Oilers’ Connor McDavid tied Jari Curry on the franchise’s all-time scoring list with an unreal night

Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid added another historic milestone to his decorated career Thursday night, assisting on three game-changing goals in a wild 6-5 comeback win over the Montreal Canadiens at Rogers Place.

McDavid’s three assists were his 137th career game with at least three points, tying him to Jari Kuri for second in Oilers history. Only Wayne Gretzky, with more, sits ahead of him. The 720 game mark also made McDavid the third-fastest player in NHL history to reach 200 multi-assist games, behind Gretzky (449 games) and Mario Lemieux (580 games). He is now only the second player in Oilers history to reach 200 multi-assist contests.

The match was a back and forth battle. Montreal opened the scoring at 7:28 of the first period when Alex Newhook deflected a rebound past goaltender Calvin Pickard. Edmonton responded with David Tomasek’s first NHL goal at 16:12 to tie the game. The Oilers went ahead in the second period when Adam Henrique beat Jake Vollman’s point at 10:27, followed by Andrew Mangiapane’s goal at 13:28, assisted by Darnell Nurse on a behind-the-net play orchestrated by McDavid.

Montreal then went on an unprecedented 1:52 run, scoring three goals to regain the lead, with Josh Anderson and Cole Coffield contributing two markers. Alex Newhook added his second goal early in the third period to make it 5-3. Edmonton’s comeback began at 11:19 when McDavid set up Leon Draisaitl for a goal on a blue-color play. Moments later, McDavid assisted on a backhand from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins to tie the game at 5-5.

The opening moment came with 1:09 remaining when Vasily Podkolzin finished off a backhand cross from Darnell Nurse for his first goal of the season. McDavid’s three assists, combined with two each by Nurse and Wallman, were key in Edmonton’s rally. Calvin Pickard stopped 22 shots for the Oilers, while Sam Montembeault made 23 saves for Montreal.

The Oilers have won two straightnow holds a 4-3-1 record. They will hit the road again for back-to-back games against the Seattle Kraken and Vancouver Canucks this weekend.