"I was standing next to
Mark Messier
during the anthems,"
Wayne Gretzky
recalls years later. "I said to him, 'This is unbelievable.' I've heard it as loud here before when we came into Chicago with the Edmonton Oilers. But never as emotional. The flags of both countries, the banners, the vibrations. You could tell that the fans, like us, were thinking of other things."
Damphousse scores three times in the third period to help the Campbell Conference pull away. His four-goal performance matches the All-Star Game record and earns him MVP honors.
Gretzky scores once to become the all-time leader in All Star Game goals with 11, one more than
Gordie Howe
.
MORE MOMENTS
1971: Howe appears in a record 14th consecutive All-Star Game, surpassing the mark set by
Maurice Richard
. It's Howe's 22nd appearance in 23 NHL seasons. The Western Conference defeats the Eastern Conference 2-1 at Boston Garden.
1996:The NHL Board of Governors approves the sale of the Winnipeg Jets. The move officially clears the way for the franchise to move to Phoenix in time for the 1996-97 season.
2000:Rookie goalie
Evgeni Nabokov
gets a shutout in his first NHL start,
making 39 saves
when the San Jose Sharks and Colorado Avalanche play to a 0-0 tie at Pepsi Center. At the other end of the ice, Colorado goalie
Patrick Roy
makes 15 saves for his 47th NHL shutout.
2004: Colorado Avalanche forward
Milan Hejduk
becomes the third player in NHL history to
score an overtime goal on a penalty shot
. He beats goalie
Nikolai Khabibulin
59 seconds into OT to give the visiting Avalanche a 5-4 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning. It's the second penalty-shot goal of Hejduk's NHL career and comes eight days after the first one against the Chicago Blackhawks.
2006:
Luc Robitaille
passes
Marcel Dionne
for the most goals in Los Angeles Kings history when he
scores three times
in an 8-6 victory against the Atlanta Thrashers at Staples Center. Robitaille scores once in the first period and twice in the third; the three goals give him 551 with the Kings, one more than Dionne.
2019: Henrik Lundqvist moves into sixth place on the NHL all-time wins list when the New York Rangers
defeat the Boston Bruins 3-2
at TD Garden. Lundqvist makes 27 saves for his 446th NHL win, one more than
Terry Sawchuk
. Mika Zibanejad becomes the second player in Rangers history to score the winning goal for the third consecutive game, joining
Rod Gilbert
, who does it from Dec. 11-17, 1966.
