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

McDavid’s three assists were the 137th game of his career with at least three points, tying him with Jari Kurri for second place 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 just the second player in Oilers history to achieve 200 multi-assist contests.

The matchup was a back-and-forth battle. Montreal opened the scoring at 7:28 of the first period when Alex Ne

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