I thought the information below from a Sportsnet article is interesting. Although really about Eichel, it illustrates the kind of season MacKinnon is having.
How the Winnipeg Jets became one of the NHL's best, and three other trends to watch - Sportsnet.ca
The Sabres have scored 17 goals at five-on-five in the 400-plus minutes Eichel has been on the ice, and he has personally either scored or made the pass that directly preceded the goal on 16 of them. He’s first in the league in:
a) The percentage of goals his team has scored while he’s on the ice that he’s registered a point on (of players who have been on the ice for at least 10 goals thus far):
Player | On-Ice 5-on-5 Goals For | 5-on-5 Points | % Contribution |
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Jack Eichel | 17 | 16 | 94.12 |
Paul Stastny | 15 | 14 | 93.33 |
Nikita Kucherov | 26 | 24 | 92.31 |
Mikael Backlund | 11 | 10 | 90.91 |
Joonas Donskoi | 11 | 10 | 90.91 |
Mat Barzal | 18 | 16 | 88.89 |
Pavel Buchnevich | 15 | 13 | 86.67 |
Evgeny Kuznetsov | 21 | 18 | 85.71 |
Patrick Kane | 20 | 17 | 85.00 |
Alex Ovechkin | 23 | 19 | 82.61 |
Nathan MacKinnon | 17 | 14 | 82.35 |
Filip Forsberg | 18 | 14 | 77.78 |
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b) The percentage of primary individual points, essentially stripping secondary assists from the equation (of players with at least a double-digit point total for the year):
Player | 5-on-5 Points | 5-on-5 Primary Points | % Primary Points |
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Jack Eichel | 16 | 16 | 100 |
Brian Gibbons | 12 | 12 | 100 |
James van Riemsdyk | 11 | 11 | 100 |
Michael Ferland | 11 | 11 | 100 |
Mike Hoffman | 10 | 10 | 100 |
Paul Byron | 11 | 11 | 100 |
Joonas Donskoi | 10 | 10 | 100 |
Alex Ovechkin | 19 | 18 | 94.74 |
Filip Forsberg | 14 | 13 | 92.86 |
Nathan MacKinnon | 14 | 13 | 92.86 |
Jonathan Marchessault | 13 | 12 | 92.31 |
Alex Radulov | 12 | 11 | 91.67 |
Gustav Nyquist | 12 | 11 | 91.67 |
Patrick Marleau | 12 | 11 | 91.67 |
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