Morning Skate for November 13

* Defensemen from past to present highlighted a jam-packed Saturday, with the Maple Leafs paying a heartfelt tribute to their all-time great Börje Salming.
* Cale Makar surpassed the 50-goal mark in his career with two quick tallies and joined an elite list of NHL defensemen reaching the milestone in 191 games or fewer.
* The Devils extended the League's longest active winning streak to nine games thanks in part to a collective effort that features four players with 10-plus points since the streak began.

MAKAR SURPASSES 50 CAREER GOALS, APPROACHES 200-POINT MILESTONE. . .
Cale Makar (2-0-2) scored two first-period goals in a span of 3:22 to surpass the 50-goal mark in his career, while Mikko Rantanen (1-3-4) had his second four-point outing in his last four games to help the Avalanche (8-4-1, 17 points) earn their fourth straight victory during their Hockey Fights Cancer Awareness Night at Ball Arena.
* Makar, who surpassed the 50-goal mark at a historic pace, boosted his career totals to 51-145-196 (191 GP) and will look to reach the 200-point milestone in the coming days. The Avalanche blueliner is poised to become the fastest defenseman in NHL history to record 200 points - Sergei Zubov (207 GP) holds the current mark.
. . . WHILE BLUELINERS ON ORIGINAL SIX CLUBS SHINE ON SALMING'S 'HOMECOMING'
After the Maple Leafs held

to honor franchise icon and trailblazer Börje Salming, a pair of defensemen later made an impact with their Original Six clubs as Toronto's Jordie Benn and Boston's Jakub Zboril each scored a game-winning goal.
* Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe, touched by Friday night's Hall of Fame Game ceremony that featured Darryl Sittler and Mats Sundin by Salming's side, started an all-Swedish starting lineup in tribute to the highest-scoring defenseman in
franchise history
(Calle Jarnkrok, William Nylander, Pierre Engvall, Timothy Liljegren, Rasmus Sandin & Erik Kallgren). It marked the third time in NHL history a team's starting lineup was entirely from one country other than Canada or the United States, with Detroit accounting for both previous instances with Swedish-born players (Nov. 21, 2013 & Nov. 5, 2014).
* Benn became the second defenseman in Maple Leafs history - and first in over 100 years - to score a game-winning goal in his team debut, following Joe Matte on Jan. 17, 1920. Along with becoming the

, Benn (35 years, 109 days) also became the third-oldest defenseman in NHL history to score a game winner in his first game with a franchise, behind only Mark Streit (39 years, 82 days on March 3, 2017 w/ PIT) and Marek Zidlicky (38 years, 29 days on March 4, 2015 w/ DET).
* After trailing 1-0, the Bruins battled back with Zboril becoming the eighth player - and first defenseman - in Bruins history to have his first career goal stand as the game winner, joining Tyler Randell (Oct. 14, 2015), Doug Mohns (Oct. 11, 1953), Zellio Toppazzini (Feb. 12, 1949), Mark Marquess (Jan. 15, 1947), Red Beattie (Dec. 16, 1930), Hago Harrington (Dec. 29, 1925) and Carson Cooper (Dec. 1, 1924). Zboril also became the sixth NHL defenseman in the past decade to achieve the feat and the first since Cale Makar (Game 3 of 2019 R1 w/ COL).
OFFENSE FROM THE DEFENSE TAKES OVER SATURDAY SLATE
With multi-goal outings from Edmonton's Tyson Barrie (2-0-2), Colorado's Cale Makar (2-0-2), Los Angeles' Sean Durzi (2-0-2) and Chicago's Jarred Tinordi (2-0-2), Saturday marked the fourth day in NHL history to feature four defensemen each score two or more times, joining
Jan. 18, 2014
,
March 30, 1993
and
March 8, 1983
.
DEVILS DEPTH SECURES NINTH STRAIGHT WIN
The Devils extended the NHL's longest active win streak to nine games, their

