Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau combined for the Sharks' final goal of 2019. In San Jose's first game of 2020 on Thursday against the Pittsburgh Penguins, the two future Hall of Famers got on the scoresheet again, but not before further cementing their legendary statuses.
Simply by appearing in the game at PPG Paints Arena, both Marleau and Thornton added to their resumes by becoming one of 14 players in NHL history to play at least one game in four-or-more decades. Zdeno Chara of the Boston Bruins also accomplished the feat Thursday night.
TONIGHT: Zdeno Chara, Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau are set to become the 12th, 13th and 14th players in NHL history to play at least one game in four or more different decades.