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Connor McDavid achieved a significant milestone, recording his 10th career 50-assist season to surpass Wayne Gretzky and Jari Kurri for the most in Edmonton Oilers history. This accomplishment, achieved in a 4-1 win over the Blackhawks,
McDavid and Celebrini will face each other for the first time this season when the Sharks visit the Oilers on Thursday (9 p.m. ET; SN1, NBCSCA). The two will then be teammates for Team Canada at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina in February.
Evan Bouchard etched his name in history with a six-point explosion, fueling a wild Oilers comeback win that turned into a nail-biter.
Every season, there’s a stretch where we start looking for new words to describe Connor McDavid. And every season, those words run out pretty quickly. Monday night against Chicago was another one of those quiet McDavid games that somehow rewrites the record book.
McDavid has led Edmonton to the Stanley Cup Final the past two seasons, losing to the Florida Panthers each time. The Oilers (22-16-7) struggled to gain traction at the start of the season but now trail the Vegas Golden Knights (21-11-2) by three points for first place in the Pacific Division.
Mattias Ekholm collected his first career hat trick as the Edmonton Oilers posted a 7-4 victory against the visiting Ducks on Monday, ending Anaheim's seven-game winning streak.