Claude Giroux reaching a milestone seems to be the norm these days.
The Flyers' captain is currently the longest-tenured athlete in Philadelphia and continues to climb the franchise's leaderboards for a number of different categories.
Last season, he became the sixth Flyer to ever score 100 points in a season. He added style points by ripping off a hat trick in Game 82 as the Flyers clinched a playoff berth at the Wells Fargo Center (see story).
This season, in Game 20 of the 2018-19 campaign, Giroux put another notch on his belt by scoring his 700th career point. Giroux on Saturday tallied a secondary assist on James van Riemsdyk's power-play goal during the second period, which you can watch in the video above.
And with an assist on JVR's goal...
THE CAPTAIN HITS 700 CAREER POINTS! pic.twitter.com/MWvUmTAxbE— NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) November 17, 2018
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The 30-year-old is one of only 21 active players to score 700 career points.
Giroux is 150 points from passing Brian Propp for third on the Flyers' all-time points list. Very soon - possibly today - he'll pass Propp for second on the franchise's all-time assists list, needing only two more to supplant Propp's 480.
He's also 33 games from topping Propp's third-ranked Flyers mark of 790 games played.
Here's where Giroux stands among the franchise's elites:
Points
1. Bobby Clarke - 1210
2. Bill Barber - 883
3. Brian Propp - 849
4. Claude Giroux - 700
Assists
1. Bobby Clarke - 852
2. Brian Propp - 480
3. Claude Giroux - 479
Games played
1. Bobby Clarke - 1144
2. Bill Barber - 903
3. Brian Propp - 790
4. Claude Giroux - 758
Giroux is also 15 markers away from climbing into the top 10 of the Flyers' all-time goals list.
He's been on a tear since Feb. 8 of last season, scoring 67 points in 49 games, trailing only one player during that span: Connor McDavid at 71.
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