Despite averaging fewer than 14 minutes per game in a 3rd line role, Kase registered 20 goals and 38 points in 66 games. That’s a 47 point pace over a full season.
Most of the damage was done at 5v5, where Kase was one of the most efficient goal scorers – and point producers – in the entire NHL.
Last season 335 forwards logged at least 600 minutes of ice. Only seven of them averaged more goals per 60 minutes played than Kase (1.28). Seven!
He ranked a little lower (47th) in terms of points per 60 minutes played but his average of 2.