NHL 2014 Week 21 Player Rankings

The NHL season has completed its 21st week, the Olympics are over, the trade deadline has passed, and here are my bi-weekly player rankings. They are ranked according to goals, assists, points, +/-, PIMs, PPP, SHP, GWG, shots, hits, blocked shots, and faceoff wins; using modified Z-Scores. Statistics were collected up to and including Tuesday March 11.

rank	Name	Team	SCORE
1	Sidney Crosby	PIT	12.5
2	Ryan Getzlaf	ANA	11.2
3	Corey Perry	ANA	10.2
4	Joe Pavelski	SAN	10.2
5	Alex Ovechkin	WAS	10.0
6	Jamie Benn	DAL	9.7
7	Jonathan Toews	CHI	9.7
8	Chris Kunitz	PIT	9.3
9	Claude Giroux	PHI	9.3
10	Anze Kopitar	LOS	9.3
11	Tyler Seguin	DAL	8.9
12	Phil Kessel	TOR	8.8
13	Patrick Sharp	CHI	8.6
14	Patrice Bergeron	BOS	8.6
15	David Krejci	BOS	8.4
16	John Tavares	NYI	8.2
17	Matt Duchene	COL	8.2
18	Evgeni Malkin	PIT	8.1
19	Patrick Kane	CHI	7.9
20	Nicklas Backstrom	WAS	7.8
21	David Backes	STL	7.8
22	Patrick Marleau	SAN	7.6
23	Joe Thornton	SAN	7.6
24	Martin St. Louis	NYR	7.5
25	Alexander Steen	STL	7.4
26	Bryan Little	WPG	7.3
27	Kyle Turris	OTT	7.3
28	Ryan Kesler	VAN	7.2
29	Marian Hossa	CHI	7.2
30	Nathan MacKinnon	COL	7.1
31	Jarome Iginla	BOS	7.1
32	James van Riemsdyk	TOR	7.0
33	Gabriel Landeskog	COL	7.0
34	Milan Lucic	BOS	6.9
35	Jaromir Jagr	NJD	6.8
36	Jeff Carter	LOS	6.7
37	Antoine Vermette	PHO	6.7
38	Brandon Dubinsky	COB	6.6
39	Erik Karlsson	OTT	6.5
40	Kyle Okposo	NYI	6.5
41	Tyler Johnson	TAM	6.5
42	Logan Couture	SAN	6.5
43	Ryan Johansen	COB	6.4
44	Matt Niskanen	PIT	6.4
45	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	6.3
46	Eric Staal	CAR	6.3
47	Blake Wheeler	WPG	6.3
48	Duncan Keith	CHI	6.3
49	P.K. Subban	MON	6.3
50	T.J. Oshie	STL	6.2
51	Max Pacioretty	MON	6.1
52	James Neal	PIT	6.1
53	Paul Stastny	COL	6.1
54	Tomas Plekanec	MON	6.1
55	Ondrej Palat	TAM	5.9
56	Andrew Ladd	WPG	5.8
57	Henrik Zetterberg	DET	5.8
58	Ryan O'Reilly	COL	5.8
59	Taylor Hall	EDM	5.7
60	Tommy Wingels	SAN	5.7
61	Shea Weber	NAS	5.7
62	Jaden Schwartz	STL	5.7
63	Derek Stepan	NYR	5.7
64	Martin Hanzal	PHO	5.6
65	Brad Marchand	BOS	5.6
66	Adam Henrique	NJD	5.5
67	Zach Parise	MIN	5.5
68	Jason Spezza	OTT	5.5
69	Drew Doughty	LOS	5.5
70	Clarke MacArthur	OTT	5.4
71	Brent Seabrook	CHI	5.4
72	Brandon Saad	CHI	5.4
