March 17: Brodeur becomes NHL all-time wins leader

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: March 17
2009:
Martin Brodeur
becomes the winningest goalie in NHL history, but not without a scare.

Brodeur makes 30 saves, including one in the final seconds on Troy Brouwer, to help the New Jersey Devils
hold off the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2
at Prudential Center, It's his 552nd NHL win, moving him past Patrick Roy for first place on the all-time list.
When the game ends, Brodeur is surrounded by teammates in a Stanley Cup-like celebration; however, instead of raising the Cup, he takes out a pair of scissors and cuts the net.
"It was an exciting night," Brodeur says. "I'm happy that it's done and over with."
The win comes in Brodeur's 987th NHL game, all with New Jersey.
MORE MOMENTS
1938: The Montreal Canadiens
defeat the Montreal Maroons 6-3
at the Forum in the final game between the intracity rivals. The Maroons drop out of the NHL after the 1937-38 season.
On the same night,
Nels Stewart
of the New York Americans becomes the first player in NHL history to score 300 career goals. The milestone goal comes during a
5-3 loss to the New York Rangers
at Madison Square Garden.
1940: For the first time in history, one line --
Milt Schmidt
,
Woody Dumart
and
Bobby Bauer
-- finishes 1-2-3 in NHL scoring after the Boston Bruins score five goals in the third period to
defeat the visiting Canadiens 7-2
.The trio, known as the "Kraut Line" because they're boyhood friends who hail from the German community of Kitchener, Ontario, also help the Bruins finish first in the regular-season standings. Schmidt leads the NHL with 52 points (22 goals, 30 assists); Dumart (22 goals, 21 assists) and Bauer (17 goals, 26 assists), tie for second with 43 points.

1945:
Flash Hollett
becomes the first NHL defenseman to score 20 goals in a season. Goal No. 20 comes in the Detroit Red Wings'
4-3 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs
.
1955: A riot erupts in the streets of Montreal, with fans violently protesting NHL President Clarence Campbell's suspension of
Maurice Richard
the day before. The Canadiens forfeit their game to the Red Wings after a smoke bomb goes off in the Forum and crowds spill into the streets.
1968:The Bruins score three goals in the final 2:31 of the game to
defeat Montreal 3-1
and clinch their first trip to the Stanley Cup Playoffs in nine years.
Fred Stanfield
ties the game at 17:38,
Derek Sanderson
puts Boston ahead at 18:45 and
Phil Esposito
scores again at 19:39. The Bruins go on to make the playoffs for 29 straight years.
1982:
Wayne Gretzky
breaks his own NHL record by getting his 110th and 111st assists of the 1981-82 season in the Edmonton Oilers'
10-4 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins
at Northlands Coliseum. Gretzky also scores three goals for his 10th hat trick of the season. He goes on to set NHL single-season records with 92 goals, 120 assists and 212 points.
Exactly three years later, Gretzky gets his 1,100th NHL point, a second-period assist in a
5-4 loss to the Los Angeles Kings
at the Forum in Inglewood, California.
1986:
Michel Goulet
becomes a 50-goal scorer for the fourth consecutive season. He does it with a flourish, scoring four goals, including No. 50, and has two assists in the Quebec Nordiques's
8-6 win
against the Canadiens at the Montreal Forum.
1990: Gretzky, now playing for the Kings, scores a goal and has two assists in a
5-4 victory against the Bruins
at Boston Garden. The goal in Gretzky's 40th; he sets an NHL record for consecutive seasons with at least 40 goals. He also reaches 100 assists for the 10th season, another NHL record.

1992:
Joe Mullen
of the Pittsburgh Penguins becomes the first U.S.-born player to score his 400th NHL goal. Mullen has a goal and two assists in the Penguins'
6-5 victory against the Edmonton Oilers
. He's the 39th NHL player to score 400 goals.
1996:
Mike Gartner
scores two goals to help Toronto
defeat the Vancouver Canucks 4-2
at Maple Leaf Gardens. Gartner becomes a 30-goal scorer for the 16th time in his NHL career, extending his own record.

2001:
Mats Sundin
becomes the NHL's all-time leading scorer among players born in Sweden when he has two assists and an empty-net goal in the visiting Maple Leafs'
5-3 win against the Florida Panthers
. The three-point night gives Sundin 857, surpassing the mark held by Tomas Sandstrom.
2015: Andrew Hammond makes 35 saves in the Ottawa Senators'
2-1 overtime win against the Carolina Hurricanes
. Hammond improves to 11-0-1 since making his first NHL start on Feb. 18, becoming the second goaltender in NHL history to allow two or fewer goals in each of his first 12 career starts. He equals the mark set by Boston's
Frank Brimsek
in 1938-39.

2019: The Philadelphia Flyers use another late comeback to defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins, this time rallying for a
2-1 overtime win
at PPG Paints Arena. James van Riemsdyk scores with 19 seconds left in the third period to tie the game before Sean Couturier wins it with 3.4 seconds remaining in OT. Combined with a similar last-minute rally and overtime win 23 days earlier at their NHL Stadium Series game against Pittsburgh, the Flyers become the second team in NHL history to defeat the same team multiple times in the same season by scoring the tying goal in the final 30 seconds of the third period. The other is the Carolina Hurricanes, who do it against the Ottawa Senators in 2015-16.