VIDEO. What a great pass! There is a contender for assist of the season in the NHL

In today's NHL regular-season match, New York Rangers hosted the Edmonton Oilers on their home ice.

The game concluded with a 3-4 defeat for the hosts, but it was highlighted by the first goal, orchestrated by the Rangers' forward Mika Zibanejad with an incredible assist.

Executing a touch pass from behind the net through his legs, he set up Blake Wheeler, who seemed surprised by the pass but managed to react and score, opening the game.

After the initial goal early in the match, neither team managed to score until the end of the first period or in the second part of the encounter. The fate of the game unfolded in the final phase.

Though the Rangers were able to disappoint their opponent twice more, Edmonton managed to do so four times in less than seven minutes, snatching the victory.

Despite the loss in today's match, it didn't hinder the New York team from remaining at the top of the Eastern Conference standings. After 31 games, they've secured 22 victories, with eighteen in regular play. The Rangers sit one point ahead of Boston.