1997:The Hockey Hall of Fame inducts two of the all-time great centers,
Mario Lemieux
and Trottier, as well as
Glen Sather
, the architect of the Edmonton Oilers' dynasty. Lemieux is honored one season after retiring; the Hall waives the standard three-year waiting period. However, he returns to the ice in 2000 and becomes the third player to play an NHL game as a member of the Hall of Fame.
2016:Markus Granlund scores
with 44.5 seconds remaining
in the third period gives the Minnesota Wild a 1-0 victory against the Bruins at Xcel Energy Center. Granlund's attempted pass hits the skates of two Bruins before deflecting into the net. Minnesota goalie Devan Dubnyk makes 25 saves and shuts out the Bruins for the second time in three weeks.
2017: NHL general managers meet at the historic Windsor (then a hotel, now an office building) in Montreal to celebrate the League's first 100 years, with the unveiling of a bronze plaque produced by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. According to the handwritten minutes taken 100 years ago, a meeting was called there "to ascertain if some steps could not be taken to perpetuate the game of hockey." The NHL officially comes into being on Nov. 26, 1917. "The NHL was born here," Commissioner Gary Bettman says, "and it will live here forever."
2018:The Tampa Bay Lightning blow a four-goal lead in the third period but
defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-5
at Wells Fargo Center on a goal by Anthony Cirelli at 1:47 of overtime. The Lightning lead 5-1 with less than 11 minutes remaining in the third period, only to allow four goals in a span of 6:04. The Lightning became the sixth team in NHL history to squander a four-goal lead in the third period and by win the game, and the first since the Dallas Stars
defeat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-5
on Dec. 8, 2015. The Flyers became the ninth team to rally from a four-goal deficit in the final 10 minutes of the third period and tie the game.
2019: Marc-Andre Fleury makes 34 saves for his 449th NHL victory, helping the
Vegas Golden Knights defeat the Calgary Flames 6-0
at T-Mobile Arena. The shutout, Fleury's second of the season and 58th of his NHL career, ties
John Ross Roach
for 19th in League history.