He has played at a level many hockey players would do anything to achieve. But McDavid has another level — and the Oilers need it now.

It took until 13 minutes left in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final for Connor McDavid to score his first goal of the series, and it was after he and the Edmonton Oilers fell behind 3-0 to the Florida Panthers,

Last June, Edmonton came back from a 3-0 series deficit only to lose Game 7 by a heartbreaking 2-1 score. Florida’s Carter Verhaeghe opened the scoring in that game, something the Panthers have done in four consecutive games this time around.