Lord Stanley's Pool 2022 - Round 2 Analysis

This pool has been all about the scoring, and that appears set to continue with a Colorado-Edmonton showdown in the west. Cale Makar and the Avs are the pool's top-picked team and they are performing as expected, but the Oilkers are scoring like it's the 1980s and those who picked Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl are found at the top of the pool. In the east Tampa Bay's looking threepeat but will have to get through a New York team for the third straight conference final. This looks to be a goalie battle but the Rangers and Lightning are putting up offence too.

Record offence
After the record for points in round 1 was broken, round 2 continued the scoring pace and we now have a record score through two rounds. ZAI Hammerman and Hugh McShane's 144 points beats the previous record of 135 by nine points. Seven players total beat the previous round 2 high. With the high scoring players continuing on to round 3, expect to see many of the same names on the leaderboard and possibly another record high in points.

On the outs
Major players on their way out: Gaudreau, Cgy, 172 picks; Huberdeau, Fla, 149; Tkachuk, Cgy, 134; Barkov, Fla, 106; Markstrom, Cgy, 93; Ekblad, Fla, 57.

Biggest Bust award
We couldn't pick one after round one, so let's do so now. Jonathan Huberdeau, you're up! Five points is not entirely a bust, but with high scoring across the board, more was needed for the Florida player's 149 picks.

Biggest busts over the years: 2022 - Huberdeau; 2021 - Crosby; 2020 - Rask; 2019 - Vasilevskiy; 2018 - Doughty; 2017 - Kane; 2016 - Doughty; 2015 - Pietrangelo; 2014 - Krejci; 2013 - Ovechkin; 2012 - Luongo; 2011 - Backstrom; 2010 - Brodeur; 2009 - Nabokov; 2008 - Brodeur; 2007 - Kariya; 2006 - Lidstrom; 2004 - Brodeur; 2003 - Joseph; 2002 - Entire Flyers roster (ok ok: Roenick); 2001 - Yzerman; 2000 - Gonchar; 1999 - Yashin; 1998 - Holik.

Mitch's predictions
I'm 8-4 after two rounds, far better than I usually do. For round 3 I'll go with Colorado and Tampa Bay. Safe bets!

Who's Hot and Who's Not:
ZAI Hammerman, Colby Foster, and Thomas Cheyne Matheson were the hottest poolies in round two, with Hammerman amd Foster collecting 72 points and Hammerman climbing into first place, and Matheson jumping 160 spots from 231st into the top 100. Here are the Hot and Not lists for round two:

Hot	Pos. Gain (R1, R2)	Hot	Rd2 Pts.
Thomas Cheyne Matheson	160 (231,71)	ZAI Hammerman	72
Owen Thompson	156 (279,123)	Colby Foster	72
Tom Sheahan	153 (240,87)	Hugh McShane	70
Michael Parak	149 (192,43)	Jeff Wener	70
Erin Jones	140 (221,81)	Rishi Mistry	65
		Zack O'Gorman	65
		Brett Bowman	65
Not	Pos. Loss (R1, R2)	Not	Rd2 Pts.
Stephanie Robichaud	201 (72,273)	Jacqui Snow	7
Duncan Campbell	200 (24,224)	Brenden Kennedy	8
Dan Cleveland	198 (54,252)	Laurena Clark	10
Barbara Ellen Kennedy	174 (108,282)	Donald Glassford	10
Peter Tanner	149 (108,257)	Will McGee	10

Team and Player Stats:

Top Players

Forwards Team Pts Picks

Leon Draisaitl EDM 26 78

Connor McDavid EDM 26 114

Mika Zibanejad NYR 19 20

Evander Kane EDM 15 7

Nikita Kucherov TAM 15 71

Johnny Gaudreau CGY 14 172

David Perron STL 13 3

Nathan MacKinnon COL 13 213

Defense Team Pts Picks

Adam Fox NYR 18 58

Cale Makar COL 13 236

Anthony DeAngelo CAR 10 22

Victor Hedman TAM 10 81

Goalies Team Pts Picks

Mike Smith EDM 19 7

Andrei Vasilevskiy TAM 13 39

Antti Ranta CAR 11 2

Jacob Markstrom CGY 11 93

Teams

IN Picks Cups

Colorado 695 103

Tampa Bay 273 31

Edmonton 231 8

NY Rangers 173 12

OUT Picks Cups

Calgary 469 49

Florida 389 53

Carolina 119 6

St. Louis 47 4

Projected Round 3 Standings

Here are the projected scores and rankings for after round 3. The projection assumes (wrongly, of course) that the players you have alive will produce in round 3 at the same average rate as in rounds 1 and 2. So McDavid and Draisaitl would each collect another 13 points.

