Suzuki Chases Habs' Century Mark

0:00It's April 5th. This is NHL News today, your AI power team coverage. Montreal Canadians Captain Nick Suzuki is 5 points away from hitting the century marked this season, needing just that in their final 6 games too. Become the first half with 100 points since Matt's Nazlin dropped 1-10 back in 1985-86. Suzuki sitting at 95 points with 27 goals and 68 assists through 76 games, putting him on pace for about 1, 103, and he'd be the first captain in franchise history to pull it off. Team A Cole Coffield's chasing 50 goals too, with 49 already, which would end another long drought since 1989-90. Nazlin, now 66, and chilling in Sweden still gets reminded by fans every trip back to Montreal that he's the last one to do it. He admits a competitive twinge, wanting to hold the record longer, but after 40 years, he's cool with Suzuki breaking it, calling him a smart, complete player who leads by example against top lines.

1:01Nazlin hit his 110 points on March 13th, 1986, and a loss to Boston, finishing 8th league wide that year, no habs, cracked the top 10 since. He credits playing nearly every game in a hot power play, where half his points came, and note Suzuki's got similar luck with 40 power play. He admits, and an Iron Man streak of 531 straight games. With Suzuki 7th and scoring now, and the habs pushing hard, this could spark some real momentum as the season wraps, eyes on whether he seals that, historic notch in the next week.