Expect Connor McDavid to have his hands all over Game 7

The best two words in sports – Game 7. The Florida Panthers host the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night in a winner take all to hoist the Stanley Cup. After a historically quiet Game 6, get ready for Oilers superstar Connor McDavid to have his fingerprints all over the outcome.

McDavid coming off an ineffective Game 6, although it didn’t matter as the Oilers trounced the Panthers 5-1. While all the momentum may be on the Oilers side, it’s a one game winner-take-all and frankly, anything can happen.

The Oilers are expected to lean on McDavid a ton in Game 7 and it’s likely his ice time flirts with the 25-30 minute market. So far throughout the series he’s played 18:58, 24:37, 17:27, 25:14, 25:59 and 25:19 respectfully.

On today’s episode of Daily Faceoff Live, Frank Seravalli spoke about what to expect from McDavid as him and Tyler Yaremchuk teed up Game 7:

Frank Seravalli: The other factor when mentioning McDavid is, Game 6 was the first time in Connor McDavid’s career, it’s the most unbelievable stat going, that he didn’t have a shot on goal or a point and the Oilers won. All three of those things happened.

It’s happened seven times before in his eight-year career, they’ve never won. So, that’s the first time ever, so if you’re thinking Connor McDavid isn’t going to have his fingerprints on Game 7, I would say, especially after a quiet Game 6, you can almost write it right now.

For everything you need to know leading up to the historic Game 7 and for much more around the NHL, watch the full episode here: