The Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid returned to the ice to lift his team to a 5-2 victory over the Calgary Flames to win the NHL’s Heritage Classic outdoor game on Sunday night. A three-time Hart Trophy winner, McDavid was expected to be out for one to two weeks with an upper-body injury before he returned to the ice sooner than expected.
“It’s such a unique experience, maybe it’s something you get to experience once or twice if you’re lucky,” McDavid explained of the outdoor rink experience at the Heritage Classic. “You just try to soak it all in. And obviously, it was a big win for our group.”
Evander Kane emerged as the Oilers’ standout player on the day, scoring a goal and contributing two assists, while Brett Kulak, Zach Hyman, Evan Bouchard, and Vincent Desharnais all added to the Oilers’ scoreline.
