Jan. 14: Quenneville passes Arbour with 783rd win

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Jan. 14
2016: Joel Quenneville
passes Al Arbour
to become the second-winningest NHL coach when the Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Montreal Canadiens
2-1
at United Center.

It's the 783rd regular-season victory for Quenneville. As a defenseman; he spends much of his playing career competing against Arbour's New York Islanders, who won the
Stanley Cup
four consecutive times from
1980
-
83
.
Quenneville guides the Blackhawks to the Cup three times in a six-season stretch from 2009-15.
"Trying to play against Arbour's] teams over the years, he was one of those guys that was distinguished behind the bench," said Quenneville, who wins for the 347th time with the Blackhawks. "His teams were always winning teams and they always played hard and were tough to play against. I think as a player you heard a lot of good things about Al as well. His teams were successful, and catching him, I'm very honored."
**MORE MOMENTS**
**1922:**For the first time in the NHL, brothers on the same team score four goals in the same game. Defenseman
[Sprague Cleghorn
and brother
Odie Cleghorn
each score four goals
in the Canadiens' 10-6 win against the visiting Hamilton Tigers.
1936:The New York Rangers and coach Lester Patrick each reach an NHL milestone in
a 2-1 victory
against the Montreal Maroons at the Forum. The Rangers become the fifth team with 200 regular-season wins; Patrick, New York's coach since the inception of the Rangers in 1926, becomes the first coach with 200.
1943: Left wing
Alex Smart
becomes the first player to
score three goals
in his NHL debut. Smart also has an assist for a four-point game in Montreal's 5-1 win against Chicago at the Forum. Smart plays eight games in his NHL career, finishing with five goals and seven points, before being returned to senior hockey.
1971:
Phil Esposito
scores three goals, setting
a modern NHL record
with his fifth hat trick of the season, in the Boston Bruins' 9-5 victory against the Los Angeles Kings at Boston Garden. Esposito also has three assists for a six-point night. It's his 10th NHL hat trick and it helps the Bruins extend their home winning streak to 12 games.

1984:
Mike Bossy
scores his 400th goal in his 506th NHL game,
a 4-2 victory
for the Islanders against the Rangers at Nassau Coliseum. Bossy becomes the fastest player in League history to score 400 goals (a mark later broken by
Wayne Gretzky
).

1988:
Denis Potvin
becomes the first defenseman in NHL history to score 300 goals when he gets
a power-play goal
in the second period of the Islanders' 8-5 victory against the Quebec Nordiques at Nassau Coliseum. Potvin, already the first NHL defenseman to reach 1,000 NHL points, scores goal No. 300 when he picks up a loose puck in the high slot and beats Quebec goaltender
Ron Tugnutt
through traffic from 35 feet. The game is stopped for several minutes when Potvin receives a standing ovation. He retires at the end of the season with NHL-record totals (since surpassed) of 310 goals and 1,052 points.

2006:The Buffalo Sabres reach double figures in goals for the first time in nearly 13 years when they defeat the visiting Los Angeles Kings 10-1. Jason Pominville scores three consecutive goals for
a natural hat trick
and
Jochen Hecht
scores three times in Buffalo's biggest offensive night since a 10-7 victory against the Detroit Red Wings on Feb. 24, 1993. The 10 goals are the most allowed by the Kings since a 10-3 loss to the Washington Capitals on Feb. 13, 1993.
2014:Two 41-year-olds, goaltender
Martin Brodeur
and forward Jaromir Jagr, power the New Jersey Devils to a 4-1 victory against the Canadiens at Bell Centre. Brodeur
makes 29 saves
to improve his record in Montreal to 20-9-1; he receives an ovation after being named First Star of the Game in what turns out to be his final appearance in the city where he grew up. Jagr scores at 17:23 of the first period to end a 10-game drought. It's the 695th goal of his NHL career, passing
Mark Messier
for seventh on the all-time list.
2019: A six-game night in the NHL produces 52 goals (8.67 per game). It's the first time at least 52 goals are scored on a six-game night since March 28, 1995 (also 52). The Devils lead the way with eight goals in their
8-5 win
against the Chicago Blackhawks at Prudential Center, followed by the Philadelphia Flyers (
7-4 against the Minnesota Wild
) and Edmonton Oilers (
7-2 against the Buffalo Sabres
). There are at least five goals scored in every game.