With a pending new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), there is question of whether the NHL’s 96th season will start on time or experience a work stoppage or potentially even a full shutdown as we saw seven years ago (although we cannot see that happening). You know that with a little over six weeks until training camp starts, poolies will be digging out their stats sheets and will be starting to do their research for their upcoming hockey pools.

The Hockey Fanatic will be bringing you a series of posts on hockey pool tips to help you win your 2012-2013 hockey pool.  In this series we will be looking at items such as:

• overall player point totals from the past season
• strategic ways to win your hockey pool
• top NHL defenseman stats
• top NHL goalie stats
• player transactions
• who to watch for and who to avoid

For now, let’s take a look at the top 150 NHL point producers from the past NHL season.

NHL Hockey Pool Tips for 2012:  Top 150 Point Producers from 2011-12

#	Player	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
1	Evgeni Malkin	PIT	C	75	50	59	109	18	70
2	Steven Stamkos	TBL	C	82	60	37	97	7	66
3	Claude Giroux	PHI	R	77	28	65	93	6	29
4	Jason Spezza	OTT	C	80	34	50	84	11	36
5	Ilya Kovalchuk	NJD	L	77	37	46	83	-9	33
6	Phil Kessel	TOR	R	82	37	45	82	-10	20
7	James Neal	PIT	L	80	40	41	81	6	87
8	John Tavares	NYI	C	82	31	50	81	-6	26
9	Henrik Sedin	VAN	C	82	14	67	81	23	52
10	Patrik Elias	NJD	C	81	26	52	78	-8	16
11	Erik Karlsson	OTT	D	81	19	59	78	16	42
12	Marian Hossa	CHI	R	81	29	48	77	18	20
13	Ray Whitney	PHX	L	82	24	53	77	26	28
14	Joe Thornton	SJS	C	82	18	59	77	17	31
15	Marian Gaborik	NYR	R	82	41	35	76	15	34
16	Jordan Eberle	EDM	R	78	34	42	76	4	10
17	Anze Kopitar	LAK	C	82	25	51	76	12	20
18	Martin St Louis	TBL	R	77	25	49	74	-3	16
19	Jason Pominville	BUF	R	82	30	43	73	-7	12
20	Loui Eriksson	DAL	L	82	26	45	71	18	12
21	Eric Staal	CAR	C	82	24	46	70	-20	48
22	Matt Moulson	NYI	L	82	36	33	69	1	6
23	Patrick Sharp	CHI	L	74	33	36	69	28	38
24	Zach Parise	NJD	L	82	31	38	69	-5	32
25	Henrik Zetterberg	DET	L	82	22	47	69	14	47
26	Scott Hartnell	PHI	L	82	37	30	67	19	136
27	Jarome Iginla	CGY	R	82	32	35	67	-10	43
28	Daniel Sedin	VAN	L	72	30	37	67	14	40
29	Tyler Seguin	BOS	C	81	29	38	67	34	30
30	Joffrey Lupul	TOR	L	66	25	42	67	1	48
31	Pavel Datsyuk	DET	C	70	19	48	67	21	14
32	PA Parenteau	NYI	R	80	18	49	67	-8	89
33	Teemu Selanne	ANA	R	82	26	40	66	-1	50
34	Brad Richards	NYR	C	82	25	41	66	-1	22
35	Patrick Kane	CHI	C	82	23	43	66	7	40
