Associated Press article
March 27, 2006
Steve Yzerman and the Detroit Red Wings just keep rolling along.
Yzerman scored his 690th goal to tie Mario Lemieux for eighth place on the career list and help the NHL-leading Red Wings clinch a playoff spot with a 4-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Monday night.
However, you won’t hear Yzerman compare himself to Lemieux.
“I don’t really know the significance,” Yzerman said. “If anything, it shows how good [Lemieux] is; he played almost five years less than I did.”
Yzerman, 40, scored midway through the second period off a scrum that started with Niklas Kronwall’s shot from the slot. Blues goalie Patrick Lalime made the save on Kronwall, but the rebound ended up on Yzerman’s stick just to the left of the goal, and the Detroit captain buried it for his 12th goal of the season.
