Top 100 Left Wingers in the NHL

Continuing our series on top NHL players by position, today we are looking at some of the top lefty-winger in the National Hockey League.  Again the criteria we use in our selection process is quite simple.  For skaters that means looking at statistics such as points and time on ice.   We also gave players a Hockey Fan rating which denotes value to their respective teams (which is why you may see a player such as Connor McDavid higher up on the list of centers even though he has only played 12 games in the NHL).  From that analysis, The Hockey Fanatic has then compiled the top players by position for 2016. Check out our top 100 NHL centermen for 2016.

Top 50 Left Wingers Based on Time on Ice

So just as we did with our top 100 centermen, lets begin the first part of our analysis based on time spent on ice.  This is a key indicator of how important these players can be to their respective teams.  Just because a given player at his respective position does not always put up the highest point totals, that does not mean that he should not be considered as the top player at his position.  Some players play against tougher competition on a given night so they still provide great value to their teams although they may not be putting up the points as some of their other counterparts at their position.  Again another Buffalo forward tops this list on time on ice.  How many of you knew Evander Kane was leading the league left wingers in ice-time?

Rank	Player	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI/GP	Shifts/GP
1	Evander Kane	BUF	31	8	5	13	-10	28	20:59	23.8
2	Alexander Steen	STL	45	13	24	37	-1	32	20:54	29.7
3	Alex Ovechkin	WSH	40	24	13	37	19	24	20:33	22.4
4	Johnny Gaudreau	CGY	40	18	22	40	5	10	20:20	25.4
5	Taylor Hall	EDM	42	16	25	41	9	30	20:16	25.2
6	Jamie Benn	DAL	44	25	28	53	17	43	20:06	26.5
7	Patrick Marleau	SJS	39	14	15	29	-14	6	19:55	25.3
8	Andrew Ladd	WPG	41	10	13	23	-4	25	19:39	25.8
9	Michael Cammalleri	NJD	38	14	21	35	10	18	19:32	23.7
10	Filip Forsberg	NSH	42	11	16	27	-4	24	19:23	24.7
11	Gabriel Landeskog	COL	38	10	20	30	-5	42	19:04	24.2
12	Henrik Zetterberg	DET	41	7	23	30	5	10	19:03	24
13	Zach Parise	MIN	32	15	11	26	3	12	19:02	22.6
14	Artemi Panarin	CHI	43	15	23	38	5	12	18:55	23.4
15	Max Pacioretty	MTL	43	17	16	33	2	14	18:52	26
16	Mikkel Boedker	ARI	41	12	19	31	-14	6	18:51	22.5
17	Jonathan Huberdeau	FLA	41	5	24	29	10	14	18:39	22.3
18	Daniel Sedin	VAN	42	17	21	38	10	22	18:38	24.2
19	Brad Marchand	BOS	35	15	11	26	9	56	18:35	24.9
20	Mike Hoffman	OTT	38	19	16	35	11	4	18:25	22.2
21	Patrick Sharp	DAL	44	16	21	37	6	17	17:53	23.2
22	Jussi Jokinen	FLA	41	7	17	24	7	24	17:46	23.3
23	James van Riemsdyk	TOR	40	14	15	29	3	6	17:45	25.4
24	Justin Abdelkader	DET	41	13	9	22	-2	49	17:38	23.6
25	Ondrej Palat	TBL	22	2	6	8	0	0	17:25	20.5

