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Friday, March 7, 2008

Even strength scoring

I posted a note last month about the Red Wings' leaders in even-strength goals. Here's a look at the entire NHL, stripping away power-play and short-handed goals to show who can put the puck in the net at even strength.
One stat that jumps out is that Alexander Ovechkin has 36 even-strength goals. That's more than all but four players' total number of goals scored (Ilya Kovalchuk, Jarome Iginla, Evgeni Malkin and Danile Alfredsson).

Even-Strength Goals Scored
1 Ovechkin, Wash, 36
2 Kovalchuk, Atl, 28
3 Iginla, Cal, 27
4 Gaborik, Min, 26
5 Malkin, Pit, 25
6 Lecavalier, TB, 23
6 Heatley, Ott, 23
6 Svatos, Col, 23
9 Zetterberg, Det, 22
9 Boyes, StL, 22
11 Alfredsson, Ott, 21
11 Prospal, Phi, 21
11 Sundin, Tor, 21

Now here's a look at how players are scoring with ice time factored in (using players with 16 or more even-strength goals scored). These are the NHL leaders in even-strength goals per 60 minutes of even-strength ice time ...

ES Goals/60 Min ES Ice Time
1 Svatos, Col, 2.00
2 Ovechkin, Wash, 1.82
3 Kovalchuk, Atl, 1.65
4 Gaborik, Min, 1.64
5 Iginla, Cal, 1.46
6 Boyes, StL, 1.43
7 Booth, Fla, 1.40
8 Heatley, Ott, 1.40
9 Malkin, Pit, 1.39
10 Zetterberg, Det, 1.39
11 Radulov, Nas, 1.36
12 Alfredsson, Ott, 1.35
13 Nash, CBJ, 1.34
14 Whitney, Car, 1.34
15 Crosby, Pit, 1.33
16 Hagman, Dal, 1.32
17 Erat, Nas, 1.30
18 Sharp, Chi, 1.30
19 Ribero, Dal, 1.27
20 Vrabata, Pho, 1.26

What jumps out of these stats is what a great season that Marek Svatos was having. Before being injured, he had just 689 minutes of even-strength ice time. Vinny Lecavalier has the same number of even-strength goals as Svatos (23), but has played 1,159 minutes. When you're outscoring Ovechkin in any way, shape or form this season ... you're doing something amazing.
Also, Nashville's strength comes out in these stats. Radulov (11th) and Erat (17th) are in the league's top 20 while Dumont just misses at 23rd.

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