There aren’t many guarantees in life, but Connor McDavid skating in all alone on an empty net is supposed to be one of them. The player who’s provided more highlight-reel moments than anyone in the league made everyone’s blooper tapes, instead, Monday in Buffalo when he missed the net (Wide Left!) It could have been disastrous if the Sabres had come back and tied it, but the Oilers escaped with the win and can laugh about it now. I’m just proud of our guys the way we responded. “It’s also nice that they killed off that stupid penalty by me, but that’s what a team does,” said Leon Draisaitl.

Source: National Post March 06, 2019 02:26 UTC