That's our focus."Įdmonton (36-22-8) is tied with the Seattle Kraken for third place in the Pacific Division and the first wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference. The biggest thing is coming in here and winning a big game against a good team in a tough building.
If not and I have to play a lesser role, that's great too. "I want an Edmonton Oilers win, that's all I want," McDavid said. Once Saturday arrives, his only focus will be helping the Oilers to a third straight win. McDavid said he did not have a lot going on while in town Friday other than dinner with his mother. "Especially it's Saturday night, they always have us playing on a Monday or a Wednesday night or something like that, but it's nice it's on a Saturday." "It's always special a little bit," said McDavid, the Edmonton captain, who has 10 points (two goals, eight assists) in eight games at Toronto in his eight NHL seasons. His only other game on a Saturday night in Toronto came on March 27, 2021, while the city was under restrictions prohibiting large gatherings because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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McDavid and the Oilers have not played in front of a full crowd here on a Saturday night in his eight NHL seasons. 6, 2020, when he beat Morgan Rielly on a memorable fake and 1-on-1 move to score in a 6-4 Oilers win.įinally, 1,161 days later, McDavid will be back in front of a full crowd in Toronto when the Oilers face the Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Saturday (7 p.m. The last time McDavid played here in front of a full crowd was Monday, Jan. With McDavid putting up rare numbers, almost as rare have been appearances in Toronto of late, at least in front of a full crowd, for the native of Richmond Hill, Ontario, about a 45-minute drive north of Scotiabank Arena. McDavid is on pace for 154 points and can become the first player with more than 150 in a season since Mario Lemieux had 161 (69 goals, 92 assists) for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1995-96. The center also leads the League with 124 points (70 assists), 27 more than teammate Leon Draisaitl in second. McDavid leads the NHL with 54 goals in 66 games, nine more than Boston Bruins forward David Pastrnak, who is second. "Everyone sees the confidence and how aggressive he is looking to attack the net, shooting the puck and being deceptive with it the way he has developed his released." It's just incredible what he can do, not just how fast he is but what he does at that speed and how he thinks the game.
"He's on pace for numbers that we haven't seen since Gretzky and Lemieux, so pretty good two guys to be comparing with if your numbers are matching up with. "No, I don't think ," Tavares said Friday.
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