Crosby's assists are rated in Campbellnomics

"For example, Sidney Crosby is No. 3 in NHL scoring, but is nowhere to be found in the top 20 in Campbellnomics."

~ Ken Campbell, Feb. 3, 2009: 

Here's how it works: Players are awarded one point for a goal (including the shootout) and a half point for an assist – hey, this isn't minor hockey here and goals are more important than assists – when a goal is scored in the following situations: the first goal of a game, a goal that puts a team in a tie or ahead in a game, a comeback goal, a game-winning goal (GWG) and an overtime (OT) goal.

Rank  NHL_rank            First   Ahead    Tied  Comeback  GWG     OT    SO   Total
                          G  A     G  A    G  A    G A    G  A    G A
 1     21 Alexander Semin 7  9    16 15    3  5    1 1    7  5    2 1     2    57
 2     13 Jeff Carter     6  6    16 10    4  4    3 1    9  6    3 3     0    56
 3      9 Ryan Getzlaf    7  8    11 20    3 15    0 4    3  9    0 2     2    55
 4      2 Alex Ovechkin   5 10    15 16    4  6    2 2    8  3    2 0     1    54
 5      5 Pavel Datsyuk   5  6    13 19    2  6    2 0    6  8    0 2     4    52.5
 6      4 Zach Parise     2  8    11 13    9  5    0 0    8  7    2 1     3    52
 7     18 Marian Hossa    7  2    20  7    4  5    0 2    7  2    1 0     2    50
 8      1 Evgeni Malkin   1 11     9 16    4 12    2 1    3 13    2 1     1    49
 9     12 Patrik Elias    3  6    11 12    5  7    0 0    7  8    1 1     4    48
10     14 Patrick Marleau 3  6    12 12    8  3    1 1    9  6    0 0     1    48

Let's compare our Alexes with Datsky and Geno:

In First Goal/Assist category:

Rank  NHL_rank            First Total
                          G  A 
 1     21 Alexander Semin 7  9   11.5
 4      2 Alex Ovechkin   5 10   10
 5      5 Pavel Datsyuk   5  6    8
 8      1 Evgeni Malkin   1 11    6.5

In Ahead Goal/Assist category:

Rank  NHL_rank            Ahead  Total
                          G  A
 1     21 Alexander Semin 16 15   23.5
 4      2 Alex Ovechkin   15 16   23
 5      5 Pavel Datsyuk   13 19   22.5
 8      1 Evgeni Malkin    9 16   17

In Tied Goal/Assist category:

Rank  NHL_rank            Tied Total
                          G  A 
 8      1 Evgeni Malkin   4 12  10
 4      2 Alex Ovechkin   4  6   7 
 1     21 Alexander Semin 3  5   5.5
 5      5 Pavel Datsyuk   2  6   5

In Comeback Goal/Assist category:

Rank  NHL_rank            Comeback  Total
                          G A     
 4      2 Alex Ovechkin   2 2        3
 8      1 Evgeni Malkin   2 1        2.5
 5      5 Pavel Datsyuk   2 0        2
 1     21 Alexander Semin 1 1        1.5

In Overtime Goal/Assist category:

Rank  NHL_rank            OT    Total
                          G A
 1     21 Alexander Semin 2 1     2.5
 8      1 Evgeni Malkin   2 1     2.5
 4      2 Alex Ovechkin   2 0     2
 5      5 Pavel Datsyuk   0 2     1

In Overtime Goal/Assist category:

Rank  NHL_rank            SO
 5      5 Pavel Datsyuk   4
 1     21 Alexander Semin 2
 4      2 Alex Ovechkin   1
 8      1 Evgeni Malkin   1

               Games played
Evgeni Malkin   64
Pavel Datsyuk   62
Alex Ovechkin   62
Alexander Semin 45

Amazing that Semin played 19 (!) games less than Geno, 17 less than Ovie and Datsky and still he takes the first place.

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