Connor McDavid became the fourth-fastest NHL player to reach 1,000 points, scoring early in the second period for the Edmonton Oilers against the Nashville Predators on Thursday night in Edmonton, Alberta.

The 27-year-old McDavid reached the milestone in his 659th game. Wayne Gretzky was the fastest at 424 games, followed by Mario Lemieux at 513 and Mike Bossy at 656.

McDavid has 341 goals and 659 assists. He’s the 99th NHL player to reach 1,000 points.

The game was in progress at press time.

Lightning 4, Jets 1 >> Andrei Vasilevskiy made 24 saves in his 300th NHL win, and Tampa Bay stopped Winnipeg’s seven-game win streak with a 4-1 victory in Tampa, Fla.

Vasilevskiy is the 40th goaltender in league history to win 300 games. He reached the milestone in 490 games, the fewest in NHL history, 31 faster than Jacques Plante.

Winnipeg lost for just the second time in 17 games this season. It dropped to 7-1 on the road.

Jake Guentzel scored twice for the Lightning, who had lost their previous five games against the Jets, including 7-4 in Winnipeg on Nov. 3.

Flyers 5, Senators 4 (OT) >> Matvei Michkov scored from a sharp angle at the side the goal at 4:05 of overtime to give visiting Philadelphia a comeback victory over Ottawa.

Anthony Richard and Bobby Brink tied it for Philadelphia midway through the third period with goals in a 2:03 span. Travis Sanheim and Travis Konecny also scored. Ivan Fedotov made 33 saves.

Devils 6, Panthers 2 >> Jesper Bratt got his second career hat trick, Stefan Noesen scored twice and visiting New Jersey swept a two-game series with the Stanley Cup champions.

Jack Hughes had a goal and two assists for the Devils, who also won 4-1 in Florida on Tuesday. Jake Allen stopped 25 shots for New Jersey, which got three power-play scores — along with a short-handed empty-netter with 5:12 left, Bratt’s third of the night — and is now 7-2-0 in its last nine games.

Sabres 4, Blues 3 (OT) >> Rasmus Dahlin scored 1:33 into overtime to lift host Buffalo over St. Louis.

Alex Tuch and Ryan McLeod each had a goal and an assist in Buffalo’s fourth win in five games. Zach Benson also scored, and Devon Levi made 24 stops.