today we're taking a look at the top five forward Duos in the NHL and these two players don't necessarily have to play on the same line exclusively they will from time to time but they play on the same team and they are two players that the opponents do not want to see on a night toight basis so let's take a look at number five coming in at number five it's Austin Matthews and Mitch Mar of the Toronto Maple Leafs say what you want about playoff success alluding both of these players they're both selky finalists in their own careers Matthews is a two-time 60 goal scorer and Mitch Marner is one of the Premier Elite setup players in the NHL knocking on the door to 100 points the map beliefs go as far as Austin Matthews and Mitch Marner will take them and in the regular season they have been phenomenal at number four it's Nikita kucherov and Braden point of the Tampa Bay Lightning Braden point last two years ago 51 goals a player who's knocking on the door to 100 points and Nikita koutra one of the slickest passers in the NHL probably the best half wall player on the power play and a lot of that success has to do with Braden Point finishing those off in the bumper position two players you don't want to see and two players who have had Stanley Cup success speaking of Stanley Cup success coming in at number three it's Sasha barkov and Matthew kachuck two two players that are extremely difficult to play against in their own right with Sasha barov one of the best centerman in the NHL and he proved that as he won a Stanley Cup but a player that disrupts so much and is so difficult to play against and Matthew kachuck a physical Force both these guys have been dominant at different times throughout their playoff runs on route to a Stanley Cup and to have both of these guys on different lines at five on five just makes the Florida Panthers that much more difficult to play against coming in at number two it's Nathan McKinnon and moo ranin size speed skill three of the attributes that describe both of these players when they are at the top of their game which is very often they are a nightmare for Defenders they're too fast they're too big they're too hard to handle you are at the mercy of moo ranin and Nathan McKinnon and coming in at number one it seems very obvious but it is true Conor McDavid and Leon dry cdle they combined for 238 points last season in the regular season and another 73 between the two in the playoffs as they were one win away from winning a Stanley Cup with Leon dry Sidle back in the mix longterm for Edmonton that is going to be nightmere situations alongside Conor McDavid for defenseman and other players alike in the Western Conference of the NHL for