The top teams and players of the decade

Some really good stuff below by Gabe Desjardins, taking a statistical look at who the top teams and players of the past 10 years were. You can find the whole series here.

Teams of the Decade: Regular Season Wins
Teams of the Decade: Shooting and PDO
Teams of the Decade: Playoff Wins
Players of the Decade: Games Played, Goals, Assists, Points
Players of the Decade: +/- and PIMs
Players of the Decade: Shots on Goal
Players of the Decade: Ice Time
Players of the Decade: Per-Game Scoring
Players of the Decade: Playoffs
Goaltenders of the Decade: Regular Season
Goaltenders of the Decade: Playoffs

The teams of the decade, based on regular-season wins, are Detroit at No. 1 followed by New Jersey and Ottawa. Detroit also leads in playoff wins with 72, eight ahead of the Devils.

The player leaders are:

Games played: Andrew Brunette
Goals: Jarome Iginla
Goals per game: Alex Ovechkin
Assists: Joe Thornton
Assists per game: Peter Forsberg
Points: Thornton
Points per game: Sidney Crosby
Plus-minus: Nicklas Lidstrom
PIMs: Donald Brashear
Shots: Iginla
Ice time: Chris Pronger / Lidstrom
Playoff GP: Brian Rafalski
Playoff points: Patrik Elias
Wins: Martin Brodeur
Save percentage: Niklas Backstrom