| 14th April, 2011 - 10:13 am
 By Nick Obergan
As the regular season came to a close, Corey Perry's scoring surge had him leap up to 4th, the highest he had been all year, while Steven Stamkos' subsequent scoring slump pushed him out of the top-10 for the first time this season. Jonathan Toews is the new leader among forwards, finishing the season barely edging out previous leader Ryan Kesler.
On defense, Dustin Byfuglien led the way wire to wire, barely edging out the upstart Lubomir Visnovsky. The surprise appearance on the blueline among the top-10 was youngster Alex Pietrangelo of St. Louis.
In net, no one should be surprised to see Tim Thomas as the head of the class once again. In fact, the top-4 remain unchanged from last month, while the rest of the top-10 goalies are all mixed up, most of which weren't seen here last month.
All stats are as of the end of the 2010-11 regular season; all ranking totals are derived using the unique OCPR formulas. Last month's rankings in brackets.
Forwards
1. Jonathan Toews, Chicago: 327.48 (2)
2. Ryan Kesler, Vancouver: 323.38 (1)
3. Daniel Sedin, Vancouver: 296.58 (5)
4. Corey Perry, Anaheim: 295.67 (13)
5. Alexander Ovechkin, Washington: 284.38 (4)
6. Patrick Sharp, Chicago: 279.74 (3)
7. Martin St. Louis, Tampa Bay: 272.66 (11)
8. Loui Eriksson, Dallas: 270.04 (15)
9. Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles: 268.59 (8)
10. Jeff Carter, Philadelphia: 266.56 (7)
Click Here for the top-100 Forwards.
Defense
1. Dustin Byfuglien, Atlanta: 250.93 (1)
2. Lubomir Visnovsky, Anaheim: 250.03 (16)
3. Shea Weber, Nashville: 249.37 (2)
4. Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit: 237.85 (5)
5. Zdeno Chara, Boston: 224.94 (4)
6. Kris Letang, Pittsburgh: 223.39 (3)
7. Alex Pietrangelo, St. Louis: 222.27 (11)
8. Kimmo Timonen, Philadelphia: 220.10 (15)
9. Dan Boyle, San Jose: 209.46 (8)
10. Keith Yandle, Phoenix: 208.44 (6)
Click Here for the top-100 Defensemen.
Goalies
1. Tim Thomas, Boston: 117.135 (1)
2. Ilya Bryzgalov, Phoenix: 113.550 (2)
3. Roberto Luongo, Vancouver: 111.056 (3)
4. Carey Price, Montreal: 106.944 (4)
5. Antti Niemi, San Jose: 101.249 (15)
6. Cam Ward, Carolina: 100.781 (12)
7. Henrik Lundqvist, NY Rangers: 99.748 (10)
8. Pekka Rinne, Nashville: 98.601 (14)
9. Ryan Miller, Buffalo: 97.876 (11)
10. Mikka Kiprusoff, Calgary: 97.371 (8)
Click Here for the top-40 Goalies.
Forward stats:Goals, assists, game-winning goals, plus/minus, shots on goal, shooting percentage, shifts per game, ice time per game, power play goals and assists, short-handed goals and assists, hits, blocked shots, giveaways, takeaways, minor penalties taken, face-off percentage and the percentage of the team's face-offs a player took.
Defense stats:Goals, assists, plus/minus, shooting percentage, shifts per game, ice time per game, power play goals and assists, short-handed goals and assists, hits, blocked shots, giveaways, takeaways, and minor penalties taken. Note: There has been an adjustment made to the weight of shots on goal by a defenseman, as well as marginal changes to the weight of giveaways and takeaways, and average ice-time.
Goalie stats: Wins, losses, overtime losses, shutouts, goals against, save percentage, total saves, total goals allowed, as well as saves made and goals allowed on the power play.
Nick is RealGM's NHL Feature Writer. You can reach him by email nick.obergan@realgm.com or on twitter @NickObergan
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