Daily Archives: June 1, 2011
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs: Top 20 Active Playoff Career Points Leaders
Raffi Torres Scores Winning, and Only, Goal in Game 1 of 2011 Stanley Cup Finals with 18.5 Left in the Third (Getty)
The Vancouver Canucks have taken Game 1 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs, defeating the Boston Bruins 1-0.
Today’s Sports List of the Day is the Top 20 active players with the most playoff points (yesterday was the NBA’s turn).
Nicklas Lidstrom leads the pack. He just completed his 19th year with the Detroit Red Wings and scored at least 1 point in the playoffs all 19 of those years.
Bruin Mark Recchi, fourth best active, is the only player on the list still playing in the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals.
| 1. | Nicklas Lidstrom (11) | 183 | Detroit Red Wings |
| 2. | Peter Forsberg (18) | 171 | Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche, Philadelphia Flyers, Nashville Predators |
| 3. | Mike Modano (29) | 146 | Minnesota North Stars, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings |
| 4. | Mark Recchi (33) | 140 | Pittsburgh Penguins, Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, Carolina Hurricanes, Boston Bruins (thru EC Finals) |
| 5. | Chris Pronger (48) | 121 | St. Louis Blues, Edmonton Oilers, Anaheim Ducks, Philadelphia Flyers |
| 6. | Patrik Elias (56) | 117 | New Jersey Devils |
| 7. | Alex Kovalev (77) | 100 | New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Montreal Canadiens |
| 7. | Brian Rafalski (77) | 100 | New Jersey Devils, Detroit Red Wings |
| 9. | Henrik Zetterberg (80) | 99 | Detroit Red Wings |
| 9. | Scott Gomez (80) | 99 | New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens |
| 11. | Marian Hossa (89) | 97 | Ottawa Senators, Atlanta Thrashers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks |
| 12. | Danny Briere (94) | 96 | Phoenix Coyotes, Buffalo Sabres, Philadelphia Flyers |
| 13. | Tomas Holmstrom (97) | 95 | Detroit Red Wings |
| 14. | Pavel Datsyuk (105) | 91 | Detroit Red Wings |
| 15. | Chris Drury (107) | 89 | Colorado Avalanche, Buffalo Sabres, New York Rangers |
| 16. | Patrick Marleau (110) | 88 | San Jose Sharks |
| 16. | Daniel Alfredsson (110) | 88 | Ottawa Senators |
| 18. | Jamie Langenbrunner (116) | 86 | Dallas Stars, New Jersey Devils |
| 19. | Sidney Crosby (126) | 82 | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 19. | Joe Thornton (126) | 82 | Boston Bruins, San Jose Sharks |
