{"id":457598,"date":"2026-02-14T05:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T05:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/457598\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T05:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T05:35:13","slug":"oilers-connor-mcdavid-broke-an-all-time-olympic-hockey-record-for-team-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/457598\/","title":{"rendered":"Oilers’ Connor McDavid broke an all-time Olympic hockey record for Team Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oilers’ Connor McDavid broke an all-time Olympic hockey record for Team Canada<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Connor McDavid just set an all-time Olympics men’s hockey record, because of course he did.<\/p>\n

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The Edmonton Oilers<\/a> superstar is acknowledged as the best hockey player on the planet, and he’s proving that for Team Canada.<\/p>\n

Through two games at these 2026 Winter Olympics, McDavid has six points.<\/p>\n

No one has ever done that through two games at an NHL-populated Olympics until now, according to The Athletic’s Chris Johnston<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Two players had previously opened the tourney with five points in two games. Both came in 2006.<\/p>\n

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Slovakian legend Marian Hossa notched five points in two games to start those ’06 games.<\/p>\n

So too did Finnish great Teemu Selanne.<\/p>\n

Now, McDavid has surged past both.<\/p>\n

He’ll have a chance for more points in the next game, as Canada will take on an overmatched France team.<\/p>\n

The thing about McDavid, though, is that he makes everyone look overmatched. It’s like he’s a different speed, strength and skill than everyone else on the ice.<\/p>\n

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He does that night in and night out for the Oilers. And it’s not like it’s new for Canada by any means.<\/p>\n

It is new at the Olympics, though. McDavid was drafted in 2015, a year after NHL players were last at the Olympics. He couldn’t go in 2018 or 2022.<\/p>\n

Now getting his chance, McDavid isn’t missing the opportunity to shine.<\/p>\n

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