NHL Milestones Tracker
By Ryan Ritchie
NHL Milestones: Reachable in 2015-16
Players are reaching NHL Milestones all the time, some more significant than others. In 2015-16, We’ve already been treated to Alex Ovechkin being the fifth fastest player to 500 goals. Close eyes have also been on future Hall-of-Famer Jaromir Jagr, who continues to climb up all-time lists.
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Below we’re tracking individual NHL milestones that can/should be attainable by the end of the 2015-16 season. Rankings are from the all-time NHL list. Players in italics are retired/no longer active.
statistics obtained from NHL.com
NHL Milestones Reachable in 2015-16
Games Played
1600gp
9. Ray Bourque – 1612
10. Jaromir Jagr – 1596
11. Nicklas Lidstrom – 1564
1100gp
187. Darryl Sittler – 1096
188. Brad Richards – 1093
189. Ron Sutter – 1093
1000gp
301. Brent Ashton – 998
302. Mike Ribeiro – 997
303. Dean McAmmond – 996
304. Shawn Horcoff – 994
305. Rod Langway – 994
900gp
427. John Madden – 898
428. Eric Staal – 897
429. Mike Krushelnyski – 897
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434. Stan Smyl – 896
435. Andrei Markov – 896
436. Bob Errey – 895
443. Chris Drury – 892
444. Brian Gionta – 892
445. Erik Cole – 892
800gp
598. Don McKenney – 798
599. Dion Phaneuf – 798
600. Ryan Suter – 798
601. Rob Zamuner – 798
612. Richard Matvichuk – 796
613. Brooks Orpik – 795
614. Steve Ott – 795
615. Patrick Sharp – 795
616. Igor Korolev – 795
620. Wendel Clark – 793
621. Thomas Vanek – 792
622. Brent Gilchrist – 792
623. Ales Hemsky – 791
624. Martin Havlat – 790
625. Jussi Jokinen – 790
Goalie Wins
350 wins
19. Evgeni Nabakov – 353 wins
20. Marc-Andre Fleury – 341 wins
21. Gump Worsley – 335 wins
200 wins
80. Niklas Backstrom – 194 wins
81. Jaroslav Halak – 194wins
82. Jonas Hiller – 193wins
83. Alec Connell – 193 wins
Shutouts
60 shutouts
19. Clint Benedict – 58 shutouts
20. Henrik Lundqvist – 57shutouts
21. Ed Giacomin – 54 shutouts
Goals
500g
44. Glenn Anderson – 498 goals
45. Marian Hossa – 494goals
46. Jean Ratelle – 491 goals
400g
101. Joseph Pronovost – 391 goals
102. Rick Nash – 390goals
103. Ryan Smyth – 386 goals
300g
192. Russ Courtnall – 297 goals
193. Steven Stamkos – 297goals
194. George Armstrong – 296 goals
195. Jeff Carter – 296goals
196. Scott Hartnell – 295goals
197. Brad Richards – 293goals
198. Thomas Lysiak – 292 goals
199. Mike Ridley – 292 goals
200. Evgeni Malkin – 291goals
201. Simon Gagne – 291 goals
202. Zach Parise – 291goals
203. Steve Sullivan – 290 goals
207. Tony Tanti – 287 goals
208. Jason Spezza – 285 goals
209. Rene Robert – 284 goals
200g
453. Mark Howe – 197 goals
454. David Backes – 197goals
455. Loui Eriksson – 197goals
456. Scott Stevens – 196 goals
462. Nelson Emerson – 195 goals
463. Andrew Ladd – 195goals
464. Alex Steen – 195goals
465. Darren Turcotte – 195 goals
484. Robert Brown – 190 goals
485. John Tavares – 190goals
486. Pascal Dupuis – 190 goals
Assists
1100a
5. Paul Coffey – 1135a
6. Jaromir Jagr – 1098a
7. Adam Oates – 1079a
500a
139. Randy Carlyle – 499a
140. Ryan Getzlaf – 498a
141. Vyacheslav Kozlov – 497a
400a
266. Rick Kehoe – 396a
267. Brian Campbell – 395a
268. Patrick Kane – 395a
269. Ed Westfall – 394a
300a
461. Max Bentley – 299a
462. Jonathan Toews – 299a
463. Jim Neilson – 299a
467. Christian Ruutu – 298a
468. Chris Kunitz – 297a
469. Mike McEwen – 296a
475. James Fox – 293a
476. Radim Vrbata– 292a
477. Toe Blake – 292a
480. Stephen Kasper – 291a
481. Jay Bouwmeester – 290a
482. Dennis Kearns – 290a
Points
900pts
105. Tony Amonte – 900pts
106. Ray Ferraro – 898pts
107. Brad Park – 896pts
108. Sidney Crosby – 894pts
109. Pavel Datsyuk – 893pts
600pts
306. Michal Pivonka – 599pts
307. Jason Pominville – 599pts
308. Stu Barnes – 597pts
309. Dmitri Khristich – 596pts
310. Dan Boyle – 595pts
311. Zach Parise – 594pts
312. Patrice Bergeron – 594pts
313. J.P. Parise – 594pts
500pts
451. Lubomir Visnovsky – 495pts
452. Brad Boyes – 495pts
453. Darcy Rota – 495pts
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Jaromir Jagr is only 16 points from passing Gordie Howe for third all-time in points. He’s also five goals away from passing Brett Hull for third on the all-time goals list. Where would you rank Jaromir Jagr for all-time best players? Aside from Jagr, which NHL milestones are most impressive among active players? Which active player finishes with the most career points by the time they retire? Does anyone have the same longevity as Jagr to play into their mid 40s? Let us know what you think below.