April 2: Coffey tops Orr's NHL mark for goals by defenseman

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: April 2
1986:
Paul Coffey
ties and then breaks
Bobby Orr
's NHL single-season record for goals by a defenseman by scoring twice in the
Edmonton Oilers 8-4 victory
against the Vancouver Canucks at Northlands Coliseum.

Coffey ties Orr's mark of 46 goals, set in 1974-75, by scoring an unassisted goal late in the first period, then gets No. 47 by beating
Wendell Young
2:44 into the second period. He scores a power-play goal against the Calgary Flames two days later and finishes the season with 48 goals, still an NHL record.
MORE MOMENTS
1927:
Lorne Chabot
of the New York Rangers becomes the first rookie goalie in NHL history to earn a shutout in his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut. Neither Chabot nor Boston's
Hal Winkler
allows a goal in an
0-0 tie
in Game 1 of the Semifinals.
1939:
Mel Hill
, a 25-year-old forward in his first full NHL season, earns the nickname "Sudden Death" by scoring his third overtime goal of the Bruins' Stanley Cup Semifinal series against the Rangers to win Game 7.
Ray Getliffe
of the Bruins and the Rangers'
Muzz Patrick
score less than two minutes apart late in the second period at Boston Garden, but goalies
Frank Brimsek
of the Bruins and
Bert Gardiner
of the Rangers keep the game tied 1-1 through the rest of regulation time and two overtime periods. Hill. whose overtime goals win Games 1 and 2 for the Bruins, strikes again at 8:00 of the third overtime. He takes a pass from
Bill Cowley
in front of the Rangers' net, holds the puck for a second and flips it past Gardiner on the short side for a
2-1 victory
to win the series. More than 80 years later, Hill is still the only player in NHL history to score three overtime goals in one playoff series.
1969:
Ted Irvine
of the Los Angeles Kings scores 19 seconds into overtime, setting a playoff record for fastest OT goal. The Kings
defeat the Oakland Seals 5-4
for their first postseason overtime victory.
1972:
Bobby Hull
scores his 604th and final goal as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks in a season-ending
6-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings
at Chicago Stadium. It is the 50th goal of the season for the "Golden Jet," making him the first NHL player to reach the 50-goal mark five times.

On the same day,
Vic Hadfield
becomes the first player in Rangers history to score 50 goals in a season. Hadfield, playing with a broken thumb, reaches the mark when he beats
Denis DeJordy
of the Montreal Canadiens for his second goal of the game at 14:46 of the third period at Madison Square Garden. Hadfield gets an ovation from the packed house at the Garden, but the
Canadiens win the game 6-5
.
1977: The Canadiens break their own single-season record for victories when they
defeat the Washington Capitals 11-0
at the Forum. It's their 59th win, one more than the mark they set in 1975-76.
Guy Lafleur
and
Bob Gainey
each score a goal and have three assists to help Montreal extend its NHL-record home-ice undefeated streak to 34 games (28 wins, six ties). They defeat the Capitals 2-1 in Landover, Maryland, the next night and finish 60-8-12 for 132 points, still an NHL record.
1980:
Wayne Gretzky
becomes the first teenager to score 50 goals in an NHL season. Gretzky, 19, scores Edmonton's only goal in a
1-1 tie with the Minnesota North Stars
at Northlands Coliseum.
Exactly five years later, Gretzky scores three goals for his NHL-record 34th hat trick in the Oilers'
6-4 win against the Los Angeles Kings
in Inglewood, California. He surpasses the previous mark set two months earlier by
Mike Bossy
of the New York Islanders.

1989:
Joe Mullen
of the Calgary Flames sets an NHL single-season record for points by a U.S.-born player, Mullen scores a goal and has two assists in a
4-2 win against the visiting Oilers
, giving him 110 for the season. That's three more than Jimmy Carson has with the Detroit Red Wings in 1987-88.
On the same night,
Mario Lemieux
scores his 84th and 85th goals of the season for the Pittsburgh Penguins in a
6-5 overtime win
against the Philadelphia Flyers at the Spectrum. His second goal comes at 3:38 of OT and is the 300th of his five-year NHL career.
1994: The
San Jose Sharks defeat the Canucks 7-4
, giving them a record of 31-33-15 and 77 points, a 53-point improvement from the previous season. It's still the biggest turnaround by any team in NHL history. The Sharks finish 33-35 with 16 ties and earn a playoff berth with 82 points after finishing with 24 in 1992-93.
2004:The Toronto Maple Leafs set a team record by earning their 101st point of the season with a
2-0 road win
against the Buffalo Sabres.
Ed Belfour
gets the 74th shutout of his career.
2016:Lindy Ruff becomes the fifth coach in NHL history to win 700 games when the
Dallas Stars defeat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2
at Staples Center. He joins Scotty Bowman, Joel Quenneville, Al Arbour and Ken Hitchcock as coaches with 700 NHL wins. "It means I've been around a long time," says Ruff, who's in his third season with the Stars after coaching the Buffalo Sabres for 15 seasons.
2018:
Henrik Sedin
and twin brother
Daniel Sedin
announce that they will retire at the end of the season. The 37-year-olds, taken No. 2 and No. 3 by the Canucks in the 1999 NHL Draft,
disclose their decision
via a letter on the team website. The Sedins play 17 seasons with the Canucks, leading Vancouver to the playoffs 11 times and to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final in 2011. Henrik finishes his career as the Canucks' all-time leading scorer with 1,070 points, followed by Daniel with 1,041.
2019: Brad Marchand becomes the fifth player in 2018-19 to reach the 100-point mark when he scores one goal and assists on another for the Boston Bruins in a
6-2 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets
at Nationwide Arena. The five 100-point scorers are the most in the NHL since 2006-07 (seven), and he's the first member of the Bruins to hit triple figures since Joe Thornton has 101 points in 2002-03. Marchand also becomes the 13th player in NHL history to have his first 100-point season in his 10th season or later.