36	Valtteri Filppula	DET	C	81	23	43	66	18	14
37	Alex Ovechkin	WSH	L	78	38	27	65	-8	26
38	Max Pacioretty	MTL	L	79	33	32	65	2	56
39	Logan Couture	SJS	C	80	31	34	65	2	16
40	Teddy Purcell	TBL	R	81	24	41	65	9	16
41	Patrick Marleau	SJS	L	82	30	34	64	10	26
42	Patrice Bergeron	BOS	C	81	22	42	64	36	20
43	Blake Wheeler	WPG	R	80	17	47	64	3	55
44	Jamie Benn	DAL	L	71	26	37	63	15	55
45	Mike Ribeiro	DAL	C	74	18	45	63	5	66
46	Radim Vrbata	PHX	R	77	35	27	62	24	24
47	Michael Ryder	DAL	R	82	35	27	62	17	46
48	David Krejci	BOS	C	79	23	39	62	-5	36
49	Erik Cole	MTL	L	82	35	26	61	11	48
50	Joe Pavelski	SJS	R	82	31	30	61	18	31
51	Tomas Fleischmann	FLA	L	82	27	34	61	-7	26
52	Chris Kunitz	PIT	L	82	26	35	61	16	49
53	Milan Lucic	BOS	L	81	26	35	61	7	135
54	Thomas Vanek	BUF	L	78	26	35	61	-6	52
55	Olli Jokinen	CGY	C	82	23	38	61	-12	54
56	Corey Perry	ANA	R	80	37	23	60	-7	127
57	Milan Michalek	OTT	L	77	35	25	60	4	32
58	David Desharnais	MTL	C	81	16	44	60	10	24
59	Rick Nash	CBJ	L	82	30	29	59	-19	40
60	Daniel Alfredsson	OTT	R	75	27	32	59	16	18
61	Pascal Dupuis	PIT	R	82	25	34	59	18	34
62	Justin Williams	LAK	R	82	22	37	59	10	44
63	Martin Erat	NSH	R	71	19	39	58	12	30
64	Bobby Ryan	ANA	R	82	31	26	57	1	53
65	Evander Kane	WPG	L	74	30	27	57	11	53
66	Jonathan Toews	CHI	C	59	29	28	57	17	28
67	Stephen Weiss	FLA	C	80	20	37	57	5	60
68	Ryan Getzlaf	ANA	C	82	11	46	57	-11	75
69	Johan Franzen	DET	R	77	29	27	56	23	40
70	Brad Marchand	BOS	L	76	28	27	55	31	87
71	Ryan O’Reilly	COL	C	81	18	37	55	-1	12
72	Vinny Prospal	CBJ	L	82	16	39	55	-11	36
73	Ryan Callahan	NYR	R	76	29	25	54	-8	61
74	David Backes	STL	C	82	24	30	54	15	101
75	Kris Versteeg	FLA	R	71	23	31	54	4	49
76	Dustin Brown	LAK	R	82	22	32	54	18	53
77	Alexander Semin	WSH	R	77	21	33	54	9	56
78	T.J. Oshie	STL	R	80	19	35	54	15	50
79	Jaromir Jagr	PHI	R	73	19	35	54	5	30
80	Taylor Hall	EDM	L	61	27	26	53	-3	36
81	Dany Heatley	MIN	L	82	24	29	53	2	28
82	Paul Stastny	COL	C	79	21	32	53	-8	34
83	David Legwand	NSH	C	78	19	34	53	3	26
84	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	D	66	12	41	53	-8	72
85	Brian Campbell	FLA	D	82	4	49	53	-9	6
86	Alexandre Burrows	VAN	L	80	28	24	52	24	90
87	Gabriel Landeskog	COL	L	82	22	30	52	20	51
88	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	EDM	C	62	18	34	52	-2	16
89	Tomas Plekanec	MTL	C	81	17	35	52	-15	56
90	Zdeno Chara	BOS	D	79	12	40	52	33	86
91	Mike Fisher	NSH	C	72	24	27	51	11	33
92	Mikhail Grabovski	TOR	C	74	23	28	51	0	51
93	Derek Stepan	NYR	C	82	17	34	51	14	22
94	Adam Henrique	NJD	C	74	16	35	51	8	7
