![]() If you compare that to those ahead of him in the scoring race, just two of them have a rate of secondary assists that also is less than 15% of their total points. When you factor in his goals, less than 15% of his total points have come via secondary assists. ![]() Looking at forwards who have more PPSOG than him thus far, over two-thirds have at least one season of 90+ points to their credit.ĭigging even deeper, just four of Nylander's 14 assists have been secondary assists. The key is his PPSOG, which is just below one per game, versus his usual one per every two contests. Even with the huge jump in SOG and taking a lower percentage of SOG from 0-15 feet than in either of his prior two seasons, however, his SH% is right at his career rate. With more ice time should come more scoring, as Nylander's Pts/60 is ticking upward for the second season in a row, yet still presumably with room to grow further if he sticks with Matthews.Ī glaring stat for Nylander is his SOG per game, which, at 3.7, not only is a 1.2 SOG per game higher than his career rate through 2020-21 but also marks the first time he's been at 3.0+ in any campaign. Moreover, while Nylander is seeing ample top unit PP time and there isn't likely much room for that to grow, his ES TOI could rise in the normal course, as he's still not logging 19:00 per game while Matthews is averaging 20:37. Although Tavares is defying father time no one would deny he's a step down from Matthews. This was even before Mitch Marner's injury. One huge key for Nylander is for the first time he's seeing the majority of his ES shifts with Auston Matthews, versus in previous seasons usually having been tethered to John Tavares. Can it last though? Not only is the answer yes, but he looks to be on the verge of becoming a true star. So far for 2021-22 he's doing even better than his prior two seasons. Still, some wondered whether it'd be possible for him to truly shine amidst so many top tier Leaf forwards. ![]() Then he upped his scoring to a 68-to 71-point rate. In his first two full seasons Nylander scored at a 60+ point rate, before a 2018-19 where he never hit his stride. Data for each is current through Friday December 10th games played. Can you tell which of William Nylander, Miro Heiskanen, and Andrei Svechnikov fall into each category? Test your fantasy hockey IQ by trying to predict who is too hot, too cold, and just right, then see if you went three for three. In addition, I also assign each a rating of 1-10, indicating how hot (rated 7-10, where 10 is the most unsustainably hot), cold (rated 1-4, where 1 is the most unsustainably cold), or “just right” (rated 4-7, where 5.5 is the most “just right”) he is.Īlthough many fast and slow starters have already met in the middle, players are definitely still over or underachieving. Instead of there being three bowls of porridge though, I cover three skaters and declare one too hot (i.e., doing unsustainably better than he should), another too cold (i.e., doing unsustainably worse), and a third “just right” (i.e., producing where he should be). Welcome back to Goldipucks and the Three Skaters, a play on words of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story.
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