Mario Lemieux is arguably the greatest player in National Hockey League history. The Penguins’ all-time leading scorer with 1,723 career points, he reached the 1,000-point mark in the second-fewest number of games played (513) in NHL history on March 24, 1992 against the Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena. Lemieux’s 1,000th-point was an assist on a Kevin Stevens goal. Lemeiux needed less than eight seasons to accomplish the feat.
Below is the complete list of the 85 players to factor into Mario Lemieux’s first 1,000 points.
No. First Last G A 66G Aw66 PTS No. First Last G A 66G Aw66 PTS 1 Paul Coffey 38 72 76 186 44 Kevin McCarthy 1 3 2 6 2 Rob Brown 47 39 34 120 45 Todd Charlesworth 2 1 2 5 3 Bob Errey 52 40 24 116 46 Gord Dineen 1 2 2 5 4 Kevin Stevens 41 35 19 95 47 Jim McGeough 1 2 2 5 5 Dan Quinn 33 23 32 88 48 Ulf Samuelsson 0 1 4 5 6 Moe Mantha 20 27 31 78 49 Mike Blaisdell 1 2 1 4 7 Doug Bodger 16 31 29 76 50 Chris Kontos 1 2 1 4 8 Terry Ruskowski 25 25 19 69 51 Andrew McBain 1 2 1 4 9 Randy Cunneyworth 30 22 13 65 52 Bryan Maxwell 0 3 1 4 10 Doug Shedden 28 12 17 57 53 Peter Taglianetti 0 3 1 4 11 Warren Young 24 17 6 47 54 Tom Barrasso 0 3 0 3 12 Mark Recchi 16 13 15 44 55 Chris Joseph 0 2 1 3 13 Craig Simpson 18 17 8 43 56 Bryan Erickson 0 1 2 3 14 Mike Bullard 19 14 9 42 57 Greg Fox 0 1 2 3 15 John Cullen 16 14 11 41 58 Barry Pederson 0 1 2 3 16 Zarley Zalapski 14 18 8 40 59 Grant Jennings 2 0 0 2 17 Phil Bourque 10 12 13 35 60 Lee Giffin 1 1 0 2 18 Joe Mullen 20 6 7 33 61 Jim Kyte 1 0 1 2 19 Randy Hillier 6 13 13 32 62 Jiri Hrdina 0 2 0 2 20 Larry Murphy 7 6 16 29 63 Wilf Paiement 0 2 0 2 21 Jim Johnson 2 10 17 29 64 Roger Belanger 0 1 1 2 22 Jaromir Jagr 8 16 4 28 65 Steve Dykstra 0 1 1 2 23 Jock Callendar 12 6 8 26 66 Steve Gatzos 0 1 1 2 24 Wayne Babych 7 10 7 24 67 Dwight Schofield 0 1 1 2 25 Ville Siren 4 11 7 22 68 Scott Young 0 1 1 2 26 Troy Loney 9 7 5 21 69 Dwight Mathieson 1 0 0 1 27 Rod Buskas 3 12 5 20 70 Dave McLlwain 1 0 0 1 28 Charlie Simmer 9 4 6 19 71 Kjell Samuelsson 1 0 0 1 29 Ron Duguay 5 7 6 18 72 Doug Smith 1 0 0 1 30 Norm Schmidt 5 2 9 16 73 Neil Belland 0 1 0 1 31 Dave Hannan 3 5 7 15 74 Jay Caufield 0 1 0 1 32 Dan Frawley 6 5 1 12 75 Steve Guenette 0 1 0 1 33 Tony Tanti 5 2 4 11 76 Frank Pietrangelo 0 1 0 1 34 Ron Francis 3 6 2 11 77 Gary Rissling 0 1 0 1 35 Kevin LaVallee 3 5 0 8 78 Wally Weir 0 1 0 1 36 Rick Tocchet 3 3 2 8 79 Pat Boutette 0 0 1 1 37 Chris Dahlquist 2 6 0 8 80 Greg Hotham 0 0 1 1 38 Dave Hunter 2 5 1 8 81 Rick Kehoe 0 0 1 1 39 John Chabot 3 1 3 7 82 Jim Paek 0 0 1 1 40 Joe McDonnell 2 4 1 7 83 Ken Priestlay 0 0 1 1 41 Gordie Roberts 0 5 2 7 84 Wendell Young 0 0 1 1 42 Willy Lindstrom 3 2 1 6 85 Richard Zemlak 0 0 1 1 43 Randy Gilhen 1 4 1 6
Key: G = Goals Scored off a Lemieux Assist A 66G = Assist on a Lemieux Goal Aw66= Assists with Lemieux on Another Player’s Goal PTS = Total Points Accumulated on Lemieux Points