Börje Salming stopped at 150 complete hits during his long NHL career.
Since then, Nicklas Lidström (264) and Erik Karlsson (185) have taken the step past the back legend in the Swedish goal league for backs in the NHL.
Now Victor Hedman is also gone.
The well-traveled NHL star scored 1-1, just minutes after Minnesota's Swedish center Joel Eriksson Ek gave the visitors the lead.
The goal was his 151st in his NHL career.
- Just to get close to Börje is fantastic and to pass him... it means a lot, says Hedman to Aftonbladet.
Hedman had a very nice night overall and also accounted for three assists and a total of four points as Tampa Bay won 7–3.
Hedman has now scored 44 points in 43 games, distributed among eight goals and 36 assists.