Gavin McKenna can't quite explain what Connor McDavid is doing this season, and the Maple Leafs rookie gets a front-row look tonight in Edmonton.
“It's like every night you just are expecting him to put up five points. I don't know how he's doing it,” McKenna told Mark Masters.
“But I got to skate with him this summer and kind of see what he was like, and he's out of this world.”
The kid isn't exaggerating. Expecting five points a night sounds ridiculous right up until you look at the stat sheet.
It's like a young chef watching the master work the line and still not being able to figure out the recipe.
McDavid has 31 points through 10 games.
That includes 23 assists, 10 of them on the power play.
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Gavin McKenna's Connor McDavid comments set the stage for Leafs-Oilers showdown
McDavid also sits at +18 with a shorthanded goal.
McKenna has 7 points on a $1,075,000 cap hit, including a power-play goal.
He also owns a game-winner but sits at -6.
Easton Cowan has outproduced him so far, with 11 points and 2 game-winners.
Auston Matthews leads the Leafs with 18 points, while William Nylander has 16.
Matthews also has 2 game-winners.
Leon Draisaitl has 10 goals for Edmonton, including 5 on the power play.
The Oilers are 8-1-1 and second in the league.
They're a perfect 5-0-0 on the road but just 3-1-1 at home this season.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored a power-play goal in his season debut Thursday.
Toronto arrives at 6-4-2 on a three-game winning streak of its own.
Tristan Jarry is expected to start for Edmonton with Devon Levi on injured reserve this week.
Edmonton scores 4.7 goals a game.
Jim Hiller's group has allowed 39 goals in 12 games.
Can McKenna hold his own on a night when the best player in the world is on the other bench tonight?
The rookie is a fan for now. Once the puck drops, the Leafs need him to forget that for 60 minutes.
Will Gavin McKenna outscore Connor McDavid tonight?
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