Each year, teams pursue the elusive object of a now century old obsession: Lord Stanley’s Cup. Along the way, their core competencies reveal themselves within the National Hockey League’s team statistics. If you asked any team whether they set out to lead the league in goals or penalty kill %. They would tell you the same thing: “We just want to win the Stanley Cup”. The Nashville Predators would agree.
Despite few actually trying to lead a particular statistical category, data inevitably filters in and leaders rise to the top. Here are the general categories that are tracked (excluding anything that is a negative honor): Wins, Points, Goals For, Power Play Conversion Percentage, Penalty Kill Percentage, Power Play Goals, Short Handed Goals, Shots Per Game and Hits.