If you are a regular visitor at Notinhalloffame.com, you know that we created the Notinhalloffame NHL Cup, where in every regular season game, we award points (5-4-3-2-1) to the top five performers. This is the third year that we have done this, and Edmonton’s Connor McDavid won the first two.
To keep everyone regularly in the loop this time, we have decided to give regular updates, starting at Thanksgiving, and tell all of you the top ten. We will be doing updates every Monday. (note, with it being New YEars, and only one game scheduled, we waited a day!)
Here is the fifth current top ten in Notinhalloffame Cup Points:
1. David Pastrnak, Boston Bruins. 71 Cup Points: 35 Games, 22 G, 28 A, 50 P, +7, 6.1 PS. (#1 Last Week)
The Boston Bruins (like last year) have been the best team early in the season, and it is David Pastrnak who has led their offensive threat. He is the league-leader in Shots (163), is third in Points (50), sixth in Goals (22), and is Boston’s leading scorer, and is in the top ten in most essential offensive categories. Could he win his first Hart?
2. Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning. 67 Cup Points, 37 Games, 26 G, 35 A, 61 P, +1, 7.0 PS. (#2 Last Week)
Kucherov is in his tenth season in Tampa, and is putting forth a season that could gain him another Hart or Art Ross. He is leading the NHL in Points (61) and is second in both Goals (26) and Assists (35). It is a minor surprise that he is not first in Cup Points, but he is getting closer and closer.
3. Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs, 58 Cup Points: 33 Games, 29 G, 15 A, 44 P, +5, 5.8 PS. (#3 Last Week)
The American sniper is back as the league’s top goal-scorer, holding the lead in that (29) and Even-Strength Goals (21). If he holds that, Matthews will win his third Rocket Richard Trophy.
4. Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators, 55 Cup Points: 37 Games, 18 G, 23 A, 41 P, +4, 4.7 PS (#4 Last Week)
Forsberg is off to the best start of his career and should make his second All-Star Game, though other than Even-Strength Goals (3rd with 16) and Game-Winning Goals (6th with 4), he is not in the top ten in any major offensive category.
5. Mikko Rantanen, Colorado Avalanche, 54 Cup Points: 37 Games, 19 G, 26 A, 45 P, +2, 4.8 PS. (#6 Last Week)
Rantanen is currently eighth in Point (45), ninth in Goals (19) and Points (42), and is second in Game-Winning Goals (5).
6. (TIE). Sam Reinhart, Florida Panthers, 53 Cup Points: 36 Games, 23 G, 21 A, 44 P, +15, 5.9 PS. (#6 Last Week)
Reinhart makes his return to the top ten, and is the current leader in Power Play Goals (10). He is also fourth in Goals (23), tenth in Points 44), and the veteran is on pace to finish in the top in those categories for the first time in his ten-year career.
6 (TIE). Jack Hughes, New Jersey Devils, 53 Cup Points: 30 Games, 15 G, 29 A, 44 P, -4, 4.7 PS. (#6 Last Week)
Hughes is currently fourthh in Points per Game (1.47) and is on pace for a third straight All-Star selection.
8 (TIE). Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers, 52 Cup Points: 32 Games, 13 G, 35 A, 48 P, +6, 4.9 PS. (Not in the Top Ten Last Week)
Look who finally arrived! The Edmonton Oilers have been a disappointment thus far, and McDavid has not been lighting the lamp like he did last year. He has however been a great playmaker, and is second in Assists (35) and fifth in Points (48). Can he make it back to the top of the mountain?
8 (TIE). Juuse Saros, Nashville Predators. 52 Cup Points: 27 Games, 15-13-1 Record, .901 Save Percentage, 3.02 GAA, 4.6 GPS. (#5 Last Week)
Saros remains a shock to be the highest ranked Goalie and to be in the top ten in general. How he got here is by being a workhorse. Saros is third in Saves (740), second in Minutes (1,612), and is also fifth in Wins (15) and eighth in Goalie Point Shares (4.6). Saros’ rank means that it is the Predators that are the first squad with two ranked players.
10. Artemi Panarin, New York Rangers. 51 Cup Points, 35 Games, 23 G, 27 A, 50 P, 0, 5.9 PS. (Not in the Top Ten Last Week)
Panarin returns to the top ten, and is strange to think that he fell out of it at all. The Russian Left Wing is third in Points (50) and fourth in Goals (23), and is poised to have his best goal-scoring campaign to date.
Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon and Vancouver’s Quinn Hughes and Thatcher Demko fell out of the top ten.
Our next update will be next Monday.
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