1992: In one of the biggest trades in NHL history, the Toronto Maple Leafs send
Gary Leeman
,
Michel Petit
,
Craig Berube
,
Jeff Reese
and
Alexander Godynyuk
to the Calgary Flames for
Doug Gilmour
,
Ric Nattress
,
Jamie Macoun
,
Rick Wamsley
and
Kent Manderville
. The big prize turns out to be Gilmour, who helps Toronto advance to the conference final in 1993 and 1994.
1999:
Damian Rhodes
of the Ottawa Senators becomes
the first NHL goalie to score a goal and get a shutout in the same game
. He makes 30 saves in a 6-0 win against the visiting New Jersey Devils and is credited with a first-period goal when he is the last Senators player to touch the puck before Devils defenseman
Lyle Odelein
inadvertently shoots it into his own net during a delayed penalty.
Exactly two years later,
Jose Theodore
of the Montreal Canadiens matches Rhodes' accomplishment
in a 3-0 win
against the Islanders at Nassau Coliseum. Theodore makes 32 saves and backhands the puck down the ice and into an empty net with nine seconds remaining in the third period after the Islanders pull goalie
John Vanbiesbrouck
.
2002:
Ron Francis
reaches two milestones on the same night. Francis plays in his 1,000th game with the Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes franchise and scores his 500th NHL goal in
Carolina's 6-3 loss to the visiting Bruins
. Francis joins Gretzky, Howe,
Mark Messier
and
Marcel Dionne
as the only NHL players with 500 goals and 1,000 assists.
2012: The
New York Rangers defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2
in the 2012 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist makes 34 saves, the biggest of which comes when he stops
Daniel Briere
on a penalty shot with 19.8 seconds remaining in the third period.