hank/dank/bank = best line in the nhl

according to this tsn article.  the author (scott cullen) does some semi-sophisticated statistical analysis of all the lines in the nhl at 5 on 5 and when the numbers were crunched to this point in the season hank/dank/bank came out at the top of the list, topping the big lines from washington, chicago, san jose and, well, every other team.

also of note is that raymond/kesler/samuelsson is ranked 8th on that list, which is a big reason why the canucks are where they are imo.  pick your poison nhl, no other team has 2 completely separate lines in even the top 18 combos.  (the caps have 2 different wingers playing with ovechkin/backstrom at 2 and 3 on the list, and the stars 2nd line is the 19th best, and that's the only 2 teams with 2 entries in the top 20.)

what i found shocking were the pretty anemic 5 on 5 numbers of san jose's big 3.  clearly they do a lot of damage on the powerplay because their shot differential in particular is pretty sad for players of that calibre, especially when held up to the example of the sedin line.

so, yeah, the sedins (and the rest of the canucks) are having a pretty good year i'd say.