(R1)
(R2)
Proj. Rank
Name
Score
Alive
Cup
Rd3 Projection

19 1 1 Zai Hammerman 144 9 TBL 216
19 3 2 Jeff Wener 142 9 COL 213
10 1 3 Hugh McShane 144 8 EDM 210
72 6 4 Colby Foster 139 9 COL 208
9 5 5 Rishi Mistry 140 8 EDM 206
14 7 6 Ava McAdam-Beder 136 8 COL 201
54 8 7 Zack O'Gorman 133 9 TBL 199
44 8 7 Bruce Bird 133 9 EDM 199
1 4 9 Stacey Hartley 141 6 FLA 196
24 11 10 Micheal Nguyen 131 7 TBL 190
72 17 11 Manny Amaral 128 7 TBL 186
5 10 12 Jonas Struthers 132 6 TOR 185
2 11 12 Allan Crisford 131 6 COL 185
2 11 12 Paul Martin 131 6 TOR 185
2 11 12 Frank Pileggi 131 6 COL 185
90 11 12 Brett Bowman 131 7 COL 185
44 21 17 Azra Champsi 126 8 NYR 184
54 17 18 Douglas Wilkinson 128 6 NYR 183
35 20 18 Ronan Walsh 127 7 COL 183
90 24 20 Ted Kennedy 123 8 NYR 182
24 17 21 Geraldine Comeau 128 6 MIN 181
108 28 21 Christina Laronga 121 9 COL 181
108 28 21 John Thompson 121 9 TBL 181
54 11 24 Michael McShane 131 5 CAR 179
19 22 24 Graham Haines 125 6 EDM 179
90 24 24 Tyler Robinson 123 8 COL 179
72 24 27 Steve Vinette 123 6 COL 176
90 23 28 Leo Gaudet 124 6 TBL 175
24 34 29 Isaac Nielsen 119 8 TBL 173
135 43 30 Joffre Pharand 117 8 TBL 171
90 37 31 Kamerni Pillay 118 7 COL 170
7 24 32 Zackary Winkler 123 5 TOR 169
24 28 33 Zayn Champsi 121 6 TBL 168
135 43 34 Cooper Levens 117 7 COL 167
72 37 35 Phil Victor 118 6 COL 166
44 34 36 Amy van Steendelaar 119 5 NYR 165
24 37 36 Josh Martin 118 6 TOR 165
35 37 36 Matt Hartley 118 6 COL 165
119 50 39 Dylan Montague 115 6 FLA 164
19 28 40 Trevor Harding 121 5 COL 163
24 43 40 Nathan Slack 117 6 TOR 163
72 50 40 Scott Lee 115 6 COL 163
14 37 43 Colin Kennedy 118 5 TOR 162
192 43 43 Michael Parak 117 5 EDM 162
14 32 43 Paul Ornstein 120 6 CGY 162
14 32 43 Brett Kirkpatrick 120 6 NYR 162
135 58 43 Paul Groba 114 6 COL 162
221 81 43 Erin Jones 108 9 NYR 162
19 43 49 Campbell Clark-Smith 117 5 TOR 161
44 50 49 Alan Eng 115 6 TOR 161
119 58 49 Mark Brewster 114 6 COL 161
135 65 49 Michael Varriano 112 7 TBL 161
44 37 53 Thomas Smith 118 5 COL 160
119 58 53 Silvio Memme 114 6 TBL 160
167 50 53 Dennis Winkler 115 7 TBL 160
167 50 53 Chris Daigle 115 7 COL 160
72 65 53 Tyler Dominato 112 7 COL 160
108 50 58 Mark Norman 115 5 COL 159
108 62 58 Neil Poitras 113 6 COL 159
135 50 60 Lucas Chua 115 5 COL 157
152 62 61 Andrew Daszczynski 113 5 FLA 156
24 48 61 Jamie Martin 116 6 TBL 156
54 65 61 Harris Beder 112 6 TOR 156
72 65 61 Iver Dart 112 6 TOR 156
72 48 65 Jonah Rabinovitch 116 4 FLA 155
6 50 65 Samuel Wexler 115 4 EDM 155
119 71 65 Trish Robichaud 111 5 COL 155
