Oilers' Gagner Enters Elite Club With 8-Point Game February 3, 2012, 12:21 pm Sam Gagner of the Edmonton Oilers had four goals and four assists in the team's 8-4 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night for the first eight-point game in the N.H.L. in more than 23 years. This was the 11th time an N.H.L. player had eight points in a regular-season game. Mario Lemieux was the last to do it, on Dec. 31, 1988. Before Thursday's game, Gagner had 5 goals and 17 assists this season. He joins esteemed company, including the former Edmonton greats Wayne Gretzky and Paul Coffey. "I didn't think I would ever be mentioned in the same breath as Gretzky or Coffey," Gagner, 22, a first-round draft pick by the Oilers in 2007, told reporters after the game. You never expect to do something like this. It's a great lesson to never set limits. The great players who played here never did that. It was just one of those games where everything went in and just a great feeling. Here are the players with the most points in a regular-season game in N.H.L. history: Points Player Date 10 (6 goals, 4 assists) Darryl Sittler, Toronto Feb. 7, 1976, against Boston 8 (5 goals, 3 assists) Maurice Richard, Montreal Dec. 28, 1944, against Detroit 8 (4 goals, 4 assists) Bert Olmstead, Montreal Jan. 9, 1954, against Chicago Tom Bladon, Philadelphia Dec. 11, 1977, against Cleveland Bryan Trottier, Islanders Dec. 23, 1978, against the Rangers Peter Stastny, Quebec Feb. 22, 1981, at Washington 8 (3 goals, 5 assists) Anton Stastny, Quebec Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Nov. 19, 1983, against the Devils Jan. 4, 1984, against Minnesota 8 (2 goals 6 assists) Paul Coffey, Edmonton March 14, 1986, against Detroit 8 (2 goals, 6 assists) Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Oct. 15, 1988, against St. Louis Bernie Nicholls, Los Angeles Dec. 1, 1988, against Toronto Dec. 31, 1988, against the Devils Sam Gagner, Edmonton Feb. 2, 2012, against Chicago Source: NHL.com