from Frank Seravalli of TSN,

McDavid was the best player on the PPG Paints Arena ice on Tuesday night. He easily would have netted three or four assists if his teammates could hit the broad side of a barn.

“We had three or four empty nets,” Oilers coach Todd McLellan said. “It’s almost like we’re squeezing [the stick] so tight that we either pause or we shoot a little too quick.”

On one first period sequence, McDavid found lineman Kailer Yamamoto on the back door with a pass that travelled through four or five bodies. Yamamoto somehow shot it wide - across the crease.

The rookie Yamamoto didn’t last much longer on McDavid’s line, patience clearly running thin with zero goals on 21 shots in his first seven NHL games. At some point, you’ve got to bury playing that many minutes with McDavid.

“It’s costing us,” McDavid said, not singling out Yamamoto. “We’re getting these chances in front of the net that should be automatic. They’re uncontested shots. We aren’t even hitting the net. We’ve just got to relax, calm down.”

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