26	Jaden Schwartz	STL	7	0	4	4	4	2	17:25	25
27	Marcus Johansson	WSH	39	10	16	26	11	6	17:24	20.9
28	Brandon Saad	CBJ	42	16	14	30	-1	12	17:18	22.7
29	Rick Nash	NYR	39	12	17	29	3	22	17:16	25.5
30	Nick Foligno	CBJ	39	6	19	25	-10	30	17:09	21.5
31	Blake Comeau	COL	42	6	13	19	2	28	17:05	22.5
32	Jason Zucker	MIN	41	11	8	19	5	12	17:03	20.9
33	Alex Tanguay	COL	31	2	11	13	4	18	16:49	21.9
34	Milan Michalek	OTT	26	6	4	10	3	12	16:49	21.9
35	Milan Lucic	LAK	41	11	13	24	10	42	16:44	20.7
36	Brock Nelson	NYI	42	14	9	23	-4	12	16:39	21.3
37	Chris Kunitz	PIT	41	5	8	13	11	16	16:20	23.3
38	Matt Beleskey	BOS	38	7	13	20	8	38	16:14	21.6
39	Max Domi	ARI	41	10	18	28	0	19	16:12	21.6
40	Benoit Pouliot	EDM	33	9	9	18	-9	22	16:12	23.2
41	Jeff Skinner	CAR	43	15	7	22	-2	14	16:07	20.4
42	Thomas Vanek	MIN	41	13	14	27	2	12	16:06	19.4
43	Scott Hartnell	CBJ	42	15	15	30	-6	75	15:56	20.4
44	Tomas Fleischmann	MTL	41	8	9	17	4	24	15:55	23
45	Chris Kreider	NYR	39	6	12	18	2	41	15:52	20.8
46	Colin Wilson	NSH	36	4	12	16	0	14	15:38	21.2
47	David Perron	PIT	41	4	12	16	-12	28	15:27	22.3
48	Tanner Pearson	LAK	41	6	14	20	10	10	15:24	21.1
49	Anders Lee	NYI	42	6	13	19	-3	29	15:18	19.9
50	Jordan Martinook	ARI	40	4	9	13	-2	8	15:18	21.1

Top NHL Left Wingers by Point Production

Next we evaluated the stats.  As of January 10, 2016, here is a look at the top 50 point producers at the left-wing position.

No surprise to see Jamie Benn at the top of the list, but what about Chicago rookie Artemi Panarin?  I guess playing with Patrick Kane will do that to a guys profile and rating.

Rank	Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-
1	Jamie Benn	DAL	44	25	28	53	17
2	Taylor Hall	EDM	42	16	25	41	9
3	Johnny Gaudreau	CGY	40	18	22	40	5
4	Artemi Panarin	CHI	43	15	23	38	5
5	Daniel Sedin	VAN	42	17	21	38	10
6	Alexander Steen	STL	45	13	24	37	-1
7	Patrick Sharp	DAL	44	16	21	37	6
8	Alex Ovechkin	WSH	40	24	13	37	19
9	Michael Cammalleri	NJD	38	14	21	35	10
10	Mike Hoffman	OTT	38	19	16	35	11
11	Max Pacioretty	MTL	43	17	16	33	2
12	Mikkel Boedker	ARI	41	12	19	31	-14
13	Brandon Saad	CBJ	42	16	14	30	-1
14	Henrik Zetterberg	DET	41	7	23	30	5
15	Gabriel Landeskog	COL	38	10	20	30	-5
16	Scott Hartnell	CBJ	42	15	15	30	-6
17	Rick Nash	NYR	39	12	17	29	3
18	James van Riemsdyk	TOR	40	14	15	29	3
19	Jonathan Huberdeau	FLA	41	5	24	29	10
20	Patrick Marleau	SJS	39	14	15	29	-14
21	Max Domi	ARI	41	10	18	28	0
22	Filip Forsberg	NSH	42	11	16	27	-4
23	Thomas Vanek	MIN	41	13	14	27	2
24	Zach Parise	MIN	32	15	11	26	3
25	Brad Marchand	BOS	35	15	11	26	9

