Watch: Tavares records 500th career point with nifty goal
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Upon scoring his second goal of the night on Roberto Luongo and the Florida Panthers, New York Islanders captain John Tavares reached a personal point milestone.
.@91Tavares GOAL!! That's 500 points for our captain. TM Congrats JT! #Isles pic.twitter.com/noyi1ugu8C
- New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) January 14, 2017
The goal was quite nice, to boot.
Point #500 for John Tavares! Congratulations to @91Tavares!#JT500 pic.twitter.com/f3aCAwrA77
- NHL Daily 365 (@NHLDaily365) January 14, 2017
The 500th point was recorded in his 550th career appearance. Tavares capped the hat trick with an empty-net goal, officially giving him a career point-per-game average of 0.91.
How fitting.
(Video courtesy: NHL.com)
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