Jamie Benn Becomes Dallas Stars Franchise Leader in Games Played – Hockey Writers – Dallas Stars

It was a big night on a personal level for Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn on Wednesday night. While his team lost 5-3 at the hands of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Benn qualified for his 1,143rd game for the Stars, officially passing Mike Modano as the all-time leader in franchise history in games played.

Now, this is a complicated list by the way as it does not include Modano's 317 games playing for the Minnesota North Stars before moving to Dallas. Since the move to Dallas, Benn's 1,143 games surpass Modano's 1,142 games in that franchise.

There is only one Jamie Benn.

The captain now holds the record for most games played in Dallas Stars history. 🫡@JackDaniels_US | #TexasHockey pic.twitter.com/xEyGAdWOko

— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) December 19, 2024

The 35-year-old Benn was drafted in the fifth round, No. 129 overall, in 2007 and made his Stars debut as a 20-year-old in 2009-10, scoring 22 goals and 41 points in 82 games in his first season. He finished seventh in the Calder Trophy voting that season and became the franchise's 20-goal scorer.

Just twice in his career has he played fewer than 65 games in a season, including 2012-13 and 2020-21.

In his career, he has amassed 389 goals and 927 points in 1,143 regular season games – adding 27 goals and 77 points in 102 playoff games.

Coming into his draft year, the only player with more career games than Benn is Patrick Kane who originally went to the Chicago Blackhawks and is fast approaching 1,300 career games. He also ranks second in his draft class in goals and points and third in assists behind Kane and Jakub Voracek, who was taken seventh overall in 2007.

Benn has shown no real signs of slowing down in recent seasons as he has played in all 82 games over the past three seasons with his lowest point total being 46 in 2021-22. Since then he has scored 78 points and 60 points in the last two years and six goals and 20 already this season for the Stars.

At this rate, Benn would match Modano's mark with both the North Stars and Stars organizations combined at 1,459 games played. That said, it's three more seasons of 82 total games, so it will be interesting to see where Benn ends up.