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Jeremy Willis ESPN.com
Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid scored his 60th objective of the season on Wednesday night It was available in overtime of Edmonton’s 4-3 win over the Arizona Coyotes
The mark puts McDavid on a list with some elite business. He is the 4th active gamer to score 60 objectives in a season and the 2nd in as numerous seasons after Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews did it in 2015.
Here’s who else is on the list:
Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
Year: 2007-08
Ovechkin would end up the season with 65 objectives and 112 points, the most in the NHL that season. That mark likewise set the franchise record for objectives. Ovechkin was the very first gamer to reach 60 objectives given that Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr both did it for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1995-96.
Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning
Year: 2011-12
Stamkos struck 60 on the last day of the season. The 60 objectives likewise led the league in objectives that season. The overall consisted of 5 overtime objectives which is connected for the most in a season in league history.
Auston Matthews
Year: 2021-22
In spite of just playing 73 video games that season due to a wrist injury, Matthews scored on a torrid speed to reach 60. Matthews’ task makes him the leading objective scorer in a season for a gamer born in the United States.
Back to McDavid. He is now on speed for 68 objectives and 157 points, which would be the most objectives given that Lemieux scored 69 in 1995-96 and the most points given that Lemieux’s 161 that exact same season.
McDavid, who remains in his 8th season after being picked initially general by the Oilers in the 2015 NHL draft, is likewise on a fantastic scoring speed. Just Lemieux in 1995-96, who did it in 62 video games, reached the 60-goal mark much faster in the last 30 seasons.
While Ovechkin, Stamkos and Matthews set franchise records for objectives in a season in their 60-goal projects, McDavid will not. He takes place to bet the exact same franchise that as soon as had Wayne Gretzky. The Great One had 5 seasons with more than 60 objectives throughout his time in Edmonton. Gretzky had 4 seasons with 70 or more objectives, and in the 1981-82 season, he set the NHL’s single-season record for objectives scored with 92.
Needs to McDavid reach 70, he would be the very first to reach that mark given that Teemu Selanne and Alexander Mogilny both did it in 1992-93.