This date in NHL historical past has had some nice moments on each the East and West Coasts and quite a lot of locations in between. A number of the most notable gamers to ever play within the league had huge recollections on Oct. 28 all through the a long time. So, let’s take our day by day journey again in time to relive all of them!
Corridor of Fame Moments
An entire slew of fellows you will discover within the Hockey Corridor of Fame can look again on this date of their profession and smile.
On Oct. 28, 1962, goaltender Terry Sawchuk stopped all 24 pictures he confronted within the Detroit Pink Wings’ 2-0 victory over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs. The shutout was the 100th total of his profession, with 90 within the common season and one other 10 within the Stanley Cup playoffs. He retired in 1970 with 103 regular-season shutouts and 115 total.
Defenseman Bobby Orr scored the ultimate aim of this legendary profession on Oct. 28, 1978, within the Chicago Blackhawks 7-2 loss on the Pink Wings. This was one in all solely six video games Orr was capable of play in throughout the 1978-79 season. Profession-long knee accidents pressured him to retire on Nov. 8, 1978, because the NHL’s all-time chief in objectives and factors for defensemen.
Rookie Teemu Selanne scored twice and added three assists, on Oct. 28, 1992, because the Winnipeg Jets misplaced to the Calgary Flames 7-5. Â U.S. Hockey Corridor of Famer Eddie Olczyk added two objectives and two assists within the dropping effort.
On Oct. 28, 1995, Mario Lemieux scored his second consecutive hat trick, and thirty third of his Corridor of Fame profession, because the Pittsburgh Penguins picked up a 5-3 street win on the New Jersey Devils.
Sergei Fedorov turned the seventh participant in Pink Wings’ historical past to attain 250 objectives as a member of the group on Oct. 28, 1998, as Detroit gained 7-2 on the Florida Panthers.
The Colorado Avalanche retired Patrick Roy’s No. 33 on Oct. 28, 2003, in a pre-game ceremony earlier than they beat the Flames 4-2. Roy spent eight of his 19 NHL seasons with the Avalanche. He gained 262 video games, two Stanley Cups and the 2001 Conn Smythe Trophy for being the postseason’s most useful participant.
We’re Going Streaking
There have been a number of streaks, each by groups and particular person gamers, that have been prolonged on this date through the years.
On Oct. 28, 1984, Kent Nilsson prolonged his team-record help streak to 9 straight video games as Calgary misplaced 6-2 on the Buffalo Sabres. Nilsson racked up 14 assists throughout his nine-game streak.
Darren Turcotte broke the New York Rangers’ group document for rookies on Oct. 28, 1989, when he scored a aim in his seventh straight sport, in a 4-1 win over the New York Islanders. He broke the earlier document of six straight video games set by Tony Granato within the earlier season.
The Maple Leafs beat the Blackhawks 4-2 on Oct. 28, 1993, for his or her 10th straight victory to start out the season. This prolonged their very own NHL document which they set of their earlier sport. The Sabres finally tied this document after they opened the 2006-07 season with 10 wins in a row.
Selanne prolonged his goal-scoring streak to 5 straight video games on Oct. 28, 1997, to tie a Mighty Geese of Anaheim group document. He helped the Geese earn a degree in a 2-2 draw on the Maple Leafs.
On Oct. 28, 2017, the Pink Wings beat the Panthers 3-2 in a shootout. Gustav Nyquist scored the one aim of the three rounds as Detroit set a league document with their 12th straight shootout victory. They broke the earlier excessive mark of 11 set by the 2005-06 Dallas Stars.
Lastly, on Oct. 28, 2021, the Carolina Hurricanes prolonged their season-opening win streak to 6 after a 3-0 victory over the Bruins, making it the longest streak to start out a marketing campaign in franchise historical past (each Hurricanes and Hartford Whalers).
A New York State of Thoughts
The Rangers, Islanders and Sabres all have had a number of huge moments on Oct. 28 by means of their respective franchise histories.
On this date in 1978, Rick Martin scored a hat trick to change into the primary member of the Sabres to attain 300 objectives. He scored 382 objectives with Buffalo earlier than being traded to the Los Angeles Kings in 1981, that are nonetheless the second-most in franchise historical past.
