Our second installment of preparing for your NHL Playoff Pool for all you hockey poolies out there consists of the top 100 scorers from last years playoff race. The Los Angeles Kings won their first Stanley Cup defeating the New Jersey Devils. Here is a look at the top point getters from last year’s NHL Playoffs.
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2012 NHL Playoff Scoring Leaders
A couple of interesting stats worth mentioning:
- 25% of the top playoff scorers were from the two team in the final (the New Jersey Devils and Los Angeles Kings)
- 56% of the scorers who had double digits in points were from the two finalist teams
- the Stanley Cup Champion was responsible for 50% of the top ten playoff scorers
- only four of the top 40 playoff scorers played less than ten playoff games
With that, here is a look at the top scorers from last year’s NHL playoffs:
| # | Player | Team | Pos | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM |
| 1 | Anze Kopitar | LAK | C | 20 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 9 |
| 2 | Dustin Brown | LAK | R | 20 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 34 |
| 3 | Ilya Kovalchuk | NJD | R | 23 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 6 |
| 4 | Claude Giroux | PHI | R | 10 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | Drew Doughty | LAK | D | 20 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 14 |
| 6 | Zach Parise | NJD | L | 24 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 4 |
| 7 | Brad Richards | NYR | C | 20 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -2 | 8 |
| 8 | Mike Richards | LAK | C | 20 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Justin Williams | LAK | R | 20 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 12 |
| 10 | Travis Zajac | NJD | C | 24 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 4 |
| 11 | Bryce Salvador | NJD | D | 24 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 26 |
| 12 | Jeff Carter | LAK | C | 20 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Danny Briere | PHI | R | 11 | 8 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 4 |
| 14 | Adam Henrique | NJD | C | 24 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| 15 | Dan Girardi | NYR | D | 20 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 |
| 16 | David Clarkson | NJD | R | 24 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 32 |
| 17 | Marian Gaborik | NYR | R | 20 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Dustin Penner | LAK | L | 20 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 32 |
| 19 | Ryan Callahan | NYR | R | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 20 | Antoine Vermette | PHX | C | 16 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 24 |
| 21 | Andy McDonald | STL | L | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 8 |
| 22 | Dainius Zubrus | NJD | R | 24 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 23 | Artem Anisimov | NYR | C | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 |
| 24 | Michael Del Zotto | NYR | D | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 25 | Jakub Voracek | PHI | R | 11 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
| 26 | Jordan Staal | PIT | C | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | Shane Doan | PHX | R | 16 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 41 |
| 28 | Alex Ovechkin | WSH | L | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 8 |
| 29 | Trevor Lewis | LAK | C | 20 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 30 | Brayden Schenn | PHI | C | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 8 |
| 31 | Marek Zidlicky | NJD | D | 24 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 32 | Derek Stepan | NYR | C | 20 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 4 |
| 33 | Alexei Ponikarovsky | NJD | L | 24 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 12 |
| 34 | Keith Yandle | PHX | D | 16 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| 35 | Patrik Elias | NJD | L | 24 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 36 | Dwight King | LAK | L | 20 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 37 | Mikkel Boedker | PHX | L | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Scott Hartnell | PHI | L | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 15 |
| 39 | Evgeni Malkin | PIT | C | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 6 |
| 40 | Sidney Crosby | PIT | C | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 41 | Nicklas Backstrom | WSH | C | 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 42 | Rostislav Klesla | PHX | D | 15 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 4 |
| 43 | Jaromir Jagr | PHI | R | 11 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 2 |
| 44 | Chris Kreider | NYR | L | 18 | 5 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 45 | Ryan Carter | NJD | L | 23 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 32 |
| 46 | Jason Chimera | WSH | L | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| 47 | Stephen Gionta | NJD | C | 24 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| 48 | Patrik Berglund | STL | C | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| 49 | Ray Whitney | PHX | L | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 50 | Ruslan Fedotenko | NYR | L | 20 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| 51 | Brooks Laich | WSH | C | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 52 | Steve Bernier | NJD | R | 24 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| 53 | Daymond Langkow | PHX | C | 16 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| 54 | Taylor Pyatt | PHX | L | 16 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 2 |
| 55 | Maxime Talbot | PHI | C | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| 56 | Marc Staal | NYR | D | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 57 | Anton Stralman | NYR | D | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| 58 | Brian Boyle | NYR | C | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 59 | Martin Hanzal | PHX | C | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 29 |
| 60 | David Legwand | NSH | C | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 61 | Sean Bergenheim | FLA | L | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 62 | Tyler Kennedy | PIT | C | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 63 | Derek Morris | PHX | D | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| 64 | Matt Greene | LAK | D | 20 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| 65 | Matthew Carle | PHI | D | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 66 | Chris Kunitz | PIT | L | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 67 | Pascal Dupuis | PIT | R | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | James Neal | PIT | L | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 69 | Steve Sullivan | PIT | L | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 70 | Wayne Simmonds | PHI | R | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 38 |
| 71 | Alexander Radulov | NSH | R | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 72 | Matt Read | PHI | R | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 73 | Rich Peverley | BOS | C | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 74 | Stephen Weiss | FLA | C | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 75 | Jason Spezza | OTT | C | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 76 | Kris Versteeg | FLA | R | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 77 | Gabriel Bourque | NSH | L | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 78 | Jarret Stoll | LAK | C | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 79 | John Carlson | WSH | D | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 80 | Radim Vrbata | PHX | R | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 81 | Petr Sykora | NJD | R | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 82 | Marcel Goc | FLA | C | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Joe Thornton | SJS | C | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 84 | Henrik Sedin | VAN | C | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 85 | Brian Campbell | FLA | D | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
| 86 | David Perron | STL | L | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 10 |
| 87 | Joel Ward | WSH | R | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 88 | Kris Letang | PIT | D | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 21 |
| 89 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | D | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 0 |
| 90 | Mikael Samuelsson | FLA | R | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 2 |
| 91 | Alexander Semin | WSH | R | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 10 |
| 92 | Sean Couturier | PHI | C | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 93 | Andrei Kostitsyn | NSH | L | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 94 | Mike Green | WSH | D | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 95 | Troy Brouwer | WSH | R | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 96 | Kevin Klein | NSH | D | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 97 | David Backes | STL | C | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 18 |
| 98 | Jonathan Toews | CHI | C | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 99 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | PHX | D | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 8 |
| 100 | Roman Hamrlik | WSH | D | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
