In a 2017-18 season when not much was going right for the Canadiens, Brendan Gallagher was working his way to a new career high in goals. Watching his play you’d have never known he was on a team about to finish 28th in the league. With a different team approach and a more balanced supporting cast, that same effort level has him on pace to burn past that benchmark once again.
In February, he led a team with a dysfunctional power play with eight goals, ranking eighth in the league with that total. Three of them came in one game versus the Philadelphia Flyers, counting as the first hat trick of his NHL career.