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Jagr passes Lemieux for 7th all-time in scoring in Devils’ win

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James OBrien

Tim Thomas stole many of the headlines (and at least a couple should-be goals) on Saturday night, but Jaromir Jagr made history as the New Jersey Devils beat the Florida Panthers 2-1 in OT.

Jagr assisted on Marek Zidlicky’s game-winning goal with just a few seconds left in the overtime period. With that, he broke a tie with Mario Lemieux for seventh all-time in point scoring with his 1,724th.

The 41-year-old has 36 points in 46 games this season. He reached that 1,724th point in the 1,437th game of his NHL career.

Here are the six players ahead of Jagr, all-time:

1. Wayne Gretzky - 2,857 points
2. Mark Messier - 1,887
3. Gordie Howe - 1,850
4. Ron Francis - 1,798
5. Marcel Dionne - 1,771
6. Steve Yzerman - 1,755

For all the critiques Jagr has sent his team’s way, the veteran winger is backing up his words on the ice, even after all this time. The Devils improved to 19-18-9 on the season with the win while Florida fell to 17-21-7.

Related: Thomas didn’t make it easy for the Devils to score tonight, to say the least.

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