With a new head coach behind the bench Shaun Anderson Jersey , Connor McDavid showed why he is a Hart Trophy winner, a two-time Art Ro s Trophywinner and is among the NHL's leaders in points this season. The Oilers captain netted a goal and had two a sists, includingone on the game-winner by Leon Draisaitl in overtime, as Edmonton defeated San Jose, 4-3, in Ken Hitchcock's debut.
The win snapped a two-game losing streak for the and named the Edmonton nativeHitchcock head coach earlier in the day.Hitchcock, the 1999 Stanley Cup champion with Dallas, earned his 824th career win.
In Gregor Blanco Jersey the first period on Tuesday night, with the Oilers trailing by one, McDavid buried the perfect pa s from Draisaitl for his 13th goal of the season and 100th of his career.
With the goal, the Derek Holland Jersey 21-year-old is the fourth active player (Sidney Crosby, Steven Stamkos and Ilya Kovalchuk) to hit the 100-goal mark before his 22nd birthday. McDavid, who turns 22 in January, is also the second-youngest Oiler, behind Wayne Gretzky, to reach 100 goals.
"First of all, he's an awesome player," Hitchcock told Brandon Belt Jersey reporters about McDavid following Tuesday's morning skate. "But he has an awesome responsibility. It's not just scoring goals and getting points, he sets the competitive tone of the hockey club."
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Hitchcock definitely leaned on his captainas he appeared to run him every other shift at times, and McDavid responded. The center got his first a sist of the game on Drake Mike Gerber Jersey Caggiula's game-tying goal in the third period and added his second when the puck went off Draisaitl's skate and in.
With three points on the night, McDavid now has nine multi-point gamesand 31 points this season. He is the first Oiler to reach that mark in 21 or fewer games since Hall of Famer Mark Me sier Abiatal Avelino Jersey did so in 1989-90.
In 230 career games, the 2015 first-overall pick now has 287 career points.
