12031923 Montreal Canadiens signed Sylvio Mantha. 12031924 Boston Bruins played their first road game in team history, a 5-3 loss at Toronto. 12031927 Montreal Maroons' goaltender Clint Benedict recorded his 150th NHL career victory in a 2-1 victry at Toronto. 12031927 Montreal's George Hainsworth recorded his 16th career shutout and Howie Morenz scored his second career hat trick in the Canadiens' 4-0 win against the visiting New York Americans. 12031929 Boston Bruins began an NHL-record 14 game winning streak (and an NHL-record 22 game home winning streak) with a 3-1 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens. 12031929 Toronto's Lorne Chabot recorded his second consecutive shutout (for the 35th of his career) in the Maple Leafs' 6-0 win over the visiting New York Americans. 12031934 Boston obtained Jack Portland from the Montreal Canadiens, in exchange for Tony Savage and $7,500. 12031939 Boston beat NY Americans 6-2 in a penalty-free game played in New York. There were none called against either team for the entire game. 12031947 Many former Rangers were on hand as New York lost to Toronto, 4-1, on "Lester Patrick Night". The game was preceded by a special tribute to Patrick, who received a scroll testifying his admission to the Hockey Hall of Fame. 12031949 Rookie George Armstrong played in his first NHL game as the Maple Leafs won 2-0 over the visiting NY Rangers. Turk Broda picked up his 51st career shutout. 12031952 Former NHL right winger Bob MacMillan born in Charlottetown, P.E.I. MacMillan played in the NHL 1974-75 through 1984-85 with the New York Rangers, St. Louis, Atlanta, Calgary, the Colorado Rockies, New Jersey and Chicago. 12031955 Detroit's rookie goaltender Glenn Hall recorded his 5th career shutout as the Red Wings won 5-0 at Boston. 12031960 Former NHL center Igor Larionov born in Voskresensk, Soviet Union. Larionov played in the NHL 1989-90 through 2003-04 with Vancouver, San Jose, Detroit, Florida and New Jersey. 12031960 Bernie Geoffrion scored twice in the Canadiens' 3-1 win against Boston, in Montreal. 12031960 Former NHL defenseman Mike Ramsey born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ramsey played in the NHL 1979-80 thru 1996-97 with Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and Detroit. 12031961 Red Wings' Norm Ullman scored his third career hat trick as Detroit beat the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-1. 12031962 Boston Bruins obtained Forbes Kennedy from the Detroit Red Wings, in exchange for Andre Pronovost. 12031964 Norm Ullman picked up three assists as the Red Wings won 4-2 over the visiting Boston Bruins. 12031964 Toronto's Dave Keon scored his 100th career NHL goal when the Maple Leafs lost 4-2 at Montreal. 12031967 Norm Ullman had three assists to lead the Red Wings to a 6-1 win over the Penguins in Detroit. 12031969 Ray Cullen scored his first career NHL hat trick, and added an assist as the Minnesota North Stars tied 5-5 with Toronto, at the Met Center. 12031969 Jim Johnson scored his first career hat trick in the Flyers' 7-1 win against the Kings, at Los Angeles. 12031970 Claude Ruel resigned as coach of the Montreal Canadiens and was replaced by Al MacNeil, who went on to lead the team to the Stanley Cup Championship five months later. 12031970 Detroit's Frank Mahovlich became the 6th player in NHL history to score 400 career goals as the Red Wings tied 4-4 with the visiting Los Angeles Kings. 12031972 Buffalo's low scoring defenseman Larry Hillman had three assists to lead the Sabres to a 7-4 win over the Minnesota North Stars, at the Aud, as the Sabres improved their home unbeaten streak to 10-0-3. 12031972 Stan Mikita had four assists to lead the Black Hawks to a 4-2 win over Pittsburgh at Chicago Stadium. 12031972 Toronto goaltender Jacques Plante got a shutout in the Maple Leafs' 3-0 win at Detroit. It was the 80th career shutout for Plante. 12031974 Buffalo Sabres played their first game ever in Washington, and beat the Capitals, 5-3. Rick Martin scored 4 of the Sabres' goals, including the 8th hat trick of his NHL career. The win increased the Sabres' undefeated streak to 9 games (7-0-2). 12031975 Wilf Paiement scored his first career hat trick in the Kansas City Scouts' 6-5 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens. 12031976 Baz Bastien was named General Manager of Pittsburgh Penguins, replacing Wren Blair. 