Jaromir Jagr tied Mark Messier for second place on the NHL all-time scoring list Tuesday.
Jagr had three assists for the Florida Panthers against the Buffalo Sabres to tie Messier at 1,887 points.
Jagr and Messier trail Wayne Gretzky, who had 2,857 points in 1,487 NHL games.
Jagr assisted on goals by Aleksander Barkov at 16:09 of the first period, Keith Yandle at 12:14 of the second, and Nick Bjugstad at 16:09 of the third at BB&T Center. Florida won 4-3 in a shootout.
The Panthers host the Boston Bruins on Thursday (7:30 p.m. ET; FS-F, NESN, NHL.TV).
Jagr, 44, has 755 goals and 1,132 assists in 1,662 NHL games, and has 19 points (six goals) in 33 games this season. Messier had 694 goals and 1,193 assists in 1,756 NHL games.
Messier has been No. 2 on the NHL scoring list since he passed Gordie Howe on Nov. 4, 2003.
Jagr had 146 points in three seasons playing in Kontinental Hockey League from 2008-11. He had 67 points in European leagues during the 2004-05 season and a combined 68 points during the lockouts that shortened the 1994-95 and 2012-13 seasons.
"In my own mind he's surpassed me a long time ago," Messier said this month. "I had a chance in my first year pro in the [World Hockey Association] and I amassed all of 11 points so I wasn't quite as productive as he was leaving the NHL. The total he's amassed as a professional hockey player is astounding."
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