Turgeon Joins 500 Club

Pierre Turgeon became the 34th player in league history to reach 500 goals, and Alex Tanguay scored twice, lifting Colorado to a 5-2 victory over San Jose on Tuesday night at Denver.

Turgeon, in his 18th season, had been waiting for the milestone goal since scoring twice against Vancouver on Oct. 27. He finally got it on a pass from Marek Svatos, one-timing it past goalie Vesa Toskala.

Turgeon, 27th in NHL history with 1,288 points, received a standing ovation as “500” flashed on the scoreboard.

“The last couple games I’ve been thinking about it, and it’s nice to get it out of the way,” said Turgeon, who has five goals and nine assists in 14 games this season, his first with Colorado. “It’s a nice milestone to reach.”

Nashville 3, Edmonton 2 -- Scott Hartnell scored with 22.5 seconds left, and Tomas Vokoun stopped 31 shots in the Predators’ victory at Nashville.

Phoenix 4, Minnesota 2 -- Curtis Joseph made 26 saves and moved into a tie for eighth place on the NHL’s career wins list in the Coyotes’ victory at St. Paul, Minn.

Philadelphia 4, Boston 3 -- Joni Pitkanen scored the tying goal with 23.4 seconds left and added the winner 1:55 into overtime at Philadelphia to lift the Flyers to victory.

Toronto 6, Washington 4 -- Alexei Ponikarovsky, Bryan McCabe, Mats Sundin and Carlo Colaiacovo scored in the third period to spark the Maple Leafs at Toronto.

Montreal 3, Tampa Bay 2 -- Jose Theodore stopped 32 shots and Richard Zednik scored midway through the third period at Montreal, leading the Canadiens to their fifth consecutive victory.

New York Islanders 4, New Jersey 1 -- Rick DiPietro made 25 saves at East Rutherford, N.J., to help the Islanders end a two-game losing streak.

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Fortune 500

Pierre Turgeon of the Colorado Avalanche is the 34th NHL player with 500 goals. Active players with at least 500 goals:

*--* PLAYER, TEAM G 1. Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh 689 2. Steve Yzerman, Detroit 678 3. Luc Robitaille, KINGS 657 4. Dave Andreychuk, Tampa Bay 636 5. Brendan Shanahan, Detroit 567 6. Jaromir Jagr, NY Rangers 551 7. Joe Sakic, Colorado 547 8. Joe Nieuwendyk, Florida 534 9. Pierre Turgeon, Colorado 500

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