Stunning Numbers from the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs

During the 2021-22 NHL season we will take an occasional look at some stunning numbers from around the league. Today we take a look at what is standing out to us from the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs as the Stanley Cup Final is set to begin.

For the past seven years the Edmonton Oilers have been all about the McDavid and Draisaitl duo and how far that duo can take them. This year it ended up being the Western Conference Finals. Even though the Oilers were swept by the Colorado Avalanche, it was still their most successful season in more than a decade. Even though McDavid and Draisaitl are going to play in just 16 games this postseason there is still a very real possibility they are going to finish the playoffs as the top two scorers. McDavid recorded 33 points while Draisaitl, playing basically on one leg, recorded 32 points. The only player in Colorado or Tampa Bay that is within even nine points of them is Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov.

What is so stunning about those numbers?

Since the 1995-96 season only two playes have recorded at least 33 points in a single postseason: Kucherov with 34 points in 2019-20 and Evgeni Malkin with 36 points during the 2008-09 postseason for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Malkin reached his number in 24 games, while Kucherov did it in 25 games.

Maroon is looking to win his fourth straight Stanley Cup after winning one with St. Louis in 2019 and then each of the past two with the Lightning. Including this postseason, Maroon has now been a part of 15 consecutive postseason series wins. The last time he was on a team that lost a postseason series was with the 2017-18 playoffs when he was a member of the New Jersey Devils. They lost that series to the Lightning.

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