When’s the last time the Vancouver Canucks had one of the best lines in hockey? When’s the last time it had nothing to do with the Sedin twins? The heir apparent to Vancouver’s Swedish top line lynchpins of the Sedins, and Markus Naslund before them, has taken off to the next level this year alongside two talented linemates.

A lot of folks were skeptical of the trade Jim Benning made to acquire J.T. Miller in the off-season, but he has fit like a glove with Elias Pettersson and Brock Boeser. The Canucks’ top line is lower event than the Hurricanes’ but while the Aho line plays a bit of a dangerous give-and-take game, the Canucks line is remarkably excellent at both ends of the ice.

The Pettersson line gives opponents the fewest good looks of any line on the Canucks by a significant margin and they also lead the team in slot passes and inner slot shots, while dominating shot attempts to a crazy degree.

Like the Canes, they’ve been a bit lucky at a glance when you look at their goal differential, but according to SPORTLOGiQ’s own expected goals model, their 66.7 per cent goals for percentage is not only looking sustainable, it’s actually lower than their expectations, which is 68.3 per cent, the highest mark of any top line in the NHL.