Doing it in 72 games, McDavid is the fastest to 60 in 27 years.
game. That eclipses the 60 goals in 73 games by Toronto’s Auston Matthews last season to make McDavid the fastest to 60 this century – and the fastest since Mario Lemieux got to 60 in his 62game in 1995-96. McDavid joins Matthews , Steven Stamkos and Alex Ovechkin as the only NHLers to score 60 during the salary-cap era, and McDavid is the 22With 10 games remaining, McDavid is on pace for 68 goals. That would give him the highest single-season total since Lemieux’s 69 in 1995-96.
Amid McDavid’s historic night, the Oilers further solidified their standing in the Western Conference playoff race with a fifth consecutive victory. With a 41-23-8 record and 90 points, they sit third in the Pacific Division, five points clear of the Seattle Kraken, who do have two games in hand. If the playoffs started today, Edmonton would meet the Los Angeles Kings in a rematch of last year’s first round.
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