1992:
Mario Lemieux
scores twice in the Pittsburgh Penguins' 5-4 win at the Tampa Bay Lightning to extend his
team-record goal-scoring streak to 12 games
. Lemieux scores 18 goals during the 12-game streak.
2006:Pittsburgh rookie Evgeni Malkin becomes the first player since 1917-18, the NHL's first season, to
score a goal in six straight games from the start of his career
. Malkin scores his second of the game at 2:45 of overtime to give the Penguins a 4-3 victory against the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center.
2017: Joe Thornton becomes the 20th player in NHL history with 1,400 points when he has an assist on Joe Pavelski's second-period goal in
the San Jose Sharks' 4-1 win
against the Nashville Predators at SAP Center.
On the same night, longtime teammate Patrick Marleau becomes the eighth player in League history to have 100 game-winning goals when he scores 1:09 into the third period of
a 3-1 win by the Toronto Maple Leafs
against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center. The two are teammates from Nov. 30, 2005, when the Sharks acquire Thornton in a trade with the Boston Bruins, until July 2, 2017, when Marleau signs as a free agent with the Maple Leafs. They reunite when the Sharks sign Marleau as a free agent on Oct. 9, 2019.
2018: The Canadiens set an NHL record by scoring the final two goals of their
6-4 win against the Washington Capitals
at Bell Centre in two seconds. Montreal's Max Domi scores at 19:38 of the third period to put the Canadiens ahead 5-4, and Joel Armia hits the empty net at 19:40. The previous mark for fastest two goals by one team is three seconds, set by the
St. Louis Eagles on March 12, 1935
, and matched by the
Minnesota Wild on Jan. 21, 2004
and the
New York Islanders on Nov. 30, 2016
.
2019: David Perron scores the fastest overtime goal in St. Louis Blues history when he scores eight seconds into OT for a
4-3 victory
against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Enterprise Center. He also joins
Joe Mullen
(Nov. 12-16, 1985) as the only players in Blues history to score two overtime goals in a span of three games.