Connor McDavid is simply 5 factors away from reaching 1,000 in his outstanding NHL profession as he enters Tuesday night time’s recreation towards the New York Islanders. If he manages a five-point efficiency, McDavid will grow to be the fourth-fastest participant in NHL historical past to hit the milestone, attaining it in 658 video games. It’s not an unheard-of feat to attain that a lot within the final recreation earlier than reaching 1000. Wayne Gretzky had a six-point night time to do it when he reached the milestone.
Solely Gretzky (424 video games), Mario Lemieux (513 video games), and Mike Bossy (656 video games) have performed it sooner than McDavid will do it.
Leon Draisaitl, McDavid’s long-time linemate and fellow celebrity, praised his pal forward of Tuesday’s recreation. “In my eyes, there’s by no means been a participant like him, particularly within the trendy period. No participant has created probabilities the best way he does on the velocity and consistency that he has over 10 years.”
Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch additionally emphasised the magnitude of McDavid’s impending milestone. “For him to succeed in that at this level in his profession, given how NHL scoring has been since he entered the league, it’s completely outstanding,” Knoblauch acknowledged.
Can the Oilers Have One other Huge Night time Offensive So McDavid Will get There?
The Oilers stung the Vancouver Canucks for seven objectives in a current win, however on Tuesday they’ll be going through Ilya Sorokin. He’s not a straightforward netminder to get 5 objectives on. The opportunity of McDavid delivering a five-point explosion shouldn’t be out of the query as he had three versus the Canucks.
So too, McDavid has recorded 5 or extra factors in a single recreation 16 instances all through his profession.
Can McDavid make historical past tonight? Together with his distinctive potential to take over video games when motivated, the Oilers captain is poised to ship one other iconic efficiency.
The Oilers’ Lineup vs. the Islanders:
Forwards
Jeff Skinner – Connor McDavid – Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin – Leon Draisaitl – Viktor Arvidsson
Adam Henrique – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Connor Brown
Mattias Janmark – Derek Ryan – Corey Perry
Defence
Mattias Ekholm – Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse – Troy Stecher
Brett Kulak – Ty Emberson
Goalies
Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard
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