Even strength he's been just as good if not better, but because of the sputtering power play, his stats have suffered. He had 19 PP points last year for the entire season, but he has just 6 PP points so far. I imagine his numbers would be quite a bit ahead of last year if the PP had been even average.
His possession stats are improving as well, up about 3% over last year to be just below 50% in both CF and FF. However, he's had a drastic shift in his zone starts, now over 60% in the offensive zone whereas last year he was relied on more in the defensive zone at about 52% defensive zone starts. Not sure if his defense has taken a step back, but I definitely noticed he struggled with it early in the season.
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