2012–13 NHL season
2012–13 NHL season | |
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League | National Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | January 19, 2013 — June 2013 |
Number of games | 48 |
Number of teams | 30 |
Total attendance | To be determined according to playoff turn out |
Regular season | |
Playoffs | |
Stanley Cup |
The 2012–13 NHL season is the 96th season of operation (95th season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL). The regular season began on January 19, 2013 and ended on April 28, 2013, with the playoffs to follow until June. The season start was delayed from its original October 11, 2012 date due to a lockout imposed by the NHL franchise owners after the expiry of the league's collective bargaining agreement (CBA). After a new labour agreement was reached between the owners and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA), training camps opened on January 13, 2013 and a 48-game season (reduced from 82 games) started on January 19. Similar to the 1994–95 season, the shortened regular season was limited to intra-conference competition.[1] The season calendar opened with the 2012 NHL Entry Draft on June 22–23, 2012, held at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.[2]
League business
Lockout
On September 13, 2012, all 29 league ownership groups (with the Phoenix Coyotes collectively owned by the NHL) authorized commissioner Gary Bettman to lock out the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) upon the expiration of the NHL collective bargaining agreement (CBA) on September 15. The action marked the fifth labour dispute in twenty years for the league, following a 1992 strike, lockouts in 1994–95 and 2004–05, as well as a referees lockout in 1993;[3] this is more than any of the other major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada during this period. In preparation for the lockout, NHL teams assigned all of their eligible players to their American Hockey League farm clubs.[4]
Although Bettman acknowledged the 2005–12 CBA was fair, he also stated that he was demanding concessions as a result of the late 2000s recession, even though the league experienced significant growth at that time.[5] Sports media reported on July 14 on the NHL's first offer to the players. The offer reportedly included: a drop in players' share of "hockey-related revenues" from 57 per cent to 46 per cent; a requirement that players play ten years before becoming an unrestricted free agent (UFA); a limit on players' contracts to five years in length; elimination of salary arbitration; and an extension of entry-level contracts to five years from three.[6]
The NHLPA made an attempt to strike down the lockout as illegal in Alberta and Quebec;[7] the Quebec labour board ruled against the NHLPA on September 14.[8]
The NHL season officially entered a lockout after the expiration of the CBA on September 15, 2012, prior to the planned start of the pre-season. Locked-out players immediately began signing with the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), Czech Extraliga (ELH), the SM-liiga, and the Elitserien (SEL), the last of which largely resisted signing locked-out players.[9][10] The NHL cancelled all regular-season games originally scheduled up to January 14, 2013, including the 2013 NHL Winter Classic. The 2013 NHL All-Star Game was also cancelled.[11][12][13][14]
On January 6, 2013, after a 16-hour negotiating session, the owners and players union reached a tentative agreement for a 10-year deal. NHL owners ratified the CBA on January 9, 2013,[15] followed three days later by the deal's ratification by NHLPA members,[16] and the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two parties, marking their official agreement on the labour pact.[16][17] The NHL announced a 48-game schedule, starting on January 19, 2013 and ending on April 28, 2013, consisting solely of intra-conference competition.[1]
Proposed realignment
The relocation of the Atlanta Thrashers from the American southeast to the Canadian prairies, where the franchise is now known as the Winnipeg Jets, in the summer of 2011 resulted in discussions within the league on how to realign the league's 30 teams. Following several months of speculation, the NHL's Board of Governors voted in favor of a radical realignment plan that would have reduced the six current divisions in two conferences into four conferences. The top four teams in each conference would then qualify for the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, while for the regular season, each team would face its non-conference opponents twice: once each at home and on the road. Conference opponents would face each other five or six times each. The plan was designed to better balance each grouping of teams by time zone, as well as to cut the costs of travel western teams face.[18]
However, on January 6, 2012, the league announced that the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) had rejected the proposed realignment, delaying any future changes until at least 2013–14.[19] NHLPA officers expressed a desire to see a draft schedule for the realignment, which the league had not completed.[20]
The league and NHLPA then redesigned the plan, with the four conferences instead being reformed into four divisions within two conferences. Detroit and Columbus, the only two Western Conference teams in the Eastern Time Zone, were added to the Eastern Conference: Detroit moved into the current Northeast Division and Columbus moved into the Atlantic. The four groupings were designated as divisions, with the Eastern and Western Conference designations remaining in place. This results in all Eastern Conference teams existing entirely in the Eastern Time Zone. However, one of the Western Divisions will have all but one of the Pacific and Mountain time zone teams. That remaining Mountain time zone team is Colorado which will be with the other division centered around the Central time zone teams. On March 8, 2013, the NHLPA approved the league's realignment plan, with the league Board of Governors ratifying the realignment on March 14.[21]
The four currently unnamed divisions have been organized as follows:[21]
Salary cap
The NHL announced the revised salary cap on June 28, 2012. The salary cap figure is in effect until the end of the current collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the Player's Association. The salary cap for players' salaries rose $5.9 million (USD) to $70.2 million per franchise. The salary floor, the minimum which franchises must spend rose to $54.2 million.[22]
As part of the newly agreed upon CBA, the salary cap for teams will be $64.3 million per franchise, with a floor of $44 million.[23]
Change of venue
On October 24, 2012, the New York Islanders announced that the team had signed a 25-year lease with the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, starting in 2015 after the team's current lease for the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum expires. The arena, originally constructed as the home for the National Basketball Association Brooklyn Nets, will be expanded to meet NHL standards.[24]
Rule changes
With the ratification of the new collective bargaining agreement, several rule changes took effect this season.[25]
- Officials no longer had to be certain that contact had been made with the hands (as opposed to the stick) in deciding whether or not to assess a slashing minor.
