McDavid becomes the first player since Mario Lemieux in 1995-96 and the sixth player all-time to hit the 150-point mark in an NHL season.
Connor McDavid again showed the hockey world he's not done putting up astonishing numbers.
On Saturday afternoon, Connor McDavid's first-period assist and goal in Edmonton's 6-1 win against the San Jose Sharks brought his season point total to 150. That's the first time an NHL player reached 150 points in a season since Mario Lemieux's 161-point campaign in 1995-96, and McDavid's just the sixth player all-time to accomplish the feat.
McDavid also becomes the second Oiler to put up 150 points or more in a season, joining a list that only had Wayne Gretzky before Saturday.
The Great One had nine 150-point seasons in his illustrious career, while Mario Lemieux is the only other player with multiple 150-point seasons in NHL history.
No. 97 scored again in the third period to make it three points on the night and 151 on the season.
Eight years into his NHL career, the first overall pick of the 2015 NHL draft continues to live up to the hype and expectations that Oilers fans had for him after an illustrious OHL career with the Erie Otters and showing what he could do for Canada at the World Junior Championship.
This is McDavid's sixth year with at least 100 points and his first season reaching the 60-goal plateau. At just 26, McDavid already has the fourth-highest career point-per-game total in NHL history among players with at least 500 games played. The names above him are all in the Hockey Hall of Fame: Gretzky, Lemieux and Mike Bossy. At 848 career points, the odds of McDavid cracking the 1,000-point mark well before he turns 30 seem quite high as well.
It's an almost forgone conclusion that McDavid will take home another Hart Trophy as the NHL's MVP – no other player is within 20 points of his current total. If McDavid takes the Hart home for a third time, it would mark the fourth time in the past six years that an Oiler has won the award. Leon Draisaitl won the Hart in 2019-20.
While the point totals and record-breaking marks are nice, the bigger task at hand for McDavid and the Oilers, something No. 97 will tell you himself, is improving on the last post-season and trying to win the franchise's first Stanley Cup since 1990.
Edmonton showed it has the ability for a deep post-season run, going to the Western Conference final last year. With a team that has made improvements and McDavid's game only getting better, the Oilers have become one of the contenders to still be playing in early June.
Everyone has been waiting for the Oilers to put it all together. With three forwards passing 100 points, strong play from goaltender Stuart Skinner, a potent power play once again and a blueline looking better after acquiring Mattias Ekholm, this might end up as McDavid's finest season yet.