NHL.com's fantasy staff continues to cover the latest trends and storylines in the League through the lens of NHL EDGE puck and player tracker stats. Today, we look at the advanced metrics behind some sneaky offseason movers who are standing out during the 2025-26 season.

Approaching the NHL’s Thanksgiving break (Nov. 27), there have been plenty of surprises around the League among players who changed teams in the offseason backed by strong advanced metrics.

The biggest moves were the Vegas Golden Knights landing forward Mitch Marner and the Carolina Hurricanes signing Nikolaj Ehlers . But one of the biggest standouts has been Philadelphia Flyers forward Trevor Zegras , who has the best points-per-game average of his NHL career (1.00; 21 points in 21 games) and is tied with Marner

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