Connor McDavid hit a monster and at the same time reached a huge milestone in the NHL | Sport

McDavid had a five-point night and reached the 900-point mark in the game against Philadelphia.

A total of 13 games were played in the ice hockey NHL on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday, Finnish time.

The battle between Edmonton and Philadelphia proved the league’s biggest star Connor McDavid’s amazing display. The 26-year-old McDavid was involved in all of his team’s goals in the 5–2 victory. The player himself was responsible for the opening hit of the match and passed the remaining four. The match in question was the tenth of McDavid’s career, in which he scored five power points.

The Oilers captain, who is playing his ninth NHL season, also reached 900 power points in the league in the same match. He has needed only 602 matches to reach this number of points.

– It’s another milestone, McDavid said.

McDavid became the fifth-fastest player in league history to reach the 900-point mark. Only Peter Stastny (589), Mike Bossy (582), Mario Lemieux (463) and Wayne Gretzky (385) succeeded faster than the Canadian.

Finnish Oilers legend Jari Kurri is sixth on the list. He has scored 900 points in 632 games.

The early season was quieter in McDavid’s career, but lately the superstar has found his magical level again. He has risen to the third place in the points exchange with 53 points scored. Tampan leads the points exchange in the series Nikita Kucherovwho has ten more points than McDavid.

The Oilers skipper’s game attitude has also helped the group join the playoffs of the Western Conference. The team is now just three points away from the last wild card spot. Edmonton is also currently on a six game winning streak.

Saros saved a clean sheet

The Nashville Predators defeated the Chicago Blackhawks Juuse Saros saving the team’s victory with a score of 3–0. Home team Nashville’s Finnish goalkeeper Saros saved all 21 shots in the match and thus took his second clean sheet of the season.

They were responsible for Nashville’s goals Gustav Nyquist, Ryan O’Reilly mixed Luke Evangelista. The group now won its second game in a row, when the Washington Capitals fell on the last day of the year. Saros and Juuso Pärssisen represented by Nashville is seventh in the Western Conference.

A total of five Finnish players made it to the power points of the night’s NHL round. Mikko Rantanen served up two assists as Colorado rallied from a deficit to win against the Islanders. Sebastian Aho assisted on the goal in Carolina’s convincing 6-1 victory over the Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

by Mikael Granlund San Jose, on the other hand, was the guest Olli Määtä represented by Detroit. Detroit won the game 5-3, adding to the plight of the Sharks. Hailauma’s losing streak is already nine matches long. Both Granlund and Määtt scored assists in the match.

Barkov broke the assist record

Alexander Barkov is the best scorer, goal scorer and now also the number one in assist statistics in Florida Panthers club history.

When Florida beat Arizona 4-1 in last night’s NHL round, Barkov collected an assist by Sam Reinhart to score a 2–1 winning goal.

That assist was the 416th of Barkov’s NHL career. The Finn passed his former teammate in the assist statistics Jonathan Huberdau.

Barkov now has a total of 254+416=670 for 698 matches.

– All milestones feel wonderful, Barkov said on Florida’s website.

The Florida skipper has also been a defensively valuable player for his team in his career, a plus-minus statistic of +111 shows that.

Statistical information about Jari Kurri and McDavid’s comment added at 9:15 a.m. Aleksander Barkov’s assist record added at 10:16.