Connor McDavid assist streak ends in Oilers win over Rangers, Digi Mart USA News: For a second on Monday, it appeared that Connor McDavid had extended his historic assist streak to 19 games right at the buzzer in the Edmonton Oilers’ 3-1 win over the New York Rangers.
But after a quick ruling from the NHL, McDavid had his helper on Leon Draisaitl’s empty-net goal removed from the scoresheet.
As the Rangers pressed on the power play with their net empty in the final two minutes, a rebound came out to McDavid in front of the Oilers’ net. Edmonton’s captain bumped into New York forward JT Miller in the battle for the puck, which was eventually tipped out to Draisaitl closer to the blue line.
Draisaitl flipped it down the ice and into the open cage.
Upon closer inspection, Miller’s stick was the last to touch the puck before Draisaitl put the game away, bringing McDavid’s streak to an end at 18.
With assists in 18 straight games, McDavid tied Adam Oates for the second-longest streak in NHL history, behind only Wayne Gretzky’s 23 games set in 1990-91.
He did continue his point streak to open the season, however, opening the scoring with his 11th goal in Edmonton’s first 19 games. That gives him 48 points on the year.
