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Gaudreau - longest pointless streak 3 games (once), 4 streaks of 2+ games without a point
Kucherov - longest pointless streak 3 games (once), 2 streaks of 2+ games without a point
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Just a heads up with these numbers SuperMatt posted, they don't account for whether the points they actually scored helped a team win the game. Do individual points matter for a team if they eat a loss? No. A loss is a loss.
I did a bit of math on this, and Johnny's longest pointless streak may be three games in a row this season, but between November 22 and December 6, he didn't contribute at all to the Flames winning a game, even if he scored points (scoring points in a loss doesn't matter in a team game that is decided by a single W or L.)
Additionally,
- Dec 9-16: Four consecutive games where he didn't help the Flames win by scoring points.
- Dec 20-29, four consecutive games where he didn't help the Flames win by scoring points.
- Jan 20-30: Five consecutive games where he didn't help the Flames win by scoring points.
Johnny has helped the Flames by scoring in at least 21 of 25 wins, in 50 games played so far, and has a point contribution to win record factor of 84%. But, the team only has 58 points and is sitting at 11th in the Western Conference right now.
For comparison sake, Nikita Kucherov (who is the top of the league in points right now) has had one four-game streak where he didn't help the Lighting win any games by scoring points (in November), and a recent five-game streak in January where he didn't help them win by scoring points. However, Kucherov has contributed points in 29 of Tampa Bay's 34 wins, making his point contribution for Tampa's win record at about 85%. Pretty much the same as Johnny's, but Tampa sits atop the Eastern Conference with 71 points.
Additionally, Johnny's standard deviation of his point spread game-by-game this season (50 games) is sitting at about 1.04, while Kucherov's is sitting at 0.9 (over 50 games). Even though Johnny has about 8 points less than Kucherov, this may indicate that Johnny's points are coming in a bit more streaky with wild numbers; Kucherov's spread of points is more consistent through the season, especially since he has a higher point total.
So Johnny and Nikita are similar players, but to me it seems like the numbers you provided don't tell the whole story. Kucherov appears to have more consistent production game-to-game, with more points, contributing to more wins for his team. Johnny, relatively speaking, is also contributing to the Flames win column (for the wins they have), but is scoring more in bunches and less consistently.