100 Primary Points

[morehockeystats]

In hockey you need score AT LEAST one more goal than opposing team to WIN in a game. Minimum winning condition in a game of hockey is 1-0. Someone must physically do that. Ice ballet with a puck without scoring a goal would be nice to see, but it wouldn't be hockey.

Same apply to playoffs hockey. No disagreement here.

A team wherein are no goal scoring player(s) cannot ever win a single game (under normal conditions, not including out-of-hockey punishments and forfeits), and without a goal there are no guys to be awarded with 1st or 2nd assist either. In 100% of example cases that compose the entire historical data set of game statistics of the Game of Hockey. No disagreements here.

ADD: I can understand if people argue for things being bad or not good as they could be. I don't understand why anyone would argue against clear improvements in statistics of hockey, as if and when the game of hockey is about winning as a team, why anyone should even bother to count something like individual stats, including points. Answer to that is obvious, but it isn't that obvious why counting is continued to be made in way that doesn't allow better statistics for comparisons, even if and when this is what is widely desired goal and even more widely utilized mean for such things. If there are no need to statistically analyze a player in comparison to another, then there are no need for individual stats either. This clearly isn't the case, nor desire.

If someone got 100 points, it means that person participated in 100 goals.

 

[RageQuit77]

If someone got 100 points, it means that person participated in 100 goals.

More or less. Usually more. Sometimes a lot more (relatively).

With assists things go messy and inaccurate only because how they are awarded or not awarded. Then often there are also situations were a goal scorers actual contribution (measured in points) should be 2, not 1 as he de facto made 2nd pass before the goal, but got no credit for it (only 1 "contribution point"). Then there are uncredited touches that clearly impacted to a chance of incoming goal. There are also puckless plays that can be easily and objectively judged as critical factor for a goal following after/simultaneously, but by assist awarding criteria they aren't recognized. 3rd and 4th passes can some time be the key of oncoming goal, but regardless of circumstances they are never awarded. Sometimes 1st assist is just a play that occurred long time before actual goal scored, sometimes in way it has near zero meaning or role in the goal. And so forth.

It's not perfect system, but it could easily be much more. Separation of different point types should be a minimum level of future improvements. Every stuff that makes things in these things more transparent is very well welcomed.

For those who take a stance of "in defense of elite playmaker" I just note that such players are probably those who suffer from this current system most.

 

[morehockeystats]

More or less. Usually more. Sometimes a lot more (relatively).

With assists things go messy and inaccurate only because how they are awarded or not awarded. Then often there are also situations were a goal scorers actual contribution (measured in points) should be 2, not 1 as he de facto made 2nd pass before the goal, but got no credit for it (only 1 "contribution point"). Then there are uncredited touches that clearly impacted to a chance of incoming goal. There are also puckless plays that can be easily and objectively judged as critical factor for a goal following after/simultaneously, but by assist awarding criteria they aren't recognized. 3rd and 4th passes can some time be the key of oncoming goal, but regardless of circumstances they are never awarded. Sometimes 1st assist is just a play that occurred long time before actual goal scored, sometimes in way it has near zero meaning or role in the goal. And so forth.

It's not perfect system, but it could easily be much more. Separation of different point types should be a minimum level of future improvements. Every stuff that makes things in these things more transparent is very well welcomed.

For those who take a stance of "in defense of elite playmaker" I just note that such players are probably those who suffer from this current system most.

Never less. At least.
That's not the point. For people who get 100 points a season, one way or another, they're great hockey players regardless - and the tiebreaker between them is justifiably the Shiny Thingy; for players who get 30 points a year and might've been bumped by 5-6 accidental secondary assists the points total is rarely a factor.

And then there're offensive defensemen that are the main beneficiaries of secondary assists (especially the PP quarterbacks) - should we devalue their dispatching work?

 

[authentic]

McDavid is on pace for 100 primary points

What did he end up with?

 

[TGWL]

What did he end up with?

98 i think. 42 goals 56 assist. Probably would have gotten it if he played 82 games. McDavid played 79 games.

 

[authentic]

98 i think. 42 goals 56 assist. Probably would have gotten it if he played 82 games. McDavid played 79 games.

