My Top 5 | Active all-time points leaders

Which five current players continue to pile up the points in their outstanding careers?

Here are a couple of clues as to who made the list: one player recently joined the prestigious 1,000-point club and a pair of players each has 106 game-winning goals.  

Top active point-getters

1. Joe Thornton – 1,473

Jumbo Joe still knows how to provide a spark for the San Jose Sharks. One of the best passers in hockey, the 39-year-old has 1,060 assists over his Hall of Fame-worthy career, averaging .679 helpers per contest.

2. Sidney Crosby – 1,210

A three-time Ted Lindsay Award recipient, Sid, less than 65 games away from 1,000 in his career, averages a whopping 1.290 points per game. The pride of Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, is also averaging .817 assists per game.

3. Alexander Ovechkin – 1,206

The great No. 8 just keeps on rolling, leading all active goal-scorers with 655 tallies. Ovechkin is tied with the ageless Patrick Marleau when it comes to active game-winning goal leaders, with each forward notching 106 lamp-lighters.

4. Patrick Marleau – 1,166

After swimming with Sharks, Marleau turned over a new leaf as a member of the Maple Leafs. The smooth-skating veteran forward has 551 lifetime goals, 169 power-play goals, along with 17 short-handed tallies.

5. Evgeni Malkin – 1,001

Pittsburgh’s top-shelf forward picked up his milestone 1,000th point March 12 in a game against the Washington Capitals. The 32-year-old, who was awarded the 2012 Ted Lindsay Award, is 50 games shy of 900 for an NHL career that includes three Stanley Cups.