In the three months without rookie wunderkind Hanley Ramirez Jersey Connor McDavid in the lineup, the Oilers displayed a scoring ineptituderivaledonly by one other NHL team."We certainly mi sed him," Oilers coach Todd McLellan said after watchingMcDavidlead a scoring eruption Tuesday with a goal and two a sists in his much-anticipated return from a broken clavicle a 5-1win over the Blue Jackets. "He was the catalyst tonight."MORE: | The first overall pick in last year's draftpickedup where he left off 37 games ago, when he had already takenthe NHL by storm and pacedrookies in scoring in the season's first month. He split two defenderswith a nifty forehand-backhandgoal in the second period that turned Eduardo Rodriguez Jersey out to be the game-winner.Simply unbelievable. Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) Return of the Mack-David. Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) When he wasn't scoring, McDavidmade his presence felt in other ways andshowednot one iota of rust, skating 16:13(third among Oilers forwards).It was a reminder that the NHL has mi sed the 19-year-old's explosivene s andinnate ability to awe onlookers on a nightly basis.And although the outburst came against the NHL's mostporous defense (Columbus has surrendered a league-worst 166goals this season), it was a mostencouraging sign for the Oilers, who've been stuck in neutral in the midst of yet another miserable season.They averaged 2.2 goals per game second-worst in the NHL duringMcDavid'sabsence afterranking12th(2.8 goals per game Wade Boggs Jersey )in the first 13 games withhim in the lineup. Fellow young starsJordanEberle, Nail Yakupov and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins joined the Oilers' injured list as the club plummeted to the Babe Ruth Jersey NHL's basement.McDavid's return has provided fansreasontoenjoythe second half despite the Oilers'20-26-5 record, and the team's core is healthy again save for Nugent-Hopkins."Having a player like that back in your lineup, obviously you can see he hasn't lost a step," Oilers defenseman EricGryba said of McDavid.McDavidled all rookies with 12 points before his Nov. 3 injury. He now has 15 points in 14 games.And though the best of the other rookies Chicago's Artemi Panarin (47points),Buffalo's Jack Eichel (34 points), Detroit's Dylan Larkin (33 points) are well out of reach in terms of scoring, McDavid may still be able to mount a strong enough second Kevin Plawecki Jersey -half run to snatch the Calder Trophy from them.If he maintains a point-per-game pace, will it be enough to get it done? It will at least be interesting to watch.