Phil Kessel is set to play in his 990th consecutive game Tuesday night (10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN), meaning the Vegas Golden Knights winger will pass retired defenseman Keith Yandle to become the NHL's all-time iron man.
It's the latest, and perhaps greatest, moment in a career that's been equal parts eclectic and electric, historic and hysterical, with enough surreal milestones to make the 35-year-old hockey's answer to Forrest Gump.
He was the player picked last in a 2011 NHL All-Star Game fantasy draft, and the one called out by President Barack Obama as "a Stanley Cup champion" at a White House celebration.