Today in NHL History, Feb 13th

1926: Nels Stewart scored two third period goals in the Montreal Maroons' 2-1 win over the visiting New York Americans.....Pittsburgh's Roy Worters recorded the 4th shutout of his rookie season in the Pirates' 3-0 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens.

1930: Nels Stewart scored two overtime goals in 45 seconds as the Montreal Maroons won 6-3 over the Falcons, at Detroit.

1934: Bill Cook became the first player to score 200 goals in a Rangers' uniform, when New York won 6-4, at Boston.

1935: Toronto Maple Leafs purchased Frank Finnigan from the St. Louis Eagles for $8,000.

1936: Montreal Canadiens obtained forward Hector "Toe" Blake, Bill Miller and Ken Gravel from the Montreal Maroons, in exchange for Lorne Chabot.

1938: Detroit obtained Hap Emms from the New York Americans, in exchange for John Sorrell.

1944: Toronto's Walter "Babe" Pratt picked up an assist for his 45th point of the year, to set a new NHL record for defensemen, in a 6-3 Maple Leafs victory over the Rangers, in New York. Pratt broke the mark of 44 set by Flash Hollett in 1942-43.....Detroit beat Boston 4-1 in a penalty-free game played in Boston

1946: Montreal's Maurice Richard scored twice and added two assists in the Canadiens' 5-1 win against the Black Hawks, at Chicago.

1960: Bruins' Bronco Horvath scored twice and had an assist to extend his NHL-record scoring streak to 22 straight games, in a 7-6 win over Montreal, at Boston Garden. Boston led 5-4 after one period.

1966: Detroit's Gordie Howe scored a goal and two assists, including his 800th career NHL assist, and Alex Delvecchio became the second man to play 1,000 games with Detroit. The milestone came as the Wings lost to the visiting Montreal Canadiens, 4-3.

1971: NHL center Mats Sundin born in Sollentuna, Sweden. Sundin has played in the NHL since 1990-91 with Quebec and Toronto.

1972: Buffalo rookie Rick Martin scored his 38th goal of the year, to tie the NHL record for rookie goals set the previous year by teammate Gil Perreault. It came as the Sabres tied 4-4 with the visiting Philadelphia Flyers.

1974: Phil Esposito scored his 100th point of the season, with an assist in the Bruins' 9-6 win over the Seals at Oakland, to become the first player in NHL history to score 100 points five times in his career.

1975: Boston's Bobby Orr recorded an assist to reach the 100 point mark, in a 3-1 Bruins' loss at Buffalo. Orr became the 2nd NHL player to get 6 100-point seasons, and the first to score 100 points in six consecutive years.

1977: Rene Robert scored three goals and an assist in the Sabres 6-2 win over the Minnesota North Stars, at the Aud. It was the third career hat trick for Robert.

1982: NY Islanders won their 10th straight home game, when Bryan Trottier scored five goals on five shots (including four in the second period) in an 8-2 win over the Flyers.

1983: Bruin goaltender Pete Peeters extended his unbeaten streak to 26-0-5, the second longest streak in NHL history, with a 3-1 win against Vancouver, at Boston Garden.

1984: Goaltender Pat Riggin recorded his 7th career shutout as the Capitals extended their team-record winning streak to 8 straight games, with a 4-0 win over the North Stars, at Minnesota.

1988: Mario Lemieux picked up a goal and six assists as the Penguins won 7-5 at Los Angeles. The seven points gave Lemieux 120 for the season, 17 more than Wayne Gretzky, with 22 games remaining.....Quebec's Peter Stastny scored a goal and added four assists as the Nordiques beat the North Stars 7-3, at Minnesota.

1989: Winnipeg Jets' goalie Bob Essensa played his first NHL game -- he allowed a goal on first shot he faced, and another on a penalty shot five minutes later, but shut out Red Wings the final 54 minutes as the Jets got a 2-2 tie at Detroit.....Tom Kurvers set a Devils' franchise record for most assists in a game by a defenseman, when he picked up five in an 8-1 New Jersey win over Toronto.

1990: Bryan Trottier became the 15th player in NHL history to score 500 career goals (and just the second to score 500 in an Islanders' uniform); the milestone occured in a 4-2 Islanders loss to Calgary.

1992: Chicago's Steve Larmer set an NHL record for most consecutive games played with one team, when he appeared in his 777th straight game with the Blackhawks, a 2-2 tie against the Kings. Larmer broke the record set by Buffalo's Craig Ramsay.

1993: Doug Gilmour had six assists to lead the Maple Leafs to a 6-1 win against the Minnesota North Stars in Toronto. Gilmour's six assists tied a Maple Leafs' record set by Babe Pratt.

1994: Arturs Irbe recorded his 3rd career shutout, and Sandis Ozolinsh scored with 1:59 remaining in regulation to lead the Sharks to a 1-0 win over the visiting Chicago Blackhawks. It was the Sharks first four game win streak in team history.....New Jersey's Bernie Nicholls scored twice to become the 39th player in NHL history to reach 1,000 career points. Devils tied 3-3 with the Lightning at Tampa Bay

1995: St. Louis Blues picked up their 900th all time victory, with a 4-2 win over the visiting Calagry Flames. The win gave the Blues an all-time record of 900-931-327.

1999: Kip Miller scored the winning goal at 3:39 of overtime to extend the Penguins' winning streak to nine games, with a 3-2 victory at Nashville. It was the Penguins' 3rd straight win that came in Overtime, an NHL record. The 3 wins came in 5 days.

2000: Ed Belfour became the 16th goalie in NHL history to reach 300 victories, and rookie Brenden Morrow scored both goals in the Stars 2-1 win against the visiting Washington Capitals.

2002: Dominik Hasek recorded his 60th career shutout, and Scotty Bowman became just the 2nd coach to win 400 games with Detroit, in the Red Wings 2-0 win over the Wild at Minnesota.

2004: Minnesota's Dwayne Roloson recorded his 15th career shutout, and Marc Chouinard scored for the first time in more than three months as the Wild won 3-0 over the visiting Edmonton Oilers.