Edmonton Oilers celebrity Leon Draisaitl reached a significant profession milestone on Tuesday night time when he assisted on Zach Hyman’s first-period objective in opposition to the Pittsburgh Penguins. That help was the 1,000th level of his NHL profession in solely his 824th regular-season recreation.
By itself that’s a powerful accomplishment, and makes him simply the 103rd participant in league historical past to achieve the 1,000-point mark.
It additionally got here with a little bit little bit of historical past.
Leon Draisaitl first German-born participant to achieve 1,000 profession factors
Whereas 102 gamers reached the mark earlier than him, Draisaitl is the primary and solely participant from Germany to report 1,000 factors within the NHL. He had already established himself as the very best German-born participant in league historical past, and this solely helps cement his standing in that regard.
Together with the 1,000-point mark for his profession, he additionally has a single-season goal-scoring crown, a scoring championship and an MVP award. Nearly the one factor he has not carried out but is win a Stanley Cup.
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