During Saturday’s 6-1 Devils win over the Islanders, Jaromir Jagr reached a milestone by scoring his 700th career NHL goal. The special moment came early in the second period when he skated around Kyle Okposo and took a shot that deflected off Andrew MacDonald past Evgeni Nabokov.

At age 42, he became the oldest player to reach 700. Jagr joins an exclusive list that includes Wayne Gretzky (894), Gordie Howe (801), Brett Hull (741), Marcel Dionne (731), Phil Esposito (717) and Mike Gartner (708).

As usual, he joked about not keeping the puck hinting that he’d wait till 800. With Jagr, that’s his personality. Always the kidder. Number 68 is a special kind of player who will go down as one of the all-time best. Imagine if he didn’t miss time due to the lockouts and playing in the KHL. He’d probably have it already.

”Maybe not for Wayne Gretzky, but for the rest of us it’s a very big number – 800 is a little bit better than 700,” he said.

Ironically, No.700 came against his favorite target. Entering the contest, Jagr had scored more goals versus the Islanders than any other opponent. In 101 career games, he now has 61 goals and 88 assists.

”Is it that many? I love this team,” he sarcastically remarked. ”It’s my favorite team. That’s a lot of goals. It’s almost 10 percent.”

Islander fans gave him a nice ovation for the achievement. Jagr was appreciative.

”Well they knew I scored 61 goals against them,” the future Hall Of Famer laughed.

It’s amazing what he can still do. With one more goal, Jagr can reach 20 for the 18th time over 20 NHL seasons. It speaks to the proud Czech’s hard work ethic and consistency. In Year 20, he leads the Devils in scoring with 19 goals, 33 assists and 52 points. Fourteen better than Czech mate Patrik Elias 12-26-38). On just a one-year deal, he shows no signs of slowing down. Most astonishing is that he’s played in all 61 games.

Unbelievable stuff from a hockey legend. Enjoy him while you can.