Stars captain Jamie Benn becomes the 13th active NHL player with 1,000 points

Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn recorded his 1,000th career NHL point in the second period of Saturday night’s game against the Buffalo Sabres.

After hustling to retrieve the puck across the front of the net, Justin Hryckowian sent the puck back to the point, where Niklas Lundkvist got a shot on net. As the puck made its way through a crowd, including Alex Lyon, it bounced off the far post and found its way to the stick of Benn, who was left undefended at the top of the crease.

It was an easy tap-in for a player who has worked so hard to get to this moment, becoming only the second player in Stars history to record 1,000 points with the franchise. With exactly 1,000 points, Benn is now 359 points shy of Mike Modano’s record.

Benn becomes the 13th active NHL player with 1,000 points

When casual fans think about the Stars, they picture Jason Robertson scoring a goal or Mikko Rantanen blazing through the neutral zone, looking to victimize his next goalie.

Meanwhile, Benn is now in one of the most exclusive clubs in the NHL: active players with 1,000 points. He joins Sidney Crosby (1,774 points), Alex Ovechkin (1,692), Evgeni Malkin (1,424), Patrick Kane (1,410), Steven Stamkos (1,277), Connor McDavid (1,270), John Tavares (1,192), Claude Giroux (1,177), Nathan MacKinnon (1,172), Nikita Kucherov (1,152), Leon Draisaitl (1,091), and Brad Marchand (1,035).

In addition, Benn is now one of four captains with more than 1,000 points, along with Crosby, Ovechkin, and McDavid.

Benn joins Modano, Hull and Pavelski in Stars history

According to the Stars social media team, Benn became the fourth player to score their 1,000th career point with the organization, joining Modano, Brett Hull and, most recently, Joe Pavelski. Of course, longtime fans will remember when Modano and Hull teamed up not only to win the inaugural 1996 World Cup of Hockey, but to bring the Stanley Cup to Dallas in 1999.

Meanwhile, Pavelski, who played with the San Jose Sharks for 13 years, came to Dallas in 2019 with 761 points, finishing his career with 1,068 points. Modano would play one season in Detroit, finishing his Hall of Fame career with 1,374 points, while Hull would go on to win another Stanley Cup, score 749 goals, and 1,391 points.

At the moment, three things that distinguish Benn from those great players are his Art Ross Trophy, his status as the longest-tenured captain in Stars history, and the fact that he's never played for another franchise.

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