McDavid, who has more points than Auston Matthews and John Tavares combined this season, will be in the spotlight in Toronto on Saturday night
Here is something to digest when one considers the season Connor McDavid has put together. The Oilers’ star centre has as many points – 124 – as Auston Matthews and John Tavares of the Maple Leafs haveMatthews is off his usual pace a bit, but both he and Tavares have certainly been productive. McDavid has been otherworldly.
In the only other meeting this season, Edmonton spanked Toronto 5-2 on March 1 at Rogers Place. That night McDavid scored twice – his fifth straight game with two goals – and added an assist. ”What he is doing is insane,” Mitch Marner said on Friday. The Maple Leafs’ playmaker is having the best season of his career and leads the club with 79 points. That’s 45 fewer than the Oilers’ captain.With 16 regular-season games remaining, McDavid will likely match and probably surpass the 60 goals that Matthews reached last season. He is only a half-dozen shy of the mark.
“He is a foxhole-and-trenches-type player,” Jay Woodcroft, the Oilers’ head coach, said of Hyman. “He is integral to everything we have going on here.”
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