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Connor McDavid is the Oilers new scoring chance machine. In his rookie season, McDavid played in 45 games and made some shot or pass to contribute to 204 even strength chances, 73 power play chances and five shorthanded chances. In total, that works out to 6.3 contributions to scoring chances per game, the second highest total on the Oilers since 2010-11 when I started this scoring chances project.

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The highest total was Jordan Eberle in the unusual 2012-13 lock-out season, when the Oilers right winger chipped in on 6.5 per game. Eberle, Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Sam Gagner all had their highest per game totals for scoring chances in 2012-13, partly due to the fact they all were in midseason form when the season started, giving them a significant advantage early on.

The only Oilers attacker who is consistently a team leader in scoring chances is Hall, who has averaged more than 5.0 scoring chances per game every single year. With McDavid on the team, Edmonton now has two players who can drive the attack in significant fashion.