Today in NHL History, November 28th

1925: Playing in his 328th straight game for Montreal, goaltender Georges Vezina collapsed during a game against Pittsburgh. Suffering from tuberculosis, he died four months later.

1935: Montreal Canadiens goalie Wilf Cude and Red Wings Norm Smith dueled to a 0-0 scoreless tie, in a game played at Detroit. It was Cude's 10th career shutout and the 4th for Smith.

1943: Montreal's rookie goalie Bill Durnan improved his career record to 10-0-2, with a 2-2 tie over the New York Rangers, in New York. Durnan went on to set an NHL record for rookie goalies by going 12-0-2 in his first 14 games.

1945: Bill Shill scored three goals as the Bruins won 5-1 over the NY Rangers.

1957: Gordie Howe picked up an assist during Detroit's 3-3 tie against Toronto to become the NHL's all time assist leader, with #409 of his career. He broke the record set by Montreal's Elmer Lach.

1963: Glenn Hall earned his 54th career shutout, and picked up an assist in the Black Hawks' 2-0 win over the Maple Leafs at Chicago Stadium. It was Chicago's 11th straight win at home.

1964: Rangers' Phil Goyette scored a goal and added three assists as New York won 4-1, at Toronto.

1970: Boston's Bobby Orr picked up an assist to give him 200 in his career as the Bruins tied the Rangers at New York, 3-3. Orr also scored a goal in the game.....Toronto rookie Darryl Sittler scored the first goal of his NHL career, and added an assist in the Maple Leafs' 9-4 win over the visiting Detroit Red Wings.

1974: Detroit's Marcel Dionne scored his 100th career NHL goal as the Red Wings lost 5-2 at Buffalo.

1978: Montreal's Jacques Lemaire became the 6th player in franchise history to score 350 goals. The milestone goal (along with two assists) came as the Canadiens won 3-0 over the Flyers, at the Forum. Ken Dryden recorded his 43rd career shutout.

1979: Billy Smith became the first goalie in NHL history to get credit for a goal. He was the last Islander to touch the puck before Rob Ramage of Colorado put it into his own net. But the Islanders lost 7-4 to the Rockies at Denver.....Greg Malone picked up 6 assists to tie a club record for most assists and points in a game, as the Penguins beat Quebec Nordiques 7-2, in the 1st game between the 2 teams. Gary McAdam scored his 1st career hat trick & an assist.....Rookie Steve Baker made his NHL debut in goal, and helped the Rangers to a 4-4 tie against the Minnesota North Stars, at MSG.

1980: Canucks' Bobby Schmautz picked up four assists as Vancouver won 6-4 over the visiting Chicago Black Hawks

1981: Doug Keans made 41 saves to lead the Kings to a 3-2 win over Vancouver. He had been recalled from New Haven of the AHL earlier in the day.

1982: Edmonton's Mark Messier scored twice to give him 100 career NHL goals, and Wayne Gretzky picked up four assists as the Oilers won 7-5 at Detroit.....Ron Sutter made NHL history when he played in his first game, with the Flyers. It was the first time in league history that five brothers from the same family all played in the NHL. The Flyers tied the Canucks, 5-5 at Vancouver

1985: Quebec's Peter Stastny scored his 9th career hat trick, and Clint Malarchuk recorded his first NHL career shutout as the Nordiques won 3-0, at Boston.

1986: St. Louis' Mark Hunter scored both goals, including the game winner at 4:10 of overtime, to lead the Blues to a 2-1 win at Detroit.

1989: Buffalo defenseman Phil Housley scored his 500th career NHL point with a first period assist, and later added a goal as the Sabres beat the Whalers 4-2, at Hartford.....Philadelphia's Mike Bullard scored his 300th NHL career goal, and added two assists in the Flyers' 6-3 win at Pittsburgh.

1990: Rookie Peter Bondra scored his first career NHL hat trick and added an assist, and Michal Pivonka had a goal and three assists to lead the Capitals to a 6-3 win over the Rangers at New York.

1991: St. Louis' Brett Hull began a team-record 25 game point scoring streak in the Blues' 5-2 win over the visiting Quebec Nordiques.

1992: Pittsburgh defenseman Larry Murphy had three assists in the Penguins' 5-3 win over the Capitals, in Washington.....Chris Kontos scored a goal to become the first 20-goal scorer in Lightning team history, as Tampa Bay lost 4-3 in overtime to the Oilers at Edmonton.

1995: Colorado's Claude Lemieux scored his 5th career hat trick in the first period and added an assist, and Peter Forsberg had a goal and four assists as the Avalanche won 7-3 over the Islanders, at Long Island.

1996: Keith Tkachuk completed his third career hat trick with a goal at 4:08 of overtime as the Coyotes won 4-3 over the visiting New Jersey Devils. Brad McCrimmon picked up one assist in the game to give him 400 career NHL points.

1999: Rookie goalie Roberto Luongo stopped 43 shots in his first NHL game as the Islanders won 2-1 at Boston.

2000: Marcus Ragnarsson became the highest scoring defenseman in San Jose Sharks history, with an assist in a 4-1 win against the visiting Minnesota Wild. He broke the mark of 116 points set by Sandis Ozolinsh.

2001: Anaheim's Bryan Murray coached his 1,000th NHL game in the Mighty Ducks 2-0 loss to the visiting Edmonton Oilers. Murray became the 8th coach in NHL history to hit the 1,000 game milestone.

2003: Eric Lindros scored his 350th career NHL goal in the Rangers 4-1 win over the Penguins at Pittsburgh.

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