March 25: Gretzky first to get 200 points in one season | NHL.com (2024)

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THIS DATE IN HISTORY: March 25
1982:
Wayne Gretzky
reaches another scoring mark once considered unreachable when he becomes the first player in NHL history to score 200 points in one season.

Point No. 200 comes when No. 99 assists on a first-period goal by
Pat Hughes
in the Edmonton Oilers'
7-2 win against the Calgary Flames
at Stampede Corral. Gretzky also assists on a goal by
Dave sem*nko
later in the period and sets another NHL record by scoring two shorthanded goals in a span of 27 seconds in the second period.
Gretzky finishes the night with 203 points; he ends the season with 212.

MORE MOMENTS
1924: The
Montreal Canadiens defeat the Calgary Tigers 3-0
in Game 2 of the Final (played in Ottawa), to become the
1924 Stanley Cup champions
.
Georges Vezina
gets the shutout to help the Canadiens win the Cup for the first time since the formation of the NHL in 1917-18.
1943:
Busher Jackson
scores the first overtime shorthanded goal in Stanley Cup Playoff history to give the Boston Bruins a
3-2 win
against the Canadiens in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Semifinals. Jackson scores the winner at 3:20 of OT.
1951:
Alex Delvecchio
, an 18-year-old center, plays in his first NHL game and rookie goalie
Terry Sawchuk
earns his 11th shutout of the season in the Detroit Red Wings'
5-0 victory
against the visiting Canadiens. The Red Wings become the
first NHL team to reach 100 points
in a season.

1962:
Bobby Hull
becomes the third player in NHL history to score 50 goals in a season, tying the record shared by
Maurice Richard
and
Bernie Geoffrion
. Hull reaches the milestone and gives the Chicago Blackhawks a 1-0 lead when he beats
Gump Worsley
4:58 into the first period, but the
New York Rangers win the game 4-1
at Madison Square Garden.
1972:Hull joins
Gordie Howe
as the only NHL players with 600 goals when he scores with 2:26 remaining to give the Blackhawks a
5-5 tie with the Bruins
at Boston Garden. Despite allowing five goals, Boston goalie
Gerry Cheevers
extends his personal unbeaten streak to 32 games (24-0, eight ties).
On the same night, Delvecchio becomes the third player in NHL history to reach 1,200 points. He has a goal and an assist for the Red Wings in a
5-3 loss to the St. Louis Blues
at St. Louis Arena.
1980:
Pierre Larouche
scores his 49th and 50th goals in the Canadiens'
8-4 win against the Blackhawks
at the Forum, becoming the first player in NHL history to reach the 50-goal mark with two teams. Larouche gets No. 50 when he scores with 25 seconds remaining in the third period. Four years earlier, Larouche scores 53 goals with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
1994:
Brett Hull
becomes a 50-goal scorer for the fifth consecutive season when he scores three times for the Blues in a
5-3 win against the visiting Dallas Stars
. Hull scores No. 50 at 10:52 of the third period, then completes his 21st NHL hat trick 23 seconds later.
1995:Scotty Bowman becomes the first coach in NHL history with 900 regular-season victories when the Red Wings
defeat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 at Pacific Coliseum
. The win gives Bowman an NHL record of 900-417 with 236 ties.

2000:
Pavel Bure
of the Florida Panthers scores twice in a
4-2 win against the visiting Canadiens
. It's the 89th goal of the season for the Bure brothers, Pavel and
Valeri
(Calgary Flames), breaking the single-season mark set by
Bobby Hull
and
Dennis Hull
, who combine for 88 with the 1968-69 Chicago Blackhawks. The Bures finish with 93 goals -- 58 by Pavel, 35 by Valeri.
2004:Roberto Luongo makes 42 saves for the Florida Panthers in a
3-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes
to give him an NHL-record 2,219 for the season. Luongo breaks the record of 2,214 set by
Felix Potvin
of the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1996-97. Luongo finishes the season with 2,303.
2018:Brad Marchand ties the NHL single-season record for overtime goals when he scores 28 seconds into OT to give the Bruins a
2-1 victory against the Minnesota Wild
at Xcel Energy Center. It's Marchand's fifth OT goal of the season, tying him with Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning (2011-12), Jonathan Toews of the Blackhawks (2015-16) and Alex Galchenyuk of the Canadiens (2016-17).
2019: John Tavares scores four goals for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a
7-5 victory against the Florida Panthers
at Scotiabank Arena. The first four-goal night of his NHL career gives Tavares 45 goals for the season, the most by any player in his first season with the Maple Leafs. He surpasses
Eddie Olczyk
, who scores 42 in 1987-88.