Hockey Pool Tips 2013: Top 150 Scorers

August 18, 2013
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NHL TeamsThe season is less than a month and a half away. The annual NHL yearbooks are starting to become available and poolies all over are thinking about whom they should draft and select in their hockey pools. This year should be an interesting one as we have a number of players who have switched teams, we have new NHL divisions and we even have some teams that have swapped conferences (See Detroit, Winnipeg and Columbus).

With last year’s shortened lockout season our hockey pools were impacted by a 48 game schedule.  Now we are back to a full season and can see how some of these teams gel.  Picking your players for your hockey pools is not rocket science, but there are a  couple of tips that you should follow if you want to win your NHL hockey fantasy pool.

4 Tips For Winning Your Hockey Pool

  1. Never pick with your heart – so your favorite team is the Nashville Predators?  You might want to hold off on picking some of those Predator players.  They just don’t score a lot.
  2. Beware the injury bug – stats like points per game (PPG) are great but you want to make sure that your players are not injury prone (see Ales Hemsky, Chris Pronger, Tobias Enstrom, etc.)
  3. Pay attention to Year over Year trends – some players are hot and cold but others are more consistent.  Look at player point trends and see how your potential picks might be trending.
  4. Understand the transactions – there are always a lot of player movement in the off-season.  Keep on top of transaction so you know which players are playing with whom.

So with that lets look at last years top scorers and let the strategizing begin.

