Sunday, January 12, 2014

Jaromir Jagr Passes fellow teammate Mario Lemieux for Seventh on All-Time Scoring List

Jagr left, Lemieux right - one of the best duo's in NHL history

With just 2.1 seconds remaining in overtime against the Florida Panthers on Saturday night, Marek Zidlicky fired home the game winning goal for the New Jersey Devils. The assists' went to Travis Zajac and of course the seasoned vet - Jaromir Jagr.

The assist gave Jagr his 1,724th career NHL point, breaking a tie between him and ex Pittsburgh Penguin teammate Mario Lemieux, solidifying his spot in seventh place on the All-Time NHL Scoring List.

Steve Yzerman is sixth all time with 1,755. It'll be interesting to see how close Jagr will come to Yzerman's record, but I don't see him breaking it.

One can only imagine how many career NHL points Jagr would have if he didn't choose to play three full seasons in Russia.


Here is a video of Zidlicky's goal as well as Jagr's milestone assist;


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