There's still a little time left, but here's a look at the top 10 NHL leaders in 10 statistical categories since Jan. 1, 2018.

There's no way to avoid it: we've entered that time in late December when top-10 lists run amok, covering off every highlight and happenstance from the past year. So, in the spirit of top-10 lists -- and running amok -- here's a look at the NHL leaders in the calendar year of 2018.

Granted, there's a few games left before 2019 arrives, but these quick-hit stat packs give you a good idea of who's in the running for player-of-the-year kudos. We've spotlighted the top 10 (and ties) for both forwards and defensemen in goals, assists, points and shots, as well as the top 10 goalies in wins and save percentage.

Top 10 NHL Forwards (and ties): Goals

Alex Ovechkin 54

Patrik Laine 49

Connor McDavid 46

Nathan MacKinnon 44

David Pastrnak 42

Evgeni Malkin 39

Eric Staal 39

John Tavares 39

Cam Atkinson 38

Evgenii Dadonov 37

William Karlsson 37

Brayden Point 37

Jeff Skinner 37

Quick hit: Auston Matthews, in case you're wondering, has 36 goals in the calendar year of 2018. But he did so in just 53 games, compared to 75-80 games for most of the top-10 leaders.

Top 10 NHL Defensemen (and ties): Goals

Matt Dumba 19

Thomas Chabot 17

Aaron Ekblad 17

Victor Hedman 17

John Carlson 16

Dougie Hamilton 16

Seth Jones 15

Jeff Petry 15

Ivan Provorov 15

Tyson Barrie 14

Roman Josi 14

Kris Letang 14

Quick hit: Brent Burns, who posted 27- and 29-goal seasons in 2015-16 and '16-17, sits in an eight-way tie for 22nd place among NHL defensemen with 10 goals in the calendar year of 2018.

Top 10 NHL Forwards (and ties): Assists

Mikko Rantanen 76

Blake Wheeler 76

Nikita Kucherov 67

Connor McDavid 66

Claude Giroux 64

Mathew Barzal 63

Nathan MacKinnon 62

Sidney Crosby 61

Johnny Gaudreau 61

Evgeni Malkin 60

Mitch Marner 60

Quick hit: Wheeler, with 76 helpers in 76 games since Jan. 1, is the only player who has averaged an assist per game. Rantanen is close, with 76 in 78 games.

Top 10 NHL Defensemen: Assists

Brent Burns 66

John Carlson 56

Keith Yandle 55

Erik Karlsson 53

Morgan Rielly 51

Jake Gardiner 50

Ryan Suter 48

Tory Krug 46

Dustin Byfuglien 45

Drew Doughty 45

Quick hit: Ahh, now we see where Burns' points are coming from -- perhaps opponents are taking away his shooting lanes, so he's dishing off more often and collecting assists instead.

Top 10 NHL Forwards: Points

Connor McDavid 112

Mikko Rantanen 109

Nathan MacKinnon 106

Evgeni Malkin 99

Claude Giroux 97

Nikita Kucherov 96

Blake Wheeler 93

Sidney Crosby 92

Taylor Hall 90

David Pastrnak 90

Quick hit: McDavid is in his rightful spot, with two members of the Avs' top line as the only other players to surpass 100 points so far in the calendar year of 2018. Gabriel Landeskog, the third member of Colorado's high-flying unit, is tied for 30th among NHL forwards with 73 points.

Top 10 NHL Defensemen: Points

Brent Burns 76

John Carlson 72

Keith Yandle 65

Morgan Rielly 64

Erik Karlsson 61

Torey Krug 58

Dustin Byfuglien 57

Mark Giordano 56

Roman Josi 56

Jeff Petry 55

Quick hits: The power play has been a major source of offense for the likes of Carlson (35 PP points), Yandle (32 PP points), Krug (32 PP points), Burns (28 PP points), Byfuglien (28 PP points) and Rielly (28 PP points).

Top 10 NHL Forwards: Shots

Nathan MacKinnon 317

Alex Ovechkin 310

Tyler Seguin 310

Patrick Kane 295

Brendan Gallagher 288

Jonathan Marchessault 283

David Pastrnak 282

Evander Kane 279

Connor McDavid 279

Jack Eichel 272

Quick hits: Columbus' Cam Atkinson ranks 11th with 269 shots, but he racked up that total in just 66 games. Most of the players ahead of him have played 10-15 more games since Jan. 1.

Top 10 NHL Defensemen: Shots

Brent Burns 302

Dougie Hamilton 266

Roman Josi 264

Erik Karlsson 228

Kris Letang 221

Mark Giordano 209

Dustin Byfuglien 208

Seth Jones 207

John Carlson 204

Matt Dumba 204

Quick hit: Maybe Burns isn't dishing off so much after all. He's still shooting a lot, but the puck isn't going in for him. Burns' 3.3-percent shooting percentage in the calendar year of 2018 is the lowest of any defenseman in the top 10 in shots.

Top 10 NHL Goalies: Wins

Marc-Andre Fleury 42

Connor Hellebuyck 39

Frederik Andersen 37

Pekka Rinne 37

Devan Dubnyk 34

Sergei Bobrovsky 33

John Gibson 33

Keith Kinkaid 32

Martin Jones 31

Andrei Vasilevskiy 30

Quick hit: One more time -- boy, they really, really exceeded expectations in Vegas.

Top 10 NHL Goalies: Save percentage (40+ GP)

Pekka Rinne .929

John Gibson .928

Semyon Varlamov .922

Ben Bishop .921

Frederik Andersen .919

Carter Hutton .919

Connor Hellebuyck .918

Sergei Bobrovsky .917

Marc-Andre Fleury .917

Jaroslav Halak .917

Quick hit: From a save-percentage perspective, it's Rinne and Gibson and then it's everybody else.