The Los Angeles Kings dealt for veteran forward Vincent Lecavalier midway through the 2015-16 season, although the former first overall draft selection has struggled in his 17th pro hockey season.

Despite his numbers going down, though, the centre is celebrating a milestone on Tuesday evening.

With the Kings’ game against the Dallas Stars in Texas tonight, Lecavalier will have played in his 1,200th career NHL game. He’s now on of just 11 active NHL players to have hit that milestone, joining names like Jaromir Jagr, Jarome Iginla, Shane Doan, Zdeno Chara, and Marian Hossa – and with just over 50 career NHL points to hit 1,000, it’s a testament to both the longevity of his NHL career and his talent level over the last two decades.

Selected with the first overall draft pick by the Tampa Bay Lightning in 1998, Lecavalier will eventually retire with at least one Stanley Cup championship to his name, 13 NHL seasons with at least 20 goals scored, and now over 1,200 regular season games played if he finishes out the season. That’s enough to be happy about how his year is going, even without considering how Los Angeles has managed to revive a stalling-out career with Philadelphia just prior to his move out west; with eight goals and 13 points over just 29 games played in California, the veteran has certainly managed to turn things around.