McDavid held without point for Oilers in Game 1 loss against Jets

EDMONTON -- Connor McDavid did not score a point for the Edmonton Oilers in their Stanley Cup Playoff opener on Wednesday after leading the NHL with 105 this season.

McDavid had two shots on goal playing 23:14 in a 4-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets in Game 1 at Rogers Place.
Game 2 in the best-of-7 series is here Friday (9 p.m. ET, NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS).
McDavid, a center, scored 22 points (seven goals, 15 assists) in nine regular-season games against the Jets.
"I actually didn't mind our game," the Oilers captain said. "I thought we did a lot of good things. I thought we had the puck a lot of the night, played in their zone, put a lot of pucks there. Just didn't find a way to get one. That's the way it goes. They get a tip (Dominic Toninato's tiebreaking third-period goal), we don't. That's playoff hockey."
McDavid scored 33 goals with 72 assists in 56 regular-season games
to win the Art Ross Trophy
for the third time.

Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl, who was second to McDavid with 84 points (31 goals, 53 assists), also did not have a point. He had four shots on goal in 24:41.
Draisaitl scored 12 points (seven goals, five assists) against Winnipeg in the regular season.
"They're going to be checked really hard," Edmonton forward James Neal said. "You saw what they did against Winnipeg] through the regular season, so you get into playoffs, everything's ramped up a little more, the physicality is ramped up a little more. But I thought they did a good job fighting through the stuff and making plays.
"We'll look for a bounce-back game and a big win for us for next game. I'm sure [McDavid and Draisaitl] want to play right now, so they'll get it back."
Jesse Puljujarvi gave Edmonton a 1-0 lead 8:24 into the second period with assists from defensemen Tyson Barrie and Darnell Nurse.
McDavid did not have a shot on goal until 4:16 of the third.
"It's the same for them as everybody else," Oilers coach Dave Tippett said. "It's going to be tight. That's the way it is. You can look back at all the regular-season [games] you want, this is playoff hockey. It's going to be tight. Space is at a premium out there.
"That's playoff hockey. If you expected breakaways and 2-on-1s here, that's not the way the game's played now."
McDavid's 22 points against the Jets were the most by a player against one opponent since 1987-88, when
[Denis Savard
of the Chicago Blackhawks scored 23 points (eight goals, 15 assists) in eight games against the Minnesota North Stars.