ST. PAUL, Minn – In a game between the Minnesota Wild (14-7-5) and the Buffalo swords (10-11-4), forward Mats Zuccarello scored his 700th career point in the NHL.
The 5-foot-8 winger became the first Norwegian player to reach that milestone in NHL history. He is also the only Norwegian to total more than 112 points in the NHL.
Zuccarello, 38, also became the third undrafted player in NHL history to record 700 points. He joins Martin St. Louis (1,033) and Artemi Panarin (896) are the three players to do so.
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“It really doesn’t mean anything right now, but one day when I retire I’ll probably look back and it’s a great accomplishment,” Zuccarello said of the accomplishment. “But right now it’s hard to think about winning these games, especially… I wish they would count that goal as a goal as well. That would be a 701, you know?”
What Zuccarello was talking about in the last part of the quote was the puck he put in the net in the third period that tied the game at 2-2.
Nonetheless, the Wild are now 9-0-2 with Zuccarello in the lineup. He has one goal and nine assists in these 11 matches.
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