Kiefer Sherwood is on the most improbable run the NHL has seen this season.
That's nothing against the Vancouver Canucks forward. Sherwood has been a good hockey player in this league for a while.
But he's never been good in this way. He's never been a dominant goal scorer.
This season? Sherwood already has 11 goals in 19 games. His career-high came last year, with 19 in 78 games.
He's on pace to break his career-high in half the games.
The Canucks have needed every goal. Sherwood is scoring more than a fifth of their goals this season:
Kiefer Sherwood has scored 21.6% of all #Canucks goals this season (11 of 51). Only Brad Marchand has scored a higher percentage of team goals in the NHL (22.9%). Pic.twitter.com/ohXpZi0pLI
— Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) November 14, 2025
Is there some regression to the meant coming? Perhaps. Sherwood has scored on 29.7% of his shots, well ahead of his 13.5% rate from last season.
But sometimes, when a player has it going on, he just has it going on.
This hasn't detracted from Sherwood's usual talent of hitting everyone in sight. He's got 79 hits in 19 games, after having 462 hits last season.
The Canucks have given Sherwood more ice time this season, as he's averaging two minutes and 45 seconds more time on the ice per game.
Why wouldn't you play Sherwood more? Every time he shoots, he scores.
At this point, it's just pretty darn cool to watch this career grinder turn himself into a difference-making scorer.
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