Who led the NHL in points, goals, assists, PP points, shots, W's & save % in the year of 2017?

With the calendar year of 2017 now gone in the wind, it’s time to reflect back on the year that was in the sport of hockey.

There was some amazing performances, like Connor McDavid reaching 100 points during the Oilers final regular season game, Auston Matthews notching 40 goals in his rookie season, and the emergence of the Winnipeg Jets great young group of forwards.

Jump ahead to the just under halfway through the 2017/18 season, and we're witnessing big breakout campaigns from the likes of Nikita Kucherov, Josh Bailey, Blake Wheeler, and superstar rookies Brock Boeser and Mathew Barzal.

So without further to do, here are your calendar leaders for the year of 2017 in points, goals, assists, power play points, shots, wins and save percentage.

POINTS

1. Nikita Kucherov: 106
2. Connor McDavid: 102
3. Patrick Kane and Blake Wheeler: 90
5. John Tavares: 88
6. Mark Scheifele and Nicklas Backstrom: 87
8. Brad Marchand: 86
9. Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby and Josh Bailey: 82

If you asked an average joe off the street that's a hockey fan, chances are they would’ve pick Connor McDavid, and you can’t really fault them for that. But Tampa Bay Lighting winger Nikita Kucherov, who’s formed one of the most lethal combinations in the league alongside Steven Stamkos, finished with a 4 point lead over McDavid and leads the NHL this season with 56 points. The biggest name that jumps out on that list is Josh Bailey, who scoring at the highest rate of his career, and will be one of the most coveted free agents this summer.
 

GOALS

1. Nikita Kucherov: 52
2. Anders Lee and Brad Marchand: 44
4. Alex Ovechkin: 40
5. Auston Matthews, Patrick Kane and Vladimir Tarasenko: 39
8. Filip Forsberg and John Tavares: 38
10. Jeff Skinner: 36

Kucherov has developed into one of the most talented scorers with his wicked release and deadly accuracy, and is right up there with the McDavids, Crosbys and Karlssons in terms of the best overall players in the game. Would you’ve guessed Anders Lee would be that high? And look at Jeff Skinner coming in at 10^th. Skinner doesn’t get nearly enough credit for how good he is, and if he wasn’t playing in Carolina, something tells us he’d be yielding more respect.
 

ASSISTS

1. Connor McDavid: 72
2. Nicklas Backstrom: 65
3. Blake Wheeler: 64
4. Josh Bailey: 62
5. Johnny Gaudreau: 57
6. Claude Giroux: 56
7. Victor Hedman, Jakub Voracek and Mark Scheifele: 55
10. Henrik Zetterberg and Nikita Kucherov: 54

No surprise here from King Connor leading the way. Nicklas Backstrom consistently put up the apples once again. Look at the year that Blake Wheeler had, who owns a fantastic skillset combo of size, speed, and a superb ability to distribute the puck. Henrik Zetterberg had a strong campaign despite being on a Red Wings team that lacks firepower up front. We should note that despite only playing 55 games, Ryan Getzlaf still managed to produce 52 helpers.
 

POWER PLAY POINTS

1. Nikita Kucherov: 41
2. Phil Kessel: 37
3. Nicklas Backstrom: 34
4. David Pastrnak: 32
5. Claude Giroux and Alex Ovechkin: 31
7. Shayne Gostisbehere, Victor Hedman, Sidney Crosby: 30
10. Blake Wheeler: 29

It really was Kucherov’s year, as the sniper made a living on the opposite the side of where Steven Stamkos stands on the Lightning powerplay. Pick your poison as to whom to cover, as it’s really a toss-up since both of them are capable of dishing or shooting at any given time. Flyers defenceman Shayne Gostisbehere has turned into one of the premier power play quarterbacks in the league on a young Flyers defence core that is on pace to be one of the best bluelines in the coming years. David Pastrnak had 30 goals to go along with 48 assists over the year, and is a bonafide steal after being picked 25^th overall in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.

SHOTS

1. Alex Ovechkin: 352
2. Evander Kane: 341
3. Tyler Seguin: 332
4. Vladimir Tarasenko: 329
5. Jack Eichel: 316
6. Brent Burns: 315
7. Max Pacioretty: 308
8. Patrick Kane: 301
9. Patrice Bergeron: 294
10. Jeff Skinner and Nikita Kucherov: 292

Who had Sabres power forward Evander Kane coming in at second with 341 shots on goal? You can bet there will be a long list of teams looking to acquire his services at the trade deadline for a postseason run based on the year he's having, and the rugged style of game he plays.
 

WINS

1. Braden Holtby: 49
2. Frederik Andersen, Cam Talbot, Andrei Vasilevskiy: 38
5. Pekka Rinne: 37
6. Jake Allen, Corey Crawford, Sergei Bobrovsky: 35
8. Devan Dubnyk and Connor Hellebuyck: 34

Well, well, well, Leafs fans. Freddie Andersen is tied for second in 2017 wins, and is surrounded by some of the best goaltenders in the world. It’s no secret that Andersen’s name has been lumped in as a potential Vezina Trophy nominee. Andersen played the most amount of minutes in the crease out all netminders in 2017, falling just 47 seconds shy of 4000. Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck has grabbed the starter’s role in Winnipeg and completely ran with it after the club brought in Steve Mason in the offseason to push the young ‘tendy for the No. 1 job.

SAVE PERCENTAGE (min 55 games played)
 

1. John Gibson: .930
2. Andrei Vasilevskiy: .926
3. Jonathan Quick and Sergei Bobrovsky: .924
5. Pekka Rinne: .922
6. Braden Holtby: .920
7. Corey Crawford and Jake Allen: .919
9. Robin Lehner and James Reimer: .918
 

The Anaheim Ducks, who were decimated with injuries to start the season, can thank netminder John Gibson for holding down the fort. The 24-year-old’s .922 save percentage in the 16/17 season is parallel to his career average, and deserves to be in the Vezina discussion. 

*All stats taken from NHL.com