- Making contact with the opponent's facemask will result in a minor penalty.
- Both players facing-off are prohibited from batting the puck with their hand in an attempt to win the face-off. Any attempt by either center to win the face-off by batting the puck with their hand shall result in a minor penalty. This penalty shall be announced as a "Minor Penalty for Delay of Game - Face-off Violation."
- Rule 67 has been changed to prevent players from getting a faceoff by putting their glove on the puck anywhere on the ice and not allowing play to continue. A minor penalty will be assessed for "closing his hand on the puck."
Uniforms
- To celebrate 20 years in Dallas, the Stars are wearing special patches this season.
- The Tampa Bay Lightning are wearing special patches to commemorate their 20th season in the NHL. Their alternate uniform was also modified to include the simplified logo they introduced last season.
- The San Jose Sharks are wearing patches in memory of original owner George Gund III, who died January 15, 2013. Gund was instrumental in bringing, removing and returning NHL hockey to the Bay Area.
- To celebrate 100 years of hockey on the west coast, the Canucks are honoring Vancouver's first professional hockey team, the Vancouver Millionaires, who played in the West Coast Hockey League from 1912-1922. The Canucks are wearing a patch of a re-colored Millionaires logo on their alternate home jerseys, and they have also worn Millionaires uniforms for one game, their March 16 home game against the Red Wings.
- The Buffalo Sabres, Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers retired their third jerseys.
Regular season
Originally planned for October 11, 2012, the lockout delay pushed the start of the 2012–13 season to January 19, 2013, with twelve games for the opening night.[26][27] Each team plays eighteen games within its division (four or five games for each team) and thirty games against teams outside the division but within the conference (three games for each team); no interconference games are played during the regular season.[28] The regular season is shortened from 82 games down to 48, cancelling 41.5 percent of the full regular season.
Winter Classic
The 2013 NHL Winter Classic was scheduled to feature the Detroit Red Wings hosting the Toronto Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium (the largest stadium in North America) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, but it was cancelled due to the labour lockout.[29] The NHL announced it plans to hold the next Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium, with the Leafs and the Red Wings, scheduled for January 1, 2014.[30]
All-Star Game
Originally scheduled to take place January 27, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio, the All-Star Game was cancelled as a result of the on-going lockout.[31][32]
European Premiere games
In past seasons, selected NHL teams began their season with exhibition games and the first two regular season games in European cities. In March 2012, the NHL announced that it has decided not to start the season with games in Europe, because of the upcoming Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations and the surrounding uncertainty.[33]
With the NHL not playing games in Europe, Russia's Kontinental Hockey League (against which the NHL has played several interleague competitions) was instead to come to the United States, with the NHL's blessing; the KHL was to feature two games between Dynamo Moscow and SKA Saint Petersburg at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on January 19 and 20, 2013.[34] However no agreement between the KHL and the Barclays Center had been signed, and the KHL announced the two games would be held in Russia; due to the NHL lockout, the signing of a 25 year lease with the New York Islanders, and pleas from the teams' fans to keep the games in Russia.[35]
Postponement
Three games were affected by the Boston Marathon bombings:
- The April 15 game between the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins at TD Garden was postponed due to the bombing of the Boston Marathon earlier that day. The game was rescheduled to April 28, the day after the previous final day of the regular season.[36]
- The April 19 game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins at TD Garden was postponed to April 20 due to the citywide lockdown as a result of the manhunt for the suspects of the bombings. As a result of the rescheduled Penguins-Bruins game, the game between the Penguins and Buffalo Sabres that was originally scheduled for April 20 was moved to April 23.[37]
Standings
Due to the lockout, each team played 48 games this season, all within their conference.
