The Penguins got a good look at Connor McDavid’s speed early on Tuesday night.
And then they got another.
McDavid broke loose for a pair of assists on odd-man rushes in the first period of the Penguins’ 4-3 win against the Oilers Tuesday night. He added a third assist early in the second when his mere presence on the breakaway was enough to distractive Penguins defenseman Brain Dumoulin and give Jordan Eberle an easy walk-in goal.
When Sidney Crosby was asked after the game if it was fun going up against McDavid, a fellow former first-round pick, for the first time, he responded, “Yeah, after the first [period].