Watch Connor McDavid score his first NHL goal
Just like Wayne Gretzky, Oilers prodigal son Connor McDavid scored career goal No. 1 in his third game. Check out the pretty redirection.
Watch Connor McDavid score his first NHL goalAnd the wait is officially over.
It's not like it was an eternity for Edmonton Oilers mega-prospect Connor McDavid. But two games into his career without a goal felt like a long time given the hype for the first overall pick. But, just as No. 99 did more than three decades ago, No. 97 got tally No. 1 in game No. 3.
Here it is, in all its glory, a deft redirection off an Andrej Sekera point shot to draw Edmonton even with the Dallas Stars:
And so 'McJesus' gains a little ground on faster-starting wunderkind Jack Eichel, on the same night another promising youngster, the Winnipeg Jets Nikolaj Ehlers, nets his first. Many more to come from these kids.
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