26	Marcus Johansson	WSH	39	10	16	26	11
27	Tomas Tatar	DET	41	12	13	25	-4
28	Nick Foligno	CBJ	39	6	19	25	-10
29	Jussi Jokinen	FLA	41	7	17	24	7
30	Milan Lucic	LAK	41	11	13	24	10
31	Brock Nelson	NYI	42	14	9	23	-4
32	Andrew Ladd	WPG	41	10	13	23	-4
33	Anthony Duclair	ARI	40	12	11	23	6
34	Jeff Skinner	CAR	43	15	7	22	-2
35	Jason Chimera	WSH	41	12	10	22	2
36	Justin Abdelkader	DET	41	13	9	22	-2
37	Matt Beleskey	BOS	38	7	13	20	8
38	Tanner Pearson	LAK	41	6	14	20	10
39	Jamie McGinn	BUF	41	8	11	19	-3
40	Blake Comeau	COL	42	6	13	19	2
41	Anders Lee	NYI	42	6	13	19	-3
42	Jason Zucker	MIN	41	11	8	19	5
43	Chris Kreider	NYR	39	6	12	18	2
44	Benoit Pouliot	EDM	33	9	9	18	-9
45	Tomas Fleischmann	MTL	41	8	9	17	4
46	David Perron	PIT	41	4	12	16	-12
47	Colin Wilson	NSH	36	4	12	16	0
48	Sven Baertschi	VAN	34	7	7	14	2
49	Antoine Roussel	DAL	42	7	7	14	5
50	Alex Tanguay	COL	31	2	11	13	4

Top 100 NHL Left-Wingers

So after applying our Hockey Fan Weighting to the players, here is a look at your top 100 Left Wingers in the NHL in 2016.  We have compiled a list of the top 100 left wingers in the NHL today.

Rank	Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
1	Jamie Benn	DAL	44	25	28	53	17	43
2	Taylor Hall	EDM	42	16	25	41	9	30
3	Johnny Gaudreau	CGY	40	18	22	40	5	10
4	Alex Ovechkin	WSH	40	24	13	37	19	24
5	Artemi Panarin	CHI	43	15	23	38	5	12
6	Daniel Sedin	VAN	42	17	21	38	10	22
7	Alexander Steen	STL	45	13	24	37	-1	32
8	Patrick Sharp	DAL	44	16	21	37	6	17
9	Max Pacioretty	MTL	43	17	16	33	2	14
10	Brandon Saad	CBJ	42	16	14	30	-1	12
11	Mike Hoffman	OTT	38	19	16	35	11	4
12	Patrick Marleau	SJS	39	14	15	29	-14	14
13	Rick Nash	NYR	39	12	17	29	3	6
14	Henrik Zetterberg	DET	41	7	23	30	5	22
15	Gabriel Landeskog	COL	38	10	20	30	-5	10
16	Scott Hartnell	CBJ	42	15	15	30	-6	42
17	Andrew Ladd	WPG	41	10	13	23	-4	75
18	Milan Lucic	LAK	41	11	13	24	10	25
19	Jonathan Huberdeau	FLA	41	5	24	29	10	42
20	Zach Parise	MIN	32	15	11	26	3	12
21	Brad Marchand	BOS	35	15	11	26	9	56
22	Filip Forsberg	NSH	42	11	16	27	-4	24
23	Michael Cammalleri	NJD	38	14	21	35	10	18
24	Thomas Vanek	MIN	41	13	14	27	2	12
25	Jaden Schwartz	STL	7	0	4	4	4	2

26	Marcus Johansson	WSH	39	10	16	26	11	6
27	Tomas Tatar	DET	41	12	13	25	-4	10
28	Benoit Pouliot	EDM	33	9	9	18	-9	22
29	Jussi Jokinen	FLA	41	7	17	24	7	24
30	Mikkel Boedker	ARI	41	12	19	31	-14	6
31	Brock Nelson	NYI	42	14	9	23	-4	12
32	Nick Foligno	CBJ	39	6	19	25	-10	30
33	James van Riemsdyk	TOR	40	14	15	29	3	6
34	Anthony Duclair	ARI	40	12	11	23	6	20
35	Jeff Skinner	CAR	43	15	7	22	-2	14
36	Jason Chimera	WSH	41	12	10	22	2	10
37	Evander Kane	BUF	31	8	5	13	-10	28
38	Max Domi	ARI	41	10	18	28	0	19
39	Matt Beleskey	BOS	38	7	13	20	8	38
40	Tanner Pearson	LAK	41	6	14	20	10	10
41	Blake Comeau	COL	42	6	13	19	2	28
42	Anders Lee	NYI	42	6	13	19	-3	29
43	Chris Kreider	NYR	39	6	12	18	2	41
44	Justin Abdelkader	DET	41	13	9	22	-2	49
45	Ondrej Palat	TBL	22	2	6	8	0	0
46	Jamie McGinn	BUF	41	8	11	19	-3	4
47	Tomas Fleischmann	MTL	41	8	9	17	4	24
48	David Perron	PIT	41	4	12	16	-12	28
49	Colin Wilson	NSH	36	4	12	16	0	14
50	Viktor Stalberg	NYR	35	6	7	13	10	8

