The Edmonton Oilers are coming off a 3-2 overtime victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday. Leon Draisaitl has spoken about concerns regarding the offense for the Oilers.
Part of the concern may have been the goal-scoring drought of Connor McDavid , but he broke that on Tuesday. Expand Tweet
McDavid took a pass from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on the powerplay late in the first period, beating Linus Ullmark for his first goal of the season. The star forward still leads the team in points this year, even with finding the back of the net just once. He has seven helpers on the campaign to give him eight total points.
This is the longest time McDavid has gone without a goal to start a season, scoring his first goal in his seventh game of the year. Last season was the previous longest g