said after the Wild\u2019s 2-0 shutout victory<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty cool. It\u2019s hard to realize it\u2019s happened. I try not to think about it too much, and not worry about it, and then all of a sudden it\u2019s there. I\u2019ll enjoy this for sure.\u201d<\/p>\nHe added, \u201cIt feels like a long time, but also it\u2019s flown by at the same time. It\u2019s kinda weird, but very grateful for it. Fun to share it with the guys in here.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old Johansson didn\u2019t reach the milestone with his career fading either. During the victory, he extended his career-high point streak to nine games (5g, 6a, 11pts), after authoring the game-winning primary assist on Matt Boldy\u2019s semi-breakaway goal 13:47 into the second period. Johansson now has 15 points (6g, 9a) in the first 17 games to start the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a great play by Ecky (Joel Eriksson Ek) to get the puck to me,\u201d Johansson said, deferring credit. \u201cI saw early on when Spurgy (Jared Spurgeon) had the puck we were gonna get a look. Just tried to get it to Bolds (Matt Boldy) and it\u2019s a good guy to get it to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Johansson had many people come to show their support, including his mom and dad. <\/p>\n
\u201cFriends, family,\u201d Johansson said. \u201cYeah, house is full. Go home and have a beer and enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Johansson\u2019s older brother Martin, three years his senior, also attended the game along with his children. The entire family wore a grey MJ90 1000 games hoodie.<\/p>\n
\u201c1000 games in the world\u2019s best league,\u201d Martin wrote sweetly as translated by Google Translate. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to describe what an achievement that is! Congratulations, you\u2019re phenomenal\ud83d\udc51\u2764\ufe0f\u201d<\/p>\n
Johansson was named the team\u2019s player of the game after the victory and was gifted their special locker room prize.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat makes it better is winning,\u201d Johansson said. \u201cThat\u2019s always number one. You can enjoy it a little bit more and everyone is happy and smiling. That\u2019s the main thing. That\u2019s what is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 5-foot-11, 203-pound native of Landskrona, Sweden has notched 532 points (191g, 341a) in his 1,000 NHL games, including 45 power-play goals and 36 game-winning goals. He\u2019s only served 156 penalty minutes in his career.<\/p>\n
Since entering the NHL in 2010, Johansson has played for the Capitals (2010-17, 2021-23), New Jersey Devils (2018-19), Boston Bruins (2018-19), Buffalo Sabres (2019-20), Seattle Kraken (2021-22), and Wild (2020-21, 2023-26). <\/p>\n
His best season as a pro came during the 2016-17 campaign with the Capitals, where he scored 24 goals and posted 58 points in 82 games. He would go on to score the Capitals\u2019 series-winning goal in the first round of the playoffs, eliminating the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 6 with a hard-nosed play near the net.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Johansson reached the Stanley Cup Final only once as a member of the Bruins in 2019. <\/p>\n
While representing Sweden internationally, he also won a silver medal at the IIHF World Junior Championship in 2009 and a bronze medal in 2010. He also won a silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2025 IIHF World Championship.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just try to work hard and not think about too much else,\u201d Johansson said. \u201cThat stuff normally takes care of itself.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Wild are planning to honor Johansson with a special pre-game ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 11 when they host the San Jose Sharks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marcus Johansson accomplished an incredible milestone in his career on Sunday. The former Capitals forward, now playing for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-274924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}