Leon Draisaitl had two goals and an assist, Zach Hyman also scored twice and the Edmonton Oilers rode the momentum of three first-period goals to a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night to take a 2-1 lead in their first-round NHL playoffs series. Connor McDavid (one goal, two assists) and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (three assists) also had three-point nights. McDavid is the first player since Wayne Gretzky in 1987 to have at least eight assists in the first three games.
This article is part of our FanDuel NHL series. There are four games on the NHL slate Friday. The Rangers take a 2-0 series lead into Washington, Vancouver heads to Nashville tied at 1-1, Colorado hosts Winnipeg after the Avs evened it up on Tuesday, and Edmonton goes to LA with each team at one win apiece. Connor Hellebuyck, WPG at COL ($7,800): Hellebuyck saw his six-game winning streak come to an end Tuesday.
Does a superstar athlete need a championship to be considered an all-time great? A lot of people would say yes, though that means you would have to say that people like Dan Marino, Charles Barkley, Elgin Baylor, and Barry Bonds are not all-timers. Connor McDavid has put together the kind of NHL career most hockey players would dream of.
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
2 | D | |
28 | RW | |
39 | C | |
5 | D | |
73 | D | |
29 | C | |
14 | D | |
50 | G | |
37 | LW | |
89 | C | |
19 | C | |
55 | LW | |
18 | LW | |
13 | C | |
91 | LW | |
27 | D | |
97 | C | |
71 | C | |
93 | C | |
25 | D | |
90 | RW | |
30 | G | |
10 | C | |
74 | G | |
51 | D | |
50 | G |