Where McDavid, Draisaitl rank as an all-time playoff duo - ESPN

EDMONTON, Alberta — Mark Messier and Wayne Gretzky are the two highest-scoring players in Stanley Cup playoffs history. But Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl just passed the Edmonton Oilers' dynastic duo in the NHL record books for one particular achievement.

«They're the best players of their generation,» said Messier, who is second (295 points in 236 games) to Gretzky (382 points in 208 games) in all-time postseason scoring.

Gretzky and Messier had 28 playoff games in which they both scored multiple points. Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Friday against the Florida Panthers was the 29th game in which McDavid (three assists) and Draisaitl (goal, assist) both had multiple points in a postseason game, passing Messier and The Great One.

They trail Gretzky and Glenn Anderson by one game for second all time in this category but will need some time to match Gretzky and linemate Jari Kurri, who had 44 multipoint games together with Edmonton and Los Angeles.

«It's actually unbelievable for a franchise like Edmonton to have had the teams and the players that have come through there, Messier said. „There are NHL teams that have been around forever and never had a Bobby Orr or Mario Lemieux. For a team that had Gretzky to now have McDavid and Draisaitl is unbelievable.“

Of course, Messier was no slouch either. The Hockey Hall of Fame center is third in NHL history with 1,887 career points. He and Gretzky won four Stanley Cups together in Edmonton, before Messier won another with the Oilers after The Great One was traded to Los Angeles. They were the engine for those teams, with Gretzky (252 points) and Messier (215 points) as the first and second playoff scorers in Edmonton history. McDavid (148 points in 92 games) is fifth,