It was 37 years and 16 days ago when Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and three other Hockey Hall of Famers converged in the same game with 688 combined points in the 1985-86 season.
That marked the highest combined point total between any five players entering a game in NHL history. Three days later, five 100-point scorers appeared again in the same regular season game — the very last time in an era when it was common.
Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen and the three Oilers they faced Tuesday night at Ball Arena might all be destined for the Hall of Fame someday as well. But with five 100-point scorers coming together for the first time since 1986, Edmonton defenseman Evan Bouchard was the hero who scored the overtime goal that gave the Oilers a 2-1 win over the Avs.
