Fun numbers with the Stockton Heat

Team numbers

• With a winning percentage of .688, the Heat are currently second in their division, third in their conference, and sixth in the league.
• The Heat have scored 37 goals. That’s tied for third in the AHL, although the team they’re tied with – the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins – has played two more games than they have.
• The Heat have surrendered 24 goals. That’s tied for seventh best in the AHL, although the teams they’re tied with – the Toronto Marlies and the Hershey Bears – have played two more games each.
• The Heat currently have a goal differential of +13. That’s the second best goal differential in the AHL, behind only the Penguins, who somehow have a goal differential of +22.
• With 140 PIM, the Heat are tied with the Tucson Roadrunners for 13th most penalty minutes in the league.
• The Heat have scored nine powerplay goals. Their powerplay currently sits at 22.5%, eighth in the AHL. They have surrendered one shorthanded goal.
• The Heat have scored two shorthanded goals themselves. Their penalty kill is at 83.3%, 14th in the AHL. They have been shorthanded 42 times: 18th in the league.

Player numbers

• Morgan Klimchuk and Mark Jankowski lead the Heat in scoring with 10 points each: Klimchuk in seven games, Jankowski in eight. That’s tied for 16th in the AHL, between them and 11 other players.
• Klimchuk leads with five goals. That’s tied for ninth in the AHL with a ton of other dudes. He has played fewer games than all of them.
• Andrew Mangiapane is right behind them; he has nine points in seven games. Linden Vey has nine in eight.
• The Heat have six players who are a point per game or more to start the season: those four, plus Matt Frattin and Hunter Shinkaruk.
• Garnet Hathaway and Emile Poirier both have six points each.
• Jankowski is tied with Kevin Labanc (Mangiapane’s former linemate with the Barrie Colts) and Jack Roslovic for a three-way tie for third in AHL rookie scoring. Labanc has played six games, Roslovic 10. The top rookie scorers have 12 and 11 points in 10 and 11 games respectively.
• Mangiapane and his nine points are part of a cluster of five players who are all tied for sixth in rookie scoring, though Mangiapane has played fewer games than the rest of them.
• Oliver Kylington and Rasmus Andersson both lead the Heat in scoring with six points in eight games each. Kylington has a goal and five assists; Andersson has six assists. They’re both tied for 19th in league-wide defencemen scoring.
• Andersson is tied for third in rookie defencemen scoring.
• Frattin leads the team with 25 shots. Poirier is in second with 22, so reports of his demise might be a little exaggerated; he’s shooting at 9%, while Klimchuk is at 36%. Mangiapane has 20, and he’s played one fewer game than most everyone else.
• Jon Gillies has fallen off a bit, with a .901 SV%. That’s 13th in rookie goalies league-wide, but he’s played more games than just about everybody above him, and has faced the fourth most shots out of all rookie goalies.