Dec. 22: Jagr passes Messier for second place in all-time NHL scoring

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Dec. 22
2016:
Jaromir Jagr
of the Florida Panthers passes
Mark Messier
and moves into second place on the
NHL all-time scoring list
, trailing only
Wayne Gretzky
(2,857 points).

The 44-year-old forward passes Messier with a
third-period assist
on a goal by Aleksander Barkov that gives him 1,888 points. Defenseman Mike Matheson's shot from the point hits Jagr and caroms into the right circle, where Barkov controls it and beats Boston goaltender Tuukka Rask.
After a video review confirms the goal, the Panthers present him with a gold stick. The only thing that mars Jagr's big night is that the Bruins win the game 3-1.
"I was dreaming about something else," Jagr says. "I thought I was going to score beautiful goal, beautiful assist, and we're going to win the hockey game. Obviously, it didn't go the way I wanted it to go.

MORE MOMENTS
1974:
Phil Esposito
becomes the
sixth player in NHL history with 500 goals
when he scores twice in the second period for the Boston Bruins in a 5-4 victory against the Detroit Red Wings at Boston Garden. Esposito scores a shorthanded goal at 4:46 and a power-play goal at 6:49 of the second period to reach the milestone, joining
Gordie Howe
,
Bobby Hull
,
Maurice Richard
,
Frank Mahovlich
and
Jean Beliveau
.
1979:The Philadelphia Flyers extend their undefeated streak to an NHL-record 29 games (20 wins, nine ties) with
a 5-2 victory
against the Bruins at Boston Garden. The Flyers surpass the previous mark of 28 games without a loss set by the 1977-78 Montreal Canadiens. They extend their streak to 35 games (25 wins, 10 ties) before losing to the Minnesota North Stars on
Jan. 7, 1980
.
1990:
Paul Coffey
of the Pittsburgh Penguins becomes the
second defenseman in NHL history with 1,000 points
in his career. He reaches the milestone with a second-period assist on a goal by
Kevin Stevens
during a 4-3 win against the New York Islanders at Nassau Coliseum.
1993:
Dean Evason
scores a shorthanded goal at 3:20 of overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 3-2 victory against the Anaheim Ducks at Arrowhead Pond. It's the
first shorthanded goal scored in overtime
since the NHL adopts the five-minute overtime period in 1983.
1996:
Brett Hull
joins his father,
Bobby Hull
, in the NHL's 500-goal club when he scores three times for the St. Louis Blues in
a 7-4 victory
against the visiting Los Angeles Kings. It looks like Brett Hull gets his 500th goal 20 seconds into the third period, but it's taken away about five minutes later when video shows the puck actually goes into the net off the leg of teammate
Stephane Matteau
. No matter: Hull beats goaltender
Stephane Fiset
at 10:25 to complete his hat trick and become the 24th player in NHL history to score 500 goals. The Hulls are the first father-son tandem to each score 500 goals.

Brett Hull's milestone goal comes exactly 25 years after the 28th (and final) hat trick of his father's NHL career.
Bobby Hull scores three times
in the Chicago Blackhawks' 4-1 victory against the California Golden Seals in Oakland. He becomes the first player in NHL history with 28 hat tricks by scoring twice in the first period and once in the second against goaltender Gilles Meloche.
2002:
Ron Francis
joins Gretzky as the
only players in NHL history with 1,200 career assists
when he sets up Jeff O'Neill's goal midway through the third period of the Carolina Hurricanes' 1-0 victory against the visiting Stars. Francis finishes his NHL career with 1,249 assists, second to Gretzky's 1,963
2018:The Los Angeles Kings get a win in their 4,000th regular-season game since entering the NHL in 1967 when Ilya Kovalchuk scores at 2:29 of overtime for a
3-2 victory against the San Jose Sharks
at SAP Center. Kovalchuk, making his return after five seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League, scores his second goal of the game, 10th of the season and 427th of his NHL career on a breakaway after tracking down a long rebound.