12031977 Veteran Pete Stemkowski scored his 200th career NHL goal in the L.A. Kings' 4-1 win against the visiting Atlanta Flames. 12031977 Peter McNab scored his third career hat trick, and Wayne Cashman had three assists in the Bruins' 4-4 tie with the Barons at Cleveland. 12031978 Chicago's Tony Esposito became the seventh goaltender in NHL history to record 300 career victories. The 300th win milestone came in a 4-3 win over the Colorado Rockies. 12031980 Pittsburgh's Rick Kehoe scored his 6th career hat trick as the Penguins tied the Maple Leafs, 4-4, at Toronto. 12031980 Bob Kelly scored two goals just 13 seconds apart as the Capitals tied 3-3 tie against the Minnesota North Stars. 12031980 Montreal's Mark Napier scored four goals (including his first career hat trick) and Steve Shutt picked up four assists as the Canadiens won 6-5 at Buffalo. 12031982 Steve Tambellini became the first New Jersey Devils' player to score a hat trick. It came in a 5-4 win over the Hartford Whalers, in New Jersey. It was also the first hat trick of Tambellini's NHL career. 12031983 Darcy Rota scored his 20th goal (in his 27th game of the season), as the Canucks tied the Maple Leafs 5-5, at Toronto. 12031983 Hartford's Mark Johnson scored his second career hat trick and added an assist as the Whalers won 7-2 over the visiting St. Louis Blues. 12031983 Bobby Clarke became the second player in franchise history to score 350 goals as a member of the Flyers. The milestone came as Philadelphia won 6-3 at Pittsburgh. 12031984 New York Islanders won the 500th game in club history, 5-4 over the Canucks at Vancouver. The Isles won #500 in 980 games, the second fastest in NHL history at that time (Boston did it in 976 games). 12031984 Mats Naslund scored four goals (including his second career hat trick) and added two assists to lead the Canadiens to a 9-3 win against the visiting Hartford Whalers. 12031985 Tony McKegney scored his 4th career hat trick (and his first with Minnesota) and added an assist to lead the North Stars to a 9-2 win against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks. 12031986 Washington Capitals extended their unbeaten streak in regular-season overtime games to 32 straight (the second longest in NHL history) with a 3-3 tie against the Jets at Winnipeg. Boston had gone 38 games without a loss from 1934 to 1938. 12031987 After a pre-game ceremony in which the Boston Bruins retired Phil Esposito's uniform #7, the Rangers (with Esposito as their General Manager) lost to the Bruins, 4-3 in Boston Garden. 12031987 Dave Andreychuk recorded the Sabres' 100th career hat trick (and the second of his career) as Buffalo beat the Quebec Nordiques 6-3 at Memorial Auditorium. 12031988 Mike Smith was named as the new General Manager of the Winnipeg Jets. Smith replaced John Ferguson, who had been fired Oct 30. 12031988 Bernie Nicholls had two goals and two assists (including his 600th career point) as the Kings beat the Blackhawks 6-4, at the Forum. 12031988 Steve Yzerman scored a goal in his eighth consecutive game to tie team record set by Howe in 1951-52 season. It came in a 6-4 Red Wings' loss to the Nordiques, at Quebec City. 12031988 Bob Brooke assisted on three shorthanded goals in the second period (including two by Neal Broten in 2:10) as the Minnesota North Stars won 4-2 against the Whalers, at Hartford. 12031988 St. Louis goalie Greg Millen recorded his second of three straight shutouts to lead the Blues to a 3-0 win over Toronto. It was the 13th shutout of Millen's NHL career. 12031988 John MacLean scored his 100th NHL career goal, and had an assist when the Devils lost 5-3 to the visiting Philadelphia Flyers. 12031989 Buffalo Sabres won their 11th straight at home, and improved their season record to 12-0-1 at the Aud, by beating the Blues 4-3. 12031989 Steve Yzerman scored two power play goals and assisted on another to become the 5th player in Red Wings' history to reach 600 points, in a 4-3 win over the Blackhawks at Chicago. 12031990 Phil Bourque scored his first career NHL hat trick and Mark Recchi picked up five assists in a 9-4 Penguins' win at NY against the Rangers. 