Patrick Kane has been the NHL’s most lethal scorer this season.
It doesn’t matter how we crunch the numbers. By raw points, he’s opened up nearly a 20-point lead on second-place Jamie Benn, and there are top-50 NHL scorers who have literally half his total. At even strength, his 2.67 points per hour are more than all but two other forwards. On the power play, nobody can touch his 8.08 points/hour clip.
Even by his own lofty standards, Kane is having an incredibly productive season, but he hasn’t done it alone. He's had help. As usual, he doesn't face the toughest opposition (that honour goes to Jonathan Toews), but he's also been gifted with two strong complementary talents he's played with almost all year.
Historically, Kane has seen his linemates shuffled over the course of a season. That’s changed this year, as outside of some shifts where head coach Joel Quenneville wanted Kane out with Toews, he’s mostly stuck with the same two linemates. We can see how rare this is and how he’s produced with his regular linemates when we compare this season to past yea ...
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