Player of the Week | Leon Draisaitl
Leon Draisaitl stepped up in a big way for the Edmonton Oilers by leading the NHL in points for the week with 10, highlighted by a four-point effort Tuesday against the Chicago Blackhawks.
Leon Draisaitl stepped up in a big way for the Edmonton Oilers by leading the NHL in points for the week with 10, highlighted by a four-point effort Tuesday against the Chicago Blackhawks.
Kyle Connor led the league in scoring for the week with eight points over four game over the weekend to help the Winnipeg Jets reclaim a playoff spot.
J.T. Miller continues to make the most of his opportunity with the Vancouver Canucks.
Elvis Merzlikins has taken the NHL by storm recently, posting two shutouts including facing a career-best 41 shots in Saturday’s game to help the Columbus Blue Jackets to a perfect week.
Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded back-to-back shutouts to cap off a near-perfect week between the pipes for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Samuel Girard started a new decade in a big way by leading NHL defencemen in overall scoring for the week with eight points, including three multi-point games.
Victor Hedman led the NHL in scoring for the week with eight points, following two-multi point games including a career-high four assists against the Montreal Canadiens.
Noel Acciari led NHL goal-scoring for the week (7-1–8) by registering the first multi-goal game of his NHL career and following it up to complete back-to-back hat tricks.
Max Pacioretty led NHL scoring for the week with eight points in four games, including back-to-back multi-point performances along a four-game goal streak.
Jack Eichel scored seven points in four games (2-5–7), including a pair of multi-point performances this past week, to extend his point streak to a career-high 13 games.
Martin Jones picked up three wins, two consecutively while appearing in back-to-back starts for the San Jose Sharks, to lead NHL netminders in the category this past week.
Brock Nelson scored five points in three games (4-1–5) as a difference-maker for the New York Islanders with his family in town to witness a special milestone.
Keith Yandle scored eight points in three games (1-7–8) including a pair of three-point performances to extend his point streak to a season-high five games.
Patrick Kane scored eight points in four games (4-4–8) including a pair of three-point performances to extend his point streak to a season-high six games.
Elias Pettersson moved up to the sixth spot in the NHL scoring race with his 20th point of the season after tallying nine points in four games (3-6–9).
David Pastrnak moved into the NHL scoring lead with eight points in three games (2-6–8) while also scoring his 300th career point this past week.
John Carlson topped NHL scoring this week (1-7–8) and joined impressive company as he pushed his point streak to seven consecutive games.
Connor McDavid overtook the NHL scoring lead and played a big part in the Edmonton Oilers’ first 5-0-0 start to the season in 34 years.
Mike Zibanejad wasted no time getting his season off to a torrid start.
Nikita Kucherov capped his record-setting year with his first career Art Ross Trophy along with a single-season scoring record for a Russian-born player.