Pos | Div | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | AT | z – Pittsburgh Penguins | 48 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 33 | 165 | 119 | +46 | 72 |
2 | NE | y – Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 26 | 149 | 126 | +23 | 63 |
3 | SE | y – Washington Capitals | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 24 | 149 | 130 | +19 | 57 |
4 | NE | x – Boston Bruins | 48 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 24 | 131 | 109 | +22 | 62 |
5 | NE | x – Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 26 | 145 | 133 | +12 | 57 |
6 | AT | x – New York Rangers | 48 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 130 | 112 | +18 | 56 |
7 | NE | x – Ottawa Senators | 48 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 116 | 104 | +12 | 56 |
8 | AT | x – New York Islanders | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 20 | 139 | 139 | 0 | 55 |
9 | SE | Winnipeg Jets | 48 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 22 | 128 | 144 | −16 | 51 |
10 | AT | Philadelphia Flyers | 48 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 22 | 133 | 141 | −8 | 49 |
11 | AT | New Jersey Devils | 48 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 112 | 129 | −17 | 48 |
12 | NE | Buffalo Sabres | 48 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 115 | 143 | −28 | 48 |
13 | SE | Carolina Hurricanes | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 18 | 128 | 160 | −32 | 42 |
14 | SE | Tampa Bay Lightning | 48 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 17 | 148 | 150 | −2 | 40 |
15 | SE | Florida Panthers | 48 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 112 | 171 | −59 | 36 |
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division; z – Clinched conference
Pos | Div | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CE | p – Chicago Blackhawks | 48 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 155 | 102 | +53 | 77 |
2 | PA | y – Anaheim Ducks | 48 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 140 | 118 | +22 | 66 |
3 | NW | y – Vancouver Canucks | 48 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 127 | 121 | +6 | 59 |
4 | CE | x – St. Louis Blues | 48 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 24 | 129 | 115 | +14 | 60 |
5 | PA | x – Los Angeles Kings | 48 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 25 | 133 | 118 | +15 | 59 |
6 | PA | x – San Jose Sharks | 48 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 124 | 116 | +8 | 57 |
7 | CE | x – Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 124 | 115 | +9 | 56 |
8 | NW | x – Minnesota Wild | 48 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 122 | 127 | −5 | 55 |
9 | CE | Columbus Blue Jackets | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 120 | 119 | +1 | 55 |
10 | PA | Phoenix Coyotes | 48 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 125 | 131 | −6 | 51 |
11 | PA | Dallas Stars | 48 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 20 | 130 | 142 | −12 | 48 |
12 | NW | Edmonton Oilers | 48 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 125 | 134 | −9 | 45 |
13 | NW | Calgary Flames | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 128 | 160 | −32 | 42 |
14 | CE | Nashville Predators | 48 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 111 | 139 | −28 | 41 |
15 | NW | Colorado Avalanche | 48 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 116 | 152 | −36 | 39 |
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division
Playoffs
Because of the lockout and delayed start of the shortened regular season, the playoffs did not begin until April 30. The last possible date of Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals was then scheduled for June 28.[38]
Template:2013 Stanley Cup playoffs
Player statistics
Scoring leaders
The following players lead the league in points following the conclusion of the regular season.[39]
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Martin St. Louis | Tampa Bay Lightning | 48 | 17 | 43 | 60 | 0 | 14 |
Steven Stamkos | Tampa Bay Lightning | 48 | 29 | 28 | 57 | –4 | 32 |
Alexander Ovechkin | Washington Capitals | 48 | 32 | 24 | 56 | +2 | 36 |
Sidney Crosby | Pittsburgh Penguins | 36 | 15 | 41 | 56 | +26 | 16 |
Patrick Kane | Chicago Blackhawks | 47 | 23 | 32 | 55 | +11 | 8 |
Eric Staal | Carolina Hurricanes | 48 | 18 | 35 | 53 | +5 | 54 |
Chris Kunitz | Pittsburgh Penguins | 48 | 22 | 30 | 52 | +30 | 39 |
Phil Kessel | Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 20 | 32 | 52 | –3 | 18 |
Taylor Hall | Edmonton Oilers | 45 | 16 | 34 | 50 | +5 | 33 |
Ryan Getzlaf | Anaheim Ducks | 44 | 15 | 34 | 49 | +14 | 41 |
