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Oilers star McDavid reaches 500 career points 369th NHL game
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) – Oilers captain Connor McDavid has actually signed up with an elite club.
McDavid notched his 500th NHL point with a first-period help in Wednesday night’s 3-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets.
The 24-year-old center, from Richmond Hill, Ontario, is the 21st gamer in NHL history to achieve the task prior to his 25th birthday. He fasted to lessen the task, which can be found in simply his 369th NHL game.
“It’s a little milestone, I guess. A little thing along the way here, which is nice,” McDavid stated. “And onward.”
Fans didn’t need to wait long to see the accomplishment play out. McDavid moved a fast pass to Jesse Puljujarvi 3:45 into the very first duration, and the Finnish winger snapped a wrist shot previous Winnipeg goalie Connor Hellebuyck to open the scoring. McDavid included another help on Leon Draisaitl’s power-play objective midway through the 2nd duration.
“It’s incredible. He’s done it all his career, he’s going to continue doing it,” Draisaitl stated.
The German forward included that he’s much more satisfied by how his colleague manages himself off the ice.
“He’s just someone you can learn a lot from. So we’re very lucky, very fortunate to have a guy like that as our leader,” Draisaitl stated.
McDavid now has 171 objectives and 330 helps in his career and leads the NHL in points this season with 9 objectives and 22 helps in 18 video games.
“I know he doesn’t look at milestones like that very much,” Oilers coach Dave Tippett stated. “But I think, probably, later on in life, he’ll look back and be very proud of some of those milestones he’s put forth. I know he still wants the team milestone ahead of the individual milestone, so that’s what he’s striving for.”
Chosen initially total by the Oilers in 2015, McDavid’s career-finest season remained in 2018-19 when he had 41 objective and 75 helps for 116 points in 78 video games. He was granted the Art Ross Prize as the league’s leading scorer in 2016-17 and 2017-18, and was likewise chosen by his fellow gamers as the NHL’s most exceptional gamer in both seasons. He likewise took house the Hart Prize, granted to each year to the league’s most important gamer, in 2016-17.
McDavid signed an eight-year, $100-million extension with the Oilers in July 2017.
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) – Oilers captain Connor McDavid has actually signed up with an elite club.
McDavid notched his 500th NHL point with a first-period help in Wednesday night’s 3-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets.
The 24-year-old center, from Richmond Hill, Ontario, is the 21st gamer in NHL history to achieve the task prior to his 25th birthday. He fasted to lessen the task, which can be found in simply his 369th NHL game.
“It’s a little milestone, I guess. A little thing along the way here, which is nice,” McDavid stated. “And onward.”
Fans didn’t need to wait long to see the accomplishment play out. McDavid moved a fast pass to Jesse Puljujarvi 3:45 into the very first duration, and the Finnish winger snapped a wrist shot previous Winnipeg goalie Connor Hellebuyck to open the scoring. McDavid included another help on Leon Draisaitl’s power-play objective midway through the 2nd duration.
“It’s incredible. He’s done it all his career, he’s going to continue doing it,” Draisaitl stated.
The German forward included that he’s much more satisfied by how his colleague manages himself off the ice.
“He’s just someone you can learn a lot from. So we’re very lucky, very fortunate to have a guy like that as our leader,” Draisaitl stated.
McDavid now has 171 objectives and 330 helps in his career and leads the NHL in points this season with 9 objectives and 22 helps in 18 video games.
“I know he doesn’t look at milestones like that very much,” Oilers coach Dave Tippett stated. “But I think, probably, later on in life, he’ll look back and be very proud of some of those milestones he’s put forth. I know he still wants the team milestone ahead of the individual milestone, so that’s what he’s striving for.”
Chosen initially total by the Oilers in 2015, McDavid’s career-finest season remained in 2018-19 when he had 41 objective and 75 helps for 116 points in 78 video games. He was granted the Art Ross Prize as the league’s leading scorer in 2016-17 and 2017-18, and was likewise chosen by his fellow gamers as the NHL’s most exceptional gamer in both seasons. He likewise took house the Hart Prize, granted to each year to the league’s most important gamer, in 2016-17.
McDavid signed an eight-year, $100-million extension with the Oilers in July 2017.
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