Burns' brilliance continues; Backlund, Crosby, Coyle, Stepan and more in Scott Cullen's Statistically Speaking.

San Jose's playmaking blueliner Brent Burns scored the overtime winner and added an assist in a 3-2 win at Anaheim.

Burns has 20 points (8 G, 12 A) in the past 17 games and leads all defencemen with 34 points in 35 games. He also leads the league 145 shots on goal, and 4.1 shots per game.

HEROES

Mikael Backlund - Calgary's two-way ace centre scored two goals and added an assist in a 6-3 win at Colorado. He has 10 points (5 G, 5 A) in the past seven games. Backlund's teammate, Johnny Gaudreau also had two goals and an assist at Calgary, and has 14 points (4 G, 10 A) in 10 games since returning from his broken finger.

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