Two Hockey Corridor of Famers tried to be solely the second participant ever to perform a really spectacular feat in the identical sport. Additionally, there have been quite a few Nationwide Hockey League greats who hit private milestones, whereas nice recollections had been made in New York, Anaheim, and Pennsylvania. Let’s start our every day journey again in time to revisit all the most effective this date has to supply.
Gretzky Wins the Race to 1,000
When the Edmonton Oilers hosted the New York Rangers on Nov. 4, 1987, two of the best offensive gamers within the historical past of the sport had been chasing the identical milestone. Each Wayne Gretzky and Marcel Dionne entered the evening with 998 profession assists.
Gretzky scored a hat trick and picked up two helpers to change into simply the second participant in NHL historical past to report 1,000 assists. The five-point efficiency led the Oilers to a 7-2 victory. Dionne had an help on one of many Rangers’ objectives and joined Gretzky and Gordie Howe within the 1,000-assist membership three nights later.
A number of Hits on Broadway
Nov. 4 has been a memorable date for the Rangers. On this date in 1977, Phil Esposito joined Howe and Bobby Hull as the one gamers to ever rating 600 NHL objectives. He reached this milestone with a power-play aim in a 5-1 victory on the Vancouver Canucks. Greg Polis scored two shorthanded objectives to set a Rangers’ workforce report within the win.
On Nov. 4, 1991, goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck recorded his eleventh profession shutout to steer the Rangers to a 4-0 win over the Calgary Flames. This was New York’s first shutout of the Flames in practically 19 years. The earlier one got here again on Feb. 4, 1973, when the Flames had been nonetheless in Atlanta.
Theoren Fleury turned the sixtieth participant in NHL historical past to attain 400 profession objectives on Nov. 4, 2000, because the Rangers earned a 5-2 street win on the Montreal Canadiens. Fleury scored 69 of his 455 profession objectives in a Rangers uniform.
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Mark Messier scored a pair of objectives on Nov. 4, 2003, in a 3-0 win over the Dallas Stars at Madison Sq. Backyard. These two objectives gave him 1,851 factors, transferring him previous Howe for second place, behind Gretzky, on the NHL’s all-time scoring listing.
A Plethora of Private Achievements
On Nov. 4, 1962, veteran Invoice Gadsby picked up an help to assist the Detroit Purple Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1. He turned the primary defenseman within the historical past of the league to attain 500 factors. Within the 59 years since, 69 extra NHL blueliners have scored at the very least 500 profession factors.
Wayne Cashman scored two power-play objectives, together with the 2 hundredth aim of his NHL profession on Nov. 4, 1978, in a 7-3 Boston Bruins’ loss to the visiting Philadelphia Flyers. He scored a complete of 277 objectives throughout his 17-season profession with the Bruins.
Dionne could not have picked up his 1,000th profession help on this date, however, on Nov. 4, 1979, he scored a hat trick to change into the second participant to ever rating 200 objectives for the Los Angeles Kings. He additionally added a pair of assists in a 5-3 win on the Blackhawks. Dave Taylor assisted on all 5 Los Angeles objectives.
Denis Potvin picked up his 684th profession help on Nov. 4, 1986, making him the all-time help chief for NHL defensemen, surpassing the mark held by Brad Park. He broke the report within the New York Islanders’ 7-1 blowout of the visiting Washington Capitals.
Cam Neely scored his ninth profession hat trick on Nov. 4, 1993, to provide him 300 NHL objectives. He additionally turned the ninth participant to attain 250 objectives as a member of the Bruins. His milestones got here in a 6-3 victory versus the Flames.
On Nov. 4, 1995, Pierre Turgeon picked up his 700th profession level with an help. Rookie Saku Koivu had a aim and two assists, because the Canadiens beat the Bruins 4-1 on the Discussion board.
