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A 25-year-old left-handed shooter from Sundsvall is the best Swedish scorer so far this season in the NHL. But it is even at the top and with fewer games played, both second and third can soon close in on the leader.
The Swedish scoring league in the NHL is currently led by the Vancouvers Elias Pettersson who with his ten goals and 22 assists collected 32 points.
In second place in the points table is Toronto’s William Nylander. He has, with three fewer games played than Pettersson, scored twelve goals and lands with his 17 assists for a total of 29 points.
Nashville’s Philip Forsberg took a step closer to second place in the scoring league when, in the game against Buffalo on Monday night, he scored his 13th goal of the season. Along with his 15 assists, he has now collected a total of 28 points in the 24 games he has played.
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In fourth place, with 22 games played, is found Jesper Bratt, New Jersey, with 26 points including eight goals. Fifth is Tampa’s Victor Hedman with five goals and 20 assists and in sixth place is found William KarlssonVegas, with eleven goals and twelve assists.
Los Angeles Adrian Kempe holds seventh place in the scoring league with eight goals and twelve assists. But he can also boast of having won 100 percent of his drawings.
Being the best among the Swedes is currently enough for a sixth place in the total points league, which is led by Victor Hedman’s teammate Nikita Kucherov of 40 points, of which 15 goals.
Vancouver’s American has the most goals in the NHL so far this season, 17 Brock Boeser done.
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