Players who got very close to a milestone... and failed.

[WalterLundy]

Lemieux 199
Jagr 149

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

Spezza finished his career with 995 points and Kessel with 992. Spezza was him choosing to start a front office position with the Leafs when he was a marginal player. Kessel seemed like he would sign for the Canucks after he kind of washed out with Vegas but nothing came of it.

If you include the playoffs, Spezza has 1071 career points, and Kessel had 1075. As far as I'm concerned, they reached 4 digits.