Jan. 23: Red Wings score 15 straight goals

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Jan. 23
1944:The Detroit Red Wings set an NHL record by
scoring 15 straight goals
to defeat the New York Rangers 15-0 at Olympia Stadium.
Syd Howe
leads the Red Wings with three goals and two assists, and Connie Dion gets his first NHL shutout.

Rangers goalie
Ken McAuley
makes 43 saves. Detroit nearly scores a 16th goal, but the puck slides into the net just after time expires in the third period.
MORE MOMENTS
1934:Rangers forward
Murray Murdoch
is honored in a ceremony prior to playing in his 400th consecutive NHL game, a
5-2 victory
against the Ottawa Senators at Madison Square Garden. Baseball's "Iron Horse," Lou Gehrig, makes a presentation to Murdoch, the NHL's first "Iron Man," who plays 508 consecutive games during 11 seasons before retiring from the League. He goes on to coach Yale University from 1938-65.
1956:
Jean Beliveau
of the Montreal Canadiens becomes the first hockey player to make the cover of Sports Illustrated.

1983:
Wayne Gretzky
scores a goal and has three assists in the Edmonton Oilers'
8-6 victory
against the Los Angeles Kings at Northlands Coliseum. Gretzky's 400th assist comes in his 290th NHL game.
1985:The Kings end a 21-game home winless streak against the Philadelphia Flyers with a
6-3 victory
. It's the Kings' first win against Philadelphia at the Forum in more than 12 years; they had been 0-17 with four ties since a 3-0 victory on Oct. 20, 1973.
1993:Rangers forward
Mike Gartner
becomes the first player in NHL history to score 30 goals in 14 consecutive seasons. Gartner
scores his 30th
of the 1992-93 season in New York's 8-3 victory against the Kings at the Forum in Inglewood, California.

2004:Carolina Hurricanes forward
Ron Francis
becomes the third player in NHL history to appear in 1,700 regular-season games. Francis has an assist in
a 3-2 loss
to the visiting New York Islanders.
2018: William Karlsson scores two goals against his former team to help the Vegas Golden Knights
defeat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-3
at T-Mobile Arena. The victory extends their point streak at home to 12 games (10-0-2). It's the 32nd win for the Golden Knights, one shy of the NHL record for a first-year team set in 1993-94 by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Florida Panthers.
2019: Nazem Kadri's fifth NHL hat trick helps Toronto Maple Leafs
defeat the Washington Capitals 6-3
at Scotiabank Arena. The Maple Leafs reach 30 wins in their 49th game for the second time in their history and the first time since finishing 30-14 with four ties in 1934-35, when the NHL plays a 48-game season.
Alex Ovechkin scores one of Washington's three goals, giving him 1,179 points and tying him with Hockey Hall of Famer
Sergei Fedorov
for the most in NHL history by a Russia-born player.