ST. LOUIS — In Utah last weekend, St. Louis Blues coach Jim Montgomery benched linemates Robert Thomas and Pavel Buchnevich.

The Winnipeg Jets are one of the best teams in the NHL this season, and their offense is being led by scoring winger Kyle Connor ... Tampa Bay Lightning star Nikita Kucherov.

Konecny has been on a steady rise. He has led the Flyers in scoring each of the last three seasons and four of the past five.

MacKinnon finished second last season with 140 points (51 goals, 89 assists), four fewer than Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov ... Connor McDavid, Oilers, 6; Zach Werenski, Columbus Blue ...

David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha each logged a goal and two assists and Jeremy Swayman tied his career-high mark with 43 saves ...

BOSTON (AP) — Adam Henrique scored two goals and Connor McDavid scored on a power play midway through the second period as the Edmonton Oilers won their fourth straight game, 4-0 over the Boston ...

Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning ... Elias Pettersson, Vancouver Canucks, C9 26. Kyle Connor, Winnipeg Jets, LW6 27. Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres, D7 28. William Nylander, Toronto Maple ...

Let’s look at a few honourable mentions before kicking off the countdown: Kyle Connor – Connor ... on that top line with Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov. Overall, he finished the year ...

Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning ... Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning, D5 20. Kyle Connor, Winnipeg Jets, LW5 21. Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators, LW6 22. Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres ...

BOSTON (AP) — Adam Henrique scored two goals and Connor McDavid scored on a power ... Pytor Kochetkov finished with 31 saves. Nikita Kucherov found Point cutting to the slot where he received ...

At the midway point of the 2024-25 NHL season, Sportsnet's Sonny Sachdeva highlights the most intriguing stats from the first half of the campaign.