NHL+-+League+Leaders

The NHL keeps track of all of the points tallied by each of the players in the league. A point is registered if a player scores either scores a goal or amasses an assist on a teammates goal. The League Leaders can be broken up into multiple categories such as:
 * Most Points
 * Most Goals
 * Most Assists
 * Best Plus Minus

Due to the fact that, points provide the biggest influence in a teams ability to win games, and in order to score a point a goal is required, this wiki will list the current top 10 league leaders in points and goals as of February 5th, 2012.

**League Leaders: Points**
(www.google.com)
 * ===**Rank**=== || ===**Name**=== || ===**Team**=== || ===**Position**=== || ===**Games**===

**Played**
|| ===**Goals**=== || ===**Assists**=== || ===**Points**=== || Malkin || Pittsburg || C || 45 || 28 || 32 || **60** || Giroux || Philadelphia || RW || 47 || 20 || 39 || **59** || Stamkos || Tampa Bay || C || 51 || 34 || 23 || **57** || Sedin || Vancouver || C || 52 || 11 || 44 || **55** || Lupul || Toronto || RW || 52 || 20 || 34 || **54** || Tavares || NY Islanders || C || 51 || 22 || 31 || **53** || Hossa || Chicago || RW || 52 || 20 || 33 || **53** || Datsyuk || Detroit || C || 52 || 14 || 39 || **53** || Toews || Chicago || C || 52 || 27 || 25 || **52** || (Data in chart attained from: www.nhl.com)
 * 1 || Evgeni
 * 2 || Claude
 * 3 || Steven
 * 4 || Henrik
 * 5 || Phil Kessel || Toronto || RW || 52 || 27 || 27 || **54** ||
 * 6 || Joffrey
 * 7 || John
 * 8 || Marian
 * 9 || Pavel
 * 10 || Jonathan

League Leaders: Goals
(www.google.com)
 * ===Rank=== || ===Name=== || ===Team=== || ===Position=== || ===Games===

Played
|| ===Goals=== || Stamkos || Tampa Bay || C || 51 || **34** || Malkin || Pittsburg || C || 45 || **28** || Kessel || Toronto || RW || 52 || **27** || Toews || Chicago || C || 52 || **27** || Neal || Pittsburg || LW || 52 || **27** || Gaborik || NY Rangers || RW || 49 || **25** || (Data in chart attained from: www.nhl.com)
 * 1 || Steven
 * 2 || Evgeni
 * 3 || Phil
 * 4 || Jonathan
 * 5 || James
 * 6 || Scott Hartnell || Philadelphia || LW || 51 || **25** ||
 * 7 || Marian
 * 8 || Radim Vrabata || Phoenix || RW || 52 || **24** ||
 * 9 || Matt Moulson || NY Islanders || LW || 51 || **23** ||
 * 10 || Milan Michalek || Ottawa || LW || 50 || **23** ||

Offensive categories are not the only category which are kept track of, the NHL also monitors the goaltending leaders. Various goaltending categories are:
 * Best Goals Against Average
 * Best Save Percentage
 * Most Wins
 * Most Shutouts

The save percentage is one of the most accurate representations of a goalies skill. It is calculated by dividing the number of saves a goalie makes by the number of shots they face. This wiki will rank the top 5 goalies with the highest save percentages in the NHL.

Goaltending Leaders: Save Percentage
(*** with at least 30 games played) (www.google.com)
 * ===Rank=== || ===Name=== || ===Team=== || ===Games===

Played
|| ===Saves===

Made
|| ===Save===

Percentage
|| Lundqvist || NY Rangers || 37 || 1053 || **.939** || Quick || Los Angeles || 44 || 1198 || **.934** || Thomas || Boston || 33 || 938 || **.932** || Backstrom || Minnesotta || 32 || 866 || **.925** || (Data in chart attained from: www.nhl.com)
 * 1 || Henrik
 * 2 || Jonathan
 * 3 || Tim
 * 4 || Pekka Rinne || Nashville || 47 || 1311 || **.925** ||
 * 5 || Niklas