The Oilers captain produced three goals and five assists in three games during the last seven days, helping Edmonton to three consecutive wins.
Edmonton, Alberta – Connor McDavid has been named the NHL’s First Star of the Week after scoring three goals and adding five assists in three games, all of which the Edmonton Oilers won.
The Oilers captain had two assists in a 4-3 overtime win over the Winnipeg Jets last Tuesday, one goal and two assists in a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday, and two goals and an assist on Saturday against the Anaheim Ducks.
McDavid now has 29 goals and 96 assists in 70 games, for 125 points, one behind Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning and two behind Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche in the Art Ross Trophy race.
He is the first player to record 96 assists in a season since Joe Thornton of the San Jose Sharks in 2005-06, and he can become only the fourth player in NHL history to reach 100 assists with four more in Edmonton’s last ten games.
McDavid scored seven goals and 24 assists last month, becoming the first player to reach 31 points in March since Jaromir Jagr with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2000-01.
