Connor McDavid dekes 3 players for sensational assist in OHL final (VIDEO)

Take a penalty against Connor McDavid and the Erie Otters, and this will happen to you.

For the record, for 39-plus minutes, the Oshawa Generals' frontline defencemen, Josh Brown and Dakota Mermis, had kept the prodigy mostly contained during Game 1 off the Ontario Hockey League final. Then late in the second period, the Otters got a power play after the Generals shot the puck in the stands. McDavid promptly wound up from his own zone, accelerated through the first three defenders, froze the last man back, Chris Carlisle, and coolly set up linemate Remi Elie for a tap-in goal.

That vignette just reaffirms what a challenge the Generals have in facing McDavid. The fact they had held him scoreless to that point suggests they are up for the challenge.

In each playoff series thus far, McDavid has generated good looks offensively more frequently as the round unfolds. How the series opener pans out likely isn't too big a deal, given that Erie lost Game 1 in two of three Western Conference series.

That assist was McDavid's 43rd point, eight away from tying the OHL single-playoff record shared by Jason Dawe of the 1993 Peterborough Petes and Justin Papineau of the 1999 Belleville Bulls. Each played 21 games during his record springtime; McDavid's in his 16th.

Neate Sager is a writer for Yahoo! Canada Sports. Follow him on Twitter @neatebuzzthenet.