78 actually so he would've done it easily.

 

[tabness]

So this year, both McDavid and Draisaitl have comfortably cleared 100 primary points. Nobody else though. First time in the new NHL era since Ovechkin in 2007-2008.

Draisaitl has 109 (78 games) and McDavid is at 123 (80 games), 2 primary points away from being only behind Gretzky and Lemieux. Just as he has a shot to pass Yzerman in total points in a season, he has the same shot with primary points.

name	season	primary points	games played	goals	points
Wayne Gretzky	1981-1982	181	80	92	212
Wayne Gretzky	1983-1984	177	74	87	205
Wayne Gretzky	1984-1985	171	80	73	208
Wayne Gretzky	1985-1986	164	80	52	215
Wayne Gretzky	1982-1983	164	80	71	196
Mario Lemieux	1988-1989	155	76	85	199
Wayne Gretzky	1986-1987	154	79	62	183
Wayne Gretzky	1980-1981	129	80	55	164
Mario Lemieux	1987-1988	127	77	70	168
Mario Lemieux	1995-1996	125	70	69	161
Mario Lemieux	1992-1993	124	60	69	160
Steve Yzerman	1988-1989	124	80	65	155
Connor McDavid	2022-2023	123	80	64	151
Wayne Gretzky	1990-1991	122	78	41	163
Phil Esposito	1970-1971	122	78	76	152
Bernie Nicholls	1988-1989	121	79	70	150
Pat LaFontaine	1992-1993	121	84	53	148
Wayne Gretzky	1988-1989	120	78	54	168
Mike Bossy	1981-1982	117	80	64	147
Phil Esposito	1973-1974	117	78	68	145
Dennis Maruk	1981-1982	116	80	60	136
Wayne Gretzky	1987-1988	114	64	40	149
Marcel Dionne	1979-1980	113	80	53	137
Pierre Turgeon	1992-1993	113	83	58	132
Brett Hull	1990-1991	113	78	86	131
Mario Lemieux	1985-1986	112	79	48	141
Jaromir Jagr	1995-1996	111	82	62	149
Guy Lafleur	1976-1977	111	80	56	136
Peter Stastny	1981-1982	110	80	46	139
Steve Yzerman	1992-1993	110	84	58	137
Jari Kurri	1984-1985	110	73	71	135
Guy Lafleur	1977-1978	110	78	60	132
Kent Nilsson	1980-1981	110	80	49	131
Dale Hawerchuk	1984-1985	109	80	53	130
Leon Draisaitl	2022-2023	109	78	51	124

Karlsson for his part, at this point only has Coffey and Orr ahead of him in terms of primary points for 100 point defenseman seasons:

• Paul Coffey 1985-1986 104
• Bobby Orr 1970-1971 86
• Paul Coffey 1988-1989 86
• Bobby Orr 1974-1975 85
• Paul Coffey 1983-1984 85
• Bobby Orr 1969-1970 84
• Bobby Orr 1973-1974 78
• Paul Coffey 1984-1985 76
• Bobby Orr 1971-1972 74
• Paul Coffey 1989-1990 71
• Bobby Orr 1972-1973 68
• Erik Karlsson 2022-2023 67
• Al MacInnis 1990-1991 64
• Denis Potvin 1978-1979 63
• Brian Leetch 1991-1992 62

 

[tabness]

So McDavid does finish with 124 primary points. Draisaitl finishes with 112 primary points, and his 87.5% primary rate has got to be there among the highest among 100 point/100 primary point players.

Pastrnak and Rantanen were the next closest this year with 92 and 91 primary points.

 

[kugelbahn]

Interesting, so McD improved from
44 G, 49 A1, 30 A2
to
64G, 60 A1, 29 A2
from last season to this one.
20 G improvement and 11 A1 improvement vs no change in A2.
He was definitely driving scoring more and breakdown shows random nature of A2.

 

[bobbyking]

primary ppg points have an asterisk jk

 

[Bear of Bad News]

primary ppg points have an asterisk jk

Good one.

