Vancouver Canucks forward Daniel Sedin reached 1,000 points in his NHL career with three against the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena on Thursday.
Sedin has 1,001 points after gettng a goal and two assists. He scored a power-play goal at 10:22 of the third period for his 1,000th point after assisting on a goal by Loui Eriksson at 14:11 of the second period. Sedin assisted on Eriksson's empty-net goal with 57 seconds left in a 5-3 win.
Sedin has 376 goals and 625 assists in 1,251 NHL games. The 37-year-old became the 87th player in NHL history to reach 1,000 points, the first since Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby on Feb. 16, 2007.
"When [the record] happens, it happens," Sedin said last week. "I think this year is obviously a little different with my role on the team, so it can happen next game or happen in six games, but we'll take it when it happens."
Sedin has seen his ice time reduced by more than four minutes from 2016-17 to this season (18:03 to 14:17 prior to Thursday). His twin brother, Canucks forward Henrik Sedin, reached 1,000 points on Jan. 20, 2017. They are the only two players to score that many playing for Vancouver.
"When it happened to me, I don't think I realized how big a thing it was until it happened, and I'm sure it'll be the same for him," Henrik said. "He never talks about it, and I don't think he even thought about it until today when he moved to two points away. When it happens, it'll be fun for him."
In addition to Crosby (1,052), four other active NHL players have scored 1,000 points (totals before Thursday): Jaromir Jagr of the Calgary Flames (1,920), Joe Thornton of the San Jose Sharks (1,406), Patrick Marleau of the Toronto Maple Leafs (1,098), and Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals (1,060).
Selected by Vancouver with the No. 2 pick in the 1999 NHL Draft, Daniel Sedin is the Canucks leader in goals and is second in games played, points and assists. Henrik Sedin, the No. 3 pick in the 1999 draft, is first in games played (1,273), assists (792) and points (1,031).
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