54 71 65 Erin Ash 111 6 TBL 155
119 76 69 Zoe Rabinovitch 110 6 COL 154
90 71 69 Jack Walker 111 7 COL 154
192 92 71 Sam Kozlowich 106 7 COL 153
44 81 72 Tom Nicholl 108 6 COL 152
7 34 73 Justin Gritten 119 3 CGY 151
90 81 74 Andrew MacIntyre 108 6 COL 150
54 92 75 James Smith 106 6 COL 149
135 62 76 Colin McSweeney 113 4 CGY 148
35 80 76 Luke McEachnie 109 4 TOR 148
152 76 76 Aaron Allard 110 6 NYR 148
181 111 76 Shain Griffin 103 7 COL 148
240 132 76 Norrin Ripsman 99 9 COL 148
181 92 81 Chris Bulpit 106 5 COL 147
192 76 81 Mike Johnson 110 6 TBL 147
240 87 83 Tom Sheahan 107 6 COL 146
119 76 84 Stacy Martin 110 3 EDM 145
72 98 84 Nick Goodchild 105 5 COL 145
54 71 86 Ron Ego 111 3 STL 144
10 81 87 Adam Pileggi 108 3 TOR 143
152 120 87 Jessica Thompson 101 6 FLA 143
35 58 89 Julian Vardy 114 3 CGY 142
231 71 89 Thomas Cheyne Matheson 111 4 STL 142
24 81 89 Crystal Smalldon 108 4 FLA 142
231 98 89 Rob Phillips 105 6 COL 142
152 111 89 Marie Loop 103 7 NYR 142
72 92 94 Dave Bagnell 106 4 TOR 141
181 111 94 Jamie Sarner 103 6 NYR 141
10 65 96 Nolan Ash 112 3 CGY 140
72 87 96 Garen Roukhkian 107 5 TOR 140
167 116 96 Jake Court 102 5 COL 140
119 98 96 Jerry Gluss 105 6 TBL 140
119 98 96 Nolan Sarner 105 6 CGY 140
108 98 96 Tim Smith 105 6 TBL 140
119 98 96 Daisy Marquez 105 6 TBL 140
119 98 96 Dave Spedding 105 6 CGY 140
119 98 96 Ryan Chirnomas 105 6 CGY 140
152 123 96 Peta Allard 100 6 COL 140
72 87 106 Stephen Chamberlain 107 3 TOR 139
54 92 106 Muhammad Kazmi 106 5 CGY 139
135 107 106 Lizzy Freed 104 6 COL 139
240 120 106 Austin Neilson 101 7 COL 139
35 65 110 Shawn Morrison 112 2 CGY 138
108 92 110 Evan Brooker 106 5 TOR 138
231 148 110 Ruth Beder 96 7 COL 138
90 107 113 Andrew Rudy 104 5 FLA 137
279 123 114 Owen Thompson 100 6 TBL 136
119 132 114 Toni Laronga 99 6 COL 136
54 87 116 Ryan Slack 107 3 TOR 135
135 111 116 Brian Dumble 103 3 TOR 135
192 143 116 Pierre Allard 97 6 NYR 135
72 81 119 Ford Hatchett 108 3 CGY 134
221 123 119 Edward Levens 100 5 CAR 134
35 87 121 Frank Peragine 107 3 CGY 133
54 111 121 Adam Kazmi 103 4 CGY 133
44 107 121 Shannon Brewster 104 5 CGY 133
135 123 121 Shane Kozlowich 100 5 NYR 133
181 169 121 Hanna-Marea Kennedy 94 6 NYR 133
90 148 126 Mike De Petrillo 96 6 COL 132
90 148 126 George Smith 96 6 TOR 132
240 148 126 Mitch Wexler 96 6 TBL 132
10 98 129 Jack Budd 105 3 CGY 131
35 107 129 Simon Rabinovitch 104 4 TOR 131
152 116 129 Sean Desjardins 102 4 COL 131
35 123 129 Andre Dube 100 4 BOS 131
119 132 129 Ace Mandel 99 6 CGY 131
135 157 129 Daryl McGee 95 6 TBL 131