73	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	5.4
74	Bobby Ryan	OTT	5.4
75	Kevin Shattenkirk	STL	5.4
76	Scott Hartnell	PHI	5.4
77	Thomas Vanek	MON	5.3
78	Wayne Simmonds	PHI	5.3
79	Brad Richards	NYR	5.3
80	Brent Burns	SAN	5.2
81	Dion Phaneuf	TOR	5.2
82	Radim Vrbata	PHO	5.2
83	Jussi Jokinen	PIT	5.1
84	Victor Hedman	TAM	5.1
85	Ryan McDonagh	NYR	5.1
86	Jordan Staal	CAR	5.0
87	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	PHO	5.0
88	Jordan Eberle	EDM	5.0
89	Nazem Kadri	TOR	5.0
90	Mats Zuccarello	NYR	4.9
91	Nick Bonino	ANA	4.9
92	Zdeno Chara	BOS	4.9
93	Brayden Schenn	PHI	4.8
94	Jakub Voracek	PHI	4.8
95	Jason Pominville	MIN	4.8
96	Daniel Sedin	VAN	4.8
97	Valtteri Filppula	TAM	4.7
98	Troy Brouwer	WAS	4.7
99	David Perron	EDM	4.7
100	Evander Kane	WPG	4.6
101	Mike Fisher	NAS	4.6
102	Reilly Smith	BOS	4.6
103	Andrei Markov	MON	4.5
104	Nick Foligno	COB	4.5
105	Keith Yandle	PHO	4.5
106	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	EDM	4.4
107	Andrej Sekera	CAR	4.4
108	Jeff Skinner	CAR	4.4
109	Frans Nielsen	NYI	4.4
110	Mike Richards	LOS	4.4
111	Derick Brassard	NYR	4.3
112	Torey Krug	BOS	4.3
113	Mark Giordano	CGY	4.3
114	Andrew Cogliano	ANA	4.3
115	Craig Smith	NAS	4.3
116	David Legwand	DET	4.3
117	Mike Ribeiro	PHO	4.3
118	Andrew Shaw	CHI	4.2
119	Sean Couturier	PHI	4.2
120	Mikael Backlund	CGY	4.2
121	Niklas Kronwall	DET	4.1
122	Chris Kreider	NYR	4.1
123	Alexander Semin	CAR	4.1
124	Travis Zajac	NJD	4.1
125	Brendan Gallagher	MON	4.1
126	Johnny Boychuk	BOS	4.1
127	Erik Johnson	COL	4.0
128	Cam Fowler	ANA	4.0
129	Rick Nash	NYR	4.0
130	Tyler Bozak	TOR	4.0
131	Mikko Koivu	MIN	4.0
132	Henrik Sedin	VAN	4.0
133	Vladimir Tarasenko	STL	4.0
134	Jason Garrison	VAN	3.9
135	Artem Anisimov	COB	3.9
136	John Carlson	WAS	3.9
137	Marek Zidlicky	NJD	3.9
138	Ryan Suter	MIN	3.9
139	Patrik Elias	NJD	3.8
140	Olli Jokinen	WPG	3.8
141	Joel Ward	WAS	3.8
142	James Wisniewski	COB	3.7
143	Alex Killorn	TAM	3.7
144	Chris Higgins	VAN	3.7
145	Johan Franzen	DET	3.7
146	Dustin Penner	WAS	3.7
147	Shane Doan	PHO	3.7
148	Matt Moulson	MIN	3.6
149	Justin Williams	LOS	3.6
150	Jay Bouwmeester	STL	3.6
151	Mark Scheifele	WPG	3.6
152	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	SAN	3.5
153	Joffrey Lupul	TOR	3.5
154	Mason Raymond	TOR	3.5
155	Cam Atkinson	COB	3.5
