Yes, Burns is a prime example when the offense is driven primarily through a single player. Pre-March he was neck and neck with McDavid as far as factoring in on the higher % of goals. As soon as he went cold so did the Sharks
A few small differences in the depth area between Edmonton and San Jose
- Edmonton's top 3 forward goal scorers play on the same line
- Sharks top 3 forward goal scorers play across the top 2 lines
- 2nd tier for Edmonton (Lucic, Eberle, RNH, Letestu) 40.9% of their goals came on the PP
- 2nd tier for San Jose (Karlsson, Hertl, Boedker, Tierney) 5.1% of their goals came on the PP
- 2nd tier for Edmonton have 39 non-PP goals over 309 combined games played .126 goals per game
- 2nd tier for San Jose have 38 non-PP goals over 266 combined games played .142 goals per game
All of this all ignores that Burns is not included in this conversation
Also as it only looks at goals Thornton is not really factored.
Granted at the moment the Sharks are playing without their top two centres, so all they have is is their depth.