Pavel Datsyuk | Detroit Red Wings | 47 | 15 | 34 | 49 | +21 | 14 |
Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders lead the league in goals against average following the conclusion of the regular season while playing at least 1200 minutes.[40]
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player | Team | GP | Min | W | L | OT | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Craig Anderson | Ottawa Senators | 24 | 1420:36 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 40 | 3 | .941 | 1.69 |
Corey Crawford | Chicago Blackhawks | 30 | 1760:31 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 3 | .926 | 1.94 |
Sergei Bobrovsky | Columbus Blue Jackets | 38 | 2218:57 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 74 | 4 | .932 | 2.00 |
Tuukka Rask | Boston Bruins | 36 | 2104:09 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 70 | 5 | .929 | 2.00 |
Henrik Lundqvist | New York Rangers | 43 | 2575:22 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 88 | 2 | .926 | 2.05 |
Cory Schneider | Vancouver Canucks | 30 | 1733:19 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 61 | 5 | .927 | 2.11 |
Jimmy Howard | Detroit Red Wings | 42 | 2445:44 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 87 | 5 | .923 | 2.13 |
Antti Niemi | San Jose Sharks | 43 | 2580:46 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 93 | 4 | .924 | 2.16 |
Viktor Fasth | Anaheim Ducks | 25 | 1428:18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 4 | .921 | 2.18 |
Martin Brodeur | New Jersey Devils | 29 | 1757:21 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 2 | .901 | 2.22 |
Milestones
First games
The following is a list of notable players who played their first NHL game in 2013, listed with their first team:
Last games
The following is a list of players of note who played their last NHL game in 2012–13, listed with their team:
Player | Team | Notability |
---|---|---|
Alexei Kovalev[42] | Florida Panthers | 1994 Stanley Cup Champion with the New York Rangers, 2008 NHL Second All-Star Team, Olympic Gold (1992) for the Unified Team and Bronze (2002) for Russia |
Jochen Hecht[43] | Buffalo Sabres | Second German captain in NHL history (after Walt Tkaczuk) in 2007–08, 833 games played over 14 seasons, named to two Olympic squads (2002 and 2006) |
Major milestones reached
- On January 21, 2013, Tampa Bay Lightning forward Vincent Lecavalier participated in his 1,000th NHL game.[44]
- On January 27, 2013, New Jersey Devils forward Patrik Elias recorded his 900th career point.[45] He became the 97th player in league history to reach this milestone.
- On February 4, 2013, Colorado Avalanche forward Milan Hejduk participated in his 1,000th NHL game.[46]
- On February 7, 2013, St. Louis Blues defenseman Wade Redden participated in his 1,000th NHL game.[47]
- On February 9, 2013, New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur participated in his 1,200th NHL game. He became the 93rd player, and the first goaltender, to reach this milestone.[48][49]
- On February 22, 2013, the Chicago Blackhawks set a record by earning at least one point in 17 consecutive games to start a season. The previous record of 16 consecutive games was held by the 2006–07 Anaheim Ducks.[50] The Blackhawks went on to extend the record for first consecutive games with a point to start a season to 24 games (21–0–3).
- On March 3, 2013, Chicago Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa participated in his 1,000th NHL game.[51]
- On March 5, 2013, Montreal Canadiens captain Brian Gionta scored the team's 20,000th NHL goal.[note 1]
- On March 6, 2013, Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Ray Emery becomes the first goaltender in league history to start a season with 10 straight wins, going 10–0–0.[52] He extended it to 12 straight wins to start a season on March 26, going 12–0–0.
- On March 18, 2013, Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen participated in his 1,000th NHL game.[53]
- On March 28, 2013, Phoenix Coyotes forward Steve Sullivan participated in his 1,000th NHL game.[54]
- On March 29, 2013, Dallas Stars forward Jaromir Jagr recorded his 1,000th career assist,[55] becoming the 12th player in league history and the first non-Canadian to do so.
- On April 22, 2013, Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tomas Vokoun won his 300th NHL game. He became the 28th player in league history to reach this milestone.[56]
Notes
^ 1: Michael Cammalleri had previously scored the 20,000th goal in Canadiens' franchise history on December 28, 2009. Cammalleri's mark included goals from the Canadiens time in the National Hockey Association.[57]
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