Connor McDavid won the Art Ross with 134 points and Leon Draisaitl crossed 400 career goals, proving the duo is still the most dangerous one-two punch in hockey. Evan Bouchard joined the Norris conversation after becoming the 13th defenseman in NHL history to hit 90 points in a season, leading all blueliners in scoring and quietly putting up elite possession and high-danger metrics alongside Mattias Ekholm. They're a clear playoff team but no longer a Western Conference favorite, and for the first time in three years there's no Panthers waiting in the Cup Final to worry about with the Cats missing the playoffs.
Regular-season points, last five seasons.
Lines: even-strength via DailyFaceoff
Closest historical team-seasons by points pace, goals for, and goals against (era-normalized z-score, since 1967–68). Click any card to open a side-by-side compare.