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 forward Pavel Dorofeyev’s elite goal-scoring for the Vegas Golden Knights.

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Pavel Dorofeyev has taken his goal-scoring to another level for the Vegas Golden Knights this season and is quietly emerging as a Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy contender.

Dorofeyev is tied with Mark Scheifele of the Winnipeg Jets and Shane Pinto of the Ottawa Senators for the NHL lead in goals (seven each) through his first seven games and is tied with Kirill Kaprizov of the Minnesota Wild for the most power-play goals (four each). Dorofeyev, who will turn 25 years old on Oct. 26, led Vegas with an NHL career-high 35 goals last season and

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