156	Nino Niederreiter	MIN	3.5
157	David Desharnais	MON	3.5
158	Patrik Berglund	STL	3.4
159	Cody Eakin	DAL	3.3
160	Patric Hornqvist	NAS	3.3
161	Alex Goligoski	DAL	3.3
162	Andy Greene	NJD	3.3
163	R.J. Umberger	COB	3.2
164	Dustin Brown	LOS	3.2
165	Matthew Carle	TAM	3.1
166	Jason Chimera	WAS	3.1
167	Kimmo Timonen	PHI	3.1
168	Mike Green	WAS	3.1
169	Zack Smith	OTT	3.1
170	Jiri Hudler	CGY	3.1
171	Derek Roy	STL	3.1
172	Radko Gudas	TAM	3.1
173	Kevin Bieksa	VAN	3.1
174	Jason Demers	SAN	3.0
175	Scottie Upshall	FLA	3.0
176	Vladimir Sobotka	STL	3.0
177	Antoine Roussel	DAL	3.0
178	Jarret Stoll	LOS	3.0
179	Ben Lovejoy	ANA	3.0
180	Mikkel Boedker	PHO	3.0
181	Pavel Datsyuk	DET	3.0
182	Lars Eller	MON	2.9
183	Daniel Alfredsson	DET	2.9
184	Carl Soderberg	BOS	2.9
185	Jack Johnson	COB	2.9
186	Ryan Callahan	TAM	2.9
187	Tyler Ennis	BUF	2.9
188	Olli Maatta	PIT	2.8
189	Niklas Hjalmarsson	CHI	2.8
190	Ryan Garbutt	DAL	2.8
191	Mathieu Perreault	ANA	2.8
192	Mikael Granlund	MIN	2.8
193	Michael Frolik	WPG	2.8
194	Rich Peverley	DAL	2.8
195	Chris Stewart	BUF	2.8
196	Teddy Purcell	TAM	2.8
197	Matt Cooke	MIN	2.7
198	Marcel Goc	PIT	2.7
199	Nick Bjugstad	FLA	2.7
200	Christian Ehrhoff	BUF	2.7
201	Valeri Nichushkin	DAL	2.7
202	Brian Gionta	MON	2.6
203	Cody Franson	TOR	2.6
204	Slava Voynov	LOS	2.6
205	Justin Abdelkader	DET	2.6
206	Jamie McGinn	COL	2.6
207	Mike Santorelli	VAN	2.6
208	Jake Muzzin	LOS	2.5
209	Benoit Pouliot	NYR	2.5
210	Matt Read	PHI	2.4
211	John Mitchell	COL	2.4
212	Dwight King	LOS	2.4
213	Nathan Gerbe	CAR	2.4
214	Brad Boyes	FLA	2.4
215	Tyson Barrie	COL	2.4
216	Marcus Kruger	CHI	2.3
217	Gustav Nyquist	DET	2.3
218	Hampus Lindholm	ANA	2.3
219	Dan Girardi	NYR	2.3
220	Cody Hodgson	BUF	2.3
221	Mikhail Grabovski	WAS	2.3
222	Francois Beauchemin	ANA	2.3
223	Brandon Sutter	PIT	2.3
224	Devin Setoguchi	WPG	2.3
225	Kyle Palmieri	ANA	2.3
226	Brenden Dillon	DAL	2.3
227	Boone Jenner	COB	2.2
228	Jacob Trouba	WPG	2.2
229	Andrew MacDonald	PHI	2.2
230	Saku Koivu	ANA	2.2
231	Brian Campbell	FLA	2.2
232	Tomas Tatar	DET	2.1
233	Roman Josi	NAS	2.1
234	Brian Boyle	NYR	2.1
235	Tyler Toffoli	LOS	2.1
236	P.A. Parenteau	COL	2.1
237	Mark Letestu	COB	2.0
238	Mark Streit	PHI	2.0
239	Dan Boyle	SAN	2.0
240	Nick Leddy	CHI	2.0
241	Justin Braun	SAN	2.0
242	Steve Ott	STL	1.9
