Nikita Kucherov is the clear favorite for the Art Ross Trophy

[Maple Leaf]

kuznetoc and kucherobv combo might work

 

[Coffey]

Here's a representation of him walking to his computer with 90 seconds left in the game.

Hahahahahaha

 

[KevinRedkey]

Kucherov had a 18 point lead over McDavid going into the all-star break just over a month ago.
They are now both on pace for 137 points.

 

[Canovin]

Can't believe how good he is

Didn't Kucherov have a 15 point lead at one point? I remember one of the Leafs trolls bragging about it

20 points lead on McDavid at one point

 

[olli]

Kucherov had a 18 point lead over McDavid going into the all-star break just over a month ago.
They are now both on pace for 137 points.

And the crazy part is Kucherov has barely slowed down

 

[crowfish]

@Nathaniel will be back stronger than ever. I thought the 6 assist +6 game would be the end of him but he shrugged it off like a champ and continued the good fight

 

[LightningStrikes]

Kucherov had a 18 point lead over McDavid going into the all-star break just over a month ago.
They are now both on pace for 137 points.

Tampa has no games scheduled for four days since Saturday, the other teams catch up in games played (and players in point totals) eventually. We had a ton of games in the earlier half of the season.

 

[Calderon]

As mentioned above, McDavid has turned it up since the AS weekend. What's crazy is his S% in that time frame, 5.6 %, and still way more points than anyone else.

 

[Despote]

It's certainly a race for the ages. I hope none of them slows down and everyone hits 140+ points.

 

[Regal]

Game tying and game winning assists tonight. McDavid up to 99 points with 22 games remaining.

1 more point and he’ll join Gretzky, Lemieux, Dionne, Bossy and Stastny as the only players with 7 100-point seasons

 

[Calderon]

1 more point and he’ll join Gretzky, Lemieux, Dionne, Bossy and Stastny as the only players with 7 100-point seasons

He'll finish with like 11 minimum, potentially up to even 16-17.

 

[Arpeggio]

Changing the subject a little bit, I find it hard to believe that McDavid doesn't win the Hart if he hits 100 assists. Surely, if the three top scorers are within 2-3 points, that would clinch it for him?

And I'm not just saying that because I have a huge bet on him to win the Hart. Nope.

 

[Schennanigans]

This year should show how much of a gap McDavid is to the rest of the league. If Mcdavid wins the art Ross this just mocks the whole league pretty much.

 

[LightningStrikes]

This year should show how much of a gap McDavid is to the rest of the league. If Mcdavid wins the art Ross this just mocks the whole league pretty much.

How so?

 

[Schennanigans]

How so?

He was nowhere near the top 5 at one point. He was like 20 points behind or more.

 

[Calderon]

Changing the subject a little bit, I find it hard to believe that McDavid doesn't win the Hart if he hits 100 assists. Surely, if the three top scorers are within 2-3 points, that would clinch it for him?

And I'm not just saying that because I have a huge bet on him to win the Hart. Nope.

I'm a big McDavid fan but other things being equal I'm awarding the guy with, say, 55-85—140 the Hart over the guy with 35-105—140 every single time. Yes, the latter stat line with the assists is way more rare, doesn't matter. That's why I championed Ovi over Malkin back in the day, too.

 

[Kerberos]

Can't believe how good he is

Didn't Kucherov have a 15 point lead at one point? I remember one of the Leafs trolls bragging about it

There was a point when MacKinnon was 20 points up and Kucherov was 18 or 19 up.

 

[Breakfast of Champs]

He was nowhere near the top 5 at one point. He was like 20 points behind or more.

He was also like 8gp back too due to injury and the oilers schedule.

He's obviously the best player by a good margin, but squeaking out am AR this year is not the reason for that


If anything, it could be argued that MacKinnon/Kucherov/Matthews have somewhat closed the gap from last year when he blew the entire league away

 

[The Panther]

An interesting stat about McDavid right now is that he is +45 in his past 82 regular season games. (I'm guessing that's better than any comparable top scorer over that period.) He wasn't scoring quite as much at even strength for much of last season—or maybe saving it up for that lethal power-play—but he is back to being an ES beast this year (well, after game 14 or whatever it was, anyway).

McDavid, if he stays healthy, has 22 games left. Over his past 17 games, he has a staggering 39 points! He's likely not going to keep up that Gretzky-ish pace, but I think it's likely he gets about 40 more points this season. That would give him 139-ish total for the year.

