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2009-10 NHL Season Summary

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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 58 36 20 2 74 .638 153 134 0.28
Pittsburgh Penguins 59 35 22 2 72 .610 187 171 0.21
Philadelphia Flyers 57 29 25 3 61 .535 167 154 0.20
New York Rangers 59 26 26 7 59 .500 152 163 -0.22
New York Islanders 58 23 27 8 54 .466 146 180 -0.62
Northeast Division         
Buffalo Sabres 57 32 18 7 71 .623 158 144 0.18
Ottawa Senators 59 33 22 4 70 .593 164 165 -0.07
Montreal Canadiens 60 28 26 6 62 .517 154 162 -0.19
Boston Bruins 57 24 22 11 59 .518 138 146 -0.18
Toronto Maple Leafs 60 19 30 11 49 .408 162 204 -0.68
Southeast Division         
Washington Capitals 59 41 12 6 88 .746 234 161 1.11
Tampa Bay Lightning 57 25 21 11 61 .535 147 166 -0.38
Atlanta Thrashers 57 25 24 8 58 .509 172 183 -0.26
Florida Panthers 58 24 25 9 57 .491 152 167 -0.30
Carolina Hurricanes 58 21 30 7 49 .422 155 188 -0.62
Western Conference GP W L OL PTS PTS% GF GA SRS
Central Division         
Chicago Blackhawks 58 38 15 5 81 .698 185 135 0.87
Nashville Predators 57 31 22 4 66 .579 159 160 0.06
Detroit Red Wings 58 27 21 10 64 .552 150 156 -0.01
St. Louis Blues 59 25 25 9 59 .500 151 166 -0.18
Columbus Blue Jackets 60 24 27 9 57 .475 156 194 -0.58
Northwest Division         
Vancouver Canucks 57 35 20 2 72 .632 184 140 0.74
Colorado Avalanche 58 33 19 6 72 .621 172 151 0.32
Calgary Flames 59 29 21 9 67 .568 150 149 0.01
Minnesota Wild 58 29 25 4 62 .534 161 170 -0.09
Edmonton Oilers 58 18 34 6 42 .362 145 199 -0.80
Pacific Division         
San Jose Sharks 59 39 11 9 87 .737 200 145 0.98
Phoenix Coyotes 60 36 19 5 77 .642 163 151 0.25
Los Angeles Kings 59 36 20 3 75 .636 180 163 0.36
Anaheim Ducks 59 28 24 7 63 .534 166 181 -0.13
Dallas Stars 58 26 21 11 63 .543 166 181 -0.23

