D-Scoring Race: Boyle Creeping

(2/18/12) Dan Boyle has skated through the first three-quarters of the season relatively quietly; however, by scoring his 6th goal of the season in a loss to CAR on Friday, Boyle has his point total up to 34 - good for 7th in the NHL amongst defensemen.  

He's been more consistent of late; he's currently on a 3-game point scoring streak (4 points) and has 5 points in his last 5 games overall.  There was a stretch of 21 games from November to January when he had just 1 goal and 6 points, but in the 18 games since he has 4 goals and 13 assists.  Boyle should finish the year strong (as most Sharks usally do).

Current D Leaders:




  Player TM Pos GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW OT S
1 Erik Karlsson OTT D 59 10 43 53 10 28 1 0 2 0 192
2 Brian Campbell FLA D 57 3 37 40 -7 6 1 0 0 0 91
3 Alex Edler VAN D 57 7 32 39 4 24 3 1 0 0 157
4 D. Wideman WSH D 57 10 28 38 2 24 4 0 3 1 119
5 Shea Weber NSH D 54 11 26 37 18 30 6 2 1 0 162
6 Ryan Suter NSH D 55 7 27 34 10 28 3 1 1 0 98
7 Dan Boyle SJS D 55 6 28 34 13 57 3 0 1 0 179
8 Dion Phaneuf TOR D 58 8 25 33 -3 61 6 0 0 0 153
9 A. Pietrangelo STL D 56 10 22 32 17 22 4 0 5 1 141
10 Keith Yandle PHX D 58 8 24 32 0 34 0 0 2 0 138
11 D. Byfuglien WPG D 44 8 24 32 -12 54 2 0 1 0 149
12 Zdeno Chara BOS D 54 8 24 32 19 59 6 0 0 0 163
13 Kimmo Timonen PHI D 57 2 30 32 13 38 2 0 0 0 96
14 N. Lidstrom DET D 58 10 21 31 27 24 4 0 0 0 118
15 Kevin Bieksa VAN D 57 5 26 31 9 73 2 0 0 0 118

 

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