wayne gretzky has the second most points in nhl history.
wayne gretzky has the second most points in nhl history.
who has the second most points in nhl history?
wayne gretzky
inspired by his son austin's desire to see him play, lemieux returned to the nhl in 2000–01, earning an assist on a jaromir jagr goal 33-seconds into his return, and scoring one himself in the 2nd period. he also became the first player-owner in nhl history; he had bought the penguins in the summer of 1999 to save them from bankruptcy. lemieux finished the season with 35 goals and 76 points in 43 games. lemieux continued to battle injuries, missing the majority of the first half of the 2001–02 season, however he returned to action in time to captain team canada to its first gold medal in 50-years at the 2002 winter olympics. injuries again forced his retirement, as lemieux finally ended his career on january 24, 2006 with 690 goals and 1,723 points in 915 games. despite his injuries, it has been argued that lemieux was the greatest player in nhl history. hall of famer bobby orr said that lemieux was the most skilled player he had ever seen, while mike gartner said that if he had remained healthy, lemieux would have scored 1,000 goals.
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on 21 november 2013, jágr tied gordie howe's record of game-winning goals with 121, with his 690th goal, which tied him in ninth place (with former teammate mario lemieux) for all-time goal-scoring leaders. on 20 december, he scored his 693rd goal, putting him in eighth place over steve yzerman. a day later, jágr tied mark messier for seventh place in nhl history for goals scored with 694. later in the season, on 14 january 2014, he scored his 695th goal, passing messier, putting him 14 goals away from passing mike gartner. on 1 march, jágr scored his 700th career nhl goal as the devils won 6–1 against the new york islanders at nassau veterans memorial coliseum. on 8 april, near the conclusion of the devils' season, he was awarded the new jersey devils mvp award at their annual team awards ceremony. he scored two points in his final game of the season (two assists in the third period), surpassing gordie howe for eighth place on the nhl's all-time list for career assists and tying steve yzerman for sixth on the all-time points list at 1,755. jágr finished the season as the team's leading scorer, with his highest points total in a season since 2007–08. jágr's play led the devils to re-sign him to another one-year contract on 30 april. he became the joint sixth-highest scorer in nhl history in november 2014 after scoring his 708th nhl goal for the devils against boston. on 8 december, in his 1,500th nhl game, he moved ahead of marcel dionne for fifth place on the nhl's all-time points list with 1,772. on 3 january 2015, in a game against the philadelphia flyers, jágr became the oldest player in nhl history to score a hat-trick at 42 years and 322 days. the record was previously held by detroit red wings defenceman nicklas lidström.
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