Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid named NHL North Division’s top player for January

Feb 2, 2021 | 11:45 AM

NEW YORK — Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid is the NHL North Division’s star of the month for January.

McDavid had an NHL-high 22 points in January and tied for the league lead in goals for the month with eight.

McDavid finished the month on a seven-game point streak, including multiple points in each of the last five contests.

The 24-year-old McDavid reached the 20-point plateau within Edmonton’s first 11 games for the second season in a row. Wayne Gretzky is the only other Oiler to achieve that feat on more than one occasion, doing it six times.