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Ron Francis of the Carolina Hurricanes recorded an assist Thursday and passed Marcel Dionne for fourth place on the NHL’s all-time scoring list with 1,772 points. A look at the list:

*--* Player G A Pts 1. Wayne Gretzky 894 1,963 2,857 2. x-Mark Messier 689 1,179 1,868 3. Gordie Howe 801 1,049 1,850 4. x-Ron Francis 542 1,230 1,772 5. Marcel Dionne 731 1,040 1,771 x-active

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