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Joe Thornton records career point 1,300 with perfect pass

Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports

"Jumbo Joe" reached a rather large milestone Tuesday night.

Joe Thornton, the veteran San Jose Sharks center, recorded the 1,300th point of his career exactly how you'd expect: with a perfect feed.

You're welcome, Joe Pavelski.

The helper was Thornton's second of the game and he becomes only the 32nd player in NHL history to record 1,300 or more points. A whopping 933 have come on assists.

The Sharks destroyed the Colorado Avalanche 6-1, and are on an impressive run heading into the All-Star break: they're 8-0-2 in their last 10 games.

Thornton, meanwhile, will continue his way up the all-time points ladder:

Rank Player Points
25 Brendan Shanahan 1354
26 Guy Lafleur 1353
27 Mats Sundin 1349
28 Dave Andreychuk 1338
29 Denis Savard 1338
30 Mike Gartner 1335
31 Pierre Turgeon 1327
32 Gilbert Perreault 1326
33 Joe Thornton 1300

You are nothing but the company you keep. Mr. Thornton is grouped among some of hockey's best, where he surely belongs.

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