A few days ago, Patrick Kane completed a major career goal when he scored his 500th career point. Considering that this is Kane's 8th season and he will be 26 soon, this is an amazing feat for a young talent. Now that he has scored 500, can he possibly score 1,000 career points? So far there has been 79 players who have scored 1,000 in the 96 years in the history of the NHL.
Keeping his age and years as a pro in mind, lets see his points per game average and determine what average points per game he must maintain in order to achieve this milestone. All estimates will be based on the possibility that injuries do not hurt his career.
As of his 524th career game, Kane has scored 500 points. This means he has averaged just under 1 point per game. Now I will use Dale Hunter's number of games (1308) to reach this milestone (He took the longest by games played.) to compare. Subtracting 524 from 1308 means Kane would have 784 games left. Now taking 500 points dividing by 784 games, that means Kane must average .64 points/game.
In conclusion, its mathematically possible as Kane has achieved the 500 milestone at a faster rate than he would need to average for now on, assuming injuries don't hold him back. Will this milestone be easy, obviously not because many factors can take place. Kane can either be injured, key teammates can leave the team, or he can possibly be traded to another team. So many factors can stop him from reaching 1,000 points, but judging from how fast he scored his 500 points, it is a lot easier to predict that he will one day pass 1,000 points.
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