March 10: Goring traded to Islanders

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: March 10
1980:In what it still the gold standard for deals made prior to the NHL Trade Deadline, the New York Islanders acquire 29-year-old center
Butch Goring
from the Los Angeles Kings for forward
Billy Harris
and defenseman
Dave Lewis
.

After being upset by the New York Rangers in the 1979 Stanley Cup Semifinals, the Islanders play inconsistent hockey for the first five months of the 1979-80 season. That changes after the Islanders acquire Goring, who's played his entire NHL career with the Kings and isn't expecting to be traded.
"My initial reaction was one of anger and disappointment," he says three decades later. "I got here and I realized I was going to an awfully good hockey club. That made it a lot easier to handle. This was a team that had a chance to win a Stanley Cup. Once I was able to get the emotions out of it, I realized it was a tremendous opportunity."
With Goring filling the role of No. 2 center, the Islanders are 8-0 with four ties in their final 12 regular-season games, then go on to win the first of their four consecutive Stanley Cup championships.
MORE MOMENTS
1920:
Joe Malone
scores six goals for the Quebec Bulldogs in a
10-4 victory against the Ottawa Senators
, becoming the first NHL player to score at least six goals in a game twice during his career. Six weeks earlier, he sets an NHL record by scoring seven goals in a win against Ottawa.
1927:
Howie Morenz
of the Montreal Canadiens scores three straight goals in the third period for his first NHL hat trick in a
4-2 win against the visiting Toronto St Patricks
.
1955:The Maple Leafs and Canadiens play to a
scoreless tie at the Forum
, with Toronto's
Harry Lumley
and Montreal's
Jacques Plante
earning shutouts. However, history is made when the Zamboni ice-resurfacing machine makes its NHL debut. Previously, resurfacing is done by a team of workers who have to meticulously squeegee the ice. The Zamboni, invented by Frank J. Zamboni in 1949, becomes a fixture in NHL arenas and rinks around the world.
1971:
Bobby Orr
scores twice for the Boston Bruins in an
8-1 victory against the California Golden Seals
in Oakland. The two goals give Orr 34, a single-season NHL record. He breaks his own mark of 33, set during the previous season.
1978:The Bruins acquire defenseman
Dennis O'Brien
on waivers from the Cleveland Barons, making him the first NHL player to be with four teams in the same season. O'Brien begins 1977-78 with the Minnesota North Stars, is traded to the Colorado Rockies after 13 games, then is sent to the Barons. After 23 games in Cleveland, he goes to Boston.
Exactly 14 years later, forward
Dave McLlwain
becomes the second player to play on four NHL teams in a single season when the Islanders trade him to the Maple Leafs.

1992:Al Arbour earns his 700th win as an NHL coach when the
Islanders defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-2
at Nassau Coliseum. He joins Scotty Bowman as the only coaches in League history to win 700 games.
On the same night,
Mario Lemieux
of the Pittsburgh Penguins hits the 100-point mark for the seventh time in his NHL career when he is credited with an assist during a
5-2 win against the Calgary Flames
in Pittsburgh.
1998:Roger Neilson becomes the first man in NHL history to coach seven different teams. Team No. 7 is the Flyers, who play to a
2-2 tie against the New Jersey Devils at the Spectrum
in Neilson's first game as coach. Neilson coaches the Flyers through the end of the 1999-2000 season.
2000:
Vincent Lecavalier
is named captain of the Tampa Bay Lightning. At age 19, he becomes the youngest full-time captain in NHL history, a distinction previously held by
Steve Yzerman
, who's 21 when he's named captain of the Detroit Red Wings in 1986.
2002:
Evgeni Nabokov
of the San Jose Sharks becomes the seventh
goalie in NHL history to score a goal
and the first to get a power-play goal. Nabokov shoots the puck the length of the ice and into an empty net with 47.2 seconds to play in the
Sharks' 7-4 road win against the Vancouver Canucks
.

2003:
Mats Sundin
of the Toronto Maple Leafs scores a goal at 14:12 of the third period against the Edmonton Oilers at Rexall Place for his 1,000th NHL point. It comes after
Alexander Mogilny
and
Tomas Kaberle
score 38 seconds apart earlier in the period and proves to be the game-winner in a
3-2 victory
.
2004:The Oilers set an NHL record by playing in their sixth consecutive overtime game, a
3-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche
at Rexall Place. Colorado defenseman
Adam Foote
scores two power-play goals, including the winner at 2:37 of overtime.
2018: The NHL-leading Tampa Bay Lightning become the first team to reach 100 points in 2017-18 when they
defeat the Canadiens 3-2
in a shootout at Amalie Arena. Nikita Kucherov scores the game-deciding goal to extend Tampa Bay's point streak to 10 games (9-0-1).
On the same night, the Vegas Golden Knights set an NHL record for road wins by a team in its first season with a
2-1 shootout victory
against the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center. It's the 20th road win for the Golden Knights, who finish the season 22-14-5 away from Las Vegas.
Also, Joel Quenneville coaches his 1,608th NHL game when the
Chicago Blackhawks lose 7-4 to the Bruins
at TD Garden, passing Arbour (1,607) on the all-time NHL games-coached list.
2019: Matthew Tkachuk scores three goals for his first NHL hat trick in the Calgary Flames'
6-3 win against the Golden Knights
at Scotiabank Saddledome. At 21 years, 89 days, Matthew requires 120 fewer days than his father,
Keith Tkachuk
, to get his first NHL hat trick.