Connor McDavid Becomes First NHL Player to Reach 140 Points Since 1995-96

McDavid becomes the first NHL player since Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr in 1995-96 to record 140 points in a season.

Connor McDavid reached a point total the NHL hasn't witnessed in 27 years on Monday night. 

McDavid's assist during the Edmonton Oilers game against the Arizona Coyotes made him the first player to reach the 140-point mark since 1995-96 and the 10th skater all-time. The Oilers captain wasted no time to reach the mark with his assist on Zach Hyman's first-period power-play goal. 

Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr were the last players to have a season of 140 points or more, finishing the 1995-96 season with 161 and 149 points for the Pittsburgh Penguins, respectively.

McDavid also joins a very exclusive class of players that have put up 140 points or more in a regular season, joining the likes of Lemieux and Jagr as well as Wayne Gretzky, Steve Yzerman, Phil Esposito, Adam Oates, Bernie Nicholls, Pat LaFontaine and Mike Bossy. 

McDavid also becomes just the second Edmonton Oiler to record 140 points in a season, joining only Gretzky in the category. The Great One recorded 140 points or more eight times during his tenure in orange and blue and 10 times in total.

The assist was his 80th of the season, which even made him the seventh different player in NHL history to get at least 60 goals and 80 assists in a campaign, according to the NHL. Lemieux and Jagr were the last players to do that as well in ’95-96.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also recorded his 90th point of the season on Hyman's goal, joining McDavid and Leon Draisaitl to pass that mark. It's the first time since 1988-89 that Edmonton has three 90-point scorers in a season, when Mark Messier, Jari Kurri and Jimmy Carson accomplished the feat.

With eight games to go on the season for Edmonton and with what McDavid has accomplished so far, 150 points and becoming the first NHLer to score 65 or more goals since 2007-08 is within range.