Top 10 in Pool Scoring (Mar. 14)

	Pekka Rinne			G	NAS
	MIN	W	SO	A	P
	3,587	39	4	3	89
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	Steven Stamkos			F	TAM
	GP	G	A		P
	69	50	34		84
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	Evgeni Malkin			F	PIT
	GP	G	A		P
	61	38	46		84
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	Marc-Andre Fleury			G	PIT
	MIN	W	SO	A	P
	3,341	37	3	2	82
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	Henrik Lundqvist			G	NYR
	MIN	W	SO	A	P
	3,088	32	8	1	81
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	Claude Giroux			F	PHI
	GP	G	A		P
	65	25	55		80
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	Jimmy Howard			G	DET
	MIN	W	SO	A	P
	2,923	33	6	1	79
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	Jonathan Quick			G	LOS
	MIN	W	SO	A	P
	3,487	29	7	2	74
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	Jason Spezza			F	OTT
	GP	G	A		P
	70	29	44		73
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	Phil Kessel			F	TOR
	GP	G	A		P
	70	34	38		72

It has been a little while since I have been able to post a top 10 list of pool scoring, the last one was in the middle of January, so a lot has changed since then.  The runaway leader at the time, Jimmy Howard, has dealt with injury and has since dropped down a number of places, but still remains one of the best picks in the pool this season.

It does continue to be a great year for goalies in the draft, as five of the top 10 players are coming from the crease, including our scoring leader, Pekka Rinne, who continues to put up great numbers this year.  The Predators are poised to make a lot of noise in the playoffs and it is on the shoulders of Rinne, who will see if he can translate this wonderful regular season into a playoff performance.

A race for 2nd is going on between a couple of the most dominant players on the scoresheet this season, as Steven Stamkos has now hit 50 goals this season and Evgeni Malkin is letting the Penguins downplay the possible return of Sidney Crosby on Thursday with a monster season.  Stamkos was the 1st overall pick in the draft this year and he is rewarding the pick with an excellent season, even if he is 2nd by way of the tie-break.

Jason Spezza is another notable player on the list, as he has quietly put together a marvellous season in the hockey pools, nearing the 80-point plateau for the first time since the 2008 season.  Spezza has been a huge part of a re-tooled Senators team and a playoff spot is getting much closer.

I think it's quite important to note that only three of the top 10 scorers in the pool today were actually taken in the top 10 of the draft this year... Stamkos (1st), Henrik Lundqvist (2nd) and Marc-Andre Fleury (10th).  Rinne was taken 17th, Malkin was taken 20th, Quick was taken 22nd, Howard was 24th, Giroux was 27th, Spezza waas 77th and Kessel was 89th.