It’s only January, so NHL statistical achievements must be taken with a grain of ice melt, even more so than usual given the havoc COVID-19 has wreaked on the schedule.
But that is no reason to pooh-pooh what the Rangers’ Chris Kreider has achieved to this point and the subplot that developed during Saturday night’s 7-3 victory over the Coyotes.
It was a Northeast Corridor duel to be the No. 1 goal scorer in the league, featuring Kreider and the man who has a chance of ending up the NHL’s all-time leader in that category, the Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin.