Nikita Kucherov reached 1,000 NHL points with an assist for the Tampa Bay Lightning in their 4-3 win against the Anaheim Ducks at Benchmark International Arena in Tampa on Saturday.

Kucherov achieved the milestone at 12:19 of the second period when he got the secondary assist on a goal by Jake Guentzel that gave Tampa Bay a 2-1 lead. He sent a cross-ice pass to Brayden Point in the left face-off circle, and Point fed Guentzel at the right post, where he redirected the pass with his skate.

“[Emil] Lilleberg moved the puck quick to me,” Kucherov said, “and I was able to enter the zone and find ‘Pointer,’ and Pointer did a good just of finding [Guentzel at the] back door. That’s what I saw.”

Kucherov then added an assist for point No. 1,001 on Anthony Cirelli’s power-play goal that made it 4-3 at 16:45 of the third period. He has 359 goals and 642 assists in 12 seasons, all with the Lightning.

The 32-year-old forward is the 101st player in NHL history to get 1,000 points and the second to do so in Lightning history, joining Steven Stamkos. Stamkos had 1,137 points (555 goals, 582 assists) over 16 seasons with Tampa Bay. He’s in his second season with the Nashville Predators.

“It was a great feeling,” Kucherov said of achieving the milestone. “It’s something I never thought I would reach. I’m really honored and fortunate to have great teammates along the way. Without them I wouldn’t be here and I wouldn’t have done that. The fan support has been a huge part of it and I’m just really blessed.”

Among active players, Kucherov is the third-fastest to reach the milestone, doing so in 809 games. Only Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers (659) and Sidney Crosby (757) of the Pittsburgh Penguins reached the mark in fewer games.

“It’s been a privilege to stand on the bench to watch him get a thousand,” Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said. “It seems like just yesterday he was [starting] in the League. He’s a special, special player and he’s going to go down as one of the greatest, if not the greatest player, to play in this organization. He’s got a lot of runway left in him.”

Kucherov, who won the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player in 2018-19, has seven points (two goals, five assists) in six games this season.