Countdown: NHL’s Best 5-on-5 Scorers

Countdown: NHL’s Best 5-on-5 Scorers

Scoring goals at 5-on-5 is one of the hardest things to do in hockey. With that in mind, Mike Kelly and Craig Button take a look at the highest scoring 5-on-5 goal scorers from the past 3 seasons and breakdown what makes each player so effective in this area of the game. Here’s a breakdown of how each player does it, starting with Craig Button’s 4 key elements to goal scoring. Enjoy!

4 Elements of Scoring

NUMBER 10 – ANDERS LEE

NUMBER 9 – VIKTOR ARVIDSSON

NUMBER 8 – VLADIMIR TARASENKO

NUMBER 7 – PATRICK KANE

NUMBER 6 – JOHN TAVARES

NUMBER 5 – NIKITA KUCHEROV

NUMBER 4 – ALEX OVECHKIN

NUMBER 3 – JEFF SKINNER

NUMBER 2 – CONNOR MCDAVID

NUMBER 1 – AUSTON MATTHEWS