Has Byfield been as invisible as his stat line suggests?
No, he has a had a few ineffectual games, but he looked much sharper last night. He is a bounce or two from contributing on the sheet and hopefully he rounds it out here soon.
I am concerned about that lines production this year because Kopitar is really dragging around the ice. I think his points have come from literally every single scoring chance he has been involved in - he isn't even on screen with his linemates most shifts. Still making excellent plays when they present themselves, but he isn't creating anything that isn't already there. He has been very opportunistic.
Alex Turcotte is this teams best offensive center so far this year. Driving play, creating good chances virtually every shift. Maybe they are sometimes low percentage chances, but they are keeping the team on the front foot.