 

[McFlash97]

So this year, both McDavid and Draisaitl have comfortably cleared 100 primary points. Nobody else though. First time in the new NHL era since Ovechkin in 2007-2008.

Draisaitl has 109 (78 games) and McDavid is at 123 (80 games), 2 primary points away from being only behind Gretzky and Lemieux. Just as he has a shot to pass Yzerman in total points in a season, he has the same shot with primary points.

name	season	primary points	games played	goals	points
Wayne Gretzky	1981-1982	181	80	92	212
Wayne Gretzky	1983-1984	177	74	87	205
Wayne Gretzky	1984-1985	171	80	73	208
Wayne Gretzky	1985-1986	164	80	52	215
Wayne Gretzky	1982-1983	164	80	71	196
Mario Lemieux	1988-1989	155	76	85	199
Wayne Gretzky	1986-1987	154	79	62	183
Wayne Gretzky	1980-1981	129	80	55	164
Mario Lemieux	1987-1988	127	77	70	168
Mario Lemieux	1995-1996	125	70	69	161
Mario Lemieux	1992-1993	124	60	69	160
Steve Yzerman	1988-1989	124	80	65	155
Connor McDavid	2022-2023	123	80	64	151
Wayne Gretzky	1990-1991	122	78	41	163
Phil Esposito	1970-1971	122	78	76	152
Bernie Nicholls	1988-1989	121	79	70	150
Pat LaFontaine	1992-1993	121	84	53	148
Wayne Gretzky	1988-1989	120	78	54	168
Mike Bossy	1981-1982	117	80	64	147
Phil Esposito	1973-1974	117	78	68	145
Dennis Maruk	1981-1982	116	80	60	136
Wayne Gretzky	1987-1988	114	64	40	149
Marcel Dionne	1979-1980	113	80	53	137
Pierre Turgeon	1992-1993	113	83	58	132
Brett Hull	1990-1991	113	78	86	131
Mario Lemieux	1985-1986	112	79	48	141
Jaromir Jagr	1995-1996	111	82	62	149
Guy Lafleur	1976-1977	111	80	56	136
Peter Stastny	1981-1982	110	80	46	139
Steve Yzerman	1992-1993	110	84	58	137
Jari Kurri	1984-1985	110	73	71	135
Guy Lafleur	1977-1978	110	78	60	132
Kent Nilsson	1980-1981	110	80	49	131
Dale Hawerchuk	1984-1985	109	80	53	130
Leon Draisaitl	2022-2023	109	78	51	124

Karlsson for his part, at this point only has Coffey and Orr ahead of him in terms of primary points for 100 point defenseman seasons:

• Paul Coffey 1985-1986 104
• Bobby Orr 1970-1971 86
• Paul Coffey 1988-1989 86
• Bobby Orr 1974-1975 85
• Paul Coffey 1983-1984 85
• Bobby Orr 1969-1970 84
• Bobby Orr 1973-1974 78
• Paul Coffey 1984-1985 76
• Bobby Orr 1971-1972 74
• Paul Coffey 1989-1990 71
• Bobby Orr 1972-1973 68
• Erik Karlsson 2022-2023 67
• Al MacInnis 1990-1991 64
• Denis Potvin 1978-1979 63
• Brian Leetch 1991-1992 62

People don't realize just how insane 104 primary points for a defenseman is. That is mind boggling. Coffeys dominance is seriously underrated.

 

[kugelbahn]

Speaking of points, anybody tried to use ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence (https://chat.openai.com) to ask questions about points?
I did, here is Q/A
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Me: In NHL points are sum of goal, primary and secondary assists. What should be statistical weight for adjusted points to account for goals and assists values?

AI: In order to assign statistical weights to goals, primary assists, and secondary assists to calculate adjusted points in the NHL, we need to consider the relative contribution of each event to a team's success in scoring goals and winning games. Historically, goals have been considered the most significant contribution to a team's offense, while assists, both primary and secondary, are seen as supportive contributions. However, the exact statistical weights to be used can be a matter of debate and could depend on various factors, including the specific context and era of the game.

