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ByPhil Krundle

Feb 11, 2009

There are three forwards in the top 66 players in the NHL with the highest average ice time per game.? The rest are all on defense.

Ovechkin #44?? 23:05 min per game
Malkin????? #52?? 22:39 min per game
Crosby???? #58?? 22:16 min per game

Tonights game features The number one and two game winning goal leaders in the NHL:

Marleau 8
Sykora? 7

Sykora and Ovechkin are tied for second in the NHL with 7 game winning goals each

Sykora has done it with 124 shots compared to Ovechkin’s 345 shots and?Sykora is averaging about 7 minutes less icetime per game

While we are on the Sykora stats:

Petr Sykora is 3rd in the league with 13 Powerplay goals (2 behind the league leader) yet he ranks #82 in average powerplay time per game.

Ryan Whitney is #1 in the league in powerplay time per game and has 0 goals (5 assists in 22 games)
Malkin #6 in the league in powerplay time per game and has 8 goals
Crosby is #8 in the league in powerplay time per game and has 3 goals

I’m not really good with stats, but maybe Sykora should see more powerplay time on the first line.

That’s it for this weeks fun with stats.