In the end there was only so much Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and Mark Letestu could do.
The Edmonton Oilers were ousted by the Anaheim Ducks in Game 7 on Wednesday night and were left wanting more from some of their secondary weapons.
The three men listed above can't be faulted in the playoffs and especially in the second round. The trio combined for 16 of the Oilers' 34 goals in the postseason, accounting for 47.1 percent of Edmonton's tallies.
As for their second-round series, the three scored 12 of the team's 24 goals - or half. Those performances are remarkable and deserve to be applauded, but for the remainder of the Oilers' cast, what happened?
Here's how a handful of forwards fared on the score sheet in the team's 13 games:
| Player | G | PTS |
|---|---|---|
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 0 | 4 |
| Jordan Eberle | 0 | 2 |
| Benoit Pouliot | 0 | 0 |
| David Desharnais | 1 | 4 |
| Milan Lucic | 2 | 6 |
What hurts most is that during the regular season these five players combined for 75 goals and 172 points.
The Oilers took a huge step this campaign in returning to the playoffs for the first time in 11 years, but the club will head into the offseason wanting more, more from players who had been there during the regular season.
Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.