Patrick Kane has gone nine games without a goal and has scored just once in 13 games. But, as Detroit Red Wings coach Todd McLellan put it, it’s not like the future Hall of Famer has forgotten how to put the puck in the net.

“He’s got 495 of them, doesn’t he?” McLellan said. “So, I’m not too worried about Patrick Kane not scoring. He gets some chances. He makes some really good plays. When you score that many, you don’t forget how to score.

“It’ll come, and we’ve seen it before. When it comes, it usually comes in bunches.”

The Red Wings start a season-long six-game trip tonight in Columbus (7:30, ESPN Plus-Hulu).

Kane, despite not having scored since Nov. 15, has generated a lot of chances and is racking up assists – seven in the past six games.

“If I was a betting man, I certainly would have bet on him finishing some of those,” McLellan said. “But for some reason, they haven’t gone in. Players can go through that. Even Patrick Kane can go through that at times. When the power play is going well, it’s usually going through him. And we’ve had some segments of really good power-play time and others that aren’t really good.”

Kane is five goals short of becoming the 50th player to reach 500. He needs 16 points to pass Mike Modano and become the all-time leading scorer among American-born players.

Those milestones will come this season if he remains healthy. For now, he’s focused on finishing some chances.

“It’s kind of been up and down, a little inconsistent,” Kane said. “Some games feel like I’m creating a lot, could easily be sitting here with a handful of more goals. But whether it’s bearing down or just making sure when you get those chances, the puck is going in, that’s kind of on me.

“But at the same time, you got to be happy with getting those looks, getting those chances, and try to keep doing the same things to get those because the more you get, obviously, eventually something’s going to break.”

After recording five points in his first five games, Kane missed nine games with an upper-body injury. He said there are no lingering effects.

“From a physical standpoint, there’s really nothing going on,” he said. “Maybe mentally, just kind of get out of your own head a little bit and just play the game and do what you’ve done your whole career.”