It's impossible to ignore Sean Couturier's recent stretch of play. Over the past nine games, the Flyers center is finally putting up the scoring numbers to match his still-stellar advanced statistics. Couturier now has ten points in his last nine games, which has him on a 47-point pace over an 82 game season. Since his return from an early concussion, Couturier has been driving possession nonstop, but still struggled to turn all of those shot attempts into tangible points. Not anymore. And while some of the recent production can be attributed simply to the percentages finally moving in his favor, Couturier also looks far more assertive via the eye test. No longer content to play a perimeter cycle game and simply win battles along the boards for his teammates, Couturier is now driving the net and attacking the slot area with regularity. His goal in the first period was a perfect example - Couturier actually engineered the breakout from the defensive zone with a floating pass retrieved by Raffl. Not finished, he then skated the length of the ice and positioned himself in front of Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk to give Raffl an option in a high-danger area. For all of his puck possession dominance, the Couturier of November doesn't make that play.