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Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist and Tristan Jarry made 25 saves in his first game for Edmonton, helping the Oilers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 on Saturday night
Hey, that McDavid guy is pretty good. A look at the top Bruins and Oilers performers from Thursday's showdown between the clubs at TD Garden.
Quinn Hutson scores his first NHL goal, while Connor McDavid & Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each recorded a goal plus an assist for the Oilers on Thursday night at TD Garden in a 3-1 victory over the Bruins
Oilers' Connor McDavid part of hockey history never done before in NHL originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The NHL has never had a night quite like Tuesday.
RECAP: The Bruins kept pace with the Oilers at five-on-five play. But 'little mistakes' elsewhere caught up to them in a 3-1 loss.
The Edmonton Oilers thrashed the Seattle Kraken 9-4 at Rogers Place on Thursday, on the back of a four-point night for captain Connor McDavid as he scored his first hat trick in the NHL since October
“I thought I passed a couple away the other night,” McDavid admitted. “It ultimately cost us, losing a 1-0 game. Who knows if I score on one of those, so I thought about shooting a little bit more. It was nice to score some goals and feel good about ourselves.”
What Connor McDavid did on Saturday night for the Edmonton Oilers against the Toronto Maple Leafs doesn't look real. He hit a turbo button that no one else in the NHL has access to. Or put another way, McDavid went into fast forward while everyone else was on regular speed.