I think it's a bit unfair to harp on Bennett's point totals when you look at how unlucky he's been at picking up points. If you look at just the 4 most egregious examples:
1) Early whistle against Nashville takes away a goal (we scored on the ensuing powerplay)
2) Early whistle against Toronto takes away a 2-on-1 with an empty net
3) Backlund's goal against St. Louis: Bennett crashes the net, Pietrangelo prevents Bennett from scoring by knocking it into his own net first.
4) Hamonic's goal against Washington: Bennett gets the puck to Gaudreau, Gaudreau's shot hits both Monahan and Hamonic on the way in.
It's not like it's a lack of finish on these either: Bennett's making the right play and the puck's going in, he's just not getting credit. If Bennett was sitting on 7 points in 13 games, we're not even having this conversation. And that's not even going into the lack of finish by Neal and Jankowski, or the number of posts Bennett's hit.
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