It’s all about point production isn’t it? The Art Ross Trophy is awarded to the National Hockey League player who leads the league in total points at the end of the regular season. Last year’s winner was Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers who scored 100 points and was the only player to hit the century mark.
Did you know that the league average in points last season was 20.2? With all of the youth in the league expect that to rise slightly this season. Here are our predictions for the top 20 point producers for the upcoming 2017-18 NHL season along with our predictions for point totals.
NHL Predictions for 2017-18: Art Ross Trophy
Here is our predictions for the top 20 NHL players in terms of regular season points (along with predicted point totals) for the 2017-18 NHL season.
- Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers – 111 points
- Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning – 94 points
- Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks – 91 points
- Nicklas Backstom – Washington Capitals – 88 points
- Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins – 87 points
- Jack Eichel – Buffalo Sabres – 85 points
- John Tavares – New York Islanders – 82 points
- Vladimir Tarasenko – St. Louis Blues – 80 points
- Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets – 80 points
- Evgeni Malkin – Pittsburgh Penguins – 79 points
- Erik Karlsson – Ottawa Senators – 76 points
- Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins – 75 points
- Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs – 75 points
- Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars – 74 points
- Steven Stankos – Tampa Bay Lightning – 72 points
- Brent Burns – San Jose Sharks – 71 points
- Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers – 70 points
- Jamie Benn – Dallas Stars – 69 points
- Artemi Panarin – Columbus Blue Jackets – 68 points
- Victor Hedman – Tampa Bay Lightning – 68 points
You can check out last year’s standings here: https://www.nhl.com/standings