Lane has genuinely been this team’s best player over the last 5 games and it hasn’t been particularly close. He’s a sophomore defenseman currently playing like a Norris candidate, and he’s been elite at all levels in the playoffs so far. Here’s a few numbers to back it up
He has played 137 minutes in 5 games so far. That’s 43% of all available minutes.
He’s blocked 11 shots, continuing his trend of solid shot blocking from the regular season.
He has a Corsi% of 59% and an on ice xG% of 71%. He has a relative xG% of 34.6%, which is just insane (edit: this stat is inflated, it counts PP time as well).
We have an on ice xG/60 of 4.12 when he’s on the ice.
He currently has 2G 3A in 5 games, with one of his goals being an OT winner and 2 of his assists being primary assists on GWGs. He essentially was a huge contributor to all three of our game winning goals.
All that while playing on his off-side and taking only 1 penalty.
The kid is 5’9 165, I don’t think we realize what we are witnessing right now. He’s single-handedly breaking the mold of the prototypical dominant playoff defenseman while containing a 2x Stanley cup winning core with a Hart candidate
Edit: As someone pointed out, I forgot to filter for 5v5 stats. His relative xG is at +7% for 5v5.