Hall sits out three nights after his streak of starting 502 consecutive regular-season games, the most of any goalie in NHL history, ends when he leaves in the first period against the Boston Bruins because of back problems.
Denis DeJordy
starts in Hall's place and
makes 33 saves
to help the Blackhawks to a 3-1 win. DeJordy plays each of the next three games before Hall returns on Nov. 17.
MORE MOMENTS
1934:
Armand Mondou
of the Canadiens becomes the first player in NHL history to be awarded a penalty shot. Mondou fails to score against goalie
George Hainsworth
, and the Toronto Maple Leafs
defeat the Canadiens 2-1 in overtime
at Maple Leaf Gardens.
1942:The New York Rangers get overtime goals by
Bryan Hextall Sr.
and
Lynn Patrick
to
defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3
. It's the NHL's final regular-season overtime game until the 1983-84 season, when a five-minute, sudden-death period is added to games that are tied after 60 minutes. In the earlier version of OT, teams play a full 10-minute extra period.
1963:
Gordie Howe
of the Detroit Red Wings becomes the NHL's all-time leading goal-scorer, passing
Maurice Richard
. Appropriately, the record-setting goal comes in a 3-0 victory against the visiting Canadiens, Richard's longtime team before retiring in 1960. Goal No. 545 comes when Howe
scores shorthanded
against goalie
Charlie Hodge
at 15:06 of the second period. He receives a 10-minute ovation from the crowd of 15,077 at Olympia Stadium. It comes 17 years to the day when Howe plays on a line with left wing
Ted Lindsay
and center
Alex Delvecchio
for the first time; the trio is later nicknamed "The Production Line."