If so, MacKinnon would then need "only" 34 more points this season to match McDavid's 139... but MacKinnon has only 19 games remaining. He is certainly capable and has had streches like that before, but just now being on a heater, can he keep that up for 19 more games? (Does Colorado have many more games against Chicago?)

Kucherov has 20 games left, so he has one more game with which to try to outscore MacKinnon (they're currently tied). In theory, that gives him an advantage, but he has slightly slowed down of late, so he'll have to turn it on again. I think the problem for Kucherov is that with Tampa in "all hands on deck" mold to keep their Wild-Card spot, the club is probably under pressure to lock it down defensively, which won't help him.

 

[22FUTON9]

An interesting stat about McDavid right now is that he is +45 in his past 82 regular season games. (I'm guessing that's better than any comparable top scorer over that period.) He wasn't scoring quite as much at even strength for much of last season—or maybe saving it up for that lethal power-play—but he is back to being an ES beast this year (well, after game 14 or whatever it was, anyway).

McDavid, if he stays healthy, has 22 games left. Over his past 17 games, he has a staggering 39 points! He's likely not going to keep up that Gretzky-ish pace, but I think it's likely he gets about 40 more points this season. That would give him 139-ish total for the year.

If so, MacKinnon would then need "only" 34 more points this season to match McDavid's 139... but MacKinnon has only 19 games remaining. He is certainly capable and has had streches like that before, but just now being on a heater, can he keep that up for 19 more games? (Does Colorado have many more games against Chicago?)

Kucherov has 20 games left, so he has one more game with which to try to outscore MacKinnon (they're currently tied). In theory, that gives him an advantage, but he has slightly slowed down of late, so he'll have to turn it on again. I think the problem for Kucherov is that with Tampa in "all hands on deck" mold to keep their Wild-Card spot, the club is probably under pressure to lock it down defensively, which won't help him.

Mackinnon’s played around that pace since the start of 2023, so I wouldn’t really say he’s had stretches, he’s been playing at this level for a long time now.

 

[Gnome17]

This is turning into an extremely close race.

Kucherov and MacKinnon are tied at 105 points, both with 19 games left.
McDavid is 6 points behind them at 99, with 22 games left to play, 3 games in hand.

 

[LightningStrikes]

He was nowhere near the top 5 at one point. He was like 20 points behind or more.

But with games in hand, no?

 

[Gnome17]

But with games in hand, no?

A few games in hand but;
McDavid had 13 points in his first 14 games, his 14th game was on nov 18.
Kucherov had 23 points in his first 14 games, his 14th game was on nov 9.
So a couple games difference there but still impressive that McDavid has come back like he has.

 

[bobholly39]

Updated totals as of this morning:

Kucherov - on pace for 137 points and 50 goals in 81 games. 19 Games to go
MacKinnon on pace for 137 points and 51 goals in 82 games. 19 Games to go
McDavid on pace for 137 points and 105 assists in 80 games. 22 Games to go

Can't get any closer than this...

For what it's worth - #4 is Pastrnak on pace for 113 points. So all 3 have a very significant gap on the field.

 

[olli]

An interesting stat about McDavid right now is that he is +45 in his past 82 regular season games. (I'm guessing that's better than any comparable top scorer over that period.) He wasn't scoring quite as much at even strength for much of last season—or maybe saving it up for that lethal power-play—but he is back to being an ES beast this year (well, after game 14 or whatever it was, anyway).

McDavid, if he stays healthy, has 22 games left. Over his past 17 games, he has a staggering 39 points! He's likely not going to keep up that Gretzky-ish pace, but I think it's likely he gets about 40 more points this season. That would give him 139-ish total for the year.

If so, MacKinnon would then need "only" 34 more points this season to match McDavid's 139... but MacKinnon has only 19 games remaining. He is certainly capable and has had streches like that before, but just now being on a heater, can he keep that up for 19 more games? (Does Colorado have many more games against Chicago?)

Kucherov has 20 games left, so he has one more game with which to try to outscore MacKinnon (they're currently tied). In theory, that gives him an advantage, but he has slightly slowed down of late, so he'll have to turn it on again. I think the problem for Kucherov is that with Tampa in "all hands on deck" mold to keep their Wild-Card spot, the club is probably under pressure to lock it down defensively, which won't help him.

I’m pretty sure Kuch has the freedom in Tampa to go full blast on offence pretty much whenever he wants