, and have relied on their offensive depth throughout the run following a game-winning goal from Jesper Boqvist - the sixth different New Jersey skater to score one through their current run.
* During their last nine-game run in 2007-08, Zach Parise led the way with 9-8-17 while 13 of the club's 20 unique skaters scored a goal during the streak. This time around, the Devils have had 15 different goal scorers with only four players not having found the back of the net through their last nine wins.
CANADIENS, ISLANDERS EACH SCORE THREE GAME-TYING GOALS IN OVERTIME WINS
Mike Hoffman (1-0-1) and Zach Parise (1-0-1) both achieved a rare feat with their overtime goals after the Canadiens and Islanders each tied the game on three separate occasions against the Penguins and Blue Jackets, respectively.
* Montreal, which scored three game-tying goals in the third period of a game for the second time in franchise history (also
Jan. 7, 1919
), netted two within 60 seconds of Pittsburgh's go-ahead goals. The Canadiens became the fourth franchise Hoffman has scored an overtime goal with and trails only Jaromir Jagr (6: DAL, NJD, NYR, PHI, PIT & WSH), Bill Guerin (5: BOS, DAL, NJD, NYI & STL), Scott Young (5: ANA, HFD, PIT, QUE & STL) and Steve Thomas (5: ANA, CHI, NJD, NYI & TOR) for the most by any player in NHL history.
* Brock Nelson scored two of New York's three game-tying goals and Parise found the back of the net 39 seconds into overtime to help the Islanders improve to 8-2-0 following 2-4-0 start to 2022-23. Parise (38 years, 107 days) became the oldest player in Islanders history to score an overtime goal, besting the previous mark set by Lubomir Visnovsky (37 years, 200 days on
Feb. 27, 2014
).
McDAVID, DRAISAITL CONTINUE STRINGS OF SUCCESS
Connor McDavid (0-1-1) and Leon Draisaitl (0-1-1) extended their point streaks to 10 and 11 games, respectively, to help the Oilers (9-7-0, 18 points) hand the Panthers their first regulation loss at FLA Live Arena this season. With points in 11 straight games, Draisaitl matched Nikita Kucherov (11 GP from Oct. 15 - Nov. 8) and Jesper Bratt (11 GP from Oct. 13 - Nov. 3) for the longest streak of 2022-23.
* McDavid, who has 10-12-22 in his last 10 games, became just the fifth different skater in Oilers history to post an assist streak of at least 10 contests. He joined Paul Coffey (4x; longest: 17 GP in 1985-86), Wayne Gretzky (11x; longest: 17 GP in 1983-84), Jari Kurri (15 GP in 1983-84), and Glenn Anderson (10 GP in 1982-83).
GIROUX RALLIES SENATORS TO VICTORY IN RETURN TO PHILLY
Making his first appearance as a visitor at Wells Fargo Center following 15 seasons with the Flyers (including 10 as captain), Claude Giroux assisted on three of four unanswered goals by the Senators to spark his new club to victory. Giroux pushed his point streak to eight games (5-6-11) - the fifth time in his NHL career he has had a run of at least that length - and became the

with a point streak of eight or more games in his first season with Ottawa.
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CAPITALS, LIGHTNING TO CLOSE WEEKEND SET ON ESPN SUNDAY
The Capitals and Lightning will meet for the second time in three days, this time for a national broadcast on ESPN, with captains Alex Ovechkin and Steven Stamkos each chasing a milestone 300 goals apart. Ovechkin is 12 tallies shy of the 800-goal club, while Stamkos remains 12 away from joining "Ovi" and Sidney Crosby as the only active players to collect 500 goals with one franchise.
\ Washington defeated Tampa Bay on Friday to move to 5-1-1 in their past seven meetings dating to 2019-20. The Capitals' .786 point-percentage
against the Lightning over that span
ranks second among Eastern Conference clubs (NYR: .833).
HOCKEY FIGHTS CANCER NIGHT IN MINNESOTA
The Wild will become the 11th club to host a
Hockey Fights Cancer Awareness Night
this season when they host the Sharks and seek a third straight win. Just over one year ago, Wild defenseman Calen Addison scored his first NHL goal
during the club's Hockey Fights Cancer night
- which happened to be the seven-year anniversary of the date his grandfather died from lung cancer. Now 32 games into his NHL career, Addison enters Sunday
second in assists among rookies
(8).
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