Sakic climbs all-time scoring list
Joe Sakic scored his 611th goal and registered his 1,591st career point on Sunday, moving into eight place on the NHL's all-time scoring list. As amazing as those numbers are, the fact that Sakic has amassed those totals with one organization is all the more impressive.
Here's where Sakic now fits in on the all-time lists:
| rk | player | goals |
| 1 | Wayne Gretzky | 894 |
| 2 | Gordie Howe | 801 |
| 3 | Brett Hull | 741 |
| 4 | Marcel Dionne | 731 |
| 5 | Phil Esposito | 717 |
| 6 | Mike Gartner | 708 |
| 7 | Mark Messier | 694 |
| 8 | Steve Yzerman | 692 |
| 9 | Mario Lemieux | 690 |
| 10 | Luc Robitaille | 668 |
| 11 | Dave Andreychuk | 640 |
| 12 | Brendan Shanahan | 627 |
| 13 | Jaromir Jagr | 621 |
| 14 | Joe Sakic | 611 |
| 15 | Bobby Hull | 610 |
| rk | player | points |
| 1 | Wayne Gretzky | 2857 |
| 2 | Mark Messier | 1887 |
| 3 | Gordie Howe | 1850 |
| 4 | Ron Francis | 1798 |
| 5 | Marcel Dionne | 1771 |
| 6 | Steve Yzerman | 1755 |
| 7 | Mario Lemieux | 1723 |
| 8 | Joe Sakic | 1591 |
| 9 | Phil Esposito | 1590 |
| 10 | Ray Bourque | 1579 |
Sakic turned 38 over the summer, and is coming off a 36-goal, 100-point season, so it's certainly possible with another three years that he'll climb as high as seventh on the all-time goals list ahead of Mark Messier, and as high as fourth on the all-time points list ahead of Ron Francis.
He's said in the past he wants to continue to play until the 2010 Olympics touch down in his home province, which could be his final season.
Sakic has averaged 38 goals, 61 assists and 99 points per 82 games played over his career, and has been incredibly durable, averaging 75 games played per season over a 19-year career.
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by James Mirtle @ 2:07 PM
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Steve Yzerman, Ron Francis and Joe Sakic. Three of the classiest ever.
It's amazing how he does it over and over again every season with his age. He's a Hall of Famer for sure
Sakic's been a mortal lock for the Hall for about ten years now. But it is seriously bewildering how he keeps on doing it. Has he fallen below 0.9 PPG his entire career?
Only in three seasons has Sakic finished below 1.0ppg:
88-89 (his rookie year): 62p in 79g (0.79ppg).
97-98: 63 in 64 (0.98)
01-02: 79 in 82 (0.96)
This year, mind you, he has 2 points in 3 games (0.67). Time to retire!!!
Oops! In his rookie year, he actually had 62 in 70 (0.89).
Sorry about that. Too many pucks to the head.
Go Joe!!!
Whenever you look at the numbers of guys who played in this era, you always have to keep in mind that they lost 32 games in 94-95, and all 82 games in 2004-05, to labour disputes. You could easily add 120 points to Sakic's totals had those not occured.
For sure.
That '94-95 lockout kept Gretzky from reaching 900 goals. (He finished with 894.)
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