When you put together a list of “clutch” players, do you put Colin Wilson on it?
Before you laugh that question off - which, really, that’s kind of mean - consider how productive the under-the-radar Nashville Predators forward is during the postseason.
In 33 career playoff games, Wilson had 11 goals and nine assists for 20 points. He’s now at 12 goals and 21 points in 34 games after the first period of Game 1, and there is time to add to those totals.
That’s already pretty solid, but consider his regular season: 12 goals and 35 points in 70 games. He’s only scored 20 goals once in his career.
Yet ... for whatever reason, when the games get bigger, the 27-year-old has developed a knack for scoring at a much higher clip. In the case of Game 1 against the Blues - his first game of this postseason thanks to injuries - he deflected P.K. Subban’s booming shot for the 1-0 goal. Watch it above.
And wonder: is it hasty to consider him clutch?
It's a shame for the Predators that Regular Season Colin Wilson chose to take that last shot.
— Dimitri Filipovic (@DimFilipovic) April 27, 2017