Here is Keith Tkachuk's point and goalscoring gap over his own teammates during his 2 best years.
1995-96
23 more goals than 2nd highest
26 more points than 2nd highest(Selanne was producing at a similar rate to Tkachuk, but played only 51 games.)
1996-97
20 more goals than 2nd highest
17 more points than 2nd highest.
23 more EVG than 2nd highest, and more impressive, he factored in on a quarter of his teams EVG.
winnipeg in the 1995-96 season up to the selanne trade —
selanne: 51 games, 24 goals, 72 pts (1.41 pts/game)
tkachuk: 48 games, 31 goals, 57 pts (1.21)
zhamnov: 42 games, 19 goals, 48 pts (1.14)
next 7 games, where they were experimenting with who to replace selanne with on that line —
tkachuk: 7 games, 3 goals, 6 pts (0.86)
mike stapleton: 7 games, 2 goals, 6 pts (0.86)
kris king: 6 games, 2 goals, 4 pts (0.67)
zhamnov: 7 games, 1 goal, 4 pts (0.56)
* a hot few games for the second line of stapleton and king with darren turcotte between injuries (turcotte had 3 goals in 3 games)
olczyk joins the top line for a spell before he and zhamnov both get injured —
tkachuk: 6 games, 6 goals, 12 pts (2.0)
olczyk: 6 games, 5 pts, 12 pts (2.0)
zhamnov: 6 games, 2 goals, 7 pts (1.17)
small blip between stable linemates —
turcotte: 5 games, 2 goals, 4 pts
bunch of guys: 6 games, 3 pts
tkachuk: 4 games, 2 goals, both on the PP
jets trade for janney, who becomes tkachuk’s new center for the rest of the year, with dallas drake as their RW —
tkachuk: 12 games, 8 goals, 21 pts (1.75)
janney: 12 games, 7 goals, 20 pts (1.68)
drake: 12 games, 8 goals, 14 pts (1.17)
i was expecting this to show that tkachuk’s margin of dominance over his linemates wasn’t quite so big in 1996, but what i actually learned is he really was the constant after selanne left who kept producing with different linemates around him. his production post-selanne: 29 games, 19 goals, 41 pts (1.41 pts/game). from the trade to the end of the season, he was 9th in league scoring, the same pace as selanne had over the stretch he was leading the team.