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What is the final NHL playoff productivity rankings? Vegas hockey leaders, Czech flag far behind the top 50
Considering the Vegas Golden Knights’ victory, it is probably not surprising that Bruce Cassidy’s men dominated the NHL playoff scoring. So what does the final standings look like?
Considering the Vegas Golden Knights’ victory, it is probably not surprising that Bruce Cassidy’s men dominated the NHL playoff scoring. So what does the final standings look like?
The most productive player of this year’s NHL playoffs is Jack Eichel. He scored 26 points, with his point contribution largely made up of assists. The 26-year-old center scored only six goals in the playoffs, but he had 20 assists.
Only a point behind Eichel is Jonathan Marchessault, the MVP of the entire playoffs. The player with the number 81 on his back collected 13 goals and 12 assists during the playoffs for a total of 25 points.
And one more Vegas player, this time Mark Stone. The Golden Knights’ captain scored a hat trick in the last tiebreaker, a feat last accomplished by Petter Forsberg in 1996.
Otherwise, Stone put up 24 points on 11 goals and 13 assists. But he shares third place with Florida’s star forward. Matthew Tkachuk was clearly the most productive player for the Panthers in the regular season, and then he dragged his team into the playoffs.
However, he didn’t play in the last game due to an upper body injury and the Panthers lost the fifth game of the final series to Vegas 3:9. Tkachuk has exactly the same record as the aforementioned Stone, 24 points (11+13).
The same number of points, but fewer goals scored, pushed the offensive star of Dallas to the fifth place. Roope Hintz helped Dallas to advance to the Western Conference Finals, but his team fell short to Vegas. His final stat line at the end of the playoffs? 24 points, 10+14.
Sixth place went to Golden Knights forward Chandler Stephenson, who contributed ten goals and ten assists to the Vegas victory. The same number of points (20) was also scored by Connor McDavid, who was eliminated in the second round with the Oilers. However, he scored two goals less (8+12) and therefore he is seventh in the final standings.
His teammate Leon Draisaitl is right behind him with 18 points (13+5), while Ivan Barbashev (Vegas) and Jason Robertson (Dallas) share ninth place and round out the top 10. Both have 18 points with the same total of seven goals and 11 assists.
So what does the top 20 in playoff scoring look like?
- Jack Eichel (Vegas Golden Knights) 26 points (6+20)
- Jonathan Marchessault (Vegas Golden Knights) 25 points (13+12)
- Mark Stone (Vegas Golden Knights) 24 points (11+13)
- Matthew Tkachuk (Florida Panthers) 24 points (11+13)
- Roope Hintz (Dallas Stars) 24 points (10+14)
- Chandler Stephenson (Vegas Golden Knights) 20 points (10+10)
- Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers) 20 points (8+12)
- Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers) 18 points (13+5)
- Ivan Barbashev (Vegas Golden Knights) 18 points (7+11)
- Jason Robertson (Dallas Stars) 18 points (7+11)
- William Karlsson (Vegas Golden Knights) 17 points (11+6)
- Carter Verhaeghe (Florida Panthers) 17 points (7+10)
- Evan Bouchard (Edmonton Oilers) 17 points (4+13)
- Aleksander Barkov (Florida Panthers) 16 points (5+11)
- Sam Bennett (Florida Panthers) 15 points (5+10)
- Joe Pavelski (Dallas Stars) 14 points (9+5)
- Reilly Smith (Vegas Golden Knights) 14 points (4+10)
- Mitchell Marner (Toronto Maple Leafs) 14 points (3+11)
- Brandon Montour (Florida Panthers) 13 points (8+5)
- Sam Reinhart (Florida Panthers) 13 points (8+5)
How are the Czechs doing?
The first Czech flag in the final Canadian scoring standings is 67th. Carolina forward Martin Nečas has seven points (4+3). Ondrej Palat, who moved from Tampa Bay to New Jersey before the season, is only one place lower with seven points (3+4).
Boston Bruins forwards Pavel Zacha and David Pastrnak finished this year’s NHL playoffs in 98th and 100th place, respectively. Zacha had six points on six assists, while Pastrnak had five points on five goals.
Sources: NHL, Elite Prospects