Jamie Benn reaches 1,000 career NHL points with Dallas Stars
Dallas Stars forward Jamie Benn became the latest player to reach 1,000 career NHL regular-season points, scoring in the second period on Saturday night in a 2-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres.
The 37-year-old got the rebound on a loose puck in front of the net before sliding a shot over the goal line to open the scoring late in the second period, marking the 418th regular-season goal of his career.
In his 18th NHL season, all of Benn’s points have come with the Stars, ranking him second in franchise history—dating back to the team’s days as the Minnesota North Stars—for points, behind Mike Modano’s 1,359 career points.
The crowd at the American Airlines Center exploded in celebration after the goal, and the Stars’ bench emptied to congratulate the franchise legend, who now boasts 418 goals and 582 assists for 1,000 career points in 1,272 regular-season games.
Drafted in the fifth round of the 2007 NHL Draft, Benn made the Stars’ opening night roster in 2009-10 and netted his first point with an assist in just his second game. In 2014-15, he reached his peak scoring point, posting 35 goals and 52 assists for 87 points to win the Art Ross Trophy. He elevated his goal-scoring touch the season after, finding the back of the net 41 times in the 2015-16 campaign.
In addition to his regular-season totals, Benn has 28 goals and 52 assists for 80 points in 126 Stanley Cup Playoff games, reaching the final in the 2019-20 season in the COVID-19 bubble playoffs before falling to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
This season, he is in the lone year of a one-year contract signed last summer, and has four goals and four assists in 19 games, with the Stars entering Saturday’s contest sitting fifth in the Western Conference’s Central Division. After Saturday’s battle with Buffalo, the Stars look ahead to the second night of a back-to-back set, hosting the Florida Panthers on Sunday night.
