One Saturday, four milestones: Benn hits 1,000 as the NHL record book moves
Benn reached 1,000 points, Reinhart reached 700, Scheifele passed a franchise great, and Holmstrom scored his first hat trick. The night rewarded the players who last.
- Jamie Benn scored his 1,000th career point on Saturday night against Buffalo, becoming the second player in Dallas Stars franchise history to reach 1,000 points; Mike Modano leads the franchise with 1,359. m:…9746
- Sam Reinhart reached 700 career points as Florida beat the Blues 4-1. m:…1384
- Mark Scheifele reached 930 career points and passed Dale Hawerchuk as the franchise's all-time leading scorer; he also reached 554 career assists, passing Thomas Steen for the franchise assist record, and tied Hawerchuk for the most goals in franchise history with 379. m:…3319
- Simon Holmstrom scored his first career hat trick on November 14, 2026, as the Islanders beat the Ducks 6-2. m:…4477
- Winnipeg rallied from four goals down to beat Chicago 5-4 in a shootout, extending the Jets winning streak to six games. m:…3319
- Dallas goalie Jake Oettinger recorded a 22-save shutout against Buffalo, and Buffalo went 0-for-5 on the power play. m:…5306
Benn reaches 1,000
Jamie Benn scored his 1,000th career point on Saturday night against the Buffalo Sabres, and the goal stood as the game winner in a 2-0 Dallas win at American Airlines Center. m:…9746 m:…9208
Benn is the second player in Dallas Stars franchise history to record 1,000 career points. Mike Modano, a Hall of Famer, recorded 1,359 career points for Dallas, and that total still leads the franchise. m:…9746
The milestone came with a familiar face behind the bench. Glen Gulutzan coached Benn in the AHL nearly 20 years ago and again in Benn's third and fourth NHL seasons, and Gulutzan describes Benn as a team player. m:…9208
Dallas goalie Jake Oettinger recorded a 22-save shutout, his second shutout against Buffalo this season. Wyatt Johnston added a power-play goal in the final minute, and Buffalo went 0-for-5 on the power play while managing 11 shots across the first two periods combined. m:…5306
Reinhart reaches 700
Sam Reinhart reached 700 career points as Florida beat the Blues 4-1 at Enterprise Center. Tkachuk recorded one goal and one assist in the game, extending his assist streak to seven games. m:…1384 m:…9877
The win was Florida's third in a row, and it came on a night when St. Louis honored Tkachuk. For a team in the middle of a winning run, the milestone was the kind of marker that says the core is still producing while the wins pile up. m:…9877
Scheifele rewrites the Jets record book
Mark Scheifele reached 930 career points and passed Dale Hawerchuk as the franchise's all-time leading scorer. Scheifele also reached 554 career assists, passing Thomas Steen for the most assists in franchise history, and tied Hawerchuk for the most goals in franchise history with 379. m:…3319
The record night came in a comeback. Winnipeg trailed Chicago by four goals, tied the game 4-4 before the shootout, and won 5-4 on a shootout winner from Kyle Connor. The win extended the Jets winning streak to six games. m:…3319
Chicago had the early running. Tyler Bertuzzi opened the scoring at 1:48, and Anton Frondell scored to make it 2-0 for the Blackhawks. Winnipeg erased the lead anyway, which is the part that will linger longer than the record itself: the Jets did not just watch their center pass a franchise great, they did it while coming back from four goals down. m:…3319
A first hat trick for Holmstrom
Simon Holmstrom scored his first career hat trick on November 14, 2026, as the Islanders beat the Ducks 6-2. Matthew Schaefer recorded three assists for the first time in his career, and Semyon Varlamov earned his second win of the season, stopping 26 of 28 shots. m:…4477
The win stretched the Islanders point streak to four games and closed their California road trip at 2-0-1. Ben Hutton, Bo Horvat and Mitchell Chaffee also scored for the Islanders, while Nikita Nesterenko and Cutter Gauthier scored for the Ducks. Lukas Dostal made 19 saves on 25 shots in the loss. m:…4477
What the night says
Milestones usually arrive one at a time, spread across a season. On this Saturday they stacked up: a 1,000th point in Dallas, a 700th in Florida, a franchise record in Winnipeg, and a first hat trick for the Islanders against the Ducks. m:…9746 m:…1384 m:…3319 m:…4477
The pattern favors the durable. Benn and Reinhart reached round numbers in the middle of their careers, Scheifele passed a franchise great while his team kept winning, and Holmstrom turned a first into a rout. For teams, the lesson is plain: the players who last are the ones who keep moving the record book, and Saturday gave four of them the same night to do it. m:…9746 m:…1384 m:…3319 m:…4477
What is still unresolved
- The reports do not say how close Benn is to passing Modano's franchise-leading 1,359 points, or on what timeline.
- Whether the Jets' six-game winning streak survives their next game is not covered in these reports.
- The reports give no detail on Reinhart's scoring pace across the season beyond the 700-point mark itself.
- The reports do not say whether Holmstrom's first hat trick changes his role or ice time going forward.
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