Bruins

Well what do you know, the Bruins are playing tonight.  It's their first game in four months or so... at least it feels like it.

The Bruins record over their last 23 games is 20 wins, two losses, and one overtime loss.  20-2-1.  Holy crap they are awesome right now.  That record is really impressive... ridiculously impressive in fact, but there are a couple of other stats that stand out to me as well.  These stats include the horrible 3-7 start.

They are third in the NHL in goals scored with 119, tied with Philly.  They trail only Vancouver's 120 and Chicago's 122.  That's a nice stat, but check this one out...

They are first in the league in goals allowed with 63.  The next closest team is the Rangers with 72.  That is just sick.  63 goals in 33 games.  Unreal.  That, however, is not the best stat right now.  Check this one out...

Goal differential is calculated as the number of goals scored minus the number of goals allowed.  Simple, right?  The Bruins have the best goal differential in the NHL with +56.  In second place is Detroit with +37.  That is just crazy.  That is a video-game-on-easy kind of stat.  That is just insane.  You put up a sick stat like that and of course you're going to win 20 out of 23 games.

Now I will continue to get crazy.  They do not have any player in the top five in any of the following categories:  Goals, Assists, Points.  The team leader in points is Tyler Seguin with 31.  He's in 30th place in the NHL.  Goals?  Brad Marchand with 15.  He's tied for 18th place in the league.  Assists?  Patrice Bergeron with 21.  He's tied for 23rd in the league.  The Bruins have no one in the top 10 in any scoring category and yet they are still third in the league in goals scored.  What does that mean?  That means that no one player is carrying the offense.  It means that everyone on the team is scoring.  Again:  Insane.  They do have the two best +/- totals in the league.  Seguin at +26 and Marchand with +25.  Oh, and Bergeron, Zdeno Chara, and Chris Kelly are also in the top 10.

What does this mean?  Well, the Bruins won the Stanley Cup last season, and at least up until now they are even better this year.  Nuts.  Just nuts.