Dino Ciccarelli scored twice on Nov. 5, 1996, to steer the Tampa Bay Lightning previous the Rangers 5-3. This gave him 561 profession objectives, transferring him forward of Canadiens’ Corridor of Famer Man LaFleur for 10th all-time. Ciccarelli retired with 608 objectives, that are at present the 19th-most in league historical past.
Adam Oates picked up his 800th profession help on Nov. 4, 1998, within the Capitals’ 5-2 loss to the Lightning. He completed his profession with 1,079 assists, which has him eighth on the all-time helpers listing. He was handed by Joe Thornton throughout the 2019-20 season.
Talking of the Capitals, on Nov. 4, 2014, Alex Ovechkin recorded two assists to change into the franchise’s all-time scoring chief with 827 factors. He broke the previous report held by Peter Bondra in a 4-3 extra time loss to the Flames.
On Nov. 4, 2021, Patrice Bergeron scored 4 objectives to change into the second oldest participant to take action in Bruins historical past. The one participant older was Johnny Bucyk who did it twice (37 years, 251 days on Jan. 18, 1973; 38 years, 238 days on Jan. 5, 1974).
On that very same evening, Brock Nelson additionally scored 4 objectives to change into the primary Islanders participant to do it since Kyle Okposo on Jan. 16, 2015.
For the third hat trick of the night, Jordan Eberle potted the first-ever three-goal sport for the Seattle Kraken as he scored a pure hat trick in opposition to the Buffalo Sabres. He additionally turned the ninth participant to take action for an growth workforce in its inaugural season.
In the meantime in Calgary, Jamie Benn was making historical past along with his Tenth extra time winner, passing the legendary Mike Modano for essentially the most in Stars historical past.
Sidney Crosby performed his 1,2 hundredth sport on this date in 2023 and had the sixth-most factors by means of 1,200 (or fewer) video games in NHL historical past, behind Gretzky, Lemieux, Dionne, Jagr, and Esposito.
On Nov. 4, 2023, Auston Matthews recorded his Tenth-career hat trick – and third of the 2023-24 season – and surpassed Reg Noble (9) to maneuver right into a tie with Rick Vaive for the fourth most in Maple Leafs historical past. He additionally required the sixth-fewest video games by a participant in NHL historical past to report three hat methods in a season.
On that very same evening, Brayden Level turned the Tenth participant in Lightning historical past to attain a number of hat methods in his profession, and Nikita Kucherov recorded his fourth profession five-point sport, surpassing Vincent Lecavalier (three) for essentially the most in franchise historical past.
In the meantime, in Vancouver, Elias Pettersson hit 20 factors and have become the third participant in Canucks historical past to succeed in that mark in a season in 11 or fewer video games, becoming a member of Tony Tanti (10 video games) and Patrik Sundstrom (11 video games).
On Nov. 4, 2023, Cam Talbot made 24 saves for his first shutout with the Kings, marking the sixth completely different franchise he has recorded an ideal efficiency with (additionally with the Rangers, Oilers, Flames, Wild, and Senators). He turned the fifth goaltender in NHL historical past to report a shutout with six-plus franchises becoming a member of Sean Burke (seven), Lorne Chabot (six), Dwayne Roloson (six), and Jaroslav Halak (six).
Sebastian Aho made Hurricanes/Whalers historical past on at the present time in 2023 as he scored in extra time to change into the primary participant to attain 10 profession regular-season extra time objectives.
Franchise Firsts in Pennsylvania
Each of the NHL’s groups in Pennsylvania did one thing for the very first time on this date in 1967, the inaugural season for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Flyers.
The Penguins had been on the West Coast that evening as they took on the Oakland Seals. Goaltender Lee Brinkley stopped all 31 pictures he confronted to earn the primary shutout in franchise historical past. Billy Dea scored the one aim in a 1-0 Penguins’ street win.
