Anze Kopitar Ranked No. 6 on NHL Network's Top 20 Centers List

The NHL Network kicked-off their
#NHLTopPlayers Right Now
by ranking the Top 20 Centers in the League.
And, to the susprise of no one, Anze Kopitar was right up there with the best that the NHL has to offer.

Kopitar increased his points total by 40, from 52 in 2016-17 to 92 last season (35 goals, 57 assists), the 10th time in 12 seasons he's led the LA Kings in scoring.
He had 27 power-play points, scored six game-winning goals and took the third-most face-offs in the NHL (1,816), winning 983 (54.1 percent).
Kopitar, who turns 31 on Aug. 24,
won the Selke Trophy as the best defensive forward in the NHL
and finished third in Hart Trophy voting last season.

"Everything runs through him in [the Kings zone]," NHL Network's Mike Johnson said. "Every important face-off, every penalty kill, it all runs through Kopitar. From those kind of numbers, wins the Selke, amongst the League leaders in scoring, he deserves a spot in the Top 10."
The only centers ranked ahead of Kopitar were Nathan MacKinnon, Auston Matthews, Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, and Connor McDavid.

Full List of #NHLTopPlayers: Top 20 Centers

Kopitar's bounce-back season helped him
jump up seven spots from last year's ranking
.
The NHL Network's nine-part series continues on Sunday at 4 p.m. with the Top 20 Defensemen in the NHL.