Feb. 22: Peter Stastny, Anton Stastny each get eight points for Nordiques

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Feb. 22
1981:Brothers
Peter Stastny
and
Anton Stastny
combine for 16 points in the
Quebec Nordiques' 11-7 victory
against the Washington Capitals in Landover, Maryland.

Peter has four goals and four assists, three on goals by Anton. In turn, Anton has three of his five assists on goals by Peter.
The brothers, playing in their first NHL season after defecting from Czechoslovakia, set an NHL record for the most points by a player in one road game. They join
Maurice Richard
,
Bert Olmstead
,
Tom Bladon
and
Bryan Trottier
as the only players to score eight points in a game (
Darryl Sittler
holds the NHL single-game record with 10).
The record-setting performance comes two days after each of the Stastnys scores three goals in a 9-3 win against the Vancouver Canucks.
MORE MOMENTS
1928:
Duke Keats
of the Chicago Blackhawks scores at 15:50 of the second period in a game against the Ottawa Senators, ending goalie
Alec Connell'
s bid for a seventh consecutive shutout. In all, Connell goes 460:49 without allowing a goal. The Senators
win 3-2
at Chicago.
1964:In one of the biggest trades in NHL history, the Toronto Maple Leafs send defensemen
Arnie Brown
and
Rod Seiling
with forwards
Bill Collins
,
Dick Duff
and
Bob Nevin
to the New York Rangers for forwards
Andy Bathgate
and
Don McKenney
. The trade works out well for each team: Bathgate and McKenney help Toronto win the
Stanley Cup
in
1964
, and Brown, Seiling and Nevin are keys to the revival of the Rangers.
Exactly 45 years later, the Rangers retire Bathgate's No. 9.

1980:The United States defeats the Soviet Union 4-3 in their medal-round game at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. Mike Eruzione scores the tie-breaking goal midway through the third period and goalie Jim Craig finishes with 36 saves. Two days later, the U.S. defeats Finland to win its first Olympic hockey gold medal since 1960.

1981: United States-born coaches oppose each other for the first time in NHL history. The Hartford Whalers, coached by Massachusetts native Larry Pleau, face the Rangers and Craig Patrick (from Michigan).
The Whalers defeat the Rangers 6-5
at the Hartford Civic Center.
1983:
Marcel Dionne
of the Los Angeles Kings becomes the NHL's first nine-time 40-goal scorer. His 40th goal of the season comes 8:03 into the third period of a
5-3 win against the Boston Bruins
at the Forum in Inglewood, California.
1984:
Wayne Gretzky
scores four goals
for his 10th hat trick of the season, tying the NHL record he set in 1981-82. It's his second four-goal game in as many days and helps the Edmonton Oilers to a 9-2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Civic Arena.

1997:
Teemu Selanne
of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim becomes the first player in NHL history to score a goal against 24 teams in one season. Selanne completes his collection when
he scores in a 4-2 win
against the Phoenix Coyotes at Arrowhead Pond.
1998:The Czech Republic, led by goalie
Dominik Hasek
of the Buffalo Sabres, wins the gold medal at the Nagano Olympics by defeating Russia 1-0 in the championship game.
2018: Pekka Rinne becomes the 34th goalie in NHL history to win 300 games by making 33 saves to help the Nashville Predators
defeat the San Jose Sharks 7-1
at Bridgestone Arena. All 300 wins come with the Predators after they select him in the eighth round (No. 258) in the 2004 NHL Draft.
2019:Patrick Kane scores a goal for the Chicago Blackhawks in a
5-3 loss to the Colorado Avalanche
at United Center to extend his point streak to 20 games. He becomes the seventh player in NHL history to have multiple point streaks of at least 20 games. Kane and five other players have two such streaks; Gretzky is the all-time leader with seven.