Claude Giroux tallied two points in the first period of the Ottawa Senators’ home game against the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday night to reach 1,000 for his career.
Giroux entered the night with 998 points, scored the game’s opening goal at 5:51 and notched the primary assist on Tim Stutzle’s goal at the 17:26 mark.
The 35-year-old became the 10th active player to reach the 1,000-point plateau. He joined a group featuring Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, Patrick Kane, Evgeni Malkin, Anze Kopitar, Eric Staal, Steven Stamkos, Patrice Bergeron and Nicklas Backstrom.
Giroux also leapfrogged Dallas Stars forward Joe Pavelski, who entered Monday with 999 career points as his team visited the Detroit Red Wings.
Giroux notched 900 points in 1,000 career games with the Philadelphia Flyers before being traded to the Florida Panthers midway through last season. Now in his first season with Ottawa, Giroux has played all 81 of the Senators’ games thus far and has accumulated 77 points (33 goals, 44 assists).
–Field Level Media