The NHL Star of the Week is Connor McDavid! He scored 12 points in four games

Connor McDavid woke up and picked up 12 points in 4 games, making him the NHL Star of the Week.In his last game, he even recorded 5 points on 1 goal and 4 assists in the 8-2 demolition of Anaheim.

Connor McDavid woke up

McDavid was especially successful in the last two games, scoring a total of 9 points with 1 goal and 8 assists! In total, he averaged exactly 3 points per game in the period under review. In 4 games, 12 points on 3 goals and 9 assists.

First, he had 4 assists in a 5:0 away win in Washington, and in the night game against Anaheim, when he forced Czech goalie Lukas Dostal out of the net, he also had 4 assists and added a goal. It was McDavid’s ninth five-point game of his career.

He contributed to 12 of Edmonton’s 19 goals scored in the period. This feat has already catapulted him into the top 20 in scoring for the entire competition. And he’s proving that he’s back to his incredible performance from last season.

For the first time in 15 years

In addition, he became the first hockey player since 2008 to record 4 assists in two consecutive games.

The last time he did that was Nicklas Backstrom of Washington. And only legends Wayne Gretzky and Jari Kurri have done it for Edmonton.

The second star of the week was the current scoring leader Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning. He had a great game against Carolina, scoring 6 points on 2 goals and 4 assists. He scored 8 points on 2 goals and 6 assists in 3 games.

Saros holds one interesting NHL championship. On January 5, 2023, he picked up 64 saves in the Predators’ 5-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.

The third star of the week was Nashville Predators goaltender Juuse Saros, who has 3 wins in 3 games with an average of 2.35 goals per game and a save percentage of 92.1%.

Source: NHL