Skater stat leaders after the First Round of tournament:

Goals:

1. OTT – LW – Dany Heatley – 10   (in 6 GP)
2. BUF – RW – Danny Gare/SJS – C – Joe Thornton – 9   (in 4 GP)
3. BUF – LW – Rick Martin/BUF – C – Gilbert Perreault/MDA – Teemu Selanne – 8   (in 4 GP)
4. STL – RW – Wayne Babych/WIN – C – Dale Hawerchuk – 7   (in 4 GP)
5. FLA – RW – Pavel Bure/HAR – C – Ron Francis – 7   (in 5 GP)

Assists:

1. BUF – D – Jim Schoenfeld – 16   (in 4 GP)
2. BUF – C – Gilbert Perreault – 15   (in 4 GP)
3. MDA – C – Andy McDonald – 12   (in 4 GP)
4. SJS – D – Dan Boyle – 11   (in 4 GP)
5. OTT – RW – Daniel Alfredsson – 10   (in 6 GP)

Points:

1. BUF – C – Gilbert Perreault – 23   (in 4 GP)
2. BUF – D – Jim Schoenfeld – 19   (in 4 GP)
3. BUF – RW – Danny Gare – 18   (in 4 GP)
4. OTT – LW – Dany Heatley – 16   (in 6 GP)
5. SJS – C – Joe Thornton – 15   (in 4 GP)

Plus/Minus:

1. BUF – RW – Danny Gare/BUF – C – Gilbert Perreault/BUF – D – Jim Schoenfeld – +25   (in 4 GP)
2. BUF – D – John Van Boxmeer – +24   (in 4 GP)
3. BUF – LW – Rick Martin – +17   (in 4 GP)
4. MDA – D – Scott Niedermayer/SJS – C – Joe Thornton/STL – D – Rick Lapointe – +14   (in 4 GP)
5. FLA – D – Robert Svehla/FLA – LW – Ray Whitney – +14   (in 5 GP)

Shots:

1. CAR – C – Eric Staal – 57   (in 5 GP)
2. PHX – RW – Radim Vrbata – 53   (in 6 GP)
3. BUF – RW – Danny Gare – 51   (in 4 GP)
4. QBC – C – Joe Malone – 50   (in 4 GP)
5. STL – RW – Wayne Babych – 49   (in 4 GP)

Game-winning goals:

1. VAN – C – Ryan Kesler – 3   (in 4 GP)
2. STL – RW – Wayne Babych/TBL – RW – Nikita Kucherov/WIN – C – Dale Hawerchuk/WSH – C – Bob Carpenter – 2   (in 4 GP)
3. CAR – C – Rod Brind’Amour/HAR – RW – Ray Neufeld – 2   (in 5 GP)
4. OTT – LW – Dany Heatley/PHX – RW – Radim Vrbata – 2   (in 6 GP)
5. 50+ players have 1 GWG

Penalties in minutes:

1. NSH – RW – Scott Hartnell – 23   (in 7 GP; includes one ejection)
2. WSH – D – Scott Stevens – 21   (in 4 GP; includes one ejection)
3. OTT – RW – Chris Neil – 17   (in 6 GP; includes one ejection)
4. CGS – D – Mike Christie/FLA – LW – Peter Worrell – 16   (in 5 GP)
5. CBJ – D – Mike Commodore – 16   (in 6 GP)

Star Points (3 points for being 1st star of a game, 2 points for being 2nd star of a game, 1 point for being 3rd star of a game):

1. PHX – G – Mike Smith – 12   (in 6 GP)
2. OTT – LW – Dany Heatley – 11   (in 6 GP)
3. BUF – C – Gilbert Perreault – 10   (in 4 GP)
4. WIN – RW – Paul MacLean – 9   (in 4 GP)
5. CAR – G – Cam Ward – 9   (in 5 GP)

Goalie stat leaders after the First Round of tournament:

Goals against average:

1. MNS – Cesare Maniago – 1.25   (in 4 GP)
2. CGY – Mike Vernon – 1.50   (in 4 GP)
3. BUF – Don Edwards/WSH – Pat Riggin – 1.75   (in 4 GP)
4. TBL – Ben Bishop/VAN – Roberto Luongo – 2.00   (in 4 GP)
5. CAR – Cam Ward – 2.00   (in 5 GP)

Save percentage:

1. MNS – Cesare Maniago – .962%   (in 4 GP)
2. CLE – Gilles Meloche – .948%   (in 5 GP)
3. CGY – Mike Vernon – .945%   (in 4 GP)
4. TBL – Ben Bishop – .941%   (in 4 GP)
5. MDA – Jean-Sebastian Giguere – .940%   (in 4 GP)

Shutouts:

1. CGY – Mike Vernon/MDA – Jean-Sebastien Giguere/MNS – Cesare Maniago/STL – Mike Liut/WSH – Pat Riggin – 1   (in 4 GP)
2. FLA – Mike Vernon – 1   (in 5 GP)

Star Points among goalies only(3 points for being 1st star of a game, 2 points for being 2nd star of a game, 1 point for being 3rd star of a game):

1. PHX – Mike Smith – 12   (in 6 GP)
2. CAR – Cam Ward – 9   (in 5 GP)
3. CLE – Gilles Meloche – 8   (in 5 GP)
4. CBJ – Steve Mason – 6   (in 6 GP)
5. ATL – Kari Lehtonen/MNS – Cesare Maniago/SLE – Bill Beveridge – 4   (in 4 GP)

Up next will be a preview of the Second Round that also provides a list of the entire Round’s matchups. Then, after that, the Round begins with one of the best matchups, the 16th-seeded ’02-’03 Dallas Stars against the 17th-seeded ’88-’89 Calgary Flames!