Where does McDavid's performance rank in Stanley Cup Final history?

With eight points in his last two games, which is the most in a two-game span in a Stanley Cup Final, TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button joins SportsCentre to share where Connor McDavid's performance ranks in Stanley Cup Final history, what has changed to allow the Oilers to get back in the series, and how poised Stuart Skinner has looked the last two games with Edmonton's season on the line.

[@mr.intamin1081]

Mcdavid is the goat. Win. Or lose he’s the conn smythe winner

[@gregdowdy2063]

100000%

[@canadianintheukbrian]

Quite simple when the best hockey player in the World takes his game to another level, he makes the players on the other team look average, what stands out is besides the empty net goal the Oiler's have scored 12 goals on a goalie that before the finals was pretty much a wall if your Florida that's a concern , but there is still game 6 to be won , I'm a Leaf fan but I am pulling for the Oilers to bring the Cup to Canada, if the Oiler's win McDavid should get the the Order of Canada, let's not get ahead of ourselves there is still game 6 to be won , I am sure that Maurice will be studying the tapes figuring out how to stop McDavid , I wish them luck on that !

[@neostar63]

Nope.

[@BobsUruncle-dl7cs]

THats silly BOB owns it if Florida wins.

[@Fredphlegm]

How so? He was yanked one game, and abscent last night. Mc David isn't finished, and will win the Conn Smythe now.

[@cainpolanco3603]

I miss Dutch.

[@yourhomesoldguarenteedinbc]

Nice of you to say! he would have LOVED this run. The Guy was Edmonton through and through.

[@BobsUruncle-dl7cs]

Me to... he would be ALL OVER Mcdavids sudden explosion.... and he would be chewing the Panthers up with the best one-liners ever, we would be getting brand new material from Dutchy this year man.

[@soyeux27]

1:30 Craig Button on McDavid : "There's only two players that ever scored 40 or more points in the playoffs [Gretzky and Lemieux]. McDavid is in rarified air and what we're watching him do in this Stanley Cup Final with his team down 3 games to nothing is unprecedented. Gretzky and Lemieux did not have to drag their teams back from 3-0 down to push a team into a great amount of fear, that's where the Panthers find themselves right now. "

[@BobsUruncle-dl7cs]

Buttons a fool sometimes...the Panthers are not scared...its 3-2...its as over as it was at 3-1....but Mcdavids still not in Gretzkys league until he wins Cup S WITH AN "S"... guys like Mcdavid and Mathews and a few other point sucks do not get to be spoken of as GOATS until they win.... yes the Records are fun to see fall...but remember its the Stanley Cup we are after not Individual Records....imagine how bad Mcdavid will look if he puts up these numbers and still loses next game? He will go from a coming out Party as SC Champion to a Wake as he becomes a Chronic Underachiever winning Championships but an Individual Record breaker....wow....how exposing would that be?

[@spleen8834]

@@BobsUruncle-dl7cs Uruncle's broken dude

[@tonyk501]

Epic performance from McDavid, and now Rogers Place is probably going to cause some serious hearing loss for an awful lot of people attending Game 6 on Friday night in Edmonton. The momentum of the series has definitely shifted, and Bobrovsky has to deliver a massive personal performance between the pipes next game in a very hostile building to swing it back in favour of the Panthers. Predicting here that Game 6 will probably feature tighter checking and need OT to be decided.

[@SaguaroStash]

Edmonton is setting records. The greatest hockey team in the NHL

[@red3here]

No lol.

[@Wihfz]

@@red3herewell you’re witnessing the best team.

[@AdnAdnAdn]

@@red3hereyou can still delete this before it’s too late

[@otalgebra4436]

They will be the greatest if they win...it's only 2-3

[@christopherecatalano]

@@otalgebra4436 it is going 7. They found the W button, bro...

[@alexbelkin5445]

Great game to watch and I'm glad the Oilers did it and sent the series back to Edmonton))😇 Bring the Cup back to Canada guys! McDavid is MVP!😇😇😇

[@red3here]

No.

[@1960taylor]

Matthew’s couldn’t carry his jockstrap.

[@red3here]

?

[@RealBillBerg_8]

And here's the D Bag Oiler fan base spokesperson chiming in with nothing relevant to the conversation...

[@akumasdeception]

Can’t deny that, no one can’t.

[@RealBillBerg_8]

@@akumasdeception?

[@dunsbroccoli2588]

Some Michael Jordan type shit

[@delux0365]

If they storm back and win the Cup, his performance becomes legendary. If they lose, then his performance just becomes an answer to the trivia question "name the Conn Smythe winners from a losing team."

[@neostar63]

Game 4 the game was already out of reach before he started racking up points in a blowout. Game 5 though is an all time performance.

[@zigfield723]

...and it's because they just need it more, Canada just needs it more. And isn't it maybe perfect that with a drought of 31 years it would take a comeback 4 straight in the finals to do it!!! Let's goooo boys!!!!!!!!!

[@vanylla1433]

don't Jinx it

[@red3here]

No they don’t.

