On an evening the place the Toronto Maple Leafs notched their third consecutive win – defeating the New York Rangers 4-3 in New York – former captain John Tavares reached a brand new milestone, tallying three factors to hit 1,100 in his profession.
Tavares opened the scoring for the Maple Leafs at 12:30 of the primary interval, notching his twenty eighth of the season. He adopted that up with an help on the staff’s second aim, scored by Bobby McMann earlier than including his twenty ninth of the season at 4:16 of the second interval.
The three-point sport offers Tavares 60 factors in 62 video games this season for the Maple Leafs and it offers the 34-year-old one other private milestone in what’s been a robust offensive profession since he entered the league 2009-10 with the New York Islanders.
He’s the 68th participant in NHL historical past to achieve the 1,100-point plateau and turns into simply the eighth energetic participant to perform the feat, becoming a member of Sidney Crosby (1,670), Alex Ovechkin (1,607), Evgeni Malkin (1,340), Patrick Kane (1,330), Anze Kopitar (1,264), Steven Stamkos (1,181) and Claude Giroux (1,110).
Together with the 1,100 factors, Tavares’ two objectives on Thursday evening offers him 485 profession objectives within the NHL, tying him with Brian Bellows for 53rd on the NHL’s all-time record.
It’s the thirteenth time in 16 seasons that he’s hit the 60-point mark in a season and if he can rating on extra aim, will probably be the seventh time he’s been capable of hit the 30-goal plateau throughout his profession.
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As for his Maple Leafs’ ranks, of Tavares’ 1,100 factors, 479 have are available a Maple Leafs’ jersey. That places him sixteenth on the franchise’s all-time record for factors, whereas he sits fifteenth all-time in objectives (213).
From the 2009 NHL Draft, Tavares is first in video games performed, first in objectives, and is the primary participant to achieve 1,100 factors – with the closest to him being Matt Duchene at 877.
Whereas some believed that Tavares’ profession was on a down swing as a lot as two season in the past, he’s proven in 2024-25 that he nonetheless has the power to contribute as a top-six ahead on a robust staff. As for the 1,100-point mark, it definitely gained’t be his final particular person milestone with what appears to be so much left within the tank.