Hockey Pool Tips 2013: Top 150 Scorers

Rank Player Team Pos GP G A P +/- PIM
1 Martin St Louis TBL R 48 17 43 60 0 14
2 Steven Stamkos TBL C 48 29 28 57 -4 32
3 Alex Ovechkin WSH R 48 32 24 56 2 36
4 Sidney Crosby PIT C 36 15 41 56 26 16
5 Patrick Kane CHI R 47 23 32 55 11 8
6 Eric Staal CAR C 48 18 35 53 5 54
7 Chris Kunitz PIT L 48 22 30 52 30 39
8 Phil Kessel TOR R 48 20 32 52 -3 18
9 Taylor Hall EDM L 45 16 34 50 5 33
10 Pavel Datsyuk DET C 47 15 34 49 21 14
11 Ryan Getzlaf ANA C 44 15 34 49 14 41
12 Mike Ribeiro WSH C 48 13 36 49 -4 53
13 Jonathan Toews CHI C 47 23 25 48 28 27
14 Claude Giroux PHI R 48 13 35 48 -7 22
15 Henrik Zetterberg DET L 46 11 37 48 2 18
16 Nicklas Backstrom WSH C 48 8 40 48 8 20
17 John Tavares NYI C 48 28 19 47 -2 18
18 Jakub Voracek PHI R 48 22 24 46 -7 35
19 Andrew Ladd WPG L 48 18 28 46 10 22
20 Henrik Sedin VAN C 48 11 34 45 19 24
21 Derek Stepan NYR C 48 18 26 44 25 12
22 Nazem Kadri TOR C 48 18 26 44 15 23
23 Matt Moulson NYI L 47 15 29 44 -3 4
24 Alexander Semin CAR R 44 13 31 44 14 46
25 PA Parenteau COL R 48 18 25 43 -11 38
26 Matt Duchene COL C 47 17 26 43 -12 12
27 Rick Nash NYR L 44 21 21 42 16 26
28 Anze Kopitar LAK C 47 10 32 42 14 16
29 Thomas Vanek BUF L 38 20 21 41 -1 20
30 Blake Wheeler WPG R 48 19 22 41 -3 28
31 Daniel Sedin VAN L 47 12 28 40 12 18
32 Joe Thornton SJS C 48 7 33 40 6 26
33 Max Pacioretty MTL L 44 15 24 39 8 28
34 Jiri Tlusty CAR L 48 23 15 38 15 18
35 Pascal Dupuis PIT R 48 20 18 38 31 26
36 Zach Parise MIN L 48 18 20 38 2 16
37 Sam Gagner EDM C 48 14 24 38 -6 23
38 P.K. Subban MTL D 42 11 27 38 12 57
39 Kris Letang PIT D 35 5 33 38 16 8
40 Logan Couture SJS C 48 21 16 37 7 4
41 Jordan Eberle EDM R 48 16 21 37 -4 16
42 Mikko Koivu MIN C 48 11 26 37 2 26
43 James Neal PIT L 40 21 15 36 5 26
44 Brad Marchand BOS L 45 18 18 36 23 27
45 Chris Stewart STL R 48 18 18 36 0 40
46 Corey Perry ANA R 44 15 21 36 10 72
47 Patrik Elias NJD L 48 14 22 36 5 22
48 Teddy Purcell TBL R 48 11 25 36 -1 12
49 Jaromir Jagr DAL, BOS R 45 16 19 35 -2 22
50 Michael Ryder DAL, MTL R 46 16 19 35 2 16
51 Tomas Fleischmann FLA L 48 12 23 35 -10 16
52 Brad Boyes NYI R 48 10 25 35 -6 16
53 Cody Hodgson BUF C 48 15 19 34 -4 20
54 Jason Pominville BUF, MIN R 47 14 20 34 1 8
55 Brad Richards NYR C 46 11 23 34 8 14
56 Jeff Carter LAK C 48 26 7 33 0 16
57 Troy Brouwer WSH R 47 19 14 33 -5 28
58 Evander Kane WPG L 48 17 16 33 -3 80
59 Tomas Plekanec MTL C 47 14 19 33 3 24
60 Jarome Iginla CGY, PIT R 44 14 19 33 -5 31
61 Jamie Benn DAL C 41 12 21 33 -12 40
62 Justin Williams LAK R 48 11 22 33 15 22
63 David Krejci BOS C 47 10 23 33 1 20
64 Evgeni Malkin PIT C 31 9 24 33 5 36
65 James van Riemsdyk TOR L 48 18 14 32 -7 26
66 Tyler Seguin BOS C 48 16 16 32 23 16
67 Wayne Simmonds PHI R 45 15 17 32 -7 82
68 Mike Cammalleri CGY C 44 13 19 32 -15 25
69 Mike Richards LAK C 48 12 20 32 -8 42
70 Patrice Bergeron BOS C 42 10 22 32 24 18
71 Vincent Lecavalier TBL C 39 10 22 32 -5 29
72 Lee Stempniak CGY R 47 9 23 32 2 12
73 Bryan Little WPG C 48 7 25 32 8 4
74 Ryan Suter MIN D 48 4 28 32 2 24
75 Patrick Marleau SJS L 48 17 14 31 -2 24