[@SanchezKirby]

Craig is the best he’s the voice of TSN

[@tt128556]

If the Oilers manage to win it in 7, and if McDavid breaks Gretzky's point record, he's officially the best player of all time. Not even Gretzky managed to drag his team back from a 3-0 down situation.

[@red3here]

Gotta win 6 first.

[@markd8469]

Let’s see him win a few cups first

[@markd8469]

I agree he will pass Mario and probably be second best after Gretzky. Mario had the size and power and could blow by anyone he wanted to with sheer strength and power, McDavid is way more skilled and faster.

[@BobsUruncle-dl7cs]

Gretzky had 4 Cups by 26 so that Ship sailed long ago man. Connors never going to be the GOAT . He will be a GOAT but never THE GOAT.

[@markd8469]

I’m in agreement with you. He will become one of the greatest. The GOAT will always be Wayne in our lifetime anyways

[@2012gnosis]

So Even The Great Gretzky didn't do that !WOW!

[@MarkoTiano]

McDavid is more skilled than Lemiux and Gretzky combined. They weren't doing shit like that on the ice especially in NHL Playoffs finals where the game is so tight.

[@siddiq106]

I dont rmbr gretzjy or lemieux having such shit teammates either

[@thebigpicture2032]

Gretzky got his 47 points in just 18 games so yes, he was doing stuff like that. He was dominant out there, so far above his peers. McDavid is doing the same.

[@AR-wm9lv]

​@@thebigpicture2032 Gretzky played when you could score by shooting along the ice from the halfwall on the rush. He didn't have to dangle through a crowd of 3-4 elite defenders just to have a chance to score

[@thebigpicture2032]

@@AR-wm9lv sure, and somehow he managed to get twice as many points as everyone else.

[@siddiq106]

@@thebigpicture2032 yea because he was great. there is no denying it. i'm just thinking if mcdavid could replicate what gretzky did if mcdavid was thrown back in time into his era.

[@BobsUruncle-dl7cs]

It doesnt Rank unless he wins the Stanley Cup and we all know it. Nobody remembers the loser and nobody cares about Individual Records during the Stanley Cup final...hope all the hype doesnt distract anyone.

[@George__Parasol279]

Reggie Leach set the record for goals in a single post season, and won the Conn Smythe despite losing the Cup. Not to mention, four other goalies have also won the Conn Smythe from the losing side. It’s not everyone else’s fault you ignore history.

[@BobsUruncle-dl7cs]

@@George__Parasol279 Spew all the history you want...you are blind....the FLORIDA PANTHERS are in the SCF against CONNOR MCDAVID and King Leon and a hand-picked Crew....the oilers have crapped the bed, they are down 3-2 and are extremely lucky to be there...and I think the Panthers will finish them in Edmonton. Mcdavid is always Mcdavid...and the Oilers are still 1-dimensional..Bobrovsky did the unexpected and Mcdavid can never seem to do the expected...I think Gretzky is wrong and Mcdavid is not to good to not win it....after 9 years Statistics or not Mcdavids looking a lot like another Ovie. Connor Mcvechkin maybe. Gretzky had 4 Stanley Cups by 26 so you are going to have to find a way to ground yourself because its to late Mcdavids already aged himself out of ever equalling Gretzky...its NEVER EVER going to happen it is impossible...see what we did there? Crushed the Dream. Now the Panthers will crush another one in Edmonton unless Mcdavid can score 4+ points again and if he does he becomes a God but still not the G.O.A.T. Mcdavids fun to watch but its just not serious,its like hes waiting for a Pity-Cup.

[@marcodestefanis5976]

He’s a cheat code lol

[@cainpolanco3603]

No buttons

[@soyeux27]

2:06 that's tasty

[@kylecardinal1115]

This guys the one that said florida in 6

[@markd8469]

Yes! and they still could win in 6

[@RealBillBerg_8]

@@markd8469he better hope this ages well bahahahhahaha

[@black4460]

Good bye oilers. It’s over tomorrow.

[@andybuick-tf9vz]

nowhere....he lost and showed what he's made of by not accepting the CS....poor sport

[@kode-man23]

Yeah, Skinner is almost certainly going to be repping team Canada in international competition going forward, for better or for worse. So we better get used to him 😂

[@rickpapineau5939]

If it weren't for goals going in off various Nurse body parts, Skinner's GAA would be under 2.

[@BobsUruncle-dl7cs]

Jess christ dont jack up the pressure on Skinner any more, let him keep building himself back up, hes stealing games now.

[@kode-man23]

@@BobsUruncle-dl7cs Well nobody is putting that on him right now. I was just musing, thinking about the Canadian olympic/ international team and the gaping hole that they have in net 😂

[@gregdowdy2063]

Best ever

[@Swttng780]

This is what happens when people called him McOverrated/Overrated. Next time they should STHU

[@blowstuffup1]

Someone should tell McLegend to turn off god mode.

[@rickpapineau5939]

Three games from now...

[@timothyletwin5911]

He is so overrated! At Quantum Mechanics. No wait, he's pretty good at that too.

[@FailedBard]

There's an argument to be made that Florida had already packed it in before McDavid got any points in game 4. Game 5 though, he was really good start to finish, and there's no debate that Florida was trying when he got any of those points.