Nov. 18: Detroit NHL franchise plays first game

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Nov. 18
1926:Detroit's new NHL franchise, known as the Cougars,
plays its first game
but loses 2-0 to the Boston Bruins.

Duke Keats
scores an early goal and sets up one by
Archie Briden
to give the Bruins a two-goal lead before the game is three minutes old. Those are the only shots to get past Detroit goalie
Herb Stuart
, but Boston's
Charles Stewart
makes 21 saves for the shutout.
The game is played before 6,000 fans at the Border Cities Arena in Windsor, Ontario. All of Detroit's home games during its first season are played in Windsor. Olympia Stadium in Detroit opens in time for the 1927-28 season.
On the same night, the
Montreal Canadiens make the Forum their permanent home
, though they lose 2-1 to the Ottawa Senators. The Forum remains their home for 70 years.
MORE MOMENTS
1930:
Lorne Chabot
becomes the
first goalie in NHL history to start a season with three consecutive shutouts
when the Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Montreal Maroons 3-0. The three straight shutouts match Chabot's total in the other 34 games he plays that season.
1967:Defenseman
Tim Horton
becomes the first player to skate in 1,000 games for the Maple Leafs when he plays in Toronto's
2-2 tie against the Chicago Blackhawks
at Maple Leaf Gardens. Rookie center
Garry Unger
scores for Toronto early in the second period to tie the game 1-1; it's the first of his 413 NHL goals.
1977: Hours after signing with the Detroit Red Wings, center
Vaclav Nedomansky has three assists in his first NHL game
, a 5-3 loss to the Atlanta Flames at the Omni. Nedomansky, a native of Czechoslovakia, becomes the first player to defect from Eastern Europe and play professionally in North America in 1974; he plays with the Toronto Toros and Birmingham Bulls of the World Hockey Association before joining the Red Wings as a free agent. Nedomansky is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2019.
1979:The Vancouver Canucks defeat the Canadiens 5-2 at Pacific Coliseum for their
first home victory against Montreal since entering the NHL
in 1970.
Glen Hanlon
makes 34 saves. The victory ends Vancouver's streak of 21 home games (0-15 with six ties) without a win against the Canadiens.
1991:
Mark Recchi
, a 2017 inductee into the Hockey Hall of Fame, has
a six-point game
, including his first NHL hat trick, to help the Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Quebec Nordiques 7-3 at Le Colisee.
Kevin Stevens
also scores three goals for the Penguins.

2001:
Patrick Roy
makes 33 saves for his third consecutive shutout and the Colorado Avalanche
defeat the New Jersey Devils 2-0
at Continental Airlines Arena. It's the 56th shutout of his career. Defenseman
Rob Blake
scores twice for Colorado, ending a 12-game goal-scoring drought.
2010:Steven Stamkos scores three goals and sets up another, helping the
Tampa Bay Lightning defeat the Philadelphia Flyers
8-7 at Wells Fargo Center. The teams combine for nine goals in the first period and five more in the second before Nate Thompson scores the game-winner 5:19 into the third. The 15 goals are the most in an NHL game since the Calgary Flames defeat the Lightning 9-6 on Dec. 13, 2007.
2014:The Nashville Predators set their single-game record for goals by
defeating the Maple Leafs 9-2
at Air Canada Centre. Forward
Taylor Beck
scores two goals for Nashville, and defenseman Shea Weber has three assists.
2019: Alex Ovechkin scores the 254th power-play goal of his NHL career, helping the
Washington Capitals defeat the Anaheim Ducks 5-2
at Capital One Arena. Ovechkin moves one behind
Teemu Selanne
, who's third in NHL history in power-play goals, and gets within 20 of the all-time leader,
Dave Andreychuk
.
In Toronto, former Dallas Stars teammates
Guy Carbonneau
and
Sergei Zubov
are among six people inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Also inducted are Hayley Wickenheiser and
Vaclav Nedomansky
as players and Jim Rutherford and Jerry York as builders.