WATCH: Joe Thornton earns career NHL point No. 1,400

SAN JOSE — Joe Thornton registered his 1,400th career NHL point in usual fashion — with an assist on a Joe Pavelski goal.

Thornton retrieved a loose puck in the corner of Wednesday’s game against the Nashville Predators to the right of goalie Pekka Rinne and found defenseman Brenden Dillon with a pass back to the blue line. Dillon’s shot was tipped past Rinne by Pavelski for his fourth goal of the season, and Thornton’s 1,400th point.

The goal gave the Sharks a 2-0 lead 8:17 into the second period. Roman Josi later scored on a nifty individual effort to cut the deficit for the Predators in half at the 10:04 mark.

Thornton passed Jari Kurri with a point in Monday’s game with Toronto to move into sole possession of 20th place on the NHL’s all-time points list.

Thornton, 38, now has 386 and 1,014 assists in his career.

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