76 Marian Hossa CHI R 40 17 14 31 20 16
77 Nail Yakupov EDM R 48 17 14 31 -4 24
78 Ryan Callahan NYR R 45 16 15 31 9 12
79 Joe Pavelski SJS C 48 16 15 31 2 10
80 Jonathan Huberdeau FLA C 48 14 17 31 -15 18
81 Johan Franzen DET R 41 14 17 31 13 41
82 Ilya Kovalchuk NJD R 37 11 20 31 -6 18
83 Jordan Staal CAR C 48 10 21 31 -18 32
84 Tyler Ennis BUF C 47 10 21 31 -14 16
85 Vinny Prospal CBJ L 48 12 18 30 3 32
86 Bobby Ryan ANA R 46 11 19 30 3 17
87 Andrei Markov MTL D 48 10 20 30 -9 14
88 Keith Yandle PHX D 48 10 20 30 4 54
89 Lars Eller MTL C 46 8 22 30 8 45
90 Dustin Brown LAK R 46 18 11 29 6 22
91 Loui Eriksson DAL L 48 12 17 29 -9 8
92 Kyle Turris OTT C 48 12 17 29 6 24
93 Derick Brassard CBJ, NYR C 47 12 17 29 1 16
94 Cory Conacher TBL, OTT L 47 11 18 29 3 20
95 Ray Whitney DAL L 32 11 18 29 1 4
96 Frans Nielsen NYI C 48 6 23 29 -3 12
97 Niklas Kronwall DET D 48 5 24 29 -5 44
98 Kimmo Timonen PHI D 45 5 24 29 3 36
99 Cody Franson TOR D 45 4 25 29 4 8
100 Brendan Gallagher MTL R 44 15 13 28 10 33
101 Tyler Bozak TOR C 46 12 16 28 -1 6
102 Radim Vrbata PHX R 34 12 16 28 6 14
103 David Desharnais MTL C 48 10 18 28 -2 26
104 Shea Weber NSH D 48 9 19 28 -2 48
105 Dion Phaneuf TOR D 48 9 19 28 -4 65
106 Dustin Byfuglien WPG D 43 8 20 28 -1 34
107 Derek Roy DAL, VAN C 42 7 21 28 4 6
108 David Backes STL C 48 6 22 28 5 62
109 Tomas Kopecky FLA R 47 15 12 27 -8 28
110 Shane Doan PHX R 48 13 14 27 6 37
111 Mark Letestu CBJ C 46 13 14 27 7 10
112 Devin Setoguchi MIN R 48 13 14 27 5 20
113 Marian Gaborik NYR, CBJ R 47 12 15 27 -3 14
114 Alex Tanguay CGY L 40 11 16 27 -13 22
115 Jannik Hansen VAN R 47 10 17 27 12 8
116 Brandon Saad CHI L 46 10 17 27 17 12
117 Jiri Hudler CGY C 42 10 17 27 -13 22
118 Alex Galchenyuk MTL C 48 9 18 27 14 20
119 Brian Campbell FLA D 48 8 19 27 -22 12
120 Justin Schultz EDM D 48 8 19 27 -17 8
121 Saku Koivu ANA C 47 8 19 27 4 18
122 Alexander Steen STL L 40 8 19 27 5 14
123 Milan Lucic BOS L 46 7 20 27 8 75
124 Matt Cullen MIN C 42 7 20 27 9 10
125 Mark Streit NYI D 48 6 21 27 -14 22
126 Duncan Keith CHI D 47 3 24 27 16 31
127 Sergei Gonchar OTT D 45 3 24 27 4 26
128 Alex Goligoski DAL D 47 3 24 27 4 18
129 Curtis Glencross CGY L 40 15 11 26 -8 18
130 Brian Gionta MTL R 48 14 12 26 3 8
131 Mike Green WSH D 35 12 14 26 -3 20
132 Damien Brunner DET C 44 12 14 26 -6 12
133 Daniel Alfredsson OTT R 47 10 16 26 1 33
134 Brayden Schenn PHI C 47 8 18 26 -8 24
135 Mikkel Boedker PHX L 48 7 19 26 0 12
136 Patrik Berglund STL C 48 17 8 25 -2 12
137 David Legwand NSH C 48 12 13 25 -6 20
138 Brenden Morrow DAL, PIT L 44 12 13 25 -3 37
139 David Perron STL L 48 10 15 25 0 44
140 Slava Voynov LAK D 48 6 19 25 5 14
141 David Clarkson NJD R 48 15 9 24 -6 78
142 Alexandre Burrows VAN R 47 13 11 24 15 54
143 Jeff Skinner CAR L 42 13 11 24 -21 26
144 Teemu Selanne ANA R 46 12 12 24 -10 28
145 Matt Read PHI R 42 11 13 24 1 2
146 Carl Hagelin NYR L 48 10 14 24 10 18
147 Steve Ott BUF C 48 9 15 24 3 93
148 Paul Stastny COL C 40 9 15 24 -7 14
149 Cody Eakin DAL C 48 7 17 24 1 31
150 Francois Beauchemin ANA D 48 6 18 24 19 22

 

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