05201940A Hall of Famer Stan Mikita born in Skolce, Czech.  Mikita played in the NHL 1958-59 through 1979-80 with Chicago.
05201946A Former NHL right winger Craig Patrick born in Detroit, Michigan.  Patrick played in the NHL 1971-72 through 1978-79 with Oakland, St. Louis, Kansas City, Minnesota and Washington, and later became GM of the Rangers and then the Penguins.
05201950A Former NHL left winger Yvon Lambert born in Drummondville, Que.  Lambert played in the NHL 1972-73 through 1981-82 with Montreal and Buffalo.
05201958A Former NHL defenseman Viacheslav Fetisov born in Moscow, USSR.  Fetisov played in the NHL 1989-90 thru 1997-98 with New Jersey and Detroit.  He retired in 1998 to become an assistant coach with New Jersey.
05201965A Detroit Red Wings acquired Andy Bathgate, Billy Harris and Gary Jarrett from the Toronto Maple Leafs, in exchange for Marcel Pronovost, Aut Erickson, Larry Jeffrey, Ed Joyal, and Lowell MacDonald.
05201965B NHL forward Stu Grimson born in Kamloops, B.C.  Grimson has played in the NHL since 1988-89 with Calgary, Chicago, Anaheim, Detroit, Hartford and Carolina.
05201966A Wren Blair was named the General Manager of the expansion Minnesota North Stars, a year and a half before their first NHL game.  Blair later was also named their first NHL coach.
05201968A Philadelphia Flyers traded Art Stratton to Seattle (WHL) for Earl Heiskala.
05201968B Los Angeles Kings obtained Skip Krake from Boston in exchange for the Kings' 1970 first round draft choice.  The Bruins later used the pick to select Reggie Leach.
05201969A Pittsburgh Penguins obtained center Bryan Hextall from Vancouver (WHL) in exchange for Paul Andrea, John Arbour and the continued loan of Andy Bathgate for the 1969-70 season.
05201970A Los Angeles Kings traded defenseman Brent Hughes to Philadelphia in exchange for right wing Mike Byers.
05201971A Minnesota traded Joey Johnston and Walt McKechnie to the California Seals, in exchange for Dennis Hextall.
05201975A Fog rolled in at the Aud in Buffalo, delaying Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Sabres and Flyers.  At one point Jim Lorentz killed a bat with his stick, before Rene Robert's overtime goal at 18:29 won it for the Sabres 5-4.
05201975B Atlanta Flames claimed Bill "Cowboy" Flett on waivers from Toronto.
05201979A Winnipeg beat Edmonton 7-3 in the final game of the last WHA playoff championship series (for the Avco Cup).  Oilers' Dave Semenko scored the final goal in the history of the WHA.
05201985A Terry O'Reilly announced his retirement, after playing 13 seasons with the Boston Bruins.
05201986A Montreal and Calgary combined for four goals in 1:34 in the first period of Game 3 of the Finals, the fastest four goals by two NHL teams in a Finals' game.  The Canadiens beat the Flames 5-3 and went on to win series in five games.
05201987A Mike Murphy was named the head coach of the Los Angeles Kings.
05201988A Wayne Gretzky scored a goal and added two assists to lead the Oilers to a 4-2 win over the Bruins, in Edmonton in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
05201992A Jeremy Roenick scored at 2:45 of OT to give the Blackhawks a 4-3 win at Edmonton in game 3 of the Campbell Conf. Finals.  It also was the Blackhawks' 10th straight playoff win -- tying the Stanley Cup record for wins in a year.
05201993A Montreal set an NHL record with their seventh straight overtime victory in the playoffs when Guy Carbonneau scored at 12:34 of overtime to lead the Canadiens to a 2-1 win over the Islanders, in Game 3 of the Wales Conference Finals at New York.
05201994A Philadelphia Flyers fired coach Terry Simpson, after one season behind the team's bench.
05201994B Kirk McLean recorded his 5th career playoff shutout and Pavel Bure scored twice and added an assist to lead the Canucks to a 4-0 win over the Maple Leafs in Vancouver, in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals.
05201995A Larry Murphy picked up three assists and Luc Robitaille scored the game winner with 1:16 to play as the Penguins won 3-2 over the visiting Devils, in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals.
05201997A Mighty Ducks of Anaheim fired Ron Wilson, who had been the team's head coach for the team's first 4 NHL seasons.  No replacement was named.
05201997B Flyers' Eric Lindros scored his first career playoff hat trick as Philadelphia won 6-3 over the Rangers, at New York in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals.