Con dos goles anotados en el segundo periodo del partido entre Florida Panthers y Red Wings Detroit, el veterano Jarimir Jair anoto sus goles 717 y 718 de su carrera paera superar a Phil Sposito en el quinto lugar de goleadores de todos los tiempos en la NHL…
Forward Jaromir Jagr passed Phil Esposito on Thursday for fifth on the NHL all-time goals list when he scored his 718th against the Detroit Red Wings at BB&T Center.
Jagr beat Red Wings goalie Petr Mrazek with a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle to put the Panthers up 1-0 at 10:55 of the second period.
It was Jagr’s 13th goal of the season, his second with Florida since being acquired in a trade with the New Jersey Devils on Feb. 27.
Jagr is 13 goals behind Marcel Dionne (731) for fourth most in NHL history. He passed Mike Gartner (708) for sixth when he scored in the Devils’ 5-4 shootout loss to the Red Wings on Nov. 28.