{"id":427400,"date":"2023-02-24T00:46:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T05:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=427400"},"modified":"2023-02-24T00:46:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T05:46:08","slug":"mcdavid-reaches-46-goal-mark-oilers-destroy-penguins","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/mcdavid-reaches-46-goal-mark-oilers-destroy-penguins\/","title":{"rendered":"McDavid reaches 46-goal mark, Oilers destroy Penguins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NHL&#8217;s leading scorer Connor McDavid netted twice to push his total to a career-best 46 goals, and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-2 at PPG Paints Arena on on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That period had everything. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LetsGoOilers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#LetsGoOilers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I4Talz019f\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/I4Talz019f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdmontonOilers\/status\/1628932628559630336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Leon Draisaitl picked up his 35th goal for the Oilers who improved to 11-1-5 in their last 17 games. McDavid added two assists to boost his point total to 109.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just another four-point night for the League\u2019s leading scorer, Connor McDavid.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the first time since 1995-96 the NHL has featured a player with nine outings of 4+ points in a season. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHLStats?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NHLStats<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ALcisjeAef\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/ALcisjeAef<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rn0HkN9n4X\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Rn0HkN9n4X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PR_NHL\/status\/1628953618769489920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Stuart Skinner stopped 22 shots but was rarely tested for most of the first two periods and Warren Foegele, Kailer Yamamoto, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Devin Shore also scored for Edmonton.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With a goal &amp; assist tonight, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has reached 6\u20e30\u20e30\u20e3 career points! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegacyHCYeg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@LegacyHCYeg<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LetsGoOilers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#LetsGoOilers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RbPojEMavk\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/RbPojEMavk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdmontonOilers\/status\/1628940966840176641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nugent-Hopkins sniped his 28th to record his 600th career point while scored for the first time since March 17, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The Penguins, holding the longest active streak in major North American professional sports with a run of 16 consecutive playoff berths, lost their fourth straight and five of six.<\/p>\n<p>Kris Letang scored early in the first and late in the third period, but the Penguins were outclassed for long stretches in between.<\/p>\n<p>The Oilers visit the Columbus Crew while the Penguins travel to St. Louis Blues on Saturday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  id=\"_ytid_37762\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3RAOquI-Mck?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;controls=1&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"YouTube player\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/3RAOquI-Mck\/maxresdefault.jpg\" title=\"\"><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NHL&#8217;s leading scorer Connor McDavid netted twice to push his total to a career-best 46 goals, and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4224,"featured_media":427401,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17089,17007,16949,16893],"news_category":[16709,14084],"gn_keywords":[],"acf":{"announce":"Nugent-Hopkins scored his 28th goal to record 600th career point","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/427400"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/427400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427400"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=427400"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=427400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}