Facts and Figures: Kane, Blackhawks extend streaks

Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist during a five-goal third period to extend the NHL's longest active point streak to 12 games and help the Chicago Blackhawks
defeat the Edmonton Oilers 6-2
at Rogers Place on Thursday for their fifth consecutive victory.

The 30-year-old forward has 28 points (10 goals, 18 assists) during the streak. He has had three other point streaks of at least 12 games, including a Blackhawks-record 26-game run from Oct. 17-Dec. 13, 2015 (40 points; 16 goals, 24 assists). Denis Savard (eight) and Bobby Hull (five) are the only players in Chicago history with more than four 12-game point streaks.

Kane also extended his Blackhawks-record road point streak to 16 games (31 points; 11 goals, 20 assists). Doug Bentley had held the Chicago record by getting at least one point in 14 consecutive road games from Jan. 2-March 16, 1949 (18 points; eight goals, 10 assists).
Kane kept pace in the NHL scoring race with Oilers center Connor McDavid, who assisted on each of Edmonton's two first-period goals. They are tied for second with 78 points, three behind the League leader, Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov.

Bergeron scores twice in 1,000th NHL game

Patrice Bergeron scored twice for the
Boston Bruins in a 3-1 win
against the New York Islanders at TD Garden, becoming the fifth player this season to score a goal in his 1,000th NHL game. The 33-year-old center is also the sixth in NHL history to score more than once on his milestone night. The others: Chris Phillips of the Ottawa Senators (Feb. 9, 2012), Teemu Selanne of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (Dec. 31, 2006), Mike Gartner of the New York Rangers (March 20, 1992), Gilbert Perreault of the Buffalo Sabres (Jan 29, 1984) and Johnny Bucyk of the Bruins (Dec. 10, 1970).

Bergeron is the first player to play his first 1,000 games with the Bruins and score a goal in game No. 1,000. Bucyk and Jean Ratelle (March 23, 1977) each began his career with another team.
Bergeron became the 12th player to skate in his 1,000th NHL game this season, with four more able to hit the mark in 2018-19: Chicago Blackhawks forward Chris Kunitz (997 games played), Anaheim Ducks center Ryan Kesler (987), Los Angeles Kings center Anze Kopitar (974) and Minnesota Wild center Mikko Koivu (973). Should all four reach the milestone, it would mark the first time in NHL history that 16 players skated in their 1,000th game in the same season. Fifteen players reached the 1,000-game mark in 2001-02, 2008-09 and 2011-12.

Ovechkin becomes NHL's highest-scoring Russia-born player

Alex Ovechkin became the highest-scoring Russia-born player in NHL history when he had a first-period assist in the
Washington Capitals' 3-2 win
against the Vancouver Canucks at Capital One Arena on Tuesday.

The 33-year-old forward has 1,180 points (644 goals, 536 assists in 1,055 games), one more than Sergei Fedorov, who had 1,179 (483 goals, 696 assists) in 1,248 games. The two skated in 67 regular-season games together with the Capitals from Feb. 29, 2008-April 11, 2009, factoring on the same goal 16 times.
Ovechkin surpassed Fedorov's mark for goals by a Russia-born player when he scored his 484th on Nov. 19, 2015. Fedorov remains the NHL's career leader in assists by a player born in Russia; Ovechkin is eighth.
The NHL's leading goal-scorer this season (37) is averaging 1.12 points per game this season with 29 team games remaining. Ovechkin is on track for his sixth season with at least 90 points, which would move him into sole possession of 44th place on the NHL's all-time list, surpassing Rod Brind'Amour, Dino Ciccarelli, Vincent Damphousse, Bernie Nicholls and Bobby Clarke.

Top picks from 2018 NHL Draft making their mark

Each of the top three picks in the 2018 NHL Draft -- Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin, Carolina Hurricanes forward Andrei Svechnikov and Montreal Canadiens center Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- scored a goal Tuesday. It's the seventh time in NHL history the first three picks from the previous draft each scored on the same day, and the first since April 7, 1985, when Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins), Kirk Muller (New Jersey Devils) and Eddie Olczyk (Blackhawks) did it.

It was also the first time three 18-year-olds scored on the same day since March 20, 1984, when center Dan Quinn (Calgary Flames), forward Cam Neely (Vancouver Canucks) and center Steve Yzerman (Detroit Red Wings) all did so.
Kotkaniemi scored in Montreal's 4-1 win against Anaheim, giving him goals in three straight games; he's the first 18-year-old in Canadiens NHL history to score in at least three consecutive team games. Since 2007-08, the only other 18-year-olds to do so are Winnipeg Jets forward Patrik Laine (three times in 2016-17), Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon (2013-14), Flames center Sean Monahan (2013-14) and Avalanche center Matt Duchene (2009-10). Monahan is the only one to score in a fourth straight game.
Kotkaniemi also became the 11th player to score each of his first nine NHL goals in home games. He's the third to do so with at least some of those goals playing for the Canadiens. Center Bobby Sheehan (13 goals; eight with Montreal, five with the California Golden Seals) and defenseman Sheldon Souray (11 goals; four with the Devils, seven with the Canadiens) are Nos. 1 and 2 among five players who scored each of their first 10 NHL goals on home ice.

Fast and first

The Los Angeles Kings set a team record for the fastest three goals from the start of a period in their
5-1 win against New Jersey
at Prudential Center. Forward Tyler Toffoli scored twice and defenseman Dion Phaneuf once in the opening 1:52 of the third period. The previous mark was 2:30, set on Nov. 4, 1972.

Oilers center Leon Draisaitl scored twice to become the first German player in NHL history to score 30 goals in a season. With Draisaitl (31) and McDavid (31), Edmonton is the first team this season to have two 30-goal scorers; the last time the Oilers were the first with multiple 30-goal scorers was 1987-88, when Wayne Gretzky and Craig Simpson did it.
Second-year center Pierre-Luc Dubois scored two goals for the Columbus Blue Jackets in a 5-3 win against the Avalanche at Pepsi Center, giving him an NHL career-high 21, one more than he scored as a rookie last season. Dubois is the first player in Blue Jackets history to score at least 20 goals in each of his first two seasons.
Paul Maurice of the Winnipeg Jets became the youngest coach in NHL history, and sixth overall, to work 1,500 games. The 52-year-old is 682-605-114 with 99 ties after the Jets lost 3-2 in overtime to the San Jose Sharks at Bell MTS Place.