Nov. 27: Howe reaches three milestones

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Nov. 27
Gordie Howe
reaches three major milestones on the same day during a span of nine years.

1960:Howe becomes the first player in NHL history to have 1,000 points when he assists on a first-period goal by
Howie Glover
in the Detroit Red Wings'
2-0 victory
against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Olympia Stadium. Howe's 1,000th point comes in his 938th NHL game.
1965: Howe scores his 600th NHL goal during Detroit's
3-2 loss
to the Montreal Canadiens. He is the first player in League history to score 600 goals.
1969:To complete his personal hat trick of milestones on this date, Howe has two assists
in a 5-1 victory
against the Los Angeles Kings to become the first NHL player with 1,700 points. He gets point No. 1,700 in his 1,567th regular-season game.

MORE MOMENTS
1941:The Boston Bruins tie an NHL record by
scoring four goals in the 10-minute overtime period
to defeat the Brooklyn Americans 6-2 at Madison Square Garden. Overtime is a mandatory 10-minute period before being discontinued in November 1942. When the NHL reinstitutes OT in 1983, the format is changed to a five-minute sudden-death period.
1946:Assistant coach
Dit Clapper
comes out of retirement to help the Bruins on defense, replacing the injured
Jack Crawford
. He gets a standing ovation from 14,000 fans at Boston Garden. The inspired Bruins
defeat the New York Rangers 5-2
.

1974: The Canadiens begin an NHL-record 23-game road undefeated streak (14-0 with nine ties) with a 3-2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Civic Arena.
Jacques Lemaire
scores the winning goal at
11:54 of the third period
.

1991:The Penguins hold a 10-minute candlelight ceremony in honor of coach Bob Johnson, who died one day earlier, prior to their game against the New Jersey Devils at Civic Arena. Pittsburgh then rolls to
an 8-4 victory
, giving Scotty Bowman, who has stepped in after Johnson becomes ill, his 750th NHL win.

2007:
Mats Sundin
becomes the first player to score 400 goals as a member of the Maple Leafs. The milestone comes in a 4-3 shootout loss to Montreal at Air Canada Centre. Sundin's 400th goal comes
with 17.6 seconds remaining
in the third period. Sundin scores 420 of his 564 NHL goals with Toronto, and he is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012.

2015:Dave Tippett gets his 500th win as an NHL coach when the Arizona Coyotes defeat the Calgary Flames 2-1 at Gila River Arena. Oliver Ekman-Larsson's goal
with 39.9 seconds left in overtime
makes Tippett the 22nd coach in League history with 500 victories.

2017:
Roberto Luongo
becomes the second goalie in NHL history to win 200 games with two teams when the Florida Panthers
defeat the New Jersey Devils 3-2
at Prudential Center. Luongo makes 23 saves in his 200th win with the Panthers to go along with his 252 wins with the Vancouver Canucks. He joins
Patrick Roy
, who has 289 wins with the Canadiens and 262 with the Colorado Avalanche.
2018:The Buffalo Sabres tie a team record with their 10th consecutive victory, a
3-2 overtime win against the San Jose Sharks
at KeyBank Center. Jeff Skinner scores his 18th goal in 18 games at 1:41 of OT for the win. The 10 straight wins match the team record set from Jan. 4-23, 1984 and equaled from Oct. 4-26, 1986.
2019: The Pittsburgh Penguins score five unanswered goals to
overtake the Vancouver Canucks 8-6
at PPG Paints Arena. Evgeni Malkin has the eighth five-point game of his career with two goals and three assists. Vancouver leads 6-3 with less than 15 minutes remaining in the third period before Malkin scores twice during the five-goal outburst.
On the same night, 42-year-old Zdeno Chara becomes the oldest defenseman in NHL history to have multiple game-winning goals in a season when he scores in the third period to give the Boston Bruins a
2-1 win
against the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre.