Double Trouble - 12-17-08
Through last night's games, Evgeni Malkin (49 points) and Sidney Crosby (44) still remained on top of the league's scoring leaders. Washington's Alex Ovechkin is the biggest threat to break up this dynamic duo at the top with his 42 points.
Should Malkin and Crosby hang on to their leads and finish the season in first and second place in the scoring race, it would be the first time teammates led the league in scoring since Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr (above) did it with the Penguins in the 1995-96 season.
While accomplishing this feat for the first time in 13 years would certainly be notable, it's hardly unique. In fact, it's happened 30 times including at least once every decade (except for this one) since the league's formation in 1917.
Since we're hockey geeks, we sorted through HockeyDB.com for a few hours and came up with a list showing every instance of a team claiming the NHL's top two (or on some occasions, three or four) point producers:
| Season | Team | Players (Points) |
| 1995-96 | Penguins | Mario Lemieux (161) |
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Jaromir Jagr (149) | |
| 1991-92 | Penguins | Mario Lemieux (131) |
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Kevin Stevens (123) | |
| 1986-87 | Oilers | Wayne Gretzky (183) |
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Jari Kurri (108) | |
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Mark Messier (107) | |
| 1983-84 | Oilers | Wayne Gretzky (205) |
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Paul Coffey (126) | |
| 1974-75 | Bruins | Bobby Orr (135) |
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Phil Esposito (127) | |
| 1973-74 | Bruins | Phil Esposito (145) |
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Bobby Orr (122) | |
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Ken Hodge (105) | |
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Wayne Cashman (89) | |
| 1971-72 | Bruins | Phil Esposito (133) |
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Bobby Orr (117) | |
| 1970-71 | Bruins | Phil Esposito (152) |
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Bobby Orr (139) | |
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John Bucyk (116) | |
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Ken Hodge (105) | |
| 1969-70 | Bruins | Bobby Orr (120) |
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Phil Esposito (99) | |
| 1966-67 | Blackhawks | Stan Mikita (97) |
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Bobby Hull (80) | |
| 1965-66 | Blackhawks | Bobby Hull (97) |
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Stan Mikita (78) | |
| 1963-64 | Blackhawks | Stan Mikita (89) |
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Bobby Hull (87) | |
| 1960-61 | Canadiens | Bernie Geoffrion (95) |
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Jean Beliveau (90) | |
| 1958-59 | Canadiens | Dickie Moore (84) |
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Jean Beliveau (91) | |
| 1957-58 | Canadiens | Dickie Moore (84) |
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Henri Richard (80) | |
| 1956-57 | Red Wings | Gordie Howe (89) |
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Ted Lindsay (85) | |
| 1954-55 | Canadiens | Bernie Geoffrion (75) |
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Maurice Richard (74) | |
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Jean Beliveau (73) | |
| 1952-53 | Red Wings | Gordie Howe (95) |
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Ted Lindsay (71) | |
| 1951-52 | Red Wings | Gordie Howe (86) |
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Ted Lindsay (69) | |
| 1949-50 | Red Wings | Ted Lindsay (78) |
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Sid Abel (69) | |
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Gordie Howe (68) | |
| 1948-49 | Blackhawks | Roy Conacher (68) |
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Doug Bentley (66) | |
| 1944-45 | Canadiens | Elmer Lach (80) |
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Maurice Richard (73) | |
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Hector Blake (67) | |
| 1941-42 | Rangers | Bryan Hextall, Sr. (56) |
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Lynn Patrick (54) | |
| 1939-40 | Bruins | Milt Schmidt (52) |
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Woody Dumart (43) | |
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Bobby Bauer (43) | |
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Bill Cowley (40) | |
| 1937-38 | Maple Leafs | Gordie Drillon (52) |
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Syl Apps (50) | |
| 1933-34 | Maple Leafs | Charlie Conacher (52) |
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Joe Primeau (46) | |
| 1931-32 | Maple Leafs | Harvey Jackson (53) |
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Joe Primeau (50) | |
| 1927-28 | Canadiens | Howie Morenz (51) |
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Aurel Joliat (39) | |
| 1921-22 | Senators | Harry Broadbent (46) |
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Cy Denneny (39) | |
| 1918-19 | Canadiens | Edward Lalonde (32) |
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Odie Cleghorn (29) |
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