For a few glorious games, the Red Wings looked like their scoring woes had vanquished. Todd McLellan came in and these players started to give Hockeytown the kind of play they were all expecting.
Then, things unraveled and the Wings again looked like a pedestrian team. Should they fail to reignite that spark that McLellan provided them early in his tenure with the team, there’s a chance they’ll finish with just three scorers with 20 goals or more.
Dylan Larkin has already hit the mark, so there’s good news on that front. Further, Lucas Raymond and Alex DeBrincat might get there by the time you read this article, meaning the Wings will have three, and therefore, a few, forwards finding twine 20 times.
Following DeBrincat and Raymond, there’s a gap, with Patrick Kane clocking in next with just 11 goals. If you take an average, and by now, you know I like using averages, Kane’s on pace for 20 goals exactly if injuries don’t become a hindrance, so there’s a good chance that the Wings will end up with four by the time mid-April arrives.
Red Wings should have four players hit or surpass the 20-goal mark
Beyond Patrick Kane, it’s tough to see anyone on the Wings hitting the 20-goal mark under the current landscape. Andrew Copp is fifth on the team with eight goals, while Jonatan Berggren is behind him with seven.
The Big Four mentioned in the first half of this article also have most of the points, with Kane rounding out fourth place at 30. Moritz Seider is next in line with 28 points, but with just four goals, the blueliner is more of a proven playmaker than a scorer.
But who knows? Maybe someone out there will get hot and end up embarking on a run toward the 20-goal mark by the time April 2025 arrives. Right now, the prospects of that happening are low, but the Wings have at least shown they’re not this dormant hockey team from a scoring standpoint under Todd McLellan. They just have to find their groove again.
So, if I were to predict right now, I’m rolling with four and saying that Patrick Kane just gets past 20 goals. But I would still keep an eye on Andrew Copp, who has a 14.5 shooting percentage. If Copp got the puck to the net a few more times than he has, he’ll join this conversation.