243	Carl Gunnarsson	TOR	1.9
244	Sean Bergenheim	FLA	1.9
245	Eric Gelinas	NJD	1.9
246	Nate Thompson	TAM	1.9
247	Erik Cole	DAL	1.9
248	Carl Hagelin	NYR	1.9
249	Marcus Johansson	WAS	1.8
250	Andre Benoit	COL	1.8
251	Justin Faulk	CAR	1.8
252	Kris Versteeg	CHI	1.8
253	Steve Downie	PHI	1.8
254	Drew Stafford	BUF	1.8
255	Fedor Tyutin	COB	1.8
256	Cal Clutterbuck	NYI	1.8
257	Sean Monahan	CGY	1.7
258	Michael Ryder	NJD	1.7
259	Tomas Hertl	SAN	1.7
260	Dan Hamhuis	VAN	1.7
261	Marc Methot	OTT	1.7
262	Max Talbot	COL	1.7
263	Colin Wilson	NAS	1.7
264	Eric Fehr	WAS	1.7
265	Jiri Tlusty	CAR	1.6
266	Barret Jackman	STL	1.6
267	Boyd Gordon	EDM	1.6
268	Lee Stempniak	PIT	1.6
269	Mark Stuart	WPG	1.6
270	Kyle Brodziak	MIN	1.6
271	Daniel Winnik	ANA	1.6
272	Michael Grabner	NYI	1.5
273	Steven Stamkos	TAM	1.5
274	Gregory Campbell	BOS	1.5
275	Jan Hejda	COL	1.5
276	Nick Spaling	NAS	1.5
277	Dainius Zubrus	NJD	1.5
278	Matt Stajan	CGY	1.5
279	Sam Gagner	EDM	1.5
280	Jake Gardiner	TOR	1.4
281	Vincent Lecavalier	PHI	1.4
282	Matt Martin	NYI	1.4
283	Matt Cullen	NAS	1.4
284	Tom Gilbert	FLA	1.4
285	Kris Russell	CGY	1.4
286	Ales Hemsky	OTT	1.4
287	Aleksander Barkov	FLA	1.3
288	Lauri Korpikoski	PHO	1.3
289	Alex Chiasson	DAL	1.3
290	Dougie Hamilton	BOS	1.3
291	Mika Zibanejad	OTT	1.3
292	Robyn Regehr	LOS	1.3
293	Braydon Coburn	PHI	1.2
294	Loui Eriksson	BOS	1.2
295	Paul Gaustad	NAS	1.2
296	Nikolai Kulemin	TOR	1.2
297	Thomas Hickey	NYI	1.2
298	Brad Richardson	VAN	1.2
299	T.J. Brodie	CGY	1.2
300	Marcus Foligno	BUF	1.2
301	Derek MacKenzie	COB	1.2
302	Zemgus Girgensons	BUF	1.2
303	David Moss	PHO	1.1
304	Matt Irwin	SAN	1.1
305	Milan Michalek	OTT	1.1
306	Brandon Bollig	CHI	1.1
307	Tobias Enstrom	WPG	1.1
308	Ryan Ellis	NAS	1.1
309	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	1.1
310	Matt Bartkowski	BOS	1.1
311	Jordie Benn	DAL	1.1
312	Rob Klinkhammer	PHO	1.1
313	Josh Gorges	MON	1.1
314	Christopher Tanev	VAN	1.0
315	Andrew Desjardins	SAN	1.0
316	Jared Cowen	OTT	1.0
317	Michael Stone	PHO	1.0
318	Jonathan Huberdeau	FLA	1.0
319	Patrick Dwyer	CAR	1.0
320	Derek Morris	PHO	1.0
321	Alex Galchenyuk	MON	1.0
322	Michael Raffl	PHI	1.0
323	Dany Heatley	MIN	1.0
324	Ray Whitney	DAL	0.9
325	Riley Nash	CAR	0.9
326	David Jones	CGY	0.9
327	Tyler Myers	BUF	0.9
328	Charlie Coyle	MIN	0.9
