The Edmonton forward has nine points, while teammate Evan Bouchard is second with eight.
Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers leads the NHL scoring race as of October 6 with nine points, two goals and seven assists, in three games. Teammate Evan Bouchard is second with eight points (4-4) in three games.
Paul Cotter and Elias Pettersson of Vancouver, and Jack Eichel of Vegas, have six points each. The Sport-Express list also has Vasily Podkolzin of Edmonton among the players with five points, alongside Dylan Guenther, Kyle Connor and Leon Draisaitl.
Nathan MacKinnon and Cole Perfetti have five points (2-3), Leo Carlsson has five (1-4), while Macklin Celebrini, Clayton Keller and Filip Hronek have five assists. The source contains a discrepancy: its introduction names Pavel Podkolzin as the leading Russian scorer, while its player list names Vasily Podkolzin.