who leads the nhl in even strength points per game since 2016-17

Since 2016-17, 5 players are tied for the most even-strength points per game, with 1.00 point. The first three are Alexander Nikishin, Beckett Sennecke and Matthew Schaefer.

Interpreted as:
Who leads the NHL in even strength points per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games since 2016-17?
NAME EVP/GP GP G A P +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG OTG S S% FOW FO FOW% HIT BKS TKA GVA TOI/GP
1 Alexander Nikishin
A. Nikishin
1.00
1
0
1
1
+3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
0
0
3
2
1
1
15:34
2 Beckett Sennecke
B. Sennecke
1.00
1
1
0
1
+1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
33.3
0
0
3
1
0
1
17:24
3 Matthew Schaefer
M. Schaefer
1.00
1
0
1
1
+1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
0
0
1
0
1
1
17:15
4 Max Shabanov
M. Shabanov
1.00
1
1
0
1
+1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
100.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
9:45
5 Connor McDavid
C. McDavid
1.00
668
345
691
1,036
+170
258
84
267
8
9
67
15
2,307
15.0
3,692
7,649
48.3
521
270
631
637
21:56
6 Nikita Kucherov
N. Kucherov
0.89
593
291
556
847
+105
305
83
238
0
0
48
6
1,983
14.7
9
18
50.0
305
188
381
646
20:10
7 Nathan MacKinnon
N. MacKinnon
0.88
654
309
556
865
+166
311
85
202
2
1
57
14
2,820
11.0
4,666
10,081
46.3
453
336
334
545
21:27
8 Auston Matthews
A. Matthews
0.83
630
402
326
728
+152
134
104
99
2
1
63
12
2,535
15.9
4,987
9,357
53.3
441
628
591
491
19:52
9 Leon Draisaitl
L. Draisaitl
0.83
682
379
519
898
+105
316
157
163
9
4
69
19
1,971
19.2
6,234
11,598
53.8
403
235
608
808
21:17
10 Artemi Panarin
A. Panarin
0.82
674
272
522
794
+139
190
67
174
0
1
40
9
1,870
14.5
12
58
20.7
176
126
386
619
19:49
11 Kirill Kaprizov
K. Kaprizov
0.80
320
185
204
389
+73
137
62
70
0
0
27
10
1,129
16.4
10
41
24.4
240
131
184
294
20:23
12 David Pastrnak
D. Pastrnak
0.80
661
367
417
784
+128
318
120
138
0
0
59
11
2,624
14.0
43
128
33.6
555
213
392
755
18:59
13 Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
0.79
647
288
463
751
+48
302
84
156
1
2
54
16
1,961
14.7
7,916
14,653
54.0
604
313
407
558
20:19
14 Mitch Marner
M. Marner
0.75
659
221
522
743
+132
200
50
178
10
8
37
7
1,669
13.2
107
247
43.3
386
353
639
644
20:03
15 Jason Robertson
J. Robertson
0.74
375
169
227
396
+95
98
46
71
0
0
31
5
1,114
15.2
12
27
44.4
273
133
215
281
18:02
16 Mark Scheifele
M. Scheifele
0.73
653
278
384
662
+43
337
77
98
2
7
52
15
1,481
18.8
5,238
10,948
47.8
447
391
473
450
20:54
17 Patrick Kane
P. Kane
0.72
645
241
440
681
-69
202
59
159
0
0
37
12
2,220
10.9
28
108
25.9
161
162
314
433
20:38
18 Johnny Gaudreau
J. Gaudreau
0.71
603
188
412
600
+9
142
36
135
0
0
38
12
1,617
11.6
4
15
26.7
63
114
342
611
19:02
19 Mikko Rantanen
M. Rantanen
0.70
644
295
413
708
+97
408
103
152
0
0
47
5
1,834
16.1
979
1,927
50.8
410
334
391
349
20:35
20 Jake Guentzel
J. Guentzel
0.70
601
268
305
573
+85
256
66
84
2
1
36
5
1,712
15.7
312
683
45.7
628
328
279
281
19:15
21 Aleksander Barkov
A. Barkov
0.70
613
234
429
663
+114
130
69
145
12
9
40
10
1,716
13.6
6,295
11,598
54.3
441
424
531
409
20:45
22 Jack Eichel
J. Eichel
0.68
537
217
341
558
+15
171
54
133
2
6
34
10
1,961
11.1
3,612
7,975
45.3
363
386
324
478
20:19
23 Brad Marchand
B. Marchand
0.67
648
272
420
692
+146
681
64
158
17
17
57
15
1,803
15.1
206
519
39.7
611
220
422
665
19:10
24 Mark Stone
M. Stone
0.67
530
178
327
505
+119
171
40
96
7
6
35
3
1,167
15.3
117
276
42.4
373
379
616
383
19:22
25 Kyle Connor
K. Connor
0.67
614
287
298
585
-8
139
67
99
8
1
60
12
1,932
14.9
25
74
33.8
174
202
367
343
19:36
StatMuse has season-level data for even-strength points per game going back to the 1933-34 season.

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100.0

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Penguins Penguins
2
0
0
4
4
Rangers Rangers
1
1
0
2
1
Hurricanes Hurricanes
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0
0
2
3
Flyers Flyers
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1
0
0
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Islanders Islanders
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1
0
0
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Devils Devils
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1
0
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Capitals Capitals
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1
0
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1
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10/11
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CAR CAR
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Tue
10/14
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SJS SJS
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Thu
10/16
CAR CAR
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ANA ANA
10:00 PM
Sat
10/18
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LAK LAK
9:00 PM
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10/20
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Atlantic Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Panthers Panthers
2
0
0
4
2
Bruins Bruins
2
0
0
4
3
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
1
0
0
2
3
Metropolitan Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Penguins Penguins
2
0
0
4
4
Hurricanes Hurricanes
1
0
0
2
3
Rangers Rangers
1
1
0
2
1
Central Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
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2
0
0
4
4
Wild Wild
1
0
0
2
5
Stars Stars
1
0
0
2
1
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0
1
3
0
Canucks Canucks
1
0
0
2
4
Kraken Kraken
1
0
0
2
2

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Mon
10/6
CHI CHI
@
FLA FLA
2-3
Mon
10/6
PIT PIT
@
NYR NYR
3-0
Mon
10/6
COL COL
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LAK LAK
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Tue
10/7
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TOR TOR
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10/11
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1:30 PM
Sat
10/11
STL STL
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CGY CGY
4:00 PM
Sat
10/11
MTL MTL
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CHI CHI
7:00 PM
Sat
10/11
WSH WSH
@
NYI NYI
7:00 PM
Sat
10/11
OTT OTT
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FLA FLA
7:00 PM