On Monday night, Connor McDavid amazed fans all over the world watching the Oilers versus Leafs matchup with a jaw-dropping goal. It may not be a stretch to call this the best goal of his career, which is really saying something considering how many highlight reel goals he has already scored in his young career. McDavid grabbed the puck in his own zone, slowly approaching Leaf's defenceman Morgan Rielly, before picking up speed seemingly out of nowhere to zip by Rielly and put it home over the shoulder of goaltender Michael Hutchinson.
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As you can hear in the clip above, even the Leafs' crowd was in awe as they saw what was taking place. It isn't every day you see a goal like that. However, it wasn't just fans that were amazed by the goal. Wayne Gretzky also couldn't believe what he just had saw.
“He brought me out of my seat,” Gretzky said. “I've told him before that he does that to me. And he did that tonight. It was one of those special moments by a special player.”
Many of McDavid's teammates were as impressed as Gretzky.
“It's him,” Oilers forward Gaetan Haas remarked. “It's just… there is one Connor McDavid.”
“That's just Connor,” Alex Chiasson told the media. “You could tell tonight he was playing with an edge, and that might be the nicest goal I've seen. Just pure skill.”
His goal gave the Oilers a 6-3 lead at the time, which was more than enough as they won the game by a final score of 6-4. With the win, the Oilers ended the Leafs' ten game point streak in which they went 9-0-1. McDavid finished the night with a goal and three assists, to give him 69 points in just 45 games on the season.
Source: Sean O'Leary