90 132 135 Connor Brewster 99 5 TBL 130
240 136 135 Denise Allard 98 6 COL 130
240 136 135 Ethan Craig 98 6 COL 130
90 116 138 Mike Cuddemi 102 4 CGY 129
24 116 138 Joel Kronis 102 4 COL 129
90 123 138 Jon Tafler 100 4 TOR 129
192 169 138 Alex Kurgatnikov 94 5 COL 129
221 176 138 Ryan Helland 93 5 MIN 129
119 143 143 Fraser Gallop 97 4 EDM 128
262 183 143 Stephanie Paquette 92 6 COL 128
24 120 145 Paul Markowski 101 3 CGY 127
35 123 145 Karen Savoie 100 3 TOR 127
221 157 145 Lori Winkler 95 3 WSH 127
14 123 145 Alistair Viegas 100 4 COL 127
152 148 145 Cale Phibbs 96 4 COL 127
258 148 145 Laura Tackaberry 96 6 COL 127
181 123 151 Mouli Ramani 100 3 FLA 126
44 136 151 Sajjad Champsi 98 3 FLA 126
287 197 151 Tim Day 90 6 TBL 126
221 169 154 Brock Whalley 94 4 FLA 125
192 189 154 Kevin Pinto 91 6 TBL 125
44 148 156 Adam Bloedow 96 4 BOS 124
152 176 156 Jean-Fran�ois Tibo 93 4 COL 124
119 176 156 Richard Gretzinger 93 4 FLA 124
240 169 156 Alex Cleveland 94 6 TBL 124
306 176 156 Todd Beaman 93 6 COL 124
297 197 156 Lori Garrah 90 6 COL 124
90 136 162 Joe Laronga 98 4 TOR 123
72 176 162 Brandon Poitras 93 4 COL 123
135 189 162 Sean Sargent 91 6 COL 123
262 189 162 Andrew Hurst 91 6 COL 123
90 148 166 Craig Endicott 96 4 CGY 122
181 157 166 Lindsay Reid 95 4 COL 122
181 157 166 Paul Smits 95 5 CGY 122
262 224 166 Domenic DeMarco 87 6 FLA 122
287 189 170 David Gibbons 91 5 COL 121
167 176 171 Matt Steeves 93 3 FLA 120
108 157 172 Kevin Douglas 95 4 TOR 119
135 157 172 Aaron Beder 95 4 COL 119
192 183 172 Steve Sealy 92 5 COL 119
279 220 172 Danny Glassford 88 6 CGY 119
135 183 176 Vincent Laronga 92 2 PIT 118
221 183 176 Tom Baker 92 2 FLA 118
240 200 176 Ron Weidner 89 5 FLA 118
152 136 179 Karen Stern 98 3 COL 116
152 136 179 Marc Dupuis 98 3 CAR 116
152 136 179 Claudia Scarciolla-Winkler 98 3 CGY 116
262 231 179 Della Santin 85 6 BOS 116
72 143 183 Daniel Levay 97 3 TOR 115
108 143 183 Brett Bowman 97 3 CGY 115
262 183 183 Mohan Krishnamoorthy 92 4 COL 115
44 148 186 Andrew Wood 96 3 CGY 114
262 231 186 Phil Crawford 85 5 COL 114
273 231 186 Amina Champsi 85 6 COL 114
54 157 189 Marc Ennis 95 3 COL 113
54 157 189 Fraser Macdonald 95 3 TOR 113
54 157 189 Dave Michael 95 3 TOR 113
54 157 189 Aaron Pretto 95 3 COL 113
54 157 189 Stacy Robichaud 95 3 COL 113
54 157 189 Tina Speciale 95 3 TOR 113
167 189 189 Adam Jamieson 91 3 FLA 113
167 220 189 Al Champsi 88 5 COL 113
72 169 197 Joel Greenstein 94 3 CGY 112
72 169 197 Jeff Wood 94 3 COL 112
90 169 197 Andrew Robichaud 94 3 TOR 112
