Stats
The whole league's stars, in charts.
Every star the NHL has handed out, added up and drawn: this season's by default, or pick another season, or all of them since we started tracking. Hover a bar for its numbers, or open the table under each chart.
Stars by position
39% of goaltenders' stars are 1st Stars, against 33% for forwards and 27% for defensemen.
- 1st Stars
- 2nd Stars
- 3rd Stars
Show as a table
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st Star share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forwards | 942 | 947 | 933 | 2,822 | 33% |
| Defensemen | 168 | 202 | 257 | 627 | 27% |
| Goaltenders | 284 | 246 | 205 | 735 | 39% |
Winners get the stars
97% of 1st Stars go to the winning team, but only 71% of 3rd Stars: that's where the losing side's best player lands. In 53% of games, one team took all three.
- Winning team
- Losing team
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| Star | Winning team | Losing team | Winning share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Star | 1,352 | 42 | 97% |
| 2nd Star | 1,132 | 263 | 81% |
| 3rd Star | 987 | 408 | 71% |
What it takes
Skaters' points in the games they starred in. 34% of 1st Stars had three or more points, and 3% of 3rd Stars had none. Of 79 hat tricks, 70 earned the 1st Star.
- No points
- 1 point
- 2 points
- 3+ points
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| Star | No points | 1 point | 2 points | 3+ points | Hat tricks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Star | 9 | 244 | 482 | 375 | 70 |
| 2nd Star | 18 | 341 | 561 | 229 | 9 |
| 3rd Star | 37 | 558 | 481 | 114 | 0 |
Home cooking
The home team's local media pick the stars. Each team's share of them on the road and at home, next to how much more often it wins at home. Los Angeles Kings win 36 points more often at home, but their share of the stars jumps 48.
- On the road
- At home
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CAR 
NSH 
CBJ 
VGK 
BUF 
BOS 
WPG 
CHI 
TBL 
ANA 
PHI 
DAL 
CGY 
WSH 
MTL 
PIT 
SEA 
STL 
SJS 
DET 
COL 
OTT 
FLA 
TOR 
NYI 
EDM 
MIN 
UTA 
VAN 
NJD 
NYR Show as a table
| Team | Road stars | Home stars | Stars jump | Road wins | Home wins | Wins jump |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Kings | 35% | 83% | +48 | 39% | 75% | +36 |
| Carolina Hurricanes | 32% | 79% | +47 | 42% | 73% | +32 |
| Nashville Predators | 18% | 62% | +44 | 24% | 49% | +24 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 30% | 70% | +40 | 34% | 63% | +29 |
| Vegas Golden Knights | 39% | 77% | +38 | 52% | 66% | +14 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 31% | 66% | +35 | 32% | 56% | +24 |
| Boston Bruins | 26% | 59% | +33 | 32% | 49% | +17 |
| Winnipeg Jets | 45% | 77% | +32 | 55% | 75% | +20 |
| Chicago Blackhawks | 24% | 56% | +32 | 24% | 37% | +12 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 39% | 70% | +31 | 44% | 66% | +22 |
| Anaheim Ducks | 34% | 64% | +30 | 34% | 51% | +17 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 28% | 58% | +30 | 32% | 49% | +17 |
| Dallas Stars | 37% | 67% | +30 | 49% | 69% | +20 |
| Calgary Flames | 36% | 66% | +30 | 44% | 56% | +12 |
| Washington Capitals | 43% | 71% | +28 | 58% | 64% | +6 |
| Montréal Canadiens | 33% | 61% | +28 | 39% | 56% | +17 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 29% | 56% | +27 | 32% | 51% | +20 |
| Seattle Kraken | 37% | 63% | +26 | 41% | 44% | +2 |
| St. Louis Blues | 38% | 64% | +26 | 44% | 61% | +17 |
| San Jose Sharks | 24% | 50% | +25 | 20% | 29% | +10 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 29% | 54% | +25 | 41% | 54% | +12 |
| Colorado Avalanche | 42% | 67% | +25 | 53% | 64% | +10 |
| Ottawa Senators | 39% | 64% | +24 | 43% | 64% | +20 |
| Florida Panthers | 43% | 65% | +22 | 55% | 65% | +10 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 49% | 70% | +21 | 60% | 66% | +6 |
| New York Islanders | 33% | 53% | +20 | 39% | 46% | +7 |
| Edmonton Oilers | 43% | 63% | +20 | 57% | 63% | +6 |
| Minnesota Wild | 44% | 62% | +18 | 55% | 52% | −2 |
| Utah Mammoth | 42% | 59% | +17 | 49% | 44% | −5 |
| Vancouver Canucks | 36% | 52% | +16 | 51% | 41% | −10 |
| New Jersey Devils | 42% | 56% | +15 | 52% | 47% | −6 |
| New York Rangers | 42% | 52% | +10 | 49% | 46% | −2 |