In keeping with the projected scoring leaders for this season, we compared TSN’s Scott Cullen’s Top 40 projections with GlobeSports.com’s Eric Duhatschek’s. 31 players appear on both lists.
Players who only appear on 1 list as top 40 potential scorers: Ales Hemsky, Alex Tanguay, Alexander Frolov, Alexander Semin, Anze Kopitar, Brenden Morrow, Daniel Briere ,Jean-Pierre Dumont, Marian Gaborik, Mike Cammalleri, Patrick Kane, Patrick Marleau, Patrik Elias, Paul Stastny, Scott Gomez, Shane Doan, Steven Stamkos , Thomas Vanek
| RANK | TSN – Scott Cullen | GlobeSports – Eric Duhatschek | |
| 1 | Alexander Ovechkin | Evgeni Malkin | |
| 2 | Evgeni Malkin | Alexander Ovechkin | |
| 3 | Sidney Crosby | Sidney Crosby | |
| 4 | Pavel Datsyuk | Joe Thornton | |
| 5 | Nicklas Backstrom | Dany Heatley | |
| 6 | Joe Thornton | Ryan Getzlaf | |
| 7 | Ryan Getzlaf | Ilya Kovalchuk | |
| 8 | Dany Heatley | Pavel Datsyuk | |
| 9 | Ilya Kovalchuk | Marc Savard | |
| 10 | Marc Savard | Jarome Iginla | |
| 11 | Jarome Iginla | Alexander Semin | |
| 12 | Jason Spezza | Nicklas Backstrom | |
| 13 | Rick Nash | Jason Spezza | |
| 14 | Zach Parise | Henrik Sedin | |
| 15 | Henrik Zetterberg | Daniel Sedin | |
| 16 | Henrik Sedin | Vincent Lecavalier | |
| 17 | Martin St. Louis | Henrik Zetterberg | |
| 18 | Daniel Sedin | Zach Parise | |
| 19 | Mike Richards | Jeff Carter | |
| 20 | Daniel Alfredsson | Rick Nash | |
| 21 | Jeff Carter | Corey Perry | |
| 22 | Eric Staal | Martin St. Louis | |
| 23 | Jonathan Toews | Eric Staal | |
| 24 | Derek Roy | Paul Stastny | |
| 25 | Vincent Lecavalier | Mike Richards | |
| 26 | Anze Kopitar | Marian Gaborik | |
| 27 | Bobby Ryan | Scott Gomez | |
| 28 | Mike Ribeiro | Jonathan Toews | |
| 29 | Patrick Kane | Daniel Alfredsson | |
| 30 | Corey Perry | Steven Stamkos | |
| 31 | Olli Jokinen | Martin Havlat | |
| 32 | Shane Doan | Bobby Ryan | |
| 33 | Simon Gagne | Patrick Marleau | |
| 34 | Patrik Elias | Ales Hemsky | |
| 35 | Martin Havlat | Brenden Morrow | |
| 36 | Jean-Pierre Dumont | Olli Jokinen | |
| 37 | Alex Tanguay | Simon Gagne | |
| 38 | Thomas Vanek | Mike Ribeiro | |
| 39 | Alexander Frolov | Daniel Briere | |
| 40 | Mike Cammalleri | Derek Roy |