Other than being soaked from a postgame shower from teammates, it was hard to tell after the Ducks 2-1 victory over Dallas on Tuesday night that John Gibson had achieved a milestone.

The veteran goaltender became the first netminder in franchise history to play 500 games. It was another milestone in what could be a series of them for Gibson over the next couple of months.

He won his 200th NHL game on Jan. 5 against Tampa Bay. Tuesday’s victory also leaves him four wins from tying Jean-Sebastien Giguere for the most in franchise history.

Gibson, though, tried to focus on the present instead of looking back at his career or any milestones still ahead.

“Tonight obviously was a little more special, so it’s nice to get the win on top of it,” Gibson said. “I was talking to someone earlier, I think it’s something that I can be able to look back and reminisce on maybe towards the end of the career in the summer when you’re with family and stuff like that.”

Gibson is the 10th American-born netminder to reach 500 games and the third active. The New York Rangers’ Jonathan Quick has appeared in 797 games and Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck has played in 547.

Gibson made 26 saves in what was a tight contest throughout. The only one that got past the 31-year old netminder came early in the third period when Dallas’ Colin Blackwell had a one-timer off a pass by Sam Steel to tie it at 1-all.

“He’s played so much, he’s so calm. When you have a goalie that’s got that calmness, it kind of has a domino effect on the team,” Ducks coach Greg Cronin said.

Gibson has spent his entire 12-year NHL career with the Ducks and has been the franchise’s top goalie for most of the past decade, including three appearances in the All-Star game. He struggled though last season, going 13-27-2 with a career-worst .888 save percentage.

This season didn’t start off great either as Gibson missed the first 12 games after undergoing an emergency appendectomy.

Gibson and Lukas Dostal have split the netminding duties. Gibson though has started 22 of the 41 games since returning and is 9-9-2 with a 2.69 GAA and .914 save percentage.

Gibson’s veteran presence will be counted on more down the stretch. The Ducks — who have not been to the playoffs since the 2017-18 season — are seven points out of the final wild-card spot but have won five of six, including four straight at home.

“He’s having a great year. I’m really happy for him and I’m happy for the team. He’s got a little bit of that mentorship going on with the young kids here and he’s got a really good attitude,” Cronin said. “I think Peter Budaj (in his first season as Anaheim’s goaltending coach) has done an unbelievable job with him.”

RANGERS 3, BRUINS 2: Chris Kreider scored the tiebreaking goal short-handed midway through the third period and New York rallied to beat Boston. Artemi Panarin and Vincent Trocheck also scored, and Mika Zibanejad had two assists for the Rangers, who won their second straight after a three-game losing streak.

OILERS 4, BLACKHAWKS 3, OT: Zach Hyman scored at 1:36 of overtime as Edmonton recovered for a second straight win after Chicago rallied in the third period. The Oilers, behind multi-point games from Leon Draisaitl and Jeff Sknner, led 3-1 halfway through the third period, but Ryan Donato and Alex Martinez scored to force OT.

NOTES: The Canucks signed recently acquired defenseman Marcus Pettersson to a six-year, $33 million contract extension... The NHL Players’ Association filed an appeal on Ryan Hartman’s behalf after the Wild forward was suspended 10 games for roughing. Hartman had 48 hours from the league’s ruling Monday night to decide whether to appeal the ban for slamming an opponent’s head to the ice with his right forearm.