Tuesday, the Edmonton Oilers met the New York Islanders for their 16th game of the season. This meeting represented the ideal opportunity for captain Connor McDavid to add to his collection of points, he who is approaching the prestigious milestone of 1000 in his career. Before the start of the duel against the team led by Patrick Roy, number 97 totaled 995 points.
We knew that the chances were good for him to reach this plateau this week, while three clashes were on the program: the Islanders (Tuesday), the Nashville Predators (Thursday) and the Toronto Maple Leafs (Saturday).
The 27-year-old Ontarian clearly wanted to speed things up, because on Tuesday, in a 4-3 overtime victory against the Isleshe contributed to his team’s four points with a goal and three assists. His total now stands at 999, just one point shy of a thousand.
The Canadian star should be able to reach that mark Thursday against the Preswho are experiencing difficulties this season. Edmonton has also won the two previous clashes against the Tennessee team.
In 2024-2025, the center has accumulated 17 points in 13 games.
In addition to McDavid’s impressive performance against New York, Leon Draisaitl joined Cole Caufield and Sam Reinhart at the top of the scoring charts with his 11th and 12th goals of the campaign.
Although victorious, Stuart Skinner had another difficult evening of work: despite only 22 shots aimed at him, he gave in three times.
