The Year of Connor
03/07/2023
By: Jeff Yoder
Oilers’ Connor McDavid Scores 2 Goals, Sets Career-High With 124 Points
When the NHL season comes to a close next month, the team records will belong to the Boston Bruins. The individual honors? Those will belong to Connor McDavid. The Year of Connor reached a new milestone on Monday when McDavid scored two goals to lift the Oilers over the Sabres (3-2) and snatch a new season-long career-high with 124 points, and he has 17 games to play. The 26-year-old superstar has risen to the top of the NHL in Year 8 with a historic clip of offensive firepower. McDavid has scored 12 goals in the last eight games. He leads the league in goals (54), assists (70), and total points (124), and it’s not even close.
2023 NHL Points Leaders
Connor McDavid (EDM): 124 points
Leon Draisaitl (EDM): 96 points
Nikita Kucherov (TBL): 88 points
David Pastrnak (BOS): 84 points
Tage Thompson (BUF): 83 points
McDavid’s 2023 In Perspective
For those unfamiliar with the hockey record books, only nine players have recorded 140 points or more in a single NHL season. Phil Esposito (2), Mario Lemieux (5), and Wayne Gretzky (11) did it multiple times, and Gretzky went over 200 points four different times. He holds the all-time record with 215 points in 1985-86. But no player has gone over 140 points in a season since the 90s. McDavid is on pace for 156 points by the season’s end.
Watch: Connor McDavid Scores Twice as Oilers Beat Sabres (3-2)
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