RALEIGH, N.C. — Patrik Laine’s in good company, tied for the NHL goal-scoring lead — one-quarter of the way through his first NHL season — with Sidney Crosby, only the game’s greatest player for more than a decade.
Laine’s got a dozen, three more than his hockey hero, Washington Capitals superstar Alexander Ovechkin. And other snipers, such as Tyler Seguin, Vladimir Tarasenko, Matt Duchene, Patrick Kane and Joe Pavelski, are stuck in his rear-view mirror.
