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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Looking at Backlund...
First 23 games, 3G, 8A, 11P, .478 PPG pace
Last 36 games, 14G, 13A, 27P, .750 PPG pace
The guy has been fantastic. And a lot of people were writing him off early in the season.
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Just because Nov 30 takes us to game 25 for backlund:
First 25 (Oct. 3 - December 1):
3 Goals
10 Assists
S% 4.8
TOI 18:25
PP TOI 1:53
SH TOI 2:03
Last 33 (December 1 - Feb 27th):
12 Goals
10 Assists
S% 14.3
TOI 17:26
PP TOI 1:12
SH TOI 1:20
But since January 1 it's even more pronounced
Last 23 (Jan 1 to Feb 27th):
9 Goals
9 Assists
S% 14.1
TOI 16:38
PP TOI 0:48
SH TOI 1:01
I think limiting the minutes, and the type of minutes, Backlund is playing is paying off with big dividends for the overall quality of his minutes.
Big factor in this? Emergence of the bottom 2 lines. Derek Ryan on the PP, Hathaway and Jankowski on the PK.