One common approach to determining statistical weights for adjusted points is to analyze historical data to understand the impact of goals, primary assists, and secondary assists on a team's ability to score goals and win games. Regression analysis and other statistical methods can be used to determine how much each event contributes to a team's offensive success.

While the exact weights may vary depending on the data and methodology used, a typical rule of thumb used in the past is:

- Goals: 1 point
- Primary Assists: 0.5 points
- Secondary Assists: 0.25 points

This implies that a goal is considered twice as valuable as a primary assist and four times as valuable as a secondary assist. However, it's essential to note that these weights are not set in stone and can be adjusted based on the specific analysis and objectives.

Additionally, some modern analytics might consider advanced metrics like Expected Goals (xG) and Expected Primary Assists (xPA) to further fine-tune the statistical weights, taking into account shot quality and other factors that can influence the likelihood of a goal being scored.

Ultimately, the choice of statistical weights for adjusted points should aim to capture the true offensive contributions of players accurately and fairly, and it should be based on sound statistical analysis and an understanding of the game's dynamics.

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This is actually the formula I use most of the time, I am impressed

 

[morehockeystats]

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[tabness]

So two new additions the the 100 primary point club, Kucherov (106) and MacKinnon (101). McDavid (94) and Matthews (93) were next closest.

name	season	primary points	games played	goals	points
Wayne Gretzky	1981-1982	181	80	92	212
Wayne Gretzky	1983-1984	177	74	87	205
Wayne Gretzky	1984-1985	171	80	73	208
Wayne Gretzky	1985-1986	164	80	52	215
Wayne Gretzky	1982-1983	164	80	71	196
Mario Lemieux	1988-1989	155	76	85	199
Wayne Gretzky	1986-1987	154	79	62	183
Wayne Gretzky	1980-1981	129	80	55	164
Mario Lemieux	1987-1988	127	77	70	168
Mario Lemieux	1995-1996	125	70	69	161
Mario Lemieux	1992-1993	124	60	69	160
Steve Yzerman	1988-1989	124	80	65	155
Connor McDavid	2022-2023	124	82	64	153
Wayne Gretzky	1990-1991	122	78	41	163
Phil Esposito	1970-1971	122	78	76	152
Bernie Nicholls	1988-1989	121	79	70	150
Pat LaFontaine	1992-1993	121	84	53	148
Wayne Gretzky	1988-1989	120	78	54	168
Mike Bossy	1981-1982	117	80	64	147
Phil Esposito	1973-1974	117	78	68	145
Dennis Maruk	1981-1982	116	80	60	136
Wayne Gretzky	1987-1988	114	64	40	149
Marcel Dionne	1979-1980	113	80	53	137
Pierre Turgeon	1992-1993	113	83	58	132
Brett Hull	1990-1991	113	78	86	131
Mario Lemieux	1985-1986	112	79	48	141
Jaromir Jagr	1995-1996	111	82	62	149
Guy Lafleur	1976-1977	111	80	56	136
Peter Stastny	1981-1982	110	80	46	139
Steve Yzerman	1992-1993	110	84	58	137
Jari Kurri	1984-1985	110	73	71	135
Guy Lafleur	1977-1978	110	78	60	132
Kent Nilsson	1980-1981	110	80	49	131
Dale Hawerchuk	1984-1985	109	80	53	130
Leon Draisaitl	2022-2023	109	80	52	128
Phil Esposito	1971-1972	108	76	66	133
Jari Kurri	1985-1986	108	78	68	131
Denis Savard	1987-1988	107	80	44	131
Nikita Kucherov	2023-2024	106	81	44	144
Adam Oates	1992-1993	106	84	45	142
Teemu Selanne	1992-1993	106	84	76	132
Phil Esposito	1972-1973	106	78	55	130
Bryan Trottier	1978-1979	105	76	47	134
Alexander Mogilny	1992-1993	105	77	76	127
Mike Bossy	1985-1986	105	80	61	123
Michel Goulet	1983-1984	105	75	56	122
Paul Coffey	1985-1986	104	79	48	138
Mario Lemieux	1991-1992	104	64	44	131
Steve Yzerman	1989-1990	104	79	62	127
Wayne Gretzky	1989-1990	103	73	40	142
Phil Esposito	1974-1975	103	79	61	127
Phil Esposito	1968-1969	103	74	49	126
Marcel Dionne	1980-1981	102	80	58	135
Mike Bossy	1978-1979	102	80	69	126
Mike Bossy	1984-1985	102	76	58	117
Nathan MacKinnon	2023-2024	101	82	51	140
Marcel Dionne	1978-1979	101	80	59	130
Mark Messier	1989-1990	101	79	45	129
Jaromir Jagr	2005-2006	101	82	54	123
Mike Bossy	1980-1981	101	79	68	119
Alex Ovechkin	2007-2008	101	82	65	112
Wayne Gretzky	1979-1980	100	79	51	137
Guy Lafleur	1979-1980	100	74	50	125
Sergei Fedorov	1993-1994	100	82	56	120
Mike Bossy	1982-1983	100	79	60	118

