View the NHL Top 50 Center Point Projections 2016 – 2017 for your hockey pool and Fantasy Hockey draft.
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| RANK | PLAYER | TEAM | POS | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sidney Crosby | Pittsburgh | C | 79 | 34 | 60 | 94 |
| 2 | Connor McDavid | Edmonton | C | 78 | 28 | 58 | 86 |
| 3 | John Tavares | N.Y. Islanders | C | 79 | 36 | 44 | 80 |
| 4 | Tyler Seguin | Dallas | C | 74 | 35 | 42 | 77 |
| 5 | Nicklas Backstrom | Washington | C | 78 | 19 | 56 | 75 |
| 6 | Joe Thornton | San Jose | C | 81 | 16 | 59 | 75 |
| 7 | Claude Giroux | Philadelphia | C | 80 | 24 | 49 | 73 |
| 8 | Anze Kopitar | Los Angeles | C | 81 | 23 | 47 | 70 |
| 9 | Steven Stamkos | Tampa Bay | C | 79 | 40 | 29 | 69 |
| 10 | Ryan Getzlaf | Anaheim | C | 77 | 20 | 49 | 69 |
| 11 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | Washington | C | 81 | 18 | 50 | 68 |
| 12 | Evgeni Malkin | Pittsburgh | C | 62 | 27 | 39 | 66 |
| 13 | Patrice Bergeron | Boston | C | 80 | 30 | 34 | 64 |
| 14 | Jason Spezza | Dallas | C | 77 | 27 | 37 | 64 |
| 15 | Jonathan Toews | Chicago | C | 79 | 27 | 37 | 64 |
| 16 | Jack Eichel | Buffalo | C | 80 | 27 | 37 | 64 |
| 17 | Ryan Johansen | Nashville | C | 81 | 22 | 42 | 64 |
| 18 | Matt Duchene | Colorado | C | 76 | 26 | 35 | 61 |
| 19 | Nathan MacKinnon | Colorado | C | 76 | 25 | 36 | 61 |
| 20 | Sean Monahan | Calgary | C | 79 | 29 | 31 | 60 |
| 21 | Mark Scheifele | Winnipeg | C | 75 | 25 | 35 | 60 |
| 22 | Ryan O'Reilly | Buffalo | C | 76 | 20 | 39 | 59 |
| 23 | Alex Galchenyuk | Montreal | C | 78 | 29 | 29 | 58 |
| 24 | Henrik Sedin | Vancouver | C | 75 | 13 | 45 | 58 |
| 25 | David Krejci | Boston | C | 68 | 15 | 42 | 57 |
| 26 | Aleksander Barkov | Florida | C | 74 | 24 | 32 | 56 |
| 27 | Derick Brassard | Ottawa | C | 80 | 23 | 32 | 55 |
| 28 | Jeff Carter | Los Angeles | C | 75 | 24 | 30 | 54 |
| 29 | Bryan Little | Winnipeg | C | 68 | 22 | 32 | 54 |
| 30 | Logan Couture | San Jose | C | 75 | 22 | 31 | 53 |
| 31 | Mikko Koivu | Minnesota | C | 77 | 15 | 38 | 53 |
| 32 | Dylan Larkin | Detroit | C | 80 | 25 | 27 | 52 |
| 33 | Patrick Marleau | San Jose | C | 82 | 24 | 28 | 52 |
| 34 | Derek Stepan | N.Y. Rangers | C | 74 | 19 | 33 | 52 |
| 35 | Tomas Plekanec | Montreal | C | 81 | 18 | 34 | 52 |
| 36 | Paul Stastny | St. Louis | C | 68 | 15 | 36 | 51 |
| 37 | Tyler Johnson | Tampa Bay | C | 74 | 21 | 29 | 50 |
| 38 | Kyle Turris | Ottawa | C | 76 | 21 | 29 | 50 |
| 39 | Eric Staal | Minnesota | C | 80 | 18 | 32 | 50 |
| 40 | Auston Matthews | Toronto | C | 80 | 24 | 25 | 49 |
| 41 | Rickard Rakell | Anaheim | C | 78 | 21 | 28 | 49 |
| 42 | Frans Nielsen | Detroit | C | 80 | 18 | 31 | 49 |
| 43 | Carl Soderberg | Colorado | C | 80 | 13 | 36 | 49 |
| 44 | Vincent Trocheck | Florida | C | 75 | 21 | 27 | 48 |
| 45 | Ryan Kesler | Anaheim | C | 79 | 21 | 27 | 48 |
| 46 | Mika Zibanejad | N.Y. Rangers | C | 78 | 20 | 28 | 48 |
| 47 | Leon Draisaitl | Edmonton | C | 76 | 17 | 31 | 48 |
| 48 | Mike Ribeiro | Nashville | C | 81 | 10 | 38 | 48 |
| 49 | Adam Henrique | New Jersey | C | 78 | 23 | 23 | 46 |
| 50 | Dylan Strome | Arizona | C | 77 | 15 | 31 | 46 |
Source: TSN.ca
