2001:Forward
Gary Roberts
and coach Pat Quinn each reaches a milestone when the
Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Rangers 6-3
at Madison Square Garden. Roberts gets his 12th NHL hat trick to become the sixth player in League history with 350 goals and 2,000 penalty minutes. The victory makes Quinn the seventh coach in NHL history with 500 career wins.
2005: The Philadelphia Flyers
defeat the visiting Calgary Flames 1-0
in the first NHL game to be decided by a shootout after neither team scores during regulation time and overtime.
Mike Richards
scores the lone goal in the tiebreaker, and Philadelphia goalie
Antero Niittymaki
makes 28 saves through overtime and three more in the shootout.
2011: Goalie
Mike Murphy
of the Carolina Hurricanes is charged with the loss in the Calgary Flames'
7-6 victory
at Scotiabank Saddledome despite not allowing a goal. Murphy relieves
Cam Ward
midway through the third period with the Hurricanes trailing 6-3. He makes two saves before being removed for an extra attacker, but Calgary's
Jarome Iginla
hits the empty net to make it 7-4. However, the Hurricanes score at 19:32 and 19:55, meaning that Murphy is charged with the loss. He is the first goalie in NHL history to earn a loss before allowing his first goal. Murphy makes seven saves without allowing a goal three days later against the Winnipeg Jets before being returned to the minor leagues. He finishes his NHL career with an 0-1-0 record, an 0.00 goals-against average and 1.000 save percentage.
2014:Mike Babcock becomes the 19th coach in NHL history to reach 500 wins when the Red Wings rally from two goals down to
defeat the Rangers 3-2
. Babcock's first 69 wins come with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim; the next 431 are with Detroit, where he coaches from 2005-15. He's the 18th NHL coach to reach 500 wins and the third to have worked with the Red Wings, joining Scotty Bowman and Bryan Murray.