Joe Sakic

center · 1988-89 to 2008-09 · QUE, COL · 1,550 games

Every comparison Joe Sakic leads among NHL skaters since 1917-18: 4 claims in 3 families, the best first. A row leads its field now, or set a record that was later broken. Each links to its board.

shorthanded goals

leads3 straight games with a shorthanded goal in his first 1,000 gamesone of 3, of 421 careers · leads from game 970 to 1370 · said 1 other way3games

shorthanded goals · a season

leads4 games with a shorthanded goal in COL's first 10 games of 1998-99one of 2, of 30,290 player-seasons · leads from game 6 to 12 · said 1 other way4games

points

leads12 games with a point in his first 12 gamesone of 4, of 6,368 careers · at game 12 only · said 3 other ways12games

A lead is an interval: the stretch of N where he is first, worded at one N inside it. "One of 4" is a tie for first. A record "when he got there" was first among the careers that had reached that point by then. The field is every NHL skater career since 1917-18, or every player-season where he dressed for half the team's games so far. The method is in the board's notes.