51	Antoine Roussel	DAL	42	7	7	14	5	65
52	Alex Tanguay	COL	31	2	11	13	4	18
53	Sven Baertschi	VAN	34	7	7	14	2	6
54	Jason Zucker	MIN	41	11	8	19	5	12
55	Chris Kunitz	PIT	41	5	8	13	11	16
56	Nikolay Kulemin	NYI	42	5	8	13	7	8
57	Jordan Martinook	ARI	40	4	9	13	-2	8
58	Jonathan Drouin	TBL	19	2	6	8	1	4
59	Matt Moulson	BUF	40	4	8	12	-2	6
60	Matt Nieto	SJS	36	5	4	9	-4	6
61	Joffrey Lupul	TOR	35	9	3	12	-8	10
62	Andrew Cogliano	ANA	40	3	8	11	-14	12
63	Cody McLeod	COL	42	7	4	11	11	80
64	Milan Michalek	OTT	26	6	4	10	3	12
65	Lauri Korpikoski	EDM	34	6	4	10	-7	6
66	Paul Byron	MTL	31	7	3	10	0	4
67	Carl Hagelin	ANA	40	3	6	9	-13	12
68	Andre Burakovsky	WSH	38	4	6	10	0	6
69	Shane Prince	OTT	28	2	8	10	5	4
70	Teemu Pulkkinen	DET	24	6	5	11	2	10
71	Mason Raymond	CGY	25	3	1	4	-3	6
72	Matt Martin	NYI	42	5	3	8	1	53
73	Phillip Di Giuseppe	CAR	14	3	5	8	4	4
74	Michael Raffl	PHI	40	6	5	11	7	12
75	Joakim Nordstrom	CAR	32	2	7	9	-3	8

76	Daniel Carr	MTL	16	5	2	7	-1	4
77	Bobby Farnham	PIT, NJD	25	6	1	7	0	34
78	Brandon Prust	VAN	30	1	6	7	-1	57
79	Marcus Foligno	BUF	35	2	5	7	-6	22
80	Matt Calvert	CBJ	39	6	1	7	-8	20
81	Micheal Ferland	CGY	32	1	5	6	-5	17
82	Matt Hendricks	EDM	32	2	4	6	1	34
83	Andrew Desjardins	CHI	38	5	1	6	-5	13
84	Austin Watson	NSH	31	2	3	5	-9	11
85	Patrick Maroon	ANA	36	1	4	5	-10	33
86	Viktor Arvidsson	NSH	23	3	2	5	-2	29
87	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	PHI	32	3	2	5	-6	13
88	Eric Nystrom	NSH	34	5	0	5	-8	12
89	Magnus Paajarvi	STL	32	2	3	5	-3	6
90	Jiri Tlusty	NJD	30	2	2	4	-1	6
91	Kerby Rychel	CBJ	12	0	4	4	4	11
92	Chris Porter	MIN	39	2	2	4	-4	6
93	Andy Andreoff	LAK	37	3	1	4	-1	46
94	Johan Larsson	BUF	38	1	3	4	-8	8
95	Ryan Garbutt	CHI	37	1	3	4	-9	25
96	Nicolas Deslauriers	BUF	38	3	4	7	-8	23
97	Andreas Martinsen	COL	26	2	6	8	1	20
98	Chris Terry	CAR	37	4	0	4	-2	8
99	Michael Mersch	LAK	14	1	2	3	1	0
100	Dave Dziurzynski	OTT	12	0	3	3	-5	7

There you are, the top 100 left-wingers in the NHL today!