 

[FissionFire]

Wouldn’t have expected to see Ovechkin or Federico on this list without Crosby or McDavid.

 

[jigglysquishy]

Wouldn’t have expected to see Ovechkin or Federico on this list without Crosby or McDavid.

McDavid hit 124 primary points in 2023.

 

[Golden_Jet]

I have been wanting to gather all the boxscore data throughout the history of the NHL for a long time now but the data has never been readily available until recently. It is now available through the NHL statsapi but I hate computers and suck at using them (despite being a product manager in tech lolol) so gathering that data has been going slowly for me (if anyone knows how to wait for all asynchronous calls to complete before taking the next action in Swift please hit me up). What I have noticed is that there are enough games in many older seasons straight up missing in the NHL statsapi even now and it would be too tedious to manually get the missing data from newspapers or the Hockey Summary Project.

So I'm still waiting on getting all of the boxscore data but recently I checked out Hockey Reference and saw that they had expanded their scoring logs to the 1987-1988 season (before they only used to have scoring logs from the 2005-2006 season and then they put playoff scoring logs for seasons before that). This was super cool but I found something even cooler: you can get scoring logs for seasons even before 1987-1988 as all you have to do is change the season in the URL manually (Gordie Howe 1968-69 Scoring Log | Hockey-Reference.com). This works back to at least the 1968-1969 season for some players at least (I don't know if the data is complete or fully accurate before 1987-1988 but it seemed to check out in all the examples I used).

Now the scoring logs don't contain full boxscore data and it is against the terms of service to go and scrape the site so I can't use it for everything I had in mind but I did go through and check on something I had always wondered about: second assists affecting scoring.

There has been a lot of talk recently about second assists. Sometimes I think it would have been better if hockey awarded assists like basketball (the issues with subjective scorekeeping exist for other stats as well). While I do think that there are other factors to consider in drawing conclusions from points many of which may be more important (player role/team style/linemates/teammates/era/coaching/opponent factors/position) my guess is that primary points in general offer a better indication of direct offensive involvement than points alone just as points in general offer a better indication of direct offensive involvement than on ice goals for.

I ended up choosing 100 points as a benchmark (arbitrary but still a commonly used milestone) and checked the numbers of every player with a 100 point season.

This was done manually so there may be errors in transcription. Any corrections are appreciated.

Please note that I did not attempt to correct for any issues in actually granting assists. Sometimes assists are granted when they should not be (even though apparently it was technically not necessary to touch the puck to get an assist at least as late as 1992-1993 and maybe even later) and sometimes the scorers incorrectly award assists though recently it appears that the NHL fixes these issues more.