329	Luke Schenn	PHI	0.8
330	Danny DeKeyser	DET	0.8
331	Matt Beleskey	ANA	0.8
332	Bryan Allen	ANA	0.8
333	Brenden Morrow	STL	0.8
334	Tomas Fleischmann	FLA	0.8
335	Roman Polak	STL	0.8
336	Zach Bogosian	WPG	0.8
337	Michael Cammalleri	CGY	0.8
338	Nikita Nikitin	COB	0.8
339	Tuomo Ruutu	NJD	0.8
340	Brock Nelson	NYI	0.8
341	Nicklas Grossmann	PHI	0.8
342	Travis Hamonic	NYI	0.8
343	Marco Scandella	MIN	0.8
344	Johnny Oduya	CHI	0.7
345	Pascal Dupuis	PIT	0.7
346	Brooks Orpik	PIT	0.7
347	Dominic Moore	NYR	0.7
348	Chris Neil	OTT	0.7
349	Ryan Murray	COB	0.7
350	Brad Stuart	SAN	0.7
351	Martin Erat	PHO	0.7
352	Teemu Selanne	ANA	0.6
353	Sergei Gonchar	DAL	0.6
354	Colin Greening	OTT	0.6
355	Karl Alzner	WAS	0.6
356	Pat Maroon	ANA	0.6
357	Vernon Fiddler	DAL	0.6
358	Kris Letang	PIT	0.6
359	Cory Conacher	BUF	0.6
360	Seth Jones	NAS	0.6
361	Shawn Horcoff	DAL	0.6
362	Jay McClement	TOR	0.5
363	Morgan Rielly	TOR	0.5
364	Jonas Brodin	MIN	0.5
365	Daniel Briere	MON	0.5
366	Casey Cizikas	NYI	0.5
367	Manny Malhotra	CAR	0.5
368	Jannik Hansen	VAN	0.5
369	Ryan Smyth	EDM	0.5
370	Dennis Wideman	CGY	0.5
371	Brooks Laich	WAS	0.4
372	Matthew Nieto	SAN	0.4
373	Justin Schultz	EDM	0.4
374	Eric Brewer	TAM	0.4
375	Brandon Prust	MON	0.4
376	Josh Bailey	NYI	0.4
377	Shawn Matthias	VAN	0.4
378	Andrej Meszaros	BOS	0.4
379	Nick Holden	COL	0.3
380	Matt Calvert	COB	0.3
381	Dmitry Kulikov	FLA	0.3
382	Jeff Petry	EDM	0.3
383	Zack Kassian	VAN	0.3
384	Alec Martinez	LOS	0.3
385	Andrew Ference	EDM	0.3
386	Lance Bouma	CGY	0.3
387	Tanner Glass	PIT	0.3
388	John Moore	NYR	0.3
389	Jesse Winchester	FLA	0.2
390	Daniel Paille	BOS	0.2
391	Joe Colborne	CGY	0.2
392	Zbynek Michalek	PHO	0.2
393	Chris Phillips	OTT	0.2
394	Ben Smith	CHI	0.2
395	Ryan Stanton	VAN	0.2
396	Tyler Kennedy	SAN	0.2
397	Patrick Wiercioch	OTT	0.2
398	Mark Arcobello	EDM	0.2
399	Trevor Daley	DAL	0.2
400	Justin Fontaine	MIN	0.1
401	Nikita Kucherov	TAM	0.1
402	Kyle Quincey	DET	0.1
403	Alexander Edler	VAN	0.1
404	Maxim Lapierre	STL	0.1
405	David Savard	COB	0.1
406	Erik Gudbranson	FLA	0.1
407	Eric Nystrom	NAS	0.1
408	Matt Hendricks	EDM	0.1
409	Ron Hainsey	CAR	0.1
410	Chris Kelly	BOS	0.0
411	Jay Harrison	CAR	0.0
412	Willie Mitchell	LOS	0.0
413	Tom Wilson	WAS	0.0
414	Trevor Lewis	LOS	0.0
415	Rene Bourque	MON	0.0
416	Eric Gryba	OTT	0.0
