alex Ovechkin
RW: Jarome Iginla
 2nd Team
G: Steve Mason
D: Dan Boyle
D: Nicklas Lidstrom
C: Pavel Datsyuk
LW: Zach Parise
RW: Marian Hossa

All-Star Teams

1st Team
F: Patrik Berglund
F: Bobby Ryan
F: Kris Versteeg
G: Steve Mason
D: Drew Doughty
D: Luke Schenn