In his 800th NHL game Saturday afternoon in PNC Arena, Carolina Hurricanes’ forward Derek Stepan scored his 500th NHL point on a wonderful assist from behind the net to Steven Lorentz.
And while that moment of on-ice production from Stepan may have felt normal for the 12-year NHL veteran, nothing about this season has been normal for 2008 second-round draft pick of the New York Rangers.
For the first time in his career, Stepan isn’t an everyday player for the Hurricanes. He signed with Carolina this past offseason on a one-year deal worth $1.