Mike Bossy lit the lamp 3 times throughout the third interval, on Oct. 28, 1980, to steer the Islanders to a 6-4 win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks. This was his first of 9 hat methods throughout the 1980-81 season, which set an NHL document on the time. He solely had a 12 months to carry onto this document, as Wayne Gretzky scored 10 hat methods within the following season. The Nice One repeated this feat throughout the 1983-84 season.
On that very same evening, Ron Greschner turned the primary Rangers defenseman to attain a penalty shot aim, as he scored towards Mike Liut in a 5-4 loss to the St. Louis Blues.
Goaltender Clint Malarchuk led the Sabres to a 5-0 win over the Hartford Whalers on Oct. 28, 1990, for his twelfth and closing profession NHL shutout. Pierre Turgeon led the scoring together with his second profession hat trick.
Pat LaFontaine and Dave Andreychuk every had three assists on Oct. 28, 1991, to steer the Sabres to a 4-4 tie with the Maple Leafs.
Dominik Hasek made 22 saves on Oct. 28, 2000, to earn his 200th profession victory in a 3-1 win on the Blackhawks. The Corridor of Fame netminder gained the primary 13 video games of his profession as a member of the Blackhawks earlier than being traded to Buffalo in 1992.
Crowning Moments in Los Angeles
On Oct. 28, 1974, Bob Berry scored his 106th profession aim with the Kings to set a brand new group document. Rogie Vachon recorded his twenty third profession shutout to steer Los Angeles to a 2-0 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Berry completed his profession, in 1977, with 159 objectives, which is fifteenth on the group’s all-time listing.
Precisely one 12 months later, on Oct. 28, 1975, Marcel Dionne scored his first hat trick as a member of the Kings, as they beat the Washington Capitals 6-0. Tommy Williams picked up 4 assists and Vachon earned one other shutout, his 29th. Dionne nonetheless leads the franchise with 24 hat methods.
Talking of hat methods, on Oct. 28, 1980, Dave Taylor scored the third of his profession because the Kings beat the Colorado Rockies 8-4. Taylor went on to attain eight hat methods throughout his time in Los Angeles.
Associated – Los Angeles Kings’ Dave Taylor’s 1980-81 Season: One of many Best Ever
Rookie goaltender Glenn Healy picked up his first NHL victory on Oct. 28, 1987, in a 4-3 win over the Rangers. Healy earned the primary 237 of his 166 profession wins with the Kings earlier than transferring on to the Islanders, Rangers and Maple Leafs.
One 12 months later, Gretzky picked up a pair of helpers to change into the primary participant in NHL historical past to document 1,100 assists. Bernie Nicholls added to the offensive assault together with his 11th profession hat trick in a 7-4 win over the Jets.
On Oct. 28, 1991, 40-year-old Larry Robinson scored his first aim of the season in a 4-3 Kings win on the Pink Wings. The assists from 35-year-old Taylor and 31-year-old Jay Miller made it a aim by a mixed age of 106 years of hockey gamers.
Odds & Ends
The primary chapter of the Battle of Quebec was written on Oct. 28, 1979, because the Quebec Nordiques and Canadiens performed for the primary time. Jamie Hislop scored late within the third interval to present the Nordiques a 5-4 win on dwelling ice.
On Oct. 28, 1983, the Minnesota North Stars traded former Calder Trophy winner Bobby Smith to the Canadiens in alternate for Keith Acton, Mark Napier, and a future draft alternative. This commerce got here somewhat greater than 5 years after the North Stars chosen Smith with the primary total decide of the 1978 NHL Novice Draft.
One other former North Star, Brian Bellows, scored twice on Oct. 28, 1992, to present him 350 objectives in his profession. He additionally added an help to steer the Canadiens to a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Ron Francis scored a aim and added an help on Oct. 28, 1993, within the Penguins’ 7-3 loss to the Nordiques for his 1000th profession level.
The Penguins beat the Flames 5-2 on Oct. 28, 1998, with all of their objectives approaching the ability play. This was simply the seventh time in NHL historical past {that a} group scored at the least 5 objectives in a sport, with all of them occurring on the person benefit.
On this similar evening, Wendel Clark scored his three hundredth profession NHL aim because the Lightning misplaced 5-3 on the Mighty Geese. Enforcer Stu Grimson scored twice for Anaheim, the primary two-goal sport in his nine-season NHL profession.
