Max Pacioretty has 10 points in his last 10 games, including seven on the seven-game road trip. It took him 20 seconds to open the scoring on enemy ice last night. He scored the overtime winners in Nashville and Dallas on back-to-back nights. He has 19 goals just shy of the half-season mark. He’s survived Shea Weber shots and laughs at pain.
Being a captain consists of so much more than scoring goals, but to see Max caught up to his regular pace after the slow start to his season (that involved a growing crescendo of exhausting narratives) points to more than just his talent, it points to his character.