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Jeremy WillisESPN.com
Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid scored his sixtieth objective of the season Wednesday night. It got here in extra time of Edmonton’s 4-3 win over the Arizona Coyotes.
The mark places McDavid on a listing with some elite firm. He’s the fourth energetic participant to attain 60 targets in a season and the second in as many seasons after Toronto Maple Leafs middle Auston Matthews did it final 12 months.
Here is who else is on the record:
Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
Yr: 2007-08
Ovechkin would end the season with 65 targets and 112 factors, probably the most within the NHL that season. That mark additionally set the franchise document for targets. Ovechkin was the primary participant to achieve 60 targets since Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr each did it for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1995-96.
Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning
Yr: 2011-12
Stamkos hit 60 on the ultimate day of the season. The 60 targets additionally led the league in targets that season. The whole included 5 extra time targets, which is tied for probably the most in a season in league historical past.
Auston Matthews
Yr: 2021-22
Regardless of solely enjoying 73 video games that season on account of a wrist damage, Matthews scored on a torrid tempo to achieve 60. Matthews’ feat makes him the highest objective scorer in a season for a participant born in the US.
Again to McDavid. He’s now on tempo for 68 targets and 157 factors, which might be probably the most targets since Lemieux scored 69 in 1995-96 and probably the most factors since Lemieux’s 161 that very same season.
McDavid, who’s in his eighth season after being chosen first general by the Oilers within the 2015 NHL draft, can be on an incredible scoring tempo. Solely Lemieux in 1995-96, who did it in 62 video games, reached the 60-goal mark sooner within the final 30 seasons.
Whereas Ovechkin, Stamkos and Matthews set franchise data for targets in a season of their 60-goal campaigns, McDavid is not going to. He occurs to play for a similar franchise that after had Wayne Gretzky.. The Nice One had 5 seasons with greater than 60 targets throughout his time in Edmonton. Gretzky had 4 seasons with 70 or extra targets, and within the 1981-82 season, he set the NHL’s single-season document for targets scored with 92.
Ought to McDavid attain 70, he could be the primary to achieve that mark since Teemu Selanne and Alexander Mogilny each did it in 1992-93.