1970: The third-year Pittsburgh Penguins become the first team in NHL history to win its first four playoff games. After missing the postseason in their first two seasons, the visiting Penguins complete a four-game sweep of their Quarterfinal series when
Michel Briere
scores at 8:28 of overtime for a
3-2 victory against the Oakland Seals
.
1994:
Dominik Hasek
of the Buffalo Sabres becomes the first NHL goalie in 20 years to finish with a goals-against average of less than 2.00. He allows three goals in a
3-2 loss to the New York Rangers
at Madison Square Garden in his final appearance of the regular season but finishes 30-20-6 with a 1.95 GAA and seven shutouts. Before Hasek does it, no goaltender has finished with a GAA below 2.00 since
Bernie Parent
of the Philadelphia Flyers (1.87) in 1973-74.
Photo:
Hasek-94 4-6
1996: The Jets make the final regular-season home game in franchise history a memorable one.
Keith Tkachuk
becomes the third player in the Jets' NHL history to score 50 goals when he hits an empty net with one second remaining, wrapping up a
5-3 victory against the Kings
at Winnipeg Arena. The win clinches a playoff berth for the Jets, who move to Arizona after losing their first-round playoff series to Detroit in six games.
On the same night, the
Red Wings' 5-3 victory
against the Chicago Blackhawks is their NHL-record 61st of the season, one more than the previous record of 60 set by Montreal in 1976-77. Detroit also ties an NHL record set by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1975-76 with its 36th home victory.