2013 NHL Individual Statistical Leaders

With only five NHL trophies awarded for statistical achievement alone (Art Ross, Rocket Richard, Plus-Minus, Jennings, Crozier), plenty of regular season accomplishments escape recognition at the NHL Awards.  The individual statistical leaders for the 2013 NHL regular season are shown below.

--------------------SKATERS

Statistic	Leader
Points	St. Louis (60)
Points/Game	Crosby (1.56)
Points - Even Strength	E. Staal (43)
Points - Powerplay	Ovechkin, Ribeiro (27)
Points - Shorthanded	Stepan, Stempniak, Kovalchuk (4)
Goals	Ovechkin (32)
Goals/Game	Ovechkin (.67)
Goals - Even Strength	Stamkos, Toews, Tavares, Tlusty (19)
Goals - Powerplay	Ovechkin (16)
Goals - Shorthanded	Kovalchuk (4)
Goals - Game Winning	Carter (8)
Goals - Empty Net	Wheeler, Tlusty (4)
Assists	St. Louis (43)
Assists/Game	Crosby (1.14)
Shots	Ovechkin (220)
Shots Missed	Ovechkin (98)
Plus/Minus	Dupuis (31)
Penalty - Minutes	Orr (155)
Penalty - Minor	Burrows, Neil (27)
Penalty - Major	Crombeen (14)
Penalty - Game Misconduct	Clowe, Zolnierczyk (2)
Time On Ice (TOI)	Suter (1,309:25)
TOI/Game	Suter (27:16)
TOI/Shift	Letang, Green (1:00)
Shifts	Doughty (1,544)
Shifts/Game	Pietrangelo (32.4)
Faceoff %	Bergeron (62.1)
Giveaways	Phaneuf (53)
Takeaways	Datsyuk, Toews (56)
Blocked Shots	Girardi (125)
Hits	Martin (234)

--------------------GOALIES

Statistic	Leader
Wins	Lundqvist, Niemi, Backstrom (24)
Losses	Varlamov (21)
Shots Faced	Miller (1,270)
Saves	Miller (1,162)
Goals Against	Pavelec (119)
Goals Against Average	Anderson (1.69)
Save Percentage	Anderson (.941)
Shutouts	Howard, Rask, Schneider, Rinne, Smith (5)
Time On Ice	Niemi (2,580:46)

Perhaps one day the NHL will expand their annual awards selection to recognize more leaders of these statistical categories. Until then, we'll leave it up to the voters to determine who's ripe for recognition.