Wyatt Johnston Hits Major Milestone in Stars’ Rout

Wyatt Johnston has constantly proven to the hockey world that youth does not necessarily equal early career growing pains throughout his short time in the NHL.

The 22-year-old center, who was drafted in 2021 and was playing in just his 264th NHL game, netted the 100th goal of his career in a 7-0 Dallas Stars victory over the Montreal Canadiens.

Johnston is the first player from the 2021 NHL Draft to score 100 goals — the rest of the pack is 25 or more goals away from accomplishing that task. He’s also the second-fastest player in Stars history to reach the century mark. If one extrapolates that out to the entire history of the Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise, then he’s the eighth quickest.

A Great Night in Montreal

With 5:39 to go in the first period, Johnston decided to make his mark. The Stars had just gone on the power play after Sam Steel drew a roughing call from Zack Bolduc. That put Dallas on the man advantage, and it promptly executed perfectly.

Mikko Rantanen swung the puck down low to Roope Hintz, which drew in the Montreal defense, enabling Hintz to pass it to Johnston, who was sitting in the slot all alone. Johnston collected the pass and fired it past Canadiens keeper Jakub Dobes to give the Stars a 1-0 lead they’d never relinquish.