Habs Hit Leaders - After 40 Games (15-18-7)

A major stat when building and evaluating a team, in my opinion, is the number of hits that your team throws. Below is the "Hit Race" for both forwards and defensemen - total hits (games played)

Before game on January 7, 2012 - 40 games (9-9-3)

Forwards

Cole 89 (40)
Moen 61 (38)
Darche 48 (40)
Kostitsyn 46 (30)
Pacioretty 43 (37)
Blunden 39 (17)
Plekanec 36 (40)
Eller 33 (37) 
Gionta 32 (29)
Nokelainen 26 (33)
Desharnais 17 (40)
Leblanc 17 (14)
Palushaj 11 (13)
Cammalleri 7 (35)
Engqvist 5 (8)
Gomez 3 (13)

Defensemen

Emelin 108 (29)

Gorges 60 (40)
Subban 49 (39)
Gill 30 (35)
Diaz 23 (38)
Weber 21 (34)
Campoli 4 (8)
Kaberle 2 (11)
St. Denis 1 (8)