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At 103rd in scoring and on Page 3 of the NHL’s scoring race, Connor McDavid is in the biggest slump of his NHL career. His shooting percentage has plummeted from 18.2 per cent last season to 9.1 per cent this.
He is fifth in scoring, on his own team.
A few stalls over in the visiting dressing room here in Sunrise, Leon Draisaitl sits with six goals. He’s missed more open net one-timers than that this season, and his overall game seems lost at sea as the Oilers languish near the bottom of the NHL standings.
His shooting percentage fell from 21.1 per cent to 11.5 per cent, and that doesn’t count the empty net chances that have sailed wide.
Oh, and then there’s this:
Neither guy can lean on the other to get out of the glue, because they’re both knee-deep in it.
“We were saying that the other day,” said Draisaitl. “This has never happened, that both of us have felt this way.
“It’s a bad time.”
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https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article...ic-duo-slumps/
I don't know what Spector is talking about. Their problems are goaltending and coaching. They fired their coach and relegated their starting goalie to the AHL.
Problems have been addressed.