The NHL season is officially three weeks old, and a quick look at the statistical leaderboard reveals a few unexpected names.

Here are three categories where players are stealing the spotlight seemingly out of nowhere.

Goals / Points

With a goal and an assist during Tuesday's win over Calgary, Chicago Blackhawks center Artem Anisimov jumped into first among all NHL players in points with 13.

The goal, a game-winning power-play marker, was Anisimov's seventh in 10 games, putting him in a tie for first with Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Anisimov began the season with two pointless games in which he took four penalties, but he's been on quite a tear ever since.

Anisimov scored a career-high 20 goals for Chicago last season, with the 44 points he recorded in 2010-11 as a member of the New York Rangers serving as his personal single-season best.

Save percentage / Goals-against average

Jimmy Howard appeared on track to lose his starting job with the Detroit Red Wings, or get traded, in light of the emergence of Petr Mrazek as a high-end option in goal.

For the time being, Howard has silenced critics with a ridiculous performance, stopping 110 of 113 shots against for a save percentage of .973.

His 0.86 goals-against average is also tops among all goalies.

Howard explained what's working for him in an interview with Josh Cooper of Yahoo's Puck Daddy Blog:

It’s sort of revamping the way I play and to be less aggressive and sit back a little bit more, which is allowing me not only see plays develop but also watch how the puck’s coming off a guy’s stick and giving myself that extra split second to react to a shot rather than just being out of the net and hoping it hits you.

Howard has not recorded a single-season save percentage over .910 in any of the past three seasons, and while he's bound to regress at some point, it's yet to be seen just how long he can keep up this play.

Wins

Goalie wins aren't necessarily a great measure of individual success, but it would have been hard to predict that an Edmonton Oilers netminder would lead that category at any point.

That's exactly where Cam Talbot sits, however, with a record of 7-2-1.

It should be noted that Talbot has started all ten of Edmonton's games, and Oilers head coach Todd McLellan will be forced to give him a break at some point in order to keep him fresh when needed most.

For now, the Oilers are the Western Conference's first-place team, and Talbot has helped the club bank some points in hopes of a playoff push.

Talbot tied a career-high with 21 wins in 53 starts for the Oilers last season.

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