417	Drew Miller	DET	0.0
418	Sami Vatanen	ANA	-0.1
419	Michael Del Zotto	NAS	-0.1
420	Darren Helm	DET	-0.1
421	David Clarkson	TOR	-0.1
422	Nail Yakupov	EDM	-0.1
423	Cody McLeod	COL	-0.1
424	Jonathan Ericsson	DET	-0.1
425	Sami Salo	TAM	-0.1
426	Brendan Smith	DET	-0.2
427	Kyle Clifford	LOS	-0.2
428	Ladislav Smid	CGY	-0.2
429	Paul Ranger	TOR	-0.2
430	Dennis Seidenberg	BOS	-0.2
431	Scott Hannan	SAN	-0.3
432	Blake Comeau	COB	-0.3
433	Deryk Engelland	PIT	-0.3
434	Damien Brunner	NJD	-0.3
435	Nate Guenin	COL	-0.3
436	Gabriel Bourque	NAS	-0.3
437	Michal Handzus	CHI	-0.3
438	Chris Butler	CGY	-0.3
439	Ian Cole	STL	-0.3
440	Ryan Malone	TAM	-0.4
441	Alexei Emelin	MON	-0.4
442	Jakob Silfverberg	ANA	-0.4
443	David Schlemko	PHO	-0.4
444	Joe Vitale	PIT	-0.4
445	Cory Sarich	COL	-0.4
446	Calvin de Haan	NYI	-0.4
447	J.T. Brown	TAM	-0.4
448	Chris Thorburn	WPG	-0.4
449	Joakim Andersson	DET	-0.4
450	Mark Barberio	TAM	-0.4
451	Tom Sestito	VAN	-0.5
452	Michael Bournival	MON	-0.5
453	Raphael Diaz	NYR	-0.5
454	Travis Moen	MON	-0.5
455	Tomas Kopecky	FLA	-0.5
456	David Booth	VAN	-0.5
457	Stephen Gionta	NJD	-0.5
458	Steve Oleksy	WAS	-0.5
459	Brian Flynn	BUF	-0.5
460	James Sheppard	SAN	-0.6
461	Ryane Clowe	NJD	-0.6
462	Mark Fistric	ANA	-0.6
463	T.J. Galiardi	CGY	-0.6
464	Anton Volchenkov	NJD	-0.6
465	Craig Adams	PIT	-0.6
466	Adam McQuaid	BOS	-0.7
467	Jamie McBain	BUF	-0.7
468	Erik Condra	OTT	-0.7
469	Matt Greene	LOS	-0.7
470	Viktor Stalberg	NAS	-0.7
471	Shawn Thornton	BOS	-0.7
472	Paul Martin	PIT	-0.7
473	Brandon Pirri	FLA	-0.7
474	Emerson Etem	ANA	-0.7
475	Anton Stralman	NYR	-0.7
476	Todd Bertuzzi	DET	-0.7
477	Kyle Chipchura	PHO	-0.8
478	Nathan Horton	COB	-0.8
479	B.J. Crombeen	TAM	-0.8
480	Patrick Bordeleau	COL	-0.8
481	Bryan Bickell	CHI	-0.8
482	Mark Fayne	NJD	-0.8
483	Dave Bolland	TOR	-0.8
484	Marc Staal	NYR	-0.8
485	Dan Carcillo	NYR	-0.8
486	Dale Weise	MON	-0.8
487	Steve Bernier	NJD	-0.8
488	Jordan Nolan	LOS	-0.9
489	Peter Holland	TOR	-0.9
490	Colin McDonald	NYI	-0.9
491	Ryan Murphy	CAR	-0.9
492	Ryan Reaves	STL	-0.9
493	Andrei Loktionov	CAR	-0.9
494	Corey Tropp	COB	-1.0
495	Brett Bellemore	CAR	-1.0
496	Matt D'Agostini	BUF	-1.0
497	Dylan Olsen	FLA	-1.0
498	Kevan Miller	BOS	-1.0
499	Kevin Klein	NYR	-1.0
500	Brian McGrattan	CGY	-1.1