Detroit winger’s assist on Ben Chiarot goal gives him 1,375 points in 1,342 regular season gamesMove over Mike Modano, Patrick Kane is now the highest-scoring American-born player in NHL history. Article contentThe Buffalo, N.Y., native’s assist on a Ben Chiarot slap-shot goal gave him 1,375 points in 1,342 regular season games. Modano, a Hall of Famer from Livonia, Mich., amassed 1,374 points in 1,499 games. Modano held the mark for more than 18 years after passing high-scoring defenceman Phil Housley for the same record in 2007 at the age of 40. Kane, meanwhile, reached the milestone a little more than two months after turning 37.