Vladimir Tarasenko had four goals in his first three games for the St. Louis Blues. That's not really a surprise. Erik Karlsson is off to a great start offensively, with seven points. No surprise. Same for San Jose's Brent Burns, and ditto.
Most of the names at the top of the various statistical categories, you expect to see them there. But there have been some notable surprise players through the first week of the season, and we come here to pay them homage. It might be the only time the rest of the reason they get their names on a list like this, but better to be a one-hit wonder than never at all.