So here are the 100 primary point scorers:

name	season	primary points	games played	goals	points
Wayne Gretzky	1981-1982	181	80	92	212
Wayne Gretzky	1983-1984	177	74	87	205
Wayne Gretzky	1984-1985	171	80	73	208
Wayne Gretzky	1985-1986	164	80	52	215
Wayne Gretzky	1982-1983	164	80	71	196
Mario Lemieux	1988-1989	155	76	85	199
Wayne Gretzky	1986-1987	154	79	62	183
Wayne Gretzky	1980-1981	129	80	55	164
Mario Lemieux	1987-1988	127	77	70	168
Mario Lemieux	1995-1996	125	70	69	161
Mario Lemieux	1992-1993	124	60	69	160
Steve Yzerman	1988-1989	124	80	65	155
Wayne Gretzky	1990-1991	122	78	41	163
Phil Esposito	1970-1971	122	78	76	152
Bernie Nicholls	1988-1989	121	79	70	150
Pat LaFontaine	1992-1993	121	84	53	148
Wayne Gretzky	1988-1989	120	78	54	168
Mike Bossy	1981-1982	117	80	64	147
Phil Esposito	1973-1974	117	78	68	145
Dennis Maruk	1981-1982	116	80	60	136
Wayne Gretzky	1987-1988	114	64	40	149
Marcel Dionne	1979-1980	113	80	53	137
Pierre Turgeon	1992-1993	113	83	58	132
Brett Hull	1990-1991	113	78	86	131
Mario Lemieux	1985-1986	112	79	48	141
Jaromir Jagr	1995-1996	111	82	62	149
Guy Lafleur	1976-1977	111	80	56	136
Peter Stastny	1981-1982	110	80	46	139
Steve Yzerman	1992-1993	110	84	58	137
Jari Kurri	1984-1985	110	73	71	135
Guy Lafleur	1977-1978	110	78	60	132
Kent Nilsson	1980-1981	110	80	49	131
Dale Hawerchuk	1984-1985	109	80	53	130
Phil Esposito	1971-1972	108	76	66	133
Jari Kurri	1985-1986	108	78	68	131
Denis Savard	1987-1988	107	80	44	131
Adam Oates	1992-1993	106	84	45	142
Teemu Selanne	1992-1993	106	84	76	132
Phil Esposito	1972-1973	106	78	55	130
Bryan Trottier	1978-1979	105	76	47	134
Alexander Mogilny	1992-1993	105	77	76	127
Mike Bossy	1985-1986	105	80	61	123
Michel Goulet	1983-1984	105	75	56	122
Paul Coffey	1985-1986	104	79	48	138
Mario Lemieux	1991-1992	104	64	44	131
Steve Yzerman	1989-1990	104	79	62	127
Wayne Gretzky	1989-1990	103	73	40	142
Phil Esposito	1974-1975	103	79	61	127
Phil Esposito	1968-1969	103	74	49	126
Marcel Dionne	1980-1981	102	80	58	135
Mike Bossy	1978-1979	102	80	69	126
Mike Bossy	1984-1985	102	76	58	117
Marcel Dionne	1978-1979	101	80	59	130
Mark Messier	1989-1990	101	79	45	129
Jaromir Jagr	2005-2006	101	82	54	123
Mike Bossy	1980-1981	101	79	68	119
Alex Ovechkin	2007-2008	101	82	65	112
Wayne Gretzky	1979-1980	100	79	51	137
Guy Lafleur	1979-1980	100	74	50	125
Sergei Fedorov	1993-1994	100	82	56	120
Mike Bossy	1982-1983	100	79	60	118

[TBODY] [/TBODY]
There are 27 players who had 61 100 primary point seasons (compared to 109 players who had 276 100 point seasons)

The first 100 primary point season was in 1968-1969 and the last in 2007-2008 (compared to the first 100 point season in 1968-69 and the last in 2017-2018)

There were no 100 primary point seasons in:

• 1917-1918 to 1967-1968
• 1969-1970
• 1975-1976
• 1994-1995
• 1997-1998 to 2003-2004
• 2006-2007
• 2008-2009 to 2017-2018

(compared to no 100 point seasons in 1917-1918 to 1967-1968 / 1994-1995 / 1999-2000 / 2001-2002 / 2003-2004 / 2012-2013 / 2014-2015)

The season with the most number of 100 primary point seasons was 1992-1993 with 8 (compared to the most number of 100 point seasons being 1992-1993 with 21)

There are 9 players who had multiple 100 primary point seasons:

• Wayne Gretzky 12
• Mike Bossy 6
• Phil Esposito 6
• Mario Lemieux 6
• Marcel Dionne 3
• Guy Lafleur 3
• Steve Yzerman 3
• Jaromir Jagr 2
• Jari Kurri 2

