Jan. 10: Ovechkin first Russia-born player with 500 NHL goals

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Jan. 10
2016:Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin becomes the fifth-fastest player in NHL history, and the first born in Russia, to score 500 goals. The milestone comes when he scores a power-play goal at
16:19 of the second period
in the Capitals' 7-1 victory against the visiting Ottawa Senators.

Ovechkin takes a cross-ice pass from Jason Chimera and beats goalie
Andrew Hammond
for No. 500; it comes in his 801st NHL game. Only
Wayne Gretzky
(575 games),
Mario Lemieux
(605),
Mike Bossy
(647) and
Brett Hull
(693) get to 500 goals faster.
"It is a special moment," Ovechkin says. "It is nice to be in that category."
Ovechkin starts on his next milestone by scoring No. 501 on a breakaway at 9:46 of the third period to complete the scoring.

MORE MOMENTS
1920:
Newsy Lalonde
scores six goals
to help the Montreal Canadiens defeat the Toronto St. Pats 14-7 at Mount Royal Arena in Montreal. The 21 total goals set an NHL record that isn't matched for 65 years.
1931:The Philadelphia Quakers defeat the Montreal Maroons 4-3 in overtime to end their 15-game losing streak.
Gerry Lowrey
gives the Quakers the win when he
scores midway through the 10-minute overtime
. It's the longest losing streak in NHL history until the first-year Capitals lose 17 straight in 1974-75.
1960: Less than 2 1/2 months after
Jacques Plante
makes history by becoming the first NHL goalie to wear a mask on a regular basis,
Don Simmons
of the Boston Bruins becomes the second to do so. Simmons, wearing a mask,
makes 37 saves
in a 4-0 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Boston Garden.

1985:Boston native
Tom Barrasso
becomes the first goalie to shut out the Bruins at Boston Garden in more than seven years when the Buffalo Sabres win 3-0. It's the first time the Bruins fail to score a goal on home ice since a 2-0 loss to Montreal on Oct. 16, 1977. Barrasso
makes 20 saves
for his fifth NHL shutout.
1989:
Wayne Gretzky
passes
Gordie Howe
for the most combined points (regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs) in NHL history. Gretzky
has four assists
for the Los Angeles Kings in a 5-4 victory against the Edmonton Oilers at the Forum in Inglewood, California, giving him 2,011 points in regular-season and playoff games. That's one more than Howe has in 26 NHL seasons, 25 of them with the Detroit Red Wings. That Gretzky passes Howe's mark against Edmonton is ironic: 1,669 of his regular-season points and 242 of his playoff points come with the Oilers before he's traded to the Kings on Aug. 9, 1988.
1993:
Bob Kudelski
scores three goals for the first hat trick in Ottawa Senators "modern" history, and the third of his career, in a 3-2 win against the visiting San Jose Sharks. The win ends an 11-game losing streak for the first-year Senators.
2004:
Sheldon Souray
sets the single-game record for points by a Canadiens defenseman by scoring a goal and
getting five assists
in Montreal's 8-0 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Souray surpasses the previous record of five points shared by
Doug Harvey
and
Lyle Odelein
.
2019:Artemi Panarin scores his second goal of the game 1:22 into overtime to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a
4-3 win
against the Nashville Predators at Nationwide Arena. Panarin's goal gives John Tortorella his 600th victory as an NHL coach. He's the first U.S.-born coach in NHL history to reach 600 wins.