from Sam McCaig of The Hockey News,

Here's a look at the NHL's leaders in a few key categories, from points percentage to goals per game to busiest goalies.

Florida Panthers: .875 points percentage

The Panthers aren't known for their fast starts to the season, but this year is the glaring exception to the rule. With a 6-0-2 record, Florida has the league's best points percentage and they're the only team without a regulation-time loss. Of course, they've only played eight games due to a COVID-induced pause in their schedule. Newcomers Carter Verhaeghe (six goals) and Patric Hornqvist (five goals) have sparked the offense, while Aleksander Barkov and Jonathan Huberdeau are humming along at about a point-and-a-half per game apiece. Sergei Bobrovsky is 3-0-1 despite less than stellar stats (3.57 GAA, .881 save percentage), while Chris Driedger is 3-0-1 with much more stellar stats (1.72 GAA, .942 save percentage).

Detroit Red Wings: 1.83 goals per game

Does Steve Yzerman still have his skates? Because the Red Wings could use him. Detroit, with 22 goals in 12 games, is joined only by Anaheim (1.85) in averaging less than two goals per game. The Wings have scored more than two goals just once in their past eight games – a 7-3 loss to Dallas. Only eight Wings players – seven forwards and defenseman Danny DeKeyser – have scored a goal, and only five have scored more than once.

Colorado Avalanche: 89.7 percent penalty-killing efficiency

The Avs were a middle-of-the-pack club last season on the penalty kill, but they've been exceptional thus far this year at nearly 90 percent. Colorado has killed 35 of 39 man-down situations while chipping in a shorthanded goal. They're 17-for-18 at home on the PK and 18-for-21 on the road. Even better, it's the team's third- and fourth-liners and depth defensemen who are doing the heavy lifting on the penalty kill...and it helps that Philipp Grubauer's PK save percentage is a scintillating .957.

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