Today in NHL History, Jan 25th

1919: Ottawa's Clint Benedict recorded the second shutout of his NHL career, in a 1-0 Senators' win over the Canadiens, in Montreal.

1922: Ottawa's Harry "Punch" Broadbent extended his goal scoring streak to 10 straight games, as the Senators won 4-2 over the visiting Hamilton Tigers.

1930: Goaltender Alex Connell recorded his 58th career shutout (to pass Clint Benedict as the NHL's all-time leader in shutouts) as Ottawa won 4-0 over the visiting Montreal Maroons.

1940: Eddie Shore was traded from the Boston Bruins to the New York Americans, in exchange for Eddie Wiseman and $5,000.....Dave Kerr recorded his 46th career shutout as the New York Rangers extended their team-record home winning streak to 9 straight games, with a 3-0 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs.....Montreal Canadiens ended their team-record 7 game home losing streak with a 2-2 tie against the visiting New York Americans.

1947: New York's Chuck Rayner posted his fourth shutout of the season (and the 6th of his career) and nearly scored an empty-net goal as the Rangers beat Toronto 1-0. Rayner skated 30 feet up ice and fired the puck wide of the net.

1953: Gordie Howe scored a goal and added two assists to bring his NHL regular season career point total to 400 as the Red Wings tied Montreal, 3-3 in Detroit. Alex Delvecchio chipped in with three assists.

1961: Frank Mahovlich scored twice, giving him 39 for the season, and making him the highest single season goal scorer in Maple Leafs' history, as Toronto beat Montreal 5-3

1964: Chicago's rookie Phil Esposito scored his first career NHL goal. It came against Detroit's Terry Sawchuk as the Black Hawks lost 5-3 to the Red Wings.

1967: "Harry Howell Night" was held in New York, where a sellout crowd honored the defenseman who had played 1,002 games in 15 years with the team. Rangers beat Boston 2-1.

1968: Montreal's rookie goaltender Rogie Vachon recorded his second career shutout as Montreal extended their team-record winning streak to 8 straight games, with a 2-0 win over the Bruins, at Boston.

1972: Defenseman Bobby Orr set up Phil Esposito for the winning goal to lift the East Division All-Stars over the West, 3-2 in the NHL All Star Game. Orr earned the MVP award for his offensive and defensive heroics.

1973: Boston's Bobby Orr recorded two assists to reach the 400 assist mark in his 437th regular season NHL game, when Detroit won at Boston, 4-2.

1975: Stan Mikita scored three goals and added an assist to lead the Black Hawks to a 4-1 win against the Blues at St. Louis.

1977: Richard Martin scored two third period goals, including the game winner with less than two minutes remaining, and was named the game MVP as the Wales Conference won the NHL All Star Game 4-3 in Vancouver.

1979: Detroit Red Wings scored two goals in :23, and three in 1:06 in the third period, of a 6-6 tie at Los Angeles.

1982: Minnesota's Bobby Smith scored his 4th career hat trick and added two assists, Dino Ciccarelli had two goals and two assists and defenseman Craig Hartsburg picked up four assists as the North Stars won 9-2, at Toronto.....Hartford's Pierre Larouche began a team-record 9 game goal scoring streak in the Whalers' 6-5 win at Chicago.

1983: Kent Nilsson picked up four assists as Calgary ended their 7-game road winless streak in Los Angeles (0-6-1) with an 8-6 win over the Kings.

1986: Edmonton's Paul Coffey set an NHL record for defensemen with a point in his 28th straight game, when the Oilers won 5-2 over the visiting Los Angeles Kings.....Bengt Gustafsson scored a goal and added four assists as the Capitals won 6-3 over the North Stars at Minnesota.

1988: Rookie Brett Hull scored twice and added two assists, and Mike Bullard and John Tonelli each had a goal and three assists in the Flames' 11-3 win at Toronto.

1989: Mario Lemieux scored a goal and 3 assists as the Penguins won 5-4 over the Winnipeg Jets in Pittsburgh. Lemieux also set an NHL record by picking up a point on 14 consecutive goals. The record was broken 10 years later by Jaromir Jagr.

1990: Edmonton's Mark Messier scored a goal and picked up four assists in a 7-6 win over the visiting Los Angeles Kings. During the game Glenn Anderson scored the 4,000th goal in Oilers' NHL history.....Philadelphia's Rick Tocchet had four goals and two assists in an 8-6 win against Winnipeg the Jets. It was the 7th career hat trick for Tocchet.

1991: Blues' Adam Oates picked up four assists as St. Louis won 9-4 at Detroit.

1992: Bryan Murray coached his 800th NHL game, a 7-0 Red Wings' victory at New Jersey. Murray became the 9th man in NHL history to coach 800 games. Tim Cheveldae recorded his third career shutout.

1995: Chicago Blackhawks won 5-1 over the Oilers in the first NHL game in their new home, the United Center. Chris Chelios led the scoring with a goal and two assists.

1996: The Ottawa Senators set an NHL record with their 16th consecutive home game without a win (0-15-1) in a 4-2 loss to Detroit at the Palladium. They broke the old record of 15 shared by the 1928 Black Hawks & 1939 Canadiens.....Los Angeles Kings obtained Kevin Stevens from Boston, in exchange for Rick Tocchet.

1997: Dallas' Mike Modano scored his 250th career NHL goal and added an assist as the Stars won 5-1 at Toronto.

1999: St. Louis Blues' rookie goalie Brent Johnson made his first NHL appearance (during an 8-1 win over Vancouver) to give the Blues their first father-son goalie tandem in team history! Brent's dad Bob, had played 12 games for St. Louis in 1972-73.

2000: Owen Nolan scored twice to set a Sharks team record for most goals in a season. His second of the night (in a 4-3 loss against the visiting Colorado Avalanche) gave him 32 goals on the year, breaking the record of 31 he shared with Jeff Friesen.

2002: Dallas Stars fired head coach Ken Hitchcock, and named assistant Rick Wilson as the new interim head coach. In addition, Bob Gainey turned his GM duties over to Doug Armstrong, but remained on as a consultant to the team.....Coach Bryan Murray picked up his 500th career NHL victory, and Matt Cullen scored twice and added an assist, while Oleg Tverdovsky added three assists in the Mighty Ducks 6-1 win over the Stars at Dallas.

2003: Alexei Kovalev scored his 10th career hat trick, and the rarely-used Randy Robitaille had a goal and three assists in the Penguins 5-3 win against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks.