Skater stat leaders after the First Round of tournament:
Goals:
- OTT – LW – Dany Heatley – 10 (in 6 GP)
- BUF – RW – Danny Gare/SJS – C – Joe Thornton – 9 (in 4 GP)
- BUF – LW – Rick Martin/BUF – C – Gilbert Perreault/MDA – Teemu Selanne – 8 (in 4 GP)
- STL – RW – Wayne Babych/WIN – C – Dale Hawerchuk – 7 (in 4 GP)
- FLA – RW – Pavel Bure/HAR – C – Ron Francis – 7 (in 5 GP)
Assists:
- BUF – D – Jim Schoenfeld – 16 (in 4 GP)
- BUF – C – Gilbert Perreault – 15 (in 4 GP)
- MDA – C – Andy McDonald – 12 (in 4 GP)
- SJS – D – Dan Boyle – 11 (in 4 GP)
- OTT – RW – Daniel Alfredsson – 10 (in 6 GP)
Points:
- BUF – C – Gilbert Perreault – 23 (in 4 GP)
- BUF – D – Jim Schoenfeld – 19 (in 4 GP)
- BUF – RW – Danny Gare – 18 (in 4 GP)
- OTT – LW – Dany Heatley – 16 (in 6 GP)
- SJS – C – Joe Thornton – 15 (in 4 GP)
Plus/Minus:
- BUF – RW – Danny Gare/BUF – C – Gilbert Perreault/BUF – D – Jim Schoenfeld – +25 (in 4 GP)
- BUF – D – John Van Boxmeer – +24 (in 4 GP)
- BUF – LW – Rick Martin – +17 (in 4 GP)
- MDA – D – Scott Niedermayer/SJS – C – Joe Thornton/STL – D – Rick Lapointe – +14 (in 4 GP)
- FLA – D – Robert Svehla/FLA – LW – Ray Whitney – +14 (in 5 GP)
Shots:
- CAR – C – Eric Staal – 57 (in 5 GP)
- PHX – RW – Radim Vrbata – 53 (in 6 GP)
- BUF – RW – Danny Gare – 51 (in 4 GP)
- QBC – C – Joe Malone – 50 (in 4 GP)
- STL – RW – Wayne Babych – 49 (in 4 GP)
Game-winning goals:
- VAN – C – Ryan Kesler – 3 (in 4 GP)
- STL – RW – Wayne Babych/TBL – RW – Nikita Kucherov/WIN – C – Dale Hawerchuk/WSH – C – Bob Carpenter – 2 (in 4 GP)
- CAR – C – Rod Brind’Amour/HAR – RW – Ray Neufeld – 2 (in 5 GP)
- OTT – LW – Dany Heatley/PHX – RW – Radim Vrbata – 2 (in 6 GP)
- 50+ players have 1 GWG
Penalties in minutes:
- NSH – RW – Scott Hartnell – 23 (in 7 GP; includes one ejection)
- WSH – D – Scott Stevens – 21 (in 4 GP; includes one ejection)
- OTT – RW – Chris Neil – 17 (in 6 GP; includes one ejection)
- CGS – D – Mike Christie/FLA – LW – Peter Worrell – 16 (in 5 GP)
- 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):
- PHX – G – Mike Smith – 12 (in 6 GP)
- OTT – LW – Dany Heatley – 11 (in 6 GP)
- BUF – C – Gilbert Perreault – 10 (in 4 GP)
- WIN – RW – Paul MacLean – 9 (in 4 GP)
- CAR – G – Cam Ward – 9 (in 5 GP)
Goalie stat leaders after the First Round of tournament:
Goals against average:
- MNS – Cesare Maniago – 1.25 (in 4 GP)
- CGY – Mike Vernon – 1.50 (in 4 GP)
- BUF – Don Edwards/WSH – Pat Riggin – 1.75 (in 4 GP)
- TBL – Ben Bishop/VAN – Roberto Luongo – 2.00 (in 4 GP)
- CAR – Cam Ward – 2.00 (in 5 GP)
Save percentage:
- MNS – Cesare Maniago – .962% (in 4 GP)
- CLE – Gilles Meloche – .948% (in 5 GP)
- CGY – Mike Vernon – .945% (in 4 GP)
- TBL – Ben Bishop – .941% (in 4 GP)
- MDA – Jean-Sebastian Giguere – .940% (in 4 GP)
Shutouts:
- CGY – Mike Vernon/MDA – Jean-Sebastien Giguere/MNS – Cesare Maniago/STL – Mike Liut/WSH – Pat Riggin – 1 (in 4 GP)
- 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):
- PHX – Mike Smith – 12 (in 6 GP)
- CAR – Cam Ward – 9 (in 5 GP)
- CLE – Gilles Meloche – 8 (in 5 GP)
- CBJ – Steve Mason – 6 (in 6 GP)
- 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!