I’ve said it many times before, and I’ll likely say it many times again, but we’re truly lucky to be in an era where we can watch Connor McDavid, the best player on the planet, do what he does night after night.

The Edmonton Oilers’ forward was recently named the 2025-26 winner of the Ted Lindsay Award, presented annually to the NHL’s most outstanding player as voted by his peers, earning the honour for a fifth time and tying Wayne Gretzky for the most in league history.

McDavid had an incredible campaign, recording 138 points, the second most in his NHL career, and in honour of him winning the Ted Lindsay Award for a fifth time, here are his five best games of the 2025-26 season where he was truly outstanding.

McDavid records four-point night, including hat trick, to tie Messier for fourth-most in franchise history

McDavid headed into the game against the Seattle Kraken on Dec. 4 facing criticism about his shot volume up to that point in the season, having only registered one shot on goal in his previous three games.

But he flipped the script in the afternoon game against the Kraken. The Oilers’ captain shot seven pucks on net, scoring on three of them, in a 9-4 shellacking of the Kraken, marking their highest goal total in a game in 2025-26.

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Connor McDavid 13th career hat trick ties Mark Messier for 4th in Oilers history

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The superstar centreman, who also added an assist for a four-point night, said after the game, “As I said before, I thought I passed a couple away the other night and ultimately cost us losing a 1-0 game.” He added, “Who knows if I score on one of those? So definitely thought about shooting a little more.”

And shoot, he did, with McDavid’s hat trick in the game being the 13th of his career, which tied Oilers legend Mark Messier for fourth-most in franchise history.

McDavid scores hat trick in 6-2 win over Predators

Over the last several seasons, it’s been Leon Draisaitl owning the Nashville Predators, putting a ton of goals past their netminders, but on Jan. 6, the spotlight belonged to McDavid.

The captain opened the scoring on yet another........

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