By Nick Obergan Last season we unleashed a new stat on the RealGM: Puck Possession Rating (PPR), a stat created to identify which players make the most positive use of puck possession over the course of a game, and it is a per-game statistic. The stats used in the PPR formula are as follows, and each have their own weight in the formula: takeaways, giveaways, shots per game, missed shots per game, shifts per game, and plus/minus per game. Also included are a points per game and shooting percentage in relation to the average. The PPR leader last season was Sidney Crosby, but as everyone is aware he has not played a game since January. Rounding out the top-five were Ryan Kesler, Jonathan Toews, Pavel Datsyuk and Corey Perry. None of the five appear in the top-10 this year; Toews is the first to appear at #15. There are surprise early entries at the top of the leader board after the first month of the season, notably rookie Roman Horak of the Flames and Mathieu Perreault of the Capitals. Both players should fall as the season goes along, as their shooting percentages (50% and 42.9% respectively) are not sustainable over the course of a full season. Below is the top-150 players in the league in PPR as of October 31, 2011.
RankPlayer TeamPos GP Total
1Anze KopitarLAKC1144.350
2Dave BollandCHIC1044.086
3Mathieu PerreaultWSHC743.730
4Roman HorakCGYC742.911
5John TavaresNYIC942.826
6Phil KesselTORR1142.235
7Milan MichalekOTTL1241.527
8Jason PominvilleBUFR1040.183
9Mike FisherNSHC339.024
10Kyle WellwoodWPGC1137.777
11Patrick KaneCHIC1137.719
12James NealPITL1337.579
13Marian HossaCHIR1037.337
14Mike GreenWSHD736.653
15Jonathan ToewsCHIC1136.428
16Ryan CallahanNYRR1036.248
17Claude GirouxPHIR1135.232
18David JonesCOLR1135.146
19Daniel AlfredssonOTTR1033.625
20Pavel DatsyukDETC933.600
21Alex OvechkinWSHL933.321
22Daniel SedinVANL1132.930
23Thomas VanekBUFL1032.899
24Joe PavelskiSJSR1032.893
25Tomas FleischmannFLAL1132.828
26Alexander SteenSTLC1132.654
27Mikhail GrabovskiTORC1132.531
28Chris HigginsVANL1132.514
29Stephen WeissFLAC1132.257
30Henrik SedinVANC1131.973
31Ryan McDonaghNYRD1031.780
32Jordan StaalPITC1231.777
33Nicklas BackstromWSHC931.716
34Jason SpezzaOTTC1231.684
35Alexander EdlerVAND1131.677
36Sergei KostitsynNSHL931.636
37Rick NashCBJR1230.763
38Joffrey LupulTORR1130.471
39James WisniewskiCBJD430.378
40Matt CullenMINC1030.051
41Oliver Ekman-LarssonPHXD1029.970
42Marcus JohanssonWSHC829.678
43Logan CoutureSJSC1029.580
44Dennis WidemanWSHD929.574
45Alexander BurmistrovWPGC1129.473
46Kris VersteegFLAR1129.234
47Martin HanzalPHXC1028.977
48Martin St LouisTBLR1128.910
49Patrick SharpCHIL1128.706
50Ryan OReillyCOLC1128.631
51Viktor StalbergCHIL828.581
52Jim SlaterWPGC928.447
53Steven StamkosTBLC1128.444
54Luke AdamBUFC1028.439
55Shane DoanPHXR1028.190
56Michael FrolikCHIR1128.044
57Jamie BennDALL1127.849
58Ryan SmythEDML1127.769
59David LegwandNSHC1127.758
60Nicklas LidstromDETD927.714
61Radim VrbataPHXR1027.620
62Vinny ProspalCBJL1227.510
63Patrick MarleauSJSL1027.197
64Paul StastnyCOLC1126.955
65Jaromir JagrPHIR1126.878
66Brad RichardsNYRC1026.729
67Max PaciorettyMTLL1126.647
68Ray WhitneyPHXL1026.630
69Joel WardWSHR926.517
70Dany HeatleyMINL1026.514
71Zach PariseNJDL926.452
72Slava VoynovLAKD526.386
73Clarke MacArthurTORL826.165
74Evander KaneWPGL1025.723
75Jason GarrisonFLAD1125.669
76Jason ChimeraWSHL925.648
77Alex PietrangeloSTLD1125.566
78Jeff SkinnerCARC1125.399
79Shawn HorcoffEDMC1125.381
80Patrice BergeronBOSC1024.988
81Mark StreitNYID924.935
82Sami SaloVAND1124.825
83Maxime TalbotPHIC1124.824
84Ryane CloweSJSL1024.615
85Johan FranzenDETR924.520
86Jussi JokinenCARL1124.407
87Guillaume LatendresseMINL924.398
88Olli JokinenCGYC924.384
89Marc-Andre BergeronTBLD1124.359
90David DesharnaisMTLC1124.249
91Ryan SuterNSHD1124.182
92Marian GaborikNYRR1024.071
93Corey PerryANAR1124.047
94Loui ErikssonDALL1124.035
95Mike KnubleWSHR923.920
96Kyle QuinceyCOLD1123.786
97Bobby RyanANAR1123.779
98Craig SmithNSHC1123.742
99Curtis GlencrossCGYL823.661
100Joe ThorntonSJSC1023.585
101Ryan Nugent-HopkinsEDMC1123.498
102Ryan MaloneTBLL1123.313
103James van RiemsdykPHIL1123.218
104Ryan KeslerVANC623.113
105Gabriel LandeskogCOLL1123.103
106Travis MoenMTLL1122.896
107Nick LeddyCHID1122.834
108Scott HartnellPHIL1122.658
109Matt CookePITL1322.631
110Dan BoyleSJSD1022.629
111Danny BrierePHIR1022.542
112Alexander SeminWSHL922.487
113Brandon SutterCARC1122.386
114Nikolai KuleminTORL1122.334
115Brett ClarkTBLD1122.312
116Ryan OByrneCOLD1122.309
117Daniel WinnikCOLL1122.262
118Matt HalischukNSHR1122.181
119Kris LetangPITD1122.141
120Dustin BrownLAKR1122.130
121Teddy PurcellTBLR1022.101
122Matt ReadPHIR1122.095
123Jason ArnottSTLC1121.889
124Tomas PlekanecMTLC1121.675
125Rene BourqueCGYL921.619
126Chris KunitzPITL1321.294
127Chris ProngerPHID821.169
128Adam BurishDALR1021.117
129Michael RyderDALR1121.087
130Colin WilsonNSHC1121.065
131Kent HuskinsSTLD920.913
132Alexandre BurrowsVANL1120.768
133Mike RichardsLAKC1120.603
134Karl AlznerWSHD920.553
135Pascal DupuisPITR1320.543
136Daymond LangkowPHXC1020.482
137Brooks LaichWSHC920.264
138Tyler SeguinBOSC1020.202
139Milan HejdukCOLR1120.121
140Ian WhiteDETD920.083
141Jack JohnsonLAKD1119.808
142Patric HornqvistNSHR1019.728
143Andrei KostitsynMTLL1119.706
144Maxim LapierreVANC1119.627
145Nathan GerbeBUFL1019.475
146Matt DucheneCOLC1119.390
147Vincent LecavalierTBLC1119.307
148Fedor TyutinCBJD1219.071
149Teemu SelanneANAR1119.004
150Nik AntropovWPGC1118.946
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