95	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	D	81	12	39	51	16	36
96	Andrew Ladd	WPG	L	82	28	22	50	-8	64
97	Jiri Hudler	DET	C	81	25	25	50	10	42
98	Jordan Staal	PIT	C	62	25	25	50	11	34
99	Shane Doan	PHX	R	79	22	28	50	-8	48
100	Drew Stafford	BUF	R	80	20	30	50	5	46
101	Wayne Simmonds	PHI	R	82	28	21	49	-1	114
102	Ryan Kesler	VAN	C	77	22	27	49	11	56
103	Vincent Lecavalier	TBL	C	64	22	27	49	-2	50
104	Shea Weber	NSH	D	78	19	30	49	21	46
105	Jakub Voracek	PHI	R	78	18	31	49	11	32
106	Danny Briere	PHI	R	70	16	33	49	5	69
107	Alex Tanguay	CGY	L	64	13	36	49	7	28
108	Alexander Edler	VAN	D	82	11	38	49	0	34
109	Curtis Glencross	CGY	L	67	26	22	48	-13	62
110	Ryan Malone	TBL	L	68	20	28	48	-11	82
111	Steve Sullivan	PIT	L	79	17	31	48	-3	20
112	Dan Boyle	SJS	D	81	9	39	48	10	57
113	Matt Read	PHI	R	79	24	23	47	13	12
114	Tyler Bozak	TOR	C	73	18	29	47	-7	22
115	Sam Gagner	EDM	C	75	18	29	47	5	36
116	Kyle Wellwood	WPG	C	77	18	29	47	3	4
117	Frans Nielsen	NYI	C	82	17	30	47	-3	6
118	Nick Foligno	OTT	L	82	15	32	47	2	124
119	Mark Streit	NYI	D	82	7	40	47	-27	46
120	David Clarkson	NJD	R	80	30	16	46	-8	138
121	Bryan Little	WPG	C	74	24	22	46	-11	26
122	Ryan Smyth	EDM	L	82	19	27	46	-5	82
123	Marcus Johansson	WSH	C	80	14	32	46	-5	8
124	Jussi Jokinen	CAR	L	79	12	34	46	-2	54
125	Dennis Wideman	WSH	D	82	11	35	46	-8	46
126	Ryan Suter	NSH	D	79	7	39	46	15	30
127	Kyle Okposo	NYI	R	79	24	21	45	-15	46
128	Ryane Clowe	SJS	L	76	17	28	45	-5	97
129	Kyle Brodziak	MIN	C	82	22	22	44	-15	66
130	Petr Sykora	NJD	R	82	21	23	44	4	40
131	Jeff Skinner	CAR	C	64	20	24	44	-8	56
132	Mike Richards	LAK	C	74	18	26	44	3	71
133	Derek Roy	BUF	C	80	17	27	44	-7	54
134	Dainius Zubrus	NJD	R	82	17	27	44	7	34
135	Nicklas Backstrom	WSH	C	42	14	30	44	-4	24
136	Dion Phaneuf	TOR	D	82	12	32	44	-10	92
137	Mikko Koivu	MIN	C	55	12	32	44	10	28
138	Kevin Bieksa	VAN	D	78	8	36	44	12	94
139	Patric Hornqvist	NSH	R	76	27	16	43	9	28
140	Viktor Stalberg	CHI	R	79	22	21	43	6	34
141	Clarke MacArthur	TOR	L	73	20	23	43	3	37
142	Chris Higgins	VAN	L	71	18	25	43	11	16
143	Sergei Kostitsyn	NSH	L	75	17	26	43	8	34
144	Keith Yandle	PHX	D	82	11	32	43	5	51
145	Kevin Shattenkirk	STL	D	81	9	34	43	20	60
146	Kimmo Timonen	PHI	D	76	4	39	43	8	46
147	David Perron	STL	L	57	21	21	42	19	28
148	Rich Peverley	BOS	C	57	11	31	42	20	22
149	Kris Letang	PIT	D	51	10	32	42	21	34
150	Mike Cammalleri	MTL, CGY	C	66	20	21	41	-10	26

This is a great starting place to help you with your hockey pool draft or if you are simple using the box format and need to select players from within a group.