12031990 Rangers' Bernie Nicholls scored twice to give him 350 NHL career goals, and had an assist as New York lost 9-4 to the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins. 12031990 Kevin Dineen set a franchise record for fastest goal from the start of a game, when he scored just 10 seconds into the first period, to help the Hartford Whalers to a 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens. 12031991 Brian Mullen scored at :22 of overtime to give the Sharks their first ever OT victory, 3-2 over the Kings, at the Cow Palace. The win stretched the Sharks' unbeaten streak to 3-0-1. 12031991 Steve Yzerman scored three goals (his 13th career hat trick) and added an assist, and Ray Sheppard scored his 100th career NHL goal, to give the Red Wings a 5-2 win over the Flames, at Joe Louis Arena. 12031991 Goaltender Ron Tugnutt led the Nordiques to a 3-0 shutout win over the Canucks, in Quebec City. It was the first Nordiques' shutout in nearly four years, and the first of Tugnutt's NHL career. 12031991 Joe Nieuwendyk scored his 200th NHL career goal in a 5-2 Flames loss at Detroit. Nieuwendyk became the 4th player in franchise history to score 200 goals in a Calgary uniform. 12031991 Edmonton's Petr Klima scored his 200th NHL career goal in the Oilers' 5-3 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins. 12031992 Playing in his second NHL game, rookie Rob Gaudreau became the first Sharks' player to get a hat trick, in a 7-5 loss to the Hartford Whalers, at the Cow Palace. Gaudreau's first 3 NHL goals began a team-record 12 game point scoring streak. 12031992 Rookie defenseman Alex Zhitnik had three assists as the Kings set a team record with their 11th straight win at home, a 5-3 win over the Penguins. 12031992 Toronto goalie Grant Fuhr played in his 500th career NHL game as the Maple Leafs lost 4-3 at Chicago. 12031995 Mario Lemieux picked up four assists as Pittsburgh won 5-4 at Tampa Bay. 12031996 Toronto's Mats Sundin scored a goal and an assist in the first period for his 500th career NHL point when the Maple Leafs won 2-0 over the visiting St. Louis Blues. Rookie Marcel Cousineau and Felix Potvin shared the shutout for the Leafs. 12031996 San Jose Sharks named Todd Gill as their new team captain, the fourth in franchise history. 12031997 Bruin goalie Byron Dafoe recorded his 4th career shutout, and Joe Thornton scored his first career NHL goal as Boston won 3-0 at Philadelphia. 12031999 Ottawa's Kevin Dineen picked up a misconduct penalty to become the fifth player in league history to get 300 goals and 2,000 penalty minutes in his NHL career. The milestone came during a 7-4 Senators loss at New Jersey. 12032000 Guy Hebert recorded his first shutout of the season (and the 27th of his career) and rookie Andy McDonald scored his first NHL goal (and point) as the Mighty Ducks won 4-0 against the visiting Los Angeles Kings. 12032001 Florida Panthers named Mike Keenan as their new head coach and Cliff Fletcher as the new interim General Manager. The announcment came one day after the club fired GM Bill Torrey and head coach Duane Sutter. 12032001 Roman Turek recorded his 19th career shutout in the Flames 2-0 win against the Kings at Los Angeles. 12032002 Fred Brathwaite recorded his 15th career shutout as the Blues ended the Bruins' 8-game home winning streak, with a 4-0 victory at Boston. 12032002 Pavel Bure scored his 20th career hat trick and added an assist in the Rangers 5-3 win against the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets. 12032002 Calgary Flames fired head coach Greg Gilbert. Assistant General Manger Al MacNeil was named as the interim head coach. MacNeil picked up the victory that night when the Flames beat the Avalanche 2-1 in Colorado. 12032002 Paul Maurice became the first coach to win 250 games with the Carolina Hurricanes' franchise, when the team had a 2-1 win over the Predators in Nashville. 12032003 Ottawa's Martin Prusek recorded his first career shutout, and Zdeno Chara scored a goal and added two assists in a 4-0 win against the Panthers at Florida. 12032003 Despite being outshot 41-22 by the Hurricanes, Tomas Vokoun made 40 saves to set a franchise record with his 6th consecutive victory, and Scott Hartnell scored at 3:30 of overtime (and added an assist) in the Predators 2-1 win at Carolina.