The Chicago Wolves are the only 3-0 team in the American Hockey League in 2021, and a handful of Nashville Predators’ prospects are a big reason why.

Four of the Wolves’ six top scorers are Nashville players, including Philip Tomasino, Rem Pitlick, Tanner Jeannot and Tommy Novak. Chicago has one-fourth of the league’s top 20 scorers. In fact, Tomasino (two goals, five points) is tied with Anaheim Ducks prospect Trevor Zegras for the AHL lead in scoring.

The 19-year-old center has scored in two of Chicago’s three games — both multi-point games — including a two-goal performance in Monday’s win over the Rockford Ice Hogs. The feat on its own is impressive considering Tomasino normally would be playing in the junior leagues right now.

“I think it’s a different year, and technically, I shouldn’t even be eligible to play in the AHL, but we’re lucky to get this chance to be here,” Tomasino said, according to the team’s social media account. “I said in the summer, my goal was to play in the NHL this year and I’ve always wanted to work towards that. Obviously, that didn’t happen. But the AHL is a phenomenal league. It’s great competition.”

Also thriving in Chicago, Pitlick (three goals) and Jeannot (one goal, three points) rank 11^th and 20^th in AHL scoring, respectively. Pitlick has three goals in his last two games, including a multi-goal performance against Rockford.

He’s been seeing some time on the Wolves’ penalty kill, which ranks third in the Central Division at 75 percent, even scoring a short-handed goal against the Ice Hogs.

“[Pitlick] has got some really good tools as I’m just learning myself,” Chicago coach Ryan Warsofsky said. “He can fly; his speed is a factor. We’ve got him on the PK, which I think can be another tool in his toolbox. He’s a smart player.

“He can drive offense, he can delay, he can play with some pace. I really like his game, especially in Rockford and again (Tuesday night). He’s dangerous all over the ice and his speed stands out. His hockey sense…you saw on the PK; you go back before he gets a short-handed goal and he’s in good spots and he gets a breakaway out of it.”

Should Tomasino and Pitlick continue on their upward trajectory, one or both could earn a call-up to Nashville in the not-too-distant future. The Predators have one of the more anemic offenses in the NHL, averaging 2.31 goals per game — fifth-lowest in the league — and could use an injection of speed and scoring.

“I’m definitely getting more comfortable as the games go on,” Tomasino continued. “I think just overall, getting a chance to play with these guys, I’ve transitioned pretty easy and it’s been a great couple of weeks here overall.”

The Predators and Carolina Hurricanes reached an agreement earlier in the year to share the Wolves after Nashville’s AHL affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals, announced they would not play the 2021 season due to a lack of revenue that would come from playing without fans.

Some of the Predators’ prospects were sent to the Florida Everblades of the ECHL. The rest — including Tomasino, Pitlick, Jeannot, Cole Smith, Tommy Novak, Tyler Lewington, Jeremy Davies, Lukas Craggs and Patrick Harper — were sent to Chicago.