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McDavid now has 38 points this postseason, the most by an active player in a single postseason and tied for fifth most ever. He has 23 points in games following a loss this postseason, passing Doug Gilmour (20 in 1993) for the most in one playoff year.
All told Saturday, he helped to ignite an offense that had shown serious signs of wear and tear earlier in the series.
“It’s just one win,” McDavid said. “That’s all it is. It doesn’t matter if you score eight or if you score one. It’s just one win and we’ve got to go to Florida and do a job and drag them back to Alberta.”
Along the way, he also became the first player since 1987 to record four points in a Stanley Cup Final game when facing elimination. And he did so on a night, when the intimidating power-play unit that he’s on, delivered a goal in six tries.
“We’ve had lots of looks over the first four games, certainly created enough to have a couple go in,” Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl said. “It’s just not the way the game works sometimes. I’m just proud of the way we always stick with it, continue to work at it, and stay work based. Hopefully we can build off that a little bit.”
Information from ESPN Stats & Information was used in this report.