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 Washington Capitals 59 41 12 6 88 .746 234 161 1.11 6.69 60 231 25.97 48 236 79.66 3 6
2 San Jose Sharks 59 39 11 9 87 .737 200 145 0.98 5.85 52 226 23.01 33 234 85.90 7 6
3 Chicago Blackhawks 58 38 15 5 81 .698 185 135 0.87 5.52 40 204 19.61 29 195 85.13 9 3
4 Phoenix Coyotes 60 36 19 5 77 .642 163 151 0.25 5.23 37 233 15.88 39 237 83.54 2 5
5 Los Angeles Kings 59 36 20 3 75 .636 180 163 0.36 5.81 43 225 19.11 44 218 79.82 4 4
6 New Jersey Devils 58 36 20 2 74 .638 153 134 0.28 4.95 37 199 18.59 33 176 81.25 6 3
7 Pittsburgh Penguins 59 35 22 2 72 .610 187 171 0.21 6.07 39 242 16.12 40 232 82.76 6 6
8 Vancouver Canucks 57 35 20 2 72 .632 184 140 0.74 5.68 50 233 21.46 41 218 81.19 5 4
9 Colorado Avalanche 58 33 19 6 72 .621 172 151 0.32 5.57 41 231 17.75 39 225 82.67 7 6
10 Buffalo Sabres 57 32 18 7 71 .623 158 144 0.18 5.30 41 231 17.75 26 197 86.80 3 3
11 Ottawa Senators 59 33 22 4 70 .593 164 165 -0.07 5.58 30 202 14.85 38 228 83.33 5 3
12 Calgary Flames 59 29 21 9 67 .568 150 149 0.01 5.07 34 199 17.09 39 234 83.33 5 1
13 Nashville Predators 57 31 22 4 66 .579 159 160 0.06 5.60 34 206 16.50 45 187 75.94 5 4
14 Detroit Red Wings 58 27 21 10 64 .552 150 156 -0.01 5.28 40 223 17.94 36 199 81.91 4 1
15 Anaheim Ducks 59 28 24 7 63 .534 166 181 -0.13 5.88 40 205 19.51 48 241 80.08 5 6
16 Dallas Stars 58 26 21 11 63 .543 166 181 -0.23 5.98 43 234 18.38 44 186 76.34 5 6
17 Minnesota Wild 58 29 25 4 62 .534 161 170 -0.09 5.71 39 227 17.18 38 206 81.55 3 9
18 Montreal Canadiens 60 28 26 6 62 .517 154 162 -0.19 5.27 45 181 24.86 39 239 83.68 2 5
19 Philadelphia Flyers 57 29 25 3 61 .535 167 154 0.20 5.63 51 230 22.17 47 243 80.66 3 7
20 Tampa Bay Lightning 57 25 21 11 61 .535 147 166 -0.38 5.49 44 230 19.13 46 230 80.00 1 3
21 Boston Bruins 57 24 22 11 59 .518 138 146 -0.18 4.98 35 193 18.13 27 203 86.70 3 3
22 New York Rangers 59 26 26 7 59 .500 152 163 -0.22 5.34 41 220 18.64 36 243 85.19 5 6
23 St. Louis Blues 59 25 25 9 59 .500 151 166 -0.18 5.37 36 214 16.82 36 241 85.06 4 5
24 Atlanta Thrashers 57 25 24 8 58 .509 172 183 -0.26 6.23 38 219 17.35 41 220 81.36 8 3
25 Columbus Blue Jackets 60 24 27 9 57 .475 156 194 -0.58 5.83 45 221 20.36 42 237 82.28 5 7
26 Florida Panthers 58 24 25 9 57 .491 152 167 -0.30 5.50 35 220 15.91 42 207 79.71 6 7
27 New York Islanders 58 23 27 8 54 .466 146 180 -0.62 5.62 33 219 15.07 51 208 75.48 5 3
28 Carolina Hurricanes 58 21 30 7 49 .422 155 188 -0.62 5.91 41 237 17.30 47 245 80.82 6 5
29 Toronto Maple Leafs 60 19 30 11 49 .408 162 204 -0.68 6.10 39 224 17.41 61 212 71.23 3 2
30 Edmonton Oilers 58 18 34 6 42 .362 145 199 -0.80 5.93 40 214 18.69 48 196 75.51 1 4
League Average 58 29 22 7 65 .557 164 164 0.00 5.63 41 219 18.61 41 219 81.39 5 5

League Leaders

Glossary ▪ Rate Statistic Requirements

Goals

1.Alex Ovechkin-WSH42
2.Sidney Crosby-PIT39
3.Patrick Marleau-SJS38
4.Marian Gaborik-NYR35
5.Dany Heatley-SJS32
 Steven Stamkos-TBL32

Goals Per Game

1.Alex Ovechkin-WSH0.82
2.Sidney Crosby-PIT0.67
3.Patrick Marleau-SJS0.64
4.Marian Gaborik-NYR0.61
5.Ilya Kovalchuk-2Tm0.60

Assists

1.Joe Thornton-SJS59
2.Henrik Sedin-VAN53
3.Nicklas Backstrom-WSH48
4.Brad Richards-DAL46
5.Martin St. Louis-TBL45

Assists Per Game

1.Joe Thornton-SJS1.00
2.Henrik Sedin-VAN0.93
3.Daniel Sedin-VAN0.92
4.Alex Ovechkin-WSH0.86
5.Brad Richards-DAL0.82

Points

1.Alex Ovechkin-WSH86
2.Henrik Sedin-VAN78
3.Joe Thornton-SJS74
 Sidney Crosby-PIT74
5.Nicklas Backstrom-WSH73

Points Per Game

1.Alex Ovechkin-WSH1.69
2.Henrik Sedin-VAN1.37
3.Daniel Sedin-VAN1.33
4.Sidney Crosby-PIT1.28
5.Joe Thornton-SJS1.25

Goals Created

1.Alex Ovechkin-WSH34.9
2.Sidney Crosby-PIT30.3
3.Marian Gaborik-NYR27.9
4.Patrick Marleau-SJS27.6
5.Henrik Sedin-VAN27.5

Goals Created Per Game

1.Alex Ovechkin-WSH0.68
2.Sidney Crosby-PIT0.52
3.Marian Gaborik-NYR0.49
4.Henrik Sedin-VAN0.48
5.Patrick Marleau-SJS0.47

Plus/Minus

1.Alex Ovechkin-WSH41
2.Jeff Schultz-WSH37
3.Nicklas Backstrom-WSH32
4.Alexandre Burrows-VAN27
5.Patrick Marleau-SJS26

