Wild West: Evaluating the Bottom Eight of Each Western Team

Weekly Western Leaders (to March 14th, 2021) – in bold leads the NHL

Goals – 17 – Connor McDavid – Edmonton (21 – Auston Matthews)

Assists – 35 – Connor McDavid – Edmonton

Points – 52 – Connor McDavid – Edmonton

PPP – 22 – Connor McDavid – Edmonton

Shots on Goal – 119 – Connor McDavid – Edmonton (132 – Brady Tkachuk)

Shooting % (min 26 SOG) – 24.5 – Alex Tuch – Vegas (25.5 – Chris Kreider)

PIM – 39 – Tyler Myers – Vancouver (53 – Trent Frederic)

Best plus/minus – plus 20 – Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton (plus 25 – Joel Edmundson)

Worst plus/minus – minus 16 – Quinn Hughes – Vancouver (minus 24 – Rasmus Dahlin)

Hits – 127 – Jani Hakanpaa – Anaheim (134 – Brady Tkachuk)

Blocked shots – 91 – Adam Larsson – Edmonton

FOW – 388 – Ryan O'Reilly – St. Louis

FOL – 315 – Bo Horvat – Vancouver

FO% (min 140 FO) – 59.8 – Ryan O'Reilly – St. Louis (65.7 Luke Glendening)

Giveaways – 37 – Nate Schmidt – Vancouver (46 – Thomas Chabot)

Takeaways – 28 – Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton

Highest Skater GAR (goals above replacement) – 13.2 – Connor McDavid – Edmonton

Lowest Skater GAR – minus 6.9 – Phil Kessel – Arizona

Highest xGAR (expected goals above replacement) – 12.0 – Connor McDavid – Edmonton &#