Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar are amazing. The duo just had their season opening point streaks snapped by Connor Hellebuyck and the Winnipeg Jets, but MacKinnon still leads the league with 25 points and Makar is right behind him in third with 23. Scoring should not be a problem for this team.
But it sure is. Those point totals are a bit of a mirage - 19 of Nate’s and 15 of Cale’s came on the powerplay. At even strength, Makar is producing decent numbers with two goals and six assists, but MacKinnon hasn’t scored and has only tallied six assists of his own - under half a point per game.