NHL Who’s Hot and Who’s Not: Familiar Names at Top
Linus Ullmark leads the NHL in all three major categories. The Boston Bruins are the second-best team to win the Stanley Cup. Connor McDavid and Tage Thompson are on the Who's Hot list.
Connor McDavid is the NHL's leading scorer with 19 points in December. Alexander Ovechkin has scored 800 goals in his 18 NHL seasons. Tage Thompson has had a breakthrough season for Buffalo Sabres. Ian Cole has played well for Tampa Bay Lightning since his off-season arrival. Tyson Barrie has 11 assists in eight games in the month of December for Edmonton Oilers. He is on pace for a career-high 53 assists. The defensive rating of IanCole is +10 in this month's games. It's the best among defensemen. In the last four games, he's +9 and has a goal and an assist.
Connor McDavid is currently leading the NHL in scoring with 19 points in eight games in December. McDevil has even odds to win the Hart Memorial Trophy according to the sportsbook.
Alexander Ovechkin has scored 800 goals in his 18 NHL seasons. He has seven goals and three assists in last five games.
Tage Thompson has three goals and two assists in the last two games for the Buffalo Sabres.
Tyson Barrie has 11 assists in eight games in December. He is on pace for a career-high 53 assists.
Ian Cole has been a key player for Tampa Bay Lightning since his acquisition. He has 10 games without a negative defensive rating and his mark of +10 in December is tied for the best among defensemen.
K’Andre Miller has a goal and four assists in the last five games. The Rangers are 7-1 in their last 8 games when Miller gets at least one point. His playing time has increased since October.
Tristan Jarry hasn't lost in his last 12 games. He is 6-0-1 with a .939 save percentage and a goals-against average of 2.00. Jary is 10-3-2 since the start of November.
Pyotr Kochetov is 5-0-1 with a 1.68 goals-against average and a .933 save percentage in December.
Linus Ullmark is the NHL's best goalie with a 17-1-0 record, a goals-against average of 1.83 and a .938 save percentage. He is 9-2-3 in his last 11 games and has allowed more than two goals just twice in that span. According to the Las Vegas odds, Ullaver is tied for the best odds to win the Vezina Trophy.
Joel Farabee has played every game for the Philadelphia Flyers this season. He has no goals and one assist in his last nine games.
Tanner Jeannot is having a disappointing season for Nashville Predators. He is on pace for nine goals and nine assists this season.
Gabriel Vilardi started the season with eight goals and five assists. He has no points in his last seven games and no goals over his next eight. Vilard has been held to one shot or less in seven of his past eight games.
Aaron Ekblad has a -9 rating in recent losses to Tampa Bay, Seattle and Pittsburgh. He has two goals and five assists in Florida's eight wins, but a minus-21 rating with a goal difference in 12 losses.
Jack Johnson has struggled since joining the Chicago Blackhawks. He won the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche last season.
Ivan Provorov had a career-worst defensive rating of -20 last season. He was +1 in a win over New Jersey on Thursday. Provorsov has no goals and one assist in eight December games and doesn't have a goal in his last 18 games.
Alexandar Georgiev is 0-3-1 over his last four starts. He is without a lot of players for the Colorado Avalanche.
Philipp Grubauer has lost each of his last four starts. He is 1-4 in December with a goals-against average of 3.53 and a save percentage of .890.
