In his first NHL regular season game as captain of the Edmonton Oilers, Wayne Gretzky had a goal and an assist.
In his first game as the youngest captain in this history of the National Hockey League, the 19-year-old supposedly too-young-to-be-captain, too-inexperienced-to-lead Connor McDavid scored two goals as if to say, “Would everyone here kindly step to the rear and let a winner lead the way.”
He personally brought the Oilers back from a 3-3 tie en route to a 7-4 win over the Calgary Flames.
In his first regular season game in Rogers Place, McDavid scored a goal on a penalty shot.