“Most talented player ever” – Fans applaud Connor McDavid as Oilers forward reaches HISTORIC 1,000 point mark in 3-2 win against Predators

Connor McDavid became the 4th fastest player to record 1,000 points in the NHL as he scored and assisted in a 3-2 win against the Predators.

“Most talented player ever” – Fans applaud Connor McDavid as Oilers forward reaches HISTORIC 1,000 point mark in 3-2 win against Predators

Connor McDavid (Image via CTV News Edmonton)

Edmonton Oilers forward Connor McDavid scripted another record on Thursday night. In the team’s 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators, the team captain reached the 1,000-point mark.

The Rogers Place in Edmonton was bubbling up with expectations before the game even started. McDavid, sitting on 999 career points, needed one more to reach this historic landmark.

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The historic moment came in the second period of the game when the Oilers found themselves 1-0 down. In a 4-on-4 situation, the Oilers would win the puck back and found Leon Draisaitl on the run. A neat pass from the German international set up McDavid.

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He would not let this chance go to waste and fired a first-time shot past Predators goaltender Scott Wedgewood. The arena would erupt with joy as the puck found its way in the back of the goal.

McDavid is now the 99th different player in the NHL to reach this milestone. However, he is the fourth fastest player to claim 1,000 points in the league. He did so in just 659 games and is only behind Wayne Gretzky (424), Mario Lemieux (513) and Mike Bossy (656).

Reacting to this later, McDavid labeled it a “special moment” for him. The Oilers captain also claimed that seeing his teammates and fans happy meant more to him.

I mean just seeing the the way the players react and you know that means the world to me, it means everything to me. To see my teammates happy and to hear the fans, that stuff means more to me than any of the numbers or anything like that. So it was a really special moment honestly.

Connor McDavid said in the post-game press conference

After registering his 1,000th point with his 341st goal, McDavid set up Darnell Nurse for the 1,001th point of his career in overtime. The goal from Nurse clinched a 3-2 victory for the Canadian team on another historic night for them.

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Social media reacts to Connor McDavid’s reaching the 1,000th points club

Following his four-point game against the New York Islanders on Tuesday, fans were eagerly waiting for this game as Connor McDavid stood on the verge of history. After he accomplished this feat, social media went into a frenzy.

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Connor McDavid (Image via Imago)

Several fans on X applauded the 27-year-old player. One fan hailed him as the “most talented player ever“, while others called him “Unreal“, “Beast” and “King“.

Check out some of the top reactions regarding this on X below:

McDavid joined the Oilers in 2015 as a first-round overall pick. Since then, he has been named as the NHL MVP three times and has collected the Art Ross Trophy, awarded to the top scorer of the league, five times (2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023).

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These two points on Thursday see him take his 2024-25 season points tally to 19 (6 goals and 13 assists). The Oilers have now won three games in a row for the first time this season. They will look to extend his streak to four when they face another Canadian team in Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.