Morning Coffee: McDavid Reaches Another Milestone In Oilers Win

Connor McDavid reached the 70-assist mark for the fourth time in his career on Wednesday night.

It’s just his seventh NHL season, but he already has two more 70-assist seasons than the next closest active skaters in Sidney Crosby and Joe Thornton (2).

McDavid scored his 43rd goal and finished with three points in a 5-2 win over the Dallas Stars.

The Edmonton Oilers have won three straight and are now 9-1-1 over their last 11 games dating to March 28th.

In addition to inching closer to locking up second place in the Pacific Division, the Oilers also did one of their Canadian rivals a favour by preventing Dallas from picking up a single point.  

Here’s the TSN EDGE Morning Coffee for Thursday, April 21st, 2022.

McDavid Reaches Another Milestone In Win

With three points against the Stars, McDavid is up to 13 points in nine games in April.

He’s gone over 1.5 points in five of those nine games.

FanDuel had him at -102 to go over 1.5 points last night.

Most times reaching 70 assists - Player's first 7 career NHL seasons: 7- Wayne Gretzky (1979-86) 5- Peter Stastny (1980-87) 4- Connor McDavid (2015-22 via his 2nd tonight for the @EdmontonOilers vs DAL) 4- Bobby Orr (1966-73) 4- Bryan Trottier (1975-82) 4- Mario Lemieux ('84-91) pic.twitter.com/Nwm5wDA3aK

McDavid pulled two points clear of Jonathan Huberdeau for the league lead with 113 points.

He was +110 to win the Art Ross Trophy at FanDuel Sportsbook heading into last night’s action.

FanDuel also has McDavid as the second choice to win the Hart Memorial Trophy at +300.

Only Auston Matthews (-300) has shorter odds.

If an