Penalties in Minutes

1.Zenon Konopka-TBL187
2.Matt Carkner-OTT153
3.Steve Downie-TBL151
4.Daniel Carcillo-PHI149
5.Chris Neil-OTT137

Even Strength Goals

1.Alex Ovechkin-WSH32
2.Sidney Crosby-PIT28
3.Patrick Marleau-SJS24
4.Michael Cammalleri-MTL22
5.Ilya Kovalchuk-2Tm21
 Henrik Sedin-VAN21
 Marian Gaborik-NYR21

Power Play Goals

1.Dany Heatley-SJS14
2.Steven Stamkos-TBL13
 Marian Gaborik-NYR13
4.Mike Richards-PHI12
5.Nicklas Backstrom-WSH11
 Patrick Marleau-SJS11

Short-Handed Goals

1.Alexandre Burrows-VAN4
 Marian Hossa-CHI4
3.Chris Thorburn-ATL3
 Patrick Marleau-SJS3
 Radek Dvorak-FLA3
 Rene Bourque-CGY3

Shots on Goal

1.Alex Ovechkin-WSH266
2.Zach Parise-NJD258
3.Jeff Carter-PHI248
4.Marian Gaborik-NYR218
 Sidney Crosby-PIT218

Shooting Percentage

1.Mike Knuble-WSH21.6
2.Henrik Sedin-VAN21.0
3.Tomas Fleischmann-WSH20.2
4.Troy Brouwer-CHI19.8
5.Patrick Marleau-SJS18.5

Games Played (Goalie)

1.Martin Brodeur-NJD55
2.Jonathan Quick-LAK54
3.Miikka Kiprusoff-CGY52
4.Henrik Lundqvist-NYR51
 Ilya Bryzgalov-PHX51
 Evgeni Nabokov-SJS51

Wins (Goalie)

1.Jonathan Quick-LAK34
2.Evgeni Nabokov-SJS33
 Martin Brodeur-NJD33
4.Ilya Bryzgalov-PHX31
5.Roberto Luongo-VAN30

Losses (Goalie)

1.Henrik Lundqvist-NYR21
 Cam Ward-CAR21
3.Martin Brodeur-NJD19
 Jeff Deslauriers-EDM19
 Tomas Vokoun-FLA19

Ties/Overtime (Goalie)

1.Miikka Kiprusoff-CGY9
 Evgeni Nabokov-SJS9
 Tomas Vokoun-FLA9
4.Chris Mason-STL8
 Jonas Gustavsson-TOR8
 Marty Turco-DAL8

Points (Goalie)

1.Evgeni Nabokov-SJS75
2.Jonathan Quick-LAK71
3.Martin Brodeur-NJD68
4.Ilya Bryzgalov-PHX66
5.Ryan Miller-BUF63
 Craig Anderson-COL63

Points Percentage (Goalie)

1.Antti Niemi-CHI.763
2.Evgeni Nabokov-SJS.750
3.Jose Theodore-WSH.710
4.Cristobal Huet-CHI.667
5.Ilya Bryzgalov-PHX.660

Shutouts

1.Tomas Vokoun-FLA7
 Martin Brodeur-NJD7
3.Craig Anderson-COL6
 Ilya Bryzgalov-PHX6
5.Ryan Miller-BUF5

Goals Against

1.Jonathan Quick-LAK139
2.Craig Anderson-COL121
 Marc-Andre Fleury-PIT121
 Martin Brodeur-NJD121
5.Steve Mason-CBJ120

Goals Against Average

1.Antti Niemi-CHI1.93
2.Tuukka Rask-BOS2.02
3.Ryan Miller-BUF2.16
4.Miikka Kiprusoff-CGY2.19
5.Evgeni Nabokov-SJS2.25

Shots Against

1.Tomas Vokoun-FLA1614
2.Craig Anderson-COL1586
3.Evgeni Nabokov-SJS1569
4.Ryan Miller-BUF1500
5.Miikka Kiprusoff-CGY1485

Saves

1.Tomas Vokoun-FLA1503
2.Craig Anderson-COL1465
3.Evgeni Nabokov-SJS1455
4.Ryan Miller-BUF1396
5.Miikka Kiprusoff-CGY1373

Save Percentage

1.Tomas Vokoun-FLA.931
2.Ryan Miller-BUF.931
3.Tuukka Rask-BOS.929
4.Jaroslav Halak-MTL.927
 Evgeni Nabokov-SJS.927