(compared to 58 players with multiple 100 point seasons)

Highest number of points in a season without it being a 100 primary point season:

• Bobby Orr 1970-1971 139 points (86 primary points)

Lowest number of points in a season with it being a 100 primary point season:

• Alex Ovechkin 2007-2008 112 points (101 primary points)

Players with all 100 point seasons also being 100 primary point seasons:

• Phil Esposito 6
• Dennis Maruk 1 (only player to hit 100 primary points and 100 points in just one season)

Players with the most 100 point seasons and no 100 primary point seasons:

• Bobby Orr 6
• Joe Sakic 6

Highest primary point percentage of 100 primary point seasons:

• Alex Ovechkin 2007-2008 90.18% (only one to be over 90%)

Highest primary point percentage of 100 point seasons:

• Alex Ovechkin 2007-2008 90.18% (only one to be over 90%)

Lowest primary point percentage of 100 primary point seasons:

• Wayne Gretzky 1988-1989 71.43%

Lowest primary point percentage of 100 point seasons:

• Mark Recchi 1990-1991 59.29% (only one to be less than 60%)

Highest first assist total:

• Wayne Gretzky 1985-1986 113 (only player and season to have 100 primary points by just first assists compared to 3 players with 13 100 point seasons with 100 assists)

Lowest first assist total:

• Brett Hull 1990-1991 27 (Brett Hull 1991-1992 had 18 first assists which is lowest among 100 point seasons)

Highest second assist total:

• Wayne Gretzky 1985-1986 51 (Bobby Orr 1970-1971 had 53 second assists which is highest among 100 point seasons)

Lowest second assist total:

• Alex Ovechkin 1985-1986 11 (Charlie Simmer 1980-1981 also had 11 second assists which is tied lowest among 100 point seasons)

Primary points among 100 point seasons by defensemen:

• Paul Coffey 1985-1986 104 (only player and season to have 100 primary points as a defenseman)
• Bobby Orr 1970-1971 86
• Paul Coffey 1988-1989 86
• Bobby Orr 1974-1975 85
• Paul Coffey 1983-1984 85
• Bobby Orr 1969-1970 84
• Bobby Orr 1973-1974 78
• Paul Coffey 1984-1985 76
• Bobby Orr 1971-1972 74
• Paul Coffey 1989-1990 71
• Bobby Orr 1972-1973 68
• Al MacInnis 1990-1991 64
• Denis Potvin 1978-1979 63
• Brian Leetch 1991-1992 62 (lowest primary points among 100 point seasons)

Just missed 100 primary points in a season:

• Bryan Trottier 1981-1982 99
• Joe Thornton 2005-2006 99
• Mark Recchi 1992-1993 99
• Mario Lemieux 1996-1997 99
• Marcel Dionne 1974-1975 99
• Brett Hull 1989-1990 99

Lowest primary points among 100 point seasons (forwards only):

• Peter Forsberg 2002-2003 70
• Sidney Crosby 2013-2014 70
• Peter Stastny 1984-1985 70
• Ron Francis 1992-1993 70
• Jaromir Jagr 1997-1998 69
• Doug Weight 1995-1996 68
• Joe Juneau 1992-1993 68
• Mark Recchi 1990-1991 67
• Claude Giroux 2017-2018 67
• Joe Sakic 2006-2007 65

Primary point scoring leader different than scoring leader:

• 1974-1975: Phil Esposito (Bobby Orr)
• 1989-1990: Steve Yzerman (Wayne Gretzky)
• 1993-1994: Sergei Fedorov (Wayne Gretzky)
• 2005-2006: Jaromir Jagr (Joe Thornton)

(these are the confirmed cases due to checking every 100 point season there are definitely others (2002-2003 / 2006-2007 / 2009-2010 are confirmed to have a different scoring leader but more players who did not score 100 points need to be checked to confirm who is the primary point scoring leader)

Nice work,
you missed Karlsson on 100 point defenseman.

Edit: my bad, didn’t notice the bump.