Oilers superstar Connor McDavid moves into 2nd in all-time points in team history in win over Wild

Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid continues to ascent up the ranks successful Oilers history. 

McDavid had 2 goals and an assistance successful the Oilers 5-3 triumph implicit the Minnesota Wild connected Wednesday, passing Jarri Kurri for 2nd all-time successful points successful Edmonton past with 1,044 points. 

The Oilers all-time points person is Wayne Gretzky, who enactment up a mind-boggling 1,669 points successful 9 seasons with the team. 

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McDavid has spent his full 10-year vocation with the Oilers and volition apt request to walk the adjacent 5 oregon six years with the squad and proceed to nutrient the mode helium has to pass Gretzky.

After 2 archetypal play power-play goals by the Wild, McDavid collected the puck successful halfway crystal aft a turnover and started a passing play that led to Zach Hyman scoring and chopped the Wild pb to 2-1. Almost instantly aft Hyman scored, the Oilers went connected the powerfulness play, and McDavid scored connected a slick walk from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, tying the crippled astatine 2-2 to extremity the archetypal period. 

Wild guardant Ryan Hartman enactment Minnesota backmost connected apical 3-2 astatine the opening of the 2nd play aft a speedy extremity disconnected a face-off. The Oilers responded erstwhile again, arsenic Nugent-Hopkins tipped successful defenseman Ty Emberson’s changeable to necktie the crippled 3-3.

The Oilers took the pb successful the 3rd play erstwhile Vasily Podkolzin’s walk deflected disconnected a Wild defenseman's skate and into the nett conscionable 1:28 into the play to enactment Edmonton up 4-3.

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Then McDavid, arsenic helium usually does, made immoderate magic happen. 

On a 2-on-1 introduction into the violative zone, McDavid nimbly handled the footwear astir the sliding defenseman and past fired a sharp-angle changeable from choky and roofed it. McDavid’s 2nd extremity not lone sealed the game, putting the Oilers up 5-3, but was the constituent that moved him into 2nd all-time successful Oilers franchise history. 

Oilers caput manager Kris Knoblauch talked aft the crippled astir McDavid’s accomplishment. 

"Quite a singular feat. For him to spell up the scoring database arsenic rapidly arsenic helium has, and wrong an enactment that has had truthful galore important players. I’ve seen truthful galore singular things from him. He’s a tremendous subordinate and large teammate. I said I wouldn’t beryllium amazed anymore conscionable due to the fact that helium surprises you truthful often implicit these years, but it’s a bully feat for him and the guys are precise arrogant of him," Knoblauch said. 

The Oilers person present won 7 of their past 8 games with their comeback triumph implicit the Wild, and McDavid’s sensational play is simply a large crushed why.

The prima halfway has 19 goals and 43 assists successful 41 games played this season, and has continued to beryllium a driving unit down the Oilers' success.

The Oilers are 28-13-3, are 2nd successful the Pacific part and successful a playoff spot.

Their adjacent crippled is simply a heavyweight tilt against the Colorado Avalanche connected the roadworthy connected Thursday, astatine 9:30 p.m. ET. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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