On Oct. 28, 1999, Jeremy Roenick turned the one hundred and first participant in NHL historical past to attain 800 factors by scoring two objectives and grabbing two assists within the Phoenix Coyotes’ 4-1 win on the Vancouver Canucks.
Goaltender Chris Osgood recorded his two hundredth profession victory, on Oct. 28, 2000, within the Pink Wings’ 4-1 win towards the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets. He turned simply the second netminder in franchise historical past to win 200 video games, becoming a member of Sawchuk.
Associated – Chris Osgood, Corridor of Fame Worthy
Randy McKay and John Madden every scored 4 objectives on that very same evening to steer the Devils to a 9-0 blowout of the Penguins. They turned the primary pair of teammates to attain 4 occasions in the identical sport since Odie and Sprague Cleghorn did it for the Canadiens in January of 1922.
Mike Rathje turned the primary participant to look in 600 video games with the San Jose Sharks on Oct. 28, 2003, in a 3-0 loss on the Carolina Hurricanes. His 671 video games with the group are nonetheless the sixth-most in group historical past.
Sidney Crosby scored the primary of his 12-career regular-season hat methods on Oct. 28, 2006, within the Penguins’ 8-2 win towards the Philadelphia Flyers. Rookie Evgeni Malkin scored, as nicely, to increase his aim streak to 5 straight video games to start out his profession.
Cale Makar recorded his one centesimal NHL level on this date in 2021, which tied Sergei Zubov because the sixth-fastest defenseman to succeed in that mark, behind Harry Cameron, Mark Howe, Brian Leetch, Larry Murphy and Phil Housley.
Lastly, Dustin Brown performed his 1,239th NHL sport on Oct. 28, 2021, passing Doug Weight for eleventh all-time amongst American-born gamers. Sadly, he needed to do it in a loss as his Kings fell 3-2 to the Jets.
On Oct. 28, 2022, Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark gained his sixth-straight sport, becoming a member of Tim Thomas (eight, 2010-11), Tuukka Rask (six, 2016-17) and Tiny Thompson (six, 1937-38) to seize at the least that many to start out a season. He finally gained the Vezina Trophy because the league’s greatest goaltender after he led the Bruins to a historic 65-12-5 document.
On that very same evening, Josh Bailey scored the game-winning aim in his 1,000th sport within the NHL. It was the 3-2 aim in what turned a 6-2 blowout of the Carolina Hurricanes. He was chosen ninth total by the Islanders in 2008 and completed his profession on Lengthy Island with 184 objectives and 580 factors in 1,057 video games.
On Oct. 28, 2023, Mike Matheson (10 objectives, 30 assists in 56 video games) turned the second-fastest defenseman in franchise historical past to document 40 factors with the Canadiens (NHL debut or in any other case) behind Sprague Cleghorn (46 video games) over 100 years in the past.
David Pastrnak potted his second penalty-shot aim on Oct. 28, 2023, and moved right into a tie with Woody Dumart for second place on the Bruins’ all-time penalty-shot objectives listing, which is topped by Brad Marchand (six). He additionally required the fewest video games in NHL historical past to attain two penalty shot objectives in a season, besting Brian Rolston (20 video games in 2006-07).
In the meantime, in Nashville, Mark Giordano (40 years, 25 days) turned the third defenseman with a aim for the Maple Leafs at age 40 or older. Allan Stanley tallied 3 times at age 40 or older and is the oldest defenseman to attain a aim with the franchise (41 years, 252 days on Nov. 8, 1967), whereas Tim Horton additionally did so (40 years, 40 days on Feb. 21, 1970).
Lastly, in Los Angeles, Trevor Lewis performed his 900th sport within the NHL and Mark Stone turned the fifth participant in Vegas historical past with 20 power-play objectives.
Completely happy Birthday to You
A complete of 20 present and former NHL gamers have been born on this date. Probably the most notable birthday boys are Jude Drouin (76), Paul Baxter (69), Gary Nylund (61), Kevin Dineen (61), Benoit Hogue (58), Martin Skoula (45), Cole Smith (29), Jack Eichel (28), and Marian Studenic (26).
*Initially constructed by Greg Boysen
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