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McDavid accomplished the feat in just 488 games. The only players in NHL history that reached the 700-point mark faster were Wayne Gretzky (317), Mario Lemieux ...

[Elias Pettersson](/nhl/players/2845708/elias-pettersson/) and [J.T. Miller](/nhl/players/1892911/j-t-miller/) scored goals in the first 2:40 of the contest. [Connor McDavid](/nhl/players/2178633/connor-mcdavid/) began the 2022-23 season with a bang as he recorded a hat trick and helped the [Edmonton Oilers](https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/teams/EDM/edmonton-oilers/) rally from a 3-0 deficit to win 5-3 against the [Vancouver Canucks](https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/teams/VAN/vancouver-canucks/) in Wednesday's season opener. 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." 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. McDavid accomplished the feat in just 488 games.