RELEASE: McDavid named NHL's Second Star of the Week

EDMONTON, AB – Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid has been named the NHL's Second Star of the Week, the League announced on Monday.

Florida's Brady Tkachuk was named the League's first star with back-to-back natural hat tricks, becoming the third player in NHL history to record a natural hat trick in consecutive games, finishing the week with six goals and four assists in four contests in a trio of wins for the Panthers.

Minnesota's Kirill Kaprizov was named third star with four goals and three assists over a 3-1-0 week for the Wild.

McDavid recorded a goal and three assists in a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings last week – 50th career four-point performance – while playing in his 800th career game.

McDavid then assisted on one of Edmonton’s two goals in a 4-2 loss to the Utah Mammoth Oct. 15. He capped the week with two goals and three assists – his 16th career five-point performance, in a 6-2 triumph over the Mammoth Oct. 17.

The 29-year-old, who has found the scoresheet in each of his first eight outings of the season, tops the League with six goals and 17 assists in eight games this season. His 23 points are the most by any NHL player through their first eight games of a campaign since Mario Lemieux in 1995-96 (10G, 17A).