I don't think you're recalling correctly.
Bennett didn't take a penalty for 14 consecutive games between november 19th-december 14th. Pretty impressive, honestly.
He scored 3 goals and 8 points over those 14 games. He played less than his season average icetime in 7 of those 14 games.
As far as I see, his second longest streak without a penalty is 6 games that ended in the game against Dallas.
Between November 1st and February 1st Bennett was 5th on the team in minors with 9. Backlund and Hathaway were tied for first over that span with 13 each. Brouwer and Tkachuk notable with just 4 minors each over that span. Over those 38 games, 20 of them were icetime below his season average. He scored 19 points, tied for 6th on the team with Hamilton and Giordano. That's a 41 point pace. Respectable, but he wasn't exactly shooting the lights out either. 7th on the team in goals during that span with 7, again tied with Dougie. Tkachuk scored 14 and Ferland and Monahan set the pace with 16 apiece.
I don't expect him to be a Byng nominee but let's at least stick with some reality here.
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