135 189 197 Sean Smith 91 4 COL 112
192 200 197 Wayne Kubis 89 4 FLA 112
90 143 202 Gwen Clark-Smith 97 2 TOR 111
258 200 202 Judah Gould 89 4 COL 111
152 183 204 Tony Bruno 92 3 TOR 110
221 227 204 Chris Daszczynski 86 4 FLA 110
167 176 206 Eric Marquez 93 3 TBL 109
181 197 207 Mark Lenarcic 90 3 TOR 108
287 227 207 Shailyn Griffin 86 4 FLA 108
240 227 207 Rebecca Gaudreau 86 5 CGY 108
287 239 207 Lanny Cardow 84 5 FLA 108
279 252 207 Brandon Kubis 82 6 COL 108
301 257 207 Desmond Desrosier 81 6 CAR 108
54 189 213 Michael Sinclair 91 3 TOR 107
181 200 213 Shawn Robichaud 89 3 COL 107
192 200 213 Scott Poitras 89 3 COL 107
192 200 213 Russell Reed 89 3 COL 107
192 200 213 Matthew Pledger 89 3 CGY 107
192 200 213 Dan Meister 89 3 COL 107
192 200 213 Vince Pileggi 89 3 COL 107
192 200 213 Cathy Bruno 89 3 CGY 107
192 200 213 Adam Marrus 89 3 FLA 107
192 200 213 David Loop 89 3 CGY 107
192 200 213 Blair Miller 89 3 FLA 107
192 200 213 Mary Morrison 89 3 COL 107
192 200 213 Tim Sowden 89 3 FLA 107
192 200 213 Corby Fine 89 3 COL 107
192 200 213 Todd Foster 89 3 COL 107
192 200 213 Kerrieann Helland 89 3 CGY 107
167 200 213 Dustin Hall 89 3 TOR 107
167 239 213 Darcy Keene 84 3 TOR 107
152 220 231 Angela West 88 3 FLA 106
167 220 231 Katarina Ornstein 88 3 CGY 106
287 277 231 Glenn Zyzanski 77 5 MIN 106
273 239 234 Gary Brewster 84 4 FLA 105
297 247 234 Angela Gibbons 83 4 CGY 105
279 231 236 Diego DeMarco 85 3 CGY 104
192 200 237 KC Swink 89 3 CGY 103
262 231 237 Jeff Williams 85 3 COL 103
240 231 237 Samara McAdam 85 3 FLA 103
240 252 237 Scott Sellers 82 4 TBL 103
231 231 241 Andrew Ryan 85 3 FLA 102
240 239 241 Doug Frazier 84 3 CGY 102
192 227 243 Steven Hawley 86 3 COL 101
297 247 243 Stephen Craig 83 3 FLA 101
90 189 245 Anthony Bruno 91 1 TOR 100
287 239 245 Paul Morrison 84 3 COL 100
24 224 247 Duncan Campbell 87 2 TOR 99
221 247 247 Dave Keystone 83 3 TBL 99
231 247 247 Ryan McLennan 83 3 BOS 99
240 247 247 James Burnand 83 3 TOR 99
135 257 247 Dan McGee 81 3 MIN 99
321 257 247 Donna Thompson 81 3 TBL 99
312 294 247 Kyle Moore 74 5 COL 99
152 231 254 Jeff West 85 2 CGY 98
240 252 254 Hugh Freedman 82 3 TOR 98
54 252 254 Dan Cleveland 82 3 COL 98
301 265 254 Ron Wener 80 3 CGY 98
301 265 254 Ryan Thompson 80 3 FLA 98
135 239 259 Ben Bangs 84 2 CGY 96
192 239 259 George Roman 84 2 CGY 96
240 257 259 Mark Matheson 81 3 COL 96
231 265 259 Dave Poitras 80 3 COL 96
181 265 259 Francesco Varriano 80 3 COL 96
301 271 264 Harper Christie-Allard 79 3 COL 95
135 252 265 Andrea De Petrillo 82 2 TOR 94