In Montreal, Leon Rochefort scored his first profession hat trick, in addition to the primary in Flyers’ historical past, in a 4-1 win over the Canadiens. Future Corridor of Fame goaltender Bernie Dad or mum earned his first win as a member of the Flyers.
Geese Fly Excessive
On Nov. 4, 2001, goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere recorded his fifth profession shutout within the Mighty Geese of Anaheim’s 5-0 win over the Atlanta Thrashers. Future Stanley Cup-winning head coach, Dan Bylsma, had his first profession two-goal sport, together with the primary game-winning aim he ever scored within the NHL.
Andrew Cogliano turned simply the fourth participant in NHL historical past to play in 800 consecutive video games on Nov. 4, 2017, within the Geese’ 2-1 shootout loss to the San Jose Sharks. He’s simply the second participant to have such a streak to begin his profession. The opposite was Doug Jarvis, who had the longest “ironman” streak ever with 964 straight video games performed till Keith Yandle and Phil Kessel handed him in 2022 and 2023 respectively. Cogliano performed in 30 extra video games earlier than his streak was compelled to come back to an finish after incomes a two-game suspension.
Precisely one yr later, Cam Fowler notched his first profession hat trick when he scored in extra time to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2. He turned simply the seventh defenseman in league historical past to attain a regular-season hat trick that included an extra time tally. He was the third member of the Geese to perform this feat, becoming a member of Lubomir Visnovksky (2011) and Hampus Lindholm (2017).
Odds & Ends
The Kings traded Dale Hoganson, Dennis DeJordy, Noel Worth, and Doug Robinson on Nov. 4, 1971, to the Canadiens in change for goaltender Rogie Vachon. The excessive value was price it as Vachon performed in 389 video games for the Kings over the subsequent seven seasons. His 171 wins are the second-most in franchise historical past behind Jonathan Fast.
Later that evening, Bruins’ rookie Reggie Leach scored the primary two objectives of his NHL profession in a 6-1 win over the St. Louis Blues. He went on to attain 381 objectives with the Bruins, Seals, Flyers, and Purple Wings over 13 seasons.
One yr later, Leach’s future teammate in Philadelphia, Invoice Barber, scored his first profession aim and added three assists to steer the Flyers to a 5-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres. He spent his whole 12-season profession with the Flyers and his 420 objectives are nonetheless essentially the most in workforce historical past.
On Nov. 04, 1983, the Canadiens traded defenseman Robert Picard to the Winnipeg Jets in change for a third-round decide within the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. Montreal used that decide to pick legendary goaltender Patrick Roy. Picard had 20 objectives and 63 factors in his 160 video games for the Jets earlier than he was traded to the Quebec Nordiques in 1985.
Following their seventh straight loss on Nov. 4, 1997, the Canucks fired common supervisor Pat Quinn. He had held the job since June 1, 1987. No substitute was named at first, however head coach Mike Keenan was named as performing common supervisor 10 days later. He had that job title till Brian Burke was employed following the season.
Mike Vernon stopped all 21 pictures he confronted on Nov. 4, 1998, to steer the Sharks to a 4-0 win over the Stars. San Jose scored 4 objectives and simply 9 pictures, which had been the fewest ever totaled by a profitable workforce since pictures on aim had been formally counted beginning within the 1955-56 season.
The Blue Jackets beat the Canadiens 10-0 on Nov. 4, 2016, to hit double digits in objectives for the primary time in franchise historical past. Cam Atkinson, Nick Foligno, and Scott Hartnell every netted a pair of objectives within the rout. This was the fourth time Montreal had been defeated 10-0 of their lengthy and storied historical past.
Completely happy Birthday to You
A complete of 19 gamers who’ve skated in at the very least one NHL sport have been born on this date. The very best of this crop are goaltender Corey Schwab (54), two-time Stanley Cup winner Dustin Brown (40), and the late Howie Meeker, who received three Stanley Cups with the Maple Leafs.
Initially constructed by Greg Boysen
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