from Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal,

Maybe Connor McDavid will get a point on every Edmonton Oilers goal this season.

OK, that’s not going to happen because his housemate Darnell Nurse scored the 5-4 OT winner with McDavid cheering from the bench Tuesday but the Oilers captain shattered Adam Oates’s NHL record by figuring in the first nine goals for his team.

He brought the Oilers back from a 4-1 40-minute hole, rolling past Oates’ points in the first seven Detroit Red Wings’ goals from 20 years ago. He had his third and fourth goals in the team’s fourth game and assisted on Ty Rattie’s first of the year and Jesse Puljujarvi’s tying marker in the third.

“What do you want me to say? He’s the best player on earth,” said Oilers’ coach Todd McLellan, after his club levelled their road start at 2-2 with the next four at Rogers Place.

Adam Lowry had two goals on his first four shifts in the opening frame with defensive D-man Ben Chiarot and Mark Scheifele getting the others on Cam Talbot, who should have been sued for non-support payments in the first 20.

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