NHL Situational Scoring: Canadiens' Cole Caufield Scored The Most Valuable Points This Year
No NHL player scored in key moments more than Montreal Canadiens right winger Cole Caufield in 2025-26. Ken Campbell shares this exclusive list of the top 25 leaders in NHL Situational Scoring and what that means.
They don't call him 'Goal' Caufield for nothing. Even though the Montreal Canadiens sniper finished two goals behind Nathan MacKinnon for the 'Rocket' Richard Trophy and 15 places behind Connor McDavid for the Art Ross Trophy, Cole Caufield put an emphatic stamp on the NHL's Situational Scoring race. Situational Scoring is a stat unique to The Hockey News that measures offensive contributions at key moments in the game.
And nobody did it better than Caufield this season. In recording his first 50-goal season, Caufield won, and it wasn't particularly close. As he gets his third career post-season and second career series against the Tampa Bay Lightning underway Sunday evening, he will give Montreal a good chance of winning if he keeps this up.
Click here or below for the final NHL Situational Scoring standings for the 2025-26 season. If you're unfamiliar with Situational Scoring or need a refresher, keep reading. NHL Situational Scoring: Top 25 Of 2025-26 Situational Scoring tracks the points that matter the most.
Goals and assists are assigned a value depending on the situation and added up in the total (SS points). Scroll to the right for more numbers. As always, there are a couple of things to note, the most important being that goals are weighted more heavily than assists, with goals worth one point and assists worth half a point.