Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon notches the 1,000th point of his career with an assist to Artturi Lehkonen.

With an assist early in the third period on an Artturi Lehkonen goal against the Chicago Blackhawks, Nathan MacKinnon became the 100th player in NHL history to hit 1,000 points in his career. It was just a matter of time before it happened,

Colorado Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon has reached the 1,000-point milestone. He earned a secondary assist on Artturi Lehkonen’s goal early in the third period against Chicago. MacKinnon dropped the puck off for Devon Toews at the blue line,

Artturi Lehkonen, Casey Mittelstadt and Logan O’Connor added goals to help the Avalanche snap a two-game skid.

Artturi Lehkonen scored twice and Scott Wedgewood made 32 saves in the Avalanche's 4-1 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Ball Arena on Tuesday. Casey Mittelstadt scored the game-winning goal and Jack Drury added a tally for Colorado while Nathan MacKinnon posted a pair of assists to reach 70 helpers on the season.

Nathan MacKinnon became the 100th player in NHL history to reach 1,000 career regular-season points Monday night against the Chicago Blackhawks. It happened 31 seconds into the third period. MacKinnon left the puck for Devon Toews at the right point, and Artturi Lehkonen deflected it past Chicago goalie Spencer Knight.

MacKinnon joins a select group of active players with 1,000 career points that includes features true legends of the game.

With his assist on Artturi Lehkonen’s goal against the Chicago Blackhawks, Nathan MacKinnon notched his 1,000th career point. He is the 100th player in NHL history to eclipse over 1,000 career points.

Nathan MacKinnon’s childhood idol and role model has turned into a training partner and one of his closest friends.

Nathan MacKinnon had two assists to reach 1,000 points for his career and the Colorado Avalanche scored twice early in the third period to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-0 on Monday in Denver.