Danault: In a class of his own

MONTREAL - Phillip Danault is enjoying a season that can only be described as simply phenomenal so far.

He currently sits 86th on the NHL's scoring list with 40 points.
The 25-year-old forward is, however, the only one of the League's top-100 point-getters to not have played a significant amount of time on the power play; he's logged just 14:34 of ice time with the man advantage this season. To give you an example, the player closest to him in that regard among those top-100 scorers is the Ottawa Senators' Chris Tierney, who has skated for 90:57 of power play time this season, around six-fold Danault's. Tierney is also behind Danault in scoring with 38 points, including eight registered with his team up a man.

What's more, the Victoriaville native is the only player on that top-100 list to have recorded only one power play point. The player who comes closest to Danault there is the Vegas Golden Knights' Alex Tuch, who also has 40 points - but six of them came on the man advantage. Tuch has also played 138:10 on the power play this season.

Danault is clearly in a class of his own among the League's top-100 scorers so far this season.
Dominant at even strength
The Chicago Blackhawks' first-round pick (26th overall) in 2011 has notched 38 of his 40 points at even strength. Only Max Domi is ahead of Danault on the Habs this season, with 39 points at five-on-five.

Danault's 38 points at even strength are tied for 16th-most in the League this season, on par with the likes of Evgeni Malkin and Auston Matthews. On top of being equal with those big names, the Canadiens pivot is ahead of Tyler Seguin (35), David Pastrnak (37), Nicklas Backstrom (35), Evgeny Kuznetso v(35), Phil Kessel (35), Aleksander Barkov (34), Vladimir Tarasenko (31), and Mathew Barzal (31), as well as the past five seasons' winners of the Frank J. Selke trophy, Patrice Bergeron (31) and Anze Kopitar (31).
Here's a table showing the best players at even strength and their involvement in their respective teams' scoring at 5-on-5.
Danault has also already matched his career high in points this season - in 25 fewer games, no less.
The Quebec-born player is 23rd in the League in plus-minus with a plus-18 differential.
With all that said, do you need any more proof that Danault should be in the conversation for the Selke?