 During the 1999 – 2000 season , Sakic reached several career milestones . Injuries limited him to only 60 games , but he still managed to lead the team in scoring with 81 points . On December 27 , 1999 , against the St. Louis Blues , Sakic earned an assist to become the 56th player in NHL history to reach 1 @,@ 000 career points . Later in the season , on March 23 , 2000 , he scored a hat trick against the Phoenix Coyotes , and became the 59th player to score 400 career goals . It also gave him 1 @,@ 049 points with the Quebec / Colorado franchise , passing Peter Šťastný as the all @-@ time leader on the team . 
