Gaps of 15+% in 2-5 in the scoring race

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This is obviously inspired by the McDavid/MacKinnon/Kucherov gap over Panarin/Pastrnak.

We see 15% gaps between 1 and 2 fairly regularly, but it is much more infrequent anywhere in the 2-5 range.

Season	Players Above	Player Below	Gap
1988-89	Lemieux, Gretzky, Yzerman, Nicholls	Brown	30.4%
1995-96	Lemieux, Jagr	Sakic	24.2%
2000-01	Jagr, Sakic	Elias	22.9%
1948-49	Conacher, Bentley	Lindsay	22.2%
2020-21	McDavid, Draisaitl	Marchand	21.8%
1977-78	Lafleur, Trottier, Sittler	Lemaire	20.6%
1956-57	Howe, Lindsay, Beliveau, Bathgate	Litzenberger	20.3%
1970-71	Esposito, Orr	Bucyk	19.8%
1973-74	Esposito, Orr, Hodge	Cashman	18.0%
1979-80	Gretzky, Dionne, Lafleur	Perreault	17.9%
1978-79	Trottier, Dionne, Lafleur, Bossy	MacMillan	16.7%
1944-45	Lach, Richard, Blake, Cowley	Smith	16.7%
1952-53	Howe, Lindsay	Richard	16.4%
1973-74	Esposito, Orr	Hodge	16.2%
1976-77	Lafleur, Dionne	Shutt	16.2%
2005-06	Thornton, Jagr	Ovechkin	16.0%
1969-70	Orr, Esposito	Mikita	15.1%

This has happened 17 times since the 1926 merger.

9 of the 17 came from the Big Four, with another (Jagr 01) being influenced by it.

1973-74 is the only season with multiple 15%+ gaps in the top 5.

For reference, the gap between McDavid and Panarin sits at 16.8% today.

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