297 288 265 Duncan MacDonald 75 2 FLA 94
287 273 265 Laura Speciale 78 3 COL 94
231 282 265 Andrew Mckenzie 76 3 COL 94
258 257 269 Jim Mehan 81 2 FLA 93
279 273 269 Christopher Mossey 78 2 STL 93
279 277 269 Jeff Jacobs 77 3 WSH 93
309 282 269 Milton Howe 76 3 CGY 93
306 277 273 Shane Davey 77 3 COL 92
273 271 274 Sloane Smith 79 2 FLA 91
316 288 274 Joy Smith 75 3 COL 91
328 316 274 Mike van Steendelaar 66 5 TBL 91
262 297 277 Siyeon Lee 73 3 FLA 90
309 297 278 Fred Slade 73 3 MIN 89
312 303 278 Tim Logue 71 3 CGY 89
258 288 280 Jean Glassford 75 2 FLA 88
262 301 280 Gareth Neilson 72 3 COL 88
316 309 280 Martin Lefebvre 70 3 FLA 88
108 224 283 Caesar Wener 87 0 TOR 87
108 257 283 Peter Tanner 81 1 CGY 87
119 257 283 George Wandziak 81 1 CGY 87
231 294 283 Anna Kwan 74 2 FLA 87
192 282 283 Chris Smith 76 3 TOR 87
279 303 283 Danny Thompson 71 3 FLA 87
273 303 283 Frank Iusi 71 3 COL 87
192 265 290 Wesley Frew 80 1 CGY 86
240 294 290 David Lester 74 2 FLA 86
221 303 290 Shannon Lindensmith 71 3 COL 86
323 303 290 Eli Hammerman 71 3 COL 86
262 303 290 Mike Griffin 71 3 COL 86
319 320 295 Jesse Pharand 64 3 FLA 85
287 239 296 S Ripsman 84 0 CAR 84
262 313 296 Corey Messer 68 3 COL 84
319 309 298 Chad Evans 70 2 FLA 82
312 318 298 Mark MacDonald 65 2 FLA 82
167 257 300 Rachelle Gaudet 81 0 TOR 81
192 282 300 Les Endes 76 1 TOR 81
309 316 300 Erica Jeffery 66 3 COL 81
192 265 303 Mike Siegler 80 0 TOR 80
327 324 303 Paula Kozlowich 60 3 WSH 80
231 297 305 Cyril Beaman 73 1 FLA 79
181 273 306 Vincent Galante 78 0 TOR 78
72 273 306 Stephanie Robichaud 78 0 TOR 78
240 277 308 Ajumi Marquez 77 0 FLA 77
240 277 308 Chiara DeMarco 77 0 CGY 77
108 282 310 Barbara Kennedy 76 0 CGY 76
152 282 310 Mary Beth Parent 76 0 FLA 76
329 321 310 Keith Weidner 63 3 FLA 76
279 288 313 Paula Santin 75 0 CGY 75
306 288 313 Jay Dart 75 0 FLA 75
167 288 313 Dennis Clayton 75 0 CGY 75
273 311 313 Noah Bloedow 69 1 FLA 75
221 297 317 Carl Pledger 73 0 FLA 73
301 321 317 Claudine Lukawesky 63 2 TOR 73
167 301 319 David Schamma 72 0 CGY 72
323 326 320 Howie Kamen 59 2 MIN 70
167 311 321 Brenden Kennedy 69 0 STL 69
312 324 321 Elaine Weidner 60 2 TBL 69
287 313 323 Dryden Craig 68 0 FLA 68
273 315 324 Arely Marquez 67 0 FLA 67
316 327 324 Will McGee 55 3 FLA 67
287 318 326 David Hart 65 0 FLA 65
325 323 327 Amelia Thompson 61 0 FLA 61
331 330 328 Tracy Smith 48 2 DAL 59
322 328 329 Jacqui Snow 49 1 TOR 56
326 328 330 Donald Glassford 49 0 TOR 49
330 331 331 Laurena Clark 40 0 CAR 40
332 332 332 Jeff Bangs 30 1 NSH 37