Updated forward ranks after the Anaheim game. Haven't watched TBL game yet.
Now players in Total Points/game order
Player, Goals+Assists, AllAttempts(Quality)+AssistedAttempts(Quality), Screens+OtherOffPlay+OtherDefPlay = Total
1. LW Tomas Vanek (10.0 Total points/Game), 21 games, 5+12, 56(30)+49(22), 21+6+3 = 210
Vanek has been an offensive beast. Keeps going with high rate of quality scoring chances, has total of 30+28=58 of them and has second highest per game rate. His chances also have transferred to points a little bit better rate than they should. But those always very dangerous and smart plays. Doesn't have much of intangibles (especially defensive), he concentrates only on offence.
2. C/LW Zetterberg (9.34 Total points/Game), 32 games, 6+15, 72(28)+93(39), 13+22+11 = 299
Henrik Zetterberg has cooled a bit down, at same time it has happened to Mantha. Has now 6 goals and 15 assists. He has also had 72 total Scoring attempts including goals and Quality chances. 28 of them have been Quality chances including goals. He has had 93 total Assisted scoring attempts, including assists and assists for Quality chances. 39 of his assists have been for Quality Chances, including "real" assists. He has also 13 screen plays and 22 Other Offensive plays, which have been are 6 Forecheking plays, 9 Key Faceoff wins and 7 drawn penalties. He has also had 11 good defensive plays, with 8 key takeaways (preventing opposite scoring chance) and has blocked 3 shots. 299 points total on my scale.
3. C/LW Dylan Larkin (8.97 Total points/game), 32 games, 10+3, 103(39)+73(22), 5+24+8 = 287
Larkin has had 39 Quality Chances and 22 Assisted Quality Chances. He has been a lucky with his scoring, has scored more goals than he should, but he has a lot less assists than he should. These will even out on long run. Of his 5+24+8 intangibles, 5 were screens, 10 were Forecheking plays, 4 Key Faceoffs, 10 Drawn penalties, 5 Good defensive plays and 3 blocked attempts.
4. RW Gustav Nyquist (8.50 Total Points / Game), 32 games, 4+13, 73(38)+79(37), 8+9+11 = 272
Nyquist has rised up on latest games on the team standings from 7th best to 4th best forward in my Scoring Chance points /Game rating. He has 37 assisted Quality scoring chances, which is second most after Zetterberg's 39. He has 75 combined Quality Chances + Assists.
5. W Anthony Mantha (8.44 Total points /Game), 18 games, 4+5, 47(25)+29(13), 16+9+4 = 152
Mantha has cooled a bit down in latest games. Was the team leader in per /game average very long, but maybe the NHL game wear is also hitting him, like it has been already hit on others. His advantage is now gone and we see the real level of effort from him. Still pretty good numbers. And lots of quality, 3rd most of his plays are quality, only Vanek and Nyquist do better.
6. W Tomas Tatar (8.22 Total points/Game), 32 games, 7+7, 91(50)+52(15), 12+19+10 = 263
Tatar has had 50 Quality chances, which is highest total amount in our team. 15 Assisted Quality chances. Despite the hattrick, his puck luck still has been kind of unsustainable, he should have had 2-3 extra goals to match normal averages. Has most post shots by 4. Tatar also has had 13 forecheking plays, which is team-high of our forwards and also 10 good defensive plays. He has been solid and that fan critisism is just more correlated to Red Wings fans Hockey IQ than Tatar's season effort.
7. C Frans Nielsen (8.16 Total points/Game), 32 games, 7+10, 65(32)+66(26), 7+22+26 = 261
Nielsen has been on huge rise on my point scale after last check-out. That adjustment period after World Cup looks like it's far behind and he is thriving especially in defensive statistics. It could also be signal of our team going worse and Frans has to break more plays than he usually did. But other players stats aren't in high rise as his are.
8. C Darren Helm (6.94 Total points/Game), 17 games, 4+3, 35(19)+15(6), 5+18+13 = 118
Helm has same stats as in last check. Still injured.
9. W Justin Abdelkader (6.45 Total points/game), 22 games, 4+4, 32(19)+31(6), 27+11+8 = 142
Same with Abdelkader. Injured
10. F Andreas Athanasiou (5.89 Total points/game), 18 games, 5+1, 38(17)+22(10), 3+8+2 = 106
Athanasiou thriwes on offensive statistics, but is lacking those other intagibles on his play. His defence isn't good and other offensive intangibles are missing. Those can be learnt, his offensive skills never will disappear anywhere. Will be full-time TOP6 forward pretty soon. Athanasiou's Quality/60 is 4th highest in the team, behind Vanek, Nyquist and Mantha.
11. C/RW Glendening (5.72 Total points/game), 32 games, 1+8, 50(15)+27(11), 15+18+38 = 183
Glendening has been doing even better than on last check. He really does those dirty things and is best defensive player to prevent opposite scoring chances. He also has had some creativity at this season, and when he was promoted to TOP3 lines it didn't look at all so stupid move on my statistics. He did create those Quality scoring chances for Ott and Miller and had them more than guys like Helm and Sheahan had at TOP3 lines. It was deserved. He has 71 intangibles (15 screens, 11 forecheking plays, 4 key faceoff which lead to scoring chance, 3 drawn penalties, 11 good defensive plays, 16 key blocked attempts, 11 good PK-plays) is the team-high and 38 good defensive plays is the clear TOP figure as the best defensive forward in our team.
12. F Riley Sheahan (5.66 Total points/game), 32 games, 0+5, 63(25)+22(7), 27+14+18 = 181
Sheahan -case of the weirdest ones I've witnesses for a while. He is working hard there. He has been better on his last 10 games, than he was on the first 24 games. He has scoring chances and attempts just like others, but nothing goes in. Absolutely nothing. From 25 chances he should have had 4-5 goals. Tatar snake-bit is nothing compared to this situation. And he wroks hard, goes net-front, retrievs pucks, defends, blocks, makes key penalty kill plays. He is currently another Luke glendening, whi just can't finihs. But there's more finishing ability in him. We have seen that. Shot is good, just confidence is gone. But guy is doing some work down there. Is not a lazy-ass.
13. W Tomas Jurco (4.56 Total points/game), 9 games, 0+0, 15(9)+9(1), 2+1+4 = 41
Jurco is like poor man's Athanasiou, speed and flash, but can't find the net anyhow. That missed breakaway empty-net was probably his career turning point. Like, he has had 9 Quality chances and that's great number on small sample size, but you have to score if there's no intangibles on your play. He is just a borderline 13th guy in many different stat factors (also plays/60), so I think he does not have anything to give for this organization on long run. Trade bait on the dealine, if someone interested. When any other other of our TOP12 is on the ice, things happen more per ice-time.
14. F Steve Ott (3.50 Total points/game), 28 games, 2+1, 20(8)+23(8), 6+9+21 = 98
15. W Drew Miller (2.81 Total points/game), 21 games, 2+0, 19(7)+10(5), 3+4+9 = 59
16. LW Tyler Bertuzzi (2.14 Total points/game), 7 games, 0+0, 5(1)+5(0), 0+3+1 = 15