The View From Wisconsin

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Wednesday, April 09, 2008

2007-08 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE GOALS CREATED/HART TROPHY ALL-STAR TEAMS

It's that time of year again: time for the Goals Created/Hart Trophy Points All-Star Team.

Goals Created are simply points, plus Plus/Minus rating, minus Penalty minutes times the league constant for power-play goals per PIM. In 2007-08, that total was 0.054499. Hart Trophy Points uses that total and another formula (known basically as "Fantasy Points"), and multiplies it by Average Time on Ice, divided by 60.

Goaltenders have a different set of ratings known as Vezina Points and two sets of Hart Trophy Points (one offensive, one for goaltending).

EASTERN CONFERENCE

C – Evgeni Malkin, PIT (82 gp, 137.5 GC, 105.5 HART)

LW – Alex Ovechkin, WAS (82 gp, 138.8 GC, 128.2 HART) [HART POINT WINNER]

RW – Daniel Alfredsson, OTT (70 gp, 103.5 GC, 86.9 HART)

D – Sergei Gonchar, PIT (82 gp, 77.6 GC, 81.3 HART)

D – Zdeno Chara, BOS (78 gp, 64.5 GC, 78.9 HART)

G – Martin Brodeur (77 gp, 4.0 GC, 9.5 OHART, 89.92 GTR, 162.2 VZNA, 55.9 HART)

G – Rick DiPietro (63 gp, 6.0 GC, 16.2 OHART, 78.73 GTR, 91.9 VZNA, 33.6 HART)

WESTERN CONFERENCE

C – Pavel Datsyuk, DET (82 gp, 137.5 GC, 107.1 HART)

LW – Henrik Zetterberg, DET (75 gp, 121.1 GC, 104.4 HART)

RW – Jarome Iginla, CGY (82 gp, 124.2 GC, 107.2 HART)

D – Nicklas Lidstrom, DET (76 gp, 109.7 GC, 106.8 HART) [NORRIS POINT WINNER]

D – Dion Phaneuf, CGY (82 gp, 71.5 GC, 92.2 HART)

G – Evgeni Nabokov, SAN (77 gp, 2.0 GC, 6.9 OHART, 91.22 GTR, 131.4 VZNA, 56.3 HART) [VEZINA POINT WINNER]

G – Marty Turco, DAL (77 gp, 3.0 GC, 9.8 OHART, 85.63 GTR, 100.4 VZNA, 34.7 HART)

HONORABLE MENTION

C – Jason Spezza, OTT (76 gp, 117.4 GC, 94.4 HART)

LW – Dany Heatly, OTT (71 gp, 114.3 GC, 99.4 HART)

RW – Alexei Kovalev, MON (82 gp, 101.1 GC, 83.0 HART)

D – Brian Rafalski, DET (73 gp, 81.5 GC, 77.0 HART)

D – Brian Campbell, SAN (83 gp, 69.7 GC, 64.8 HART)

G – Henrik Lundqvist, NYR (72 gp, 0.0 GC, 0.5 OHART, 87.68 GTR, 128.2 VZNA, 51.1 HART)

G – Tomas Vokoun, FLA (69 gp, 6.0 GC, 12.7 OHART, 80.64 GTR, 106.8 VZNA, 42.1 HART)

C - Nicklas Backstrom, WAS (82 gp, 81.8 GC, 55.7 HART) [CALDER POINT WINNER]

NO-STARS (Min. 40 gp/20 gp in goal)

C – Marcel Goc, SAN (51 gp, -7.0 GC, -2.0 HART)

LW – Brad Larsen, ATL (62 gp, -13.0 GC, -3.5 HART)

RW – Sami Kapanen, PHI (74 gp, -4.0 GC, -0.9 HART)

D – Steve McCarthy, ATL (55 gp, -16.0 GC, -5.2 HART)

D – Matt Jones, PHX (45 gp, -11.0 GC, -4.7 HART)

G – Hannu Toivonen, STL (23 gp, 0.0 GC, 0.4 OHART, 63.60 GTR, 37.4 VZNA, 4.2 HART)

G – Fredrik Norrena, CLB (37 gp, 1.0 GC, 1.8 OHART, 64.42 GTR, 44.9 VZNA, 8.3 HART)

DISHONORABLE MENTIONS:

D – Rory Fitzpatrick, PHI (19 gp, -11.0 GC, -4.1 HART)

D – Garnet Exelby, ATL (79 gp, -14.0 GC, -2.1 HART)