Sports are weird. Especially sports played with a frozen piece of rubber on ice. Odd bounces and peculiar ricochets create wild situations and amazing plays. But over 82 games, trends reveal themselves. One of the more consistent trends has been around Columbus Blue Jackets captain Nick Foligno and his on-then-off scoring seasons.
The 2017-2018 wasn’t a great performance from the captain. Spending most of the season bouncing between playing center and wing didn’t lead to the scoring numbers that Nick is used to. He only had 33 points in 72 games last year.
But the season before that, Foligno was on fire scoring 26 goals and 25 assist in 79 games in the 16-17 campaign.