began the 2022-23 season with a bang as he recorded a hat trick and helped the rally from a 3-0 deficit to win 5-3 against the in Wednesday's season opener. In the proce s, McDavid made history. He became the sixth-fastest player in NHL history to record 700 career points.McDavid accomplished the D'Shawn Jamison Jersey feat in just 488 games. The only players in NHL history that reached the 700-point mark faster were Wayne Gretzky (317), Mario Lemieux (363), Peter Stastny (457), Mike Bo sy (469) and Jari Kurri (483). star also reached the 700-point plateau in just nine more games than it DeAndre Goolsby Jersey took McDavid.McDavid has already pulled himself into fifth place on the Oilers' all-time points list with 701 points, despite just entering his eighth NHL season. He only trails the likes of Gretzky (1,669), Kurri (1,043), Mark Me sier (1,034) and Glenn Anderson (906) on the franchise leaderboard.McDavid recorded his 700th career point on the eventual game-winning goal at Joe Kerridge Jersey the 15:01 mark of the third period when he got his own rebound and put the puck past Canucks goalie . McDavid added an empty-netter in the final minute to ice the game for the Oilers. "It was just not a good start for our group. It was the first game and maybe there was a little bit of jitters," . "It is not going to be perfect every night. You Alex Fontana Jersey are not going to have the game you want every night and sometimes you get a win with your 'B' or 'C' game. It was certainly not our 'A' game to start, but we found a way to get our legs going and get ourselves back in it."The Oilers found themselves trailing 3-0 after Canucks forwards and scored goals in the first 2:40 of the contest. In fact, the goals were just 51 seconds apart and set a franchise record for the fastest two goals to begin a season.Just 39 seconds into the second period, Canucks winger scored his first NHL goal to put Vancouver ahead 3-0. However, the Oilers were able to score three goals to close out the second period. and McDavid netted power-play goals while defenseman added a shorthanded tally to tie the game at 3-3 in the Winston Eubanks Jersey final minute of the second period.
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