Connor McDavid’s eight points in two games brought him to 42 points in these Stanley Cup playoffs, only five points shy of Wayne Gretzky’s record from 1985.
Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers face the Florida Panthers in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals on Friday. EDMONTON — Only one skater in NHL history has won the Conn Smythe Trophy, given to the most valuable player of the Stanley Cup playoffs, when his team lost in the finals. Reggie Leach won in 1976, even though his Philadelphia Flyers were swept by the Montreal Canadiens; he set a playoff record with 19 goals during the postseason that has been equaled once but never topped.
The eight points in two games brought McDavid to 42 points in these playoffs, only five points shy of Wayne Gretzky’s record from 1985. His 34 assists are already an NHL record; he broke Gretzky’s record of 32 in Game 4. “I don’t know how big Gretzky was when he was playing here, but I assume it was kind of the same. He really deserves it, especially with how good he is in the really big games.”Edmonton Coach Kris Knoblauch has known McDavid since he was 15 years old and playing for the Ontario Hockey League’s Erie Otters, where Knoblauch was coaching at the time.
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