Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid lit up the hockey world on Thursday night with a remarkable six-point performance versus the Colorado Avalanche, and his teammates were blown away.

"I wouldn't want to be on the other side, but sometimes there's nothing you can do," linemate Leon Draisaitl told Sportsnet's Mark Spector. "He's just too good. I'm not taking anything away from those guys over there (Colorado), but sometimes it's just unstoppable."

McDavid came out of the gate steaming hot, registering four points in the first period before adding two more in the second. The center's night concluded with three goals, three assists, and six shots on goal over 17:55 of ice time in his best NHL performance to date.

The phenom's efforts pushed him into second in league scoring with 37 points in 21 games, trailing only Draisaitl, who recorded five assists in the 6-2 victory to bring his season points total to 41.

"It's just another day at the office for them," said Zack Kassian, the third member of Edmonton's dominant top line. "They're probably thinking in that second period, 'Hey, let's go get eight!' Or, "I can get nine!'

"They're wired differently. They're the elite of the elite. Edmonton is spoiled to get to watch these two guys every night."

The Herculean efforts of the Oilers' big guns on Thursday helped boost the club's cushion atop the Pacific Division. Edmonton now sits four points clear of the Arizona Coyotes with a 13-6-2 record.

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Toronto Maple Leafs center Alexander Kerfoot is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery to repair facial dental fractures, the team announced Friday.

Kerfoot originally sustained the injury Nov. 5, and he experienced discomfort in the club's most recent game against the New York Islanders before consultation determined surgery was required.

During the game Kerfoot was hurt, he was hit hard by Los Angeles Kings forward Jeff Carter and briefly left the game as a result. The Maple Leafs have played four games since then.

Toronto has dealt with multiple injuries to key forwards this season, including John Tavares and Mitch Marner, who is currently sidelined due to a high ankle sprain.

Jason Spezza took Kerfoot's spot on Toronto's third line alongside Ilya Mikheyev and Trevor Moore at practice, according to The Athletic's Jonas Siegel. The club plays its first game of a back-to-back Friday night against the Boston Bruins at Scotiabank Arena.

Kerfoot, 25, was brought in along with Tyson Barrie in the July 1 blockbuster trade that sent Nazem Kadri to the Colorado Avalanche.

In his first 20 games with the Maple Leafs, Kerfoot's notched five goals and three assists while averaging just under 15 minutes per night.

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Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews' disorderly conduct charge has been dropped.

Matthews and the female security guard who filed the complaint against him reached a settlement, a spokesperson for the City of Scottsdale said, according to Dave Feschuk of the Toronto Star.

Under Arizona law, an individual charged with a misdemeanor offense can come to a financial agreement as a means of settling the case.

"On Nov. 13, the matter was settled between the parties and the criminal matter was dismissed," the spokesperson said.

The charge stemmed from a May 26 incident involving Matthews and a female security guard in the forward's hometown of Scottsdale, Arizona.

According to the police report of the incident, Matthews and a group of males tried to open the security guard's car door at 2 a.m. in the parking lot of his condo complex while she was doing paperwork inside of the vehicle. After she exited the car, Matthews dropped his pants, bent over, and grabbed his buttocks as he walked away. His underwear appeared to stay on.

The report also detailed that Matthews, who appeared intoxicated, told her he thought it would be funny to see how she would respond.

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Connor McDavid didn't just outduel Nathan MacKinnon on Thursday night.

The Edmonton Oilers superstar had a night he'll never forget, pouring in a career-high six points in a 6-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche.

McDavid buried his third power-play marker of the game to secure a hat trick and his fifth point midway through the second period.

Then, toward the end of the second frame, he established a career-high with his sixth point of the contest, earning a primary assist on Ryan Nugent-Hopkins' second goal of the night.

McDavid became the first Oilers player to record six points in a game since Sam Gagner collected four goals and four assists on Feb. 2, 2012.

The Edmonton captain boosted his 2019-20 point total to 37. His linemate, Leon Draisaitl, piled up five assists of his own to grow his league-leading point total to 41.

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Bobby Orr is in Don Cherry's corner.

Cherry was fired by Sportsnet on Monday after nearly 40 years on the air after a rant about Canadian immigrants not buying poppies ahead of Remembrance Day.

"You people that come here, you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, at least you can pay a couple of bucks for poppies or something like that," Cherry said on Saturday's edition of "Coach's Corner".

The legendary blue-liner came to the 85-year-old's defense Thursday.

"I know Grapes better than anybody," Orr told "Ordway, Merloni, and Fauria on WEEI." "He's not a bigot and he's not a racist. This guy is the most generous, caring guy that I know.

"What they've done to him up there is disgraceful. It really is."

Cherry coached Orr for two seasons with the Boston Bruins in 1974-75 and 1975-76. Cherry and Orr have also coached opposing teams in the CHL Top Prospects Game nearly every year since 1996. Orr is famously known as Cherry's favorite player of all time.

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Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford said his club isn't currently looking to make any external moves despite enduring a rash of significant injuries early in the season.

"The guys on this team, they're behind each other," Rutherford told The Athletic's Josh Yohe on Wednesday. "They care about each other. We'll watch it. We'll see how it goes. I'm not trying to make any moves right now. I just don't think it would do us good at this point in time. Almost everyone on this team is playing well and (coach) Mike Sullivan is doing a very good job."

Sidney Crosby, the latest member of the Pens to hit the shelf, was ruled out Thursday for a minimum of six weeks due to a core muscle injury. Patric Hornqvist and Kris Letang are also out with long-term injuries, while Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust, and Nick Bjugstad missed time before their recent returns to the lineup.

Rutherford wasn't so committed to his roster last year. He shipped out Carl Hagelin, Daniel Sprong, Derek Grant, Jamie Oleksiak, Derick Brassard, and Riley Sheahan in separate in-season deals before trading Phil Kessel to the Arizona Coyotes over the summer.

"I just like this team," Rutherford said. "I don't feel near the pressure to make moves that I did last year."

Despite all the man-games lost this season, the Penguins own a 10-6-2 record and hold the first wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

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