Can a player be tied for a team’s lead in points yet still be considered to be in a slump?
Perhaps it’s not quite a slump, but the first quarter of Clayton Keller’s sophomore season hasn’t been perfect, either. Although he is tied for the Coyotes’ lead in scoring with 12 points (five goals, seven assists), the 20-year-old hasn’t been the game-changing forward he was at crucial points last season.
The Coyotes have the third-fewest goals in the NHL this season with 48 scored in 19 games, which breaks down to an average of 2.5 per game.