Patrick Kane could make major history back against Chicago this Saturday

The 37-year-old winger now plays for the Detroit Red Wings, but history looms large as he prepares to lace up against his old club.

Through 1,322 NHL games, he has scored 497 goals.

Recent reports say he enters the Blackhawks game just three goals shy of 500, with only three games left before the showdown in Chicago.

He already overtook Mike Modano in one significant category, recording his 359th career multi-point game to become the American-born leader in that stat. The Hockey News+1 That night he scored goal number 496, in dramatic fashion near the end of the third period.

If Kane gets the 500th at Chicago, he won't just reach a milestone; he'll join an exclusive group of U.S.-born players to reach the mark-names like Joe Mullen, Jeremy Roenick, Keith Tkachuk, and Modano.

That would cement his status among the best American NHL forwards ever and cap a remarkable second act in Detroit.

As a fan, you can't help but feel the weight of history. Seeing Kane, once the face of the Blackhawks, potentially strike 500 against them feels poetic.

The Red Wings will need more from him in that game, but if they spot Kane time and space, they might witness a chapter-closing moment.