NHLE Scoring Leaderboard 10/30

Josh L.
October 30 2012 03:24PM

The international scoring race is something to behold. The scoreboards are filling up internationally, and thanks to the work of Gabe Desjardins we can compare the scoring rates across leagues. Using Gabe's NHL equivalencies I've put together the top scorers in all of the hockey world. All Major Junior, AHL, KHL, SEL, DEL, SMLIGA, and Swiss league scorers are considered. The NCAA wasn't included this time due to how few games they've played, but if the lockout drags on they'll be included in the near future.

The current world leading scorer is, you guessed it, Martin Ruzicka. Ok, maybe you didn't guess it. The full top 50 is after the jump.

*I left Patrice Bergeron, Henrik Zetterberg, Danny Briere and Claude Giroux on the list despite only playing four to five games each. The reasoning is that their scoring has been so prolific internationally this year, and they have a history of NHL success to suggest it isn't a complete fluke.

Name	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PPG	F	NHLE
Martin Ruzicka	Extraliga	17	21	12	33	1.94	0.74	118
Ilya Kovalchuk	KHL	14	9	14	23	1.64	0.83	112
Daniel Brière	DEL	5	3	9	12	2.40	0.52	102
Claude Giroux	DEL	5	3	9	12	2.40	0.52	102
Evgeny Malkin	KHL	16	7	17	24	1.50	0.83	102
Sergei Mozyakin	KHL	18	11	14	25	1.39	0.83	95
Vladimir Tarasenko	KHL	11	8	7	15	1.36	0.83	93
Alexander Radulov	KHL	21	10	18	28	1.33	0.83	91
Radek Bonk	Extraliga	17	8	17	25	1.47	0.74	89
Jakub Svoboda	Extraliga	15	11	11	22	1.47	0.74	89
Roman Cervenka	Extraliga	9	5	8	13	1.44	0.74	88
Jaromir Jagr	Extraliga	14	8	12	20	1.43	0.74	87
Tomas Vlasak	Extraliga	17	8	16	24	1.41	0.74	86
Pavel Datsyuk	KHL	13	5	11	16	1.23	0.83	84
Bud Holloway	SEL	17	6	16	22	1.29	0.78	83
Dmitry Makarov	KHL	20	7	17	24	1.20	0.83	82
Tomas Plekanec	Extraliga	15	9	11	20	1.33	0.74	81
Patrice Bergeron	SWISS	5	6	5	11	2.20	0.44	79
Mikhail Varnakov	KHL	20	13	10	23	1.15	0.83	78
Martin Straka	Extraliga	15	8	11	19	1.27	0.74	77
Carl Soderberg	SEL	16	12	7	19	1.19	0.78	76
Pär Arlbrandt	SEL	17	8	12	20	1.18	0.78	75
Evgeny Kuznetsov	KHL	19	9	12	21	1.11	0.83	75
Viktor Hubl	Extraliga	17	8	13	21	1.24	0.74	75
Lukas Pech	Extraliga	17	4	17	21	1.24	0.74	75
Alexander Popov	KHL	14	4	11	15	1.07	0.83	73
Henrik Zetterberg	SWISS	4	5	3	8	2.00	0.44	72
Michael Frolik	Extraliga	11	9	4	13	1.18	0.74	72
Martin Thornberg	KHL	20	13	8	21	1.05	0.83	71
David Nosek	Extraliga	12	5	9	14	1.17	0.74	71
Vladimir Sobotka	Extraliga	13	6	9	15	1.15	0.74	70
Ales Hemsky	Extraliga	14	7	9	16	1.14	0.74	69
Alexander Steen	SEL	13	5	9	14	1.08	0.78	69
Petr Nedved	Extraliga	16	7	11	18	1.13	0.74	68
Joakim Lindström	SEL	15	4	12	16	1.07	0.78	68
Sakari Salminen	SMLIGA	13	9	11	20	1.54	0.54	68
Jori Lehtera	KHL	22	6	16	22	1.00	0.83	68
Renat Mamashev	KHL	21	4	17	21	1.00	0.83	68
Nikolai Zherdev	KHL	20	7	13	20	1.00	0.83	68
Alexander Ovechkin	KHL	14	6	8	14	1.00	0.83	68
Jan Hruska	Extraliga	15	7	9	16	1.07	0.74	65
Patrick Thoresen	KHL	20	8	11	19	0.95	0.83	65
Oscar Lindberg	SEL	17	8	9	17	1.00	0.78	64
Nail Yakupov	KHL	12	8	3	11	0.92	0.83	62
Jakub Petruzalek	KHL	23	10	11	21	0.91	0.83	62
Ivan Huml	SMLIGA	15	4	17	21	1.40	0.54	62
Justin Schultz	AHL	7	6	6	12	1.71	0.44	62
Damien Brunner	SWISS	14	9	15	24	1.71	0.44	62
Justin Hodgman	KHL	20	8	10	18	0.90	0.83	61
Kevin Dallman	KHL	20	6	12	18	0.90	0.83	61

*The players at the top of the list have some pretty funny video game numbers. Martin Ruzicka has 33 points in 17 Extraliga games to top the list.

* The only AHLer in the Top 50 is Justin Schultz at 47 with an NHLE of 62 points.

* The top prospect on the list is Vladimir Tarasenko. His 15 points in 11 games puts him fourth among KHL forwards.

* New Calgary Flame Roman Cervenka is off to a strong start with 13 points in nine games for an NHLE of 88.

* Rounding out the Top 50 are Justin Hodgman and Kevin Dallman from the KHL at an NHLE of 61.

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Reply #1 Eric T. October 30 2012, 03:28PM

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2. Kovalchuk 3. Briere 4. Giroux

I could swear I saw a list like that somewhere...

Reply #2 Josh L. October 30 2012, 03:43PM

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@Eric T.

Weird. Didn't even notice that.

Reply #3 Kent Wilson October 30 2012, 06:56PM

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Let's do something like this, but featuring only prospects.

Reply #4 Josh L. October 30 2012, 07:42PM

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@Kent Wilson

Should be pretty easy to do.

Reply #5 Robert Vollman October 31 2012, 06:11PM

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If doing prospects, use the updated NHLe translation factors that also take age into account rather than the old blanket ones Gabe calculated years ago.

And if possible also use the separate goal and assist translation factors - they tend to be far more stingy on awarding assists in some of those European leagues compared to the NHL.