It might have are available in a dropping effort towards the Chicago Blackhawks, however Edmonton Oilers’ ahead Ryan Nugent-Hopkins attained a private milestone on Saturday evening.
The 31-year-old, who was a primary total decide for the Oilers again in 2011, recorded an help on Leon Draisaitl’s first objective of the season halfway by means of the third interval. The helper was a secondary help on the powerplay and marked Nugent-Hopkins’ 700th profession NHL level.
In his 14th season with the Oilers, Nugent-Hopkins has recorded 251 objectives and 449 assists for 700 factors in 883 common season video games — averaging 0.79 factors per recreation over that span.
After his first profession 100-point season in 2022-23 when he hit 104 factors, Nugent-Hopkins took a step again offensively final season with simply 67 factors in 80 video games for the Oilers. He has one help by means of two video games to start out the 2024-25 season.
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As for the place he sits on the group’s all-time lists, he’s third in video games performed (883) behind Ryan Smyth (971) and Kevin Lowe (1,037), eighth all-time in objectives, eighth all-time in assists and seventh all-time in factors. He’s one in all three energetic gamers contained in the top-10.
As for this season, Nugent-Hopkins might be on the lookout for a bounce again yr after dropping practically 40 factors. Given the expectations on the Oilers in 2024-25, they’ll want him at his finest to perform these objectives.
