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Twelve NHL teams have 30 or more wins with 40 percent of the regular season still to be played

February 9, 2019

ALEX OVECHKIN OF THE WASHINGTON CAPITALS IS THE LEADING GOAL SCORER IN THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

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Twelve of the NHL’s 31 teams have won 30 or more games as about 50 of the 82 regular season games (about 60 percent) have been played.

In the Eastern Conference, Tampa Bay has won 39 games.  Others with 30 or more wins are Toronto (33), New York Islanders (32), Montreal (31), Boston (30), Washington (30) and Columbus (30).

In the Wester Conference, Winnipeg and Calgary have each won 34 games.  Others with 30 or more wins are Nashville (33), San Jose (32) and Las Vegas (31).

The individual points statistics for the three teams with the highest number of wins:

Tampa Bay Lightning — Nikita Kucherov, a right wing, has 81 points with 22 goals and 59 assists.  Brayden Point, a center, has 66 points with 31 goals and 35 assists and Steven Stamkos, another center, has 61 points with 28 goals and 33 assists.

Winnipeg Jets — Blake Wheeler, right wing, has 65 points with 11 goals and 54 assists. Mark Scheifele, a center, has 63 points with 27 goals and 36 assists.

Calgary Flames — Johnny Gaudreau, left wing, has 74 points with 29 goals and 45 assists.  Sean Monahan, a center, has 62 points with 27 goals and 35 assists.  Elias Lindholm, another center, has 60 points with 23 goals and 37 assists.

To date, the NHL’s leading goal scorers are Alex Ovechkin of Washington (37), Jeff Skinner of Buffalo (33), Patrick Kane of Chicago (32), Leon Draisiti of Edmonton (32) and John Tavares of Toronto (32).

The league’s offensive leaders in points are Nikita Kucherov of Tampa Bay (81), Connor McDavid of Edmonton (80), Patrick Kane of Chicago (79), Mikko Rantanen of Colorado (75) and Johnny Gaudreau of Calgary (74).

For net minders, the best percentage of saves belongs to Jack Campbell of Los Angeles (.933), Robins Lehner of New York Islanders (.932), Andrei Vasilevskiy of Tampa Bay (.927), Thomas Greiss of  New York Islanders (.926) and Ben Bishop of Dallas (.924).

JACK CAMPBELL OF THE LOS ANGELES KINGS IS THE NET MINDER WITH THE BEST PERCENTAGE OF SAVES IN THE NHL

Photo Credit: Oliver Jean / La Presse