Today in NHL History, Feb 14th

1927: The Toronto Maple Leafs were formed, when Conn Smythe purchased the Toronto St. Pats franchise, and renamed the team.

1931: In an historic first, three assists were awarded on one NHL goal! Toronto's Charlie Conacher scored, with assists given to "King" Clancy, Joe Primeau and "Busher" Jackson, in the Maple Leafs' 1-1 tie against Detroit.

1933: Boston's Nels Stewart scored his 200th NHL goal in the Bruins' 7-2 win over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs.

1934: The NHL had its first All Star game, as a benefit to injured player Ace Bailey. Toronto defeated a team of All Stars from the league's other seven teams, 7-3 at Maple Leaf Gardens. Bailey's #6 uniform was the first in NHL history to be retired.

1936: Former NHL center Charlie Burns born in Detroit, Mich. Burns played in the NHL 1958-59 through 1972-73 with Detroit, Boston, Oakland, Pittsburgh and Minnesota.

1941: Valentine's Day was "Jack Adams Night" in Detroit. Mayor Jeffries headlined the gift givers who bestowed accolades on the man who taught Detroit about hockey; 8,082 fans saw the Wings beat Chicago 2-1.

1954: Detroit's Gordie Howe scored two goals and an assist, including his 500th career NHL point, in a 5-0 Red Wings' win at Chicago. It came in Howe's 492nd regular season game. Terry Sawchuk recorded his 43rd career shutout.

1979: Playing in his first NHL game, NY Rangers' rookie Don Maloney scored his first NHL goal (on his first shot), in a 5-1 win over the Bruins, at MSG.

1981: Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky overtook L.A.' s Marcel Dionne in the 1980-81 scoring race, and went on to win the Ross Trophy (as the NHL's top scorer) in the 1980-81 season -- and each of the next six years.....Montreal's Chris Nilan set a team record with 39 penalty minutes in a 6-1 win over Washington, at the Forum. Also in that game, Montreal's Doug Risebrough scored his 100th career NHL goal.

1983: Kings' Jim Fox scored to become the 10th player in Kings history to score 100 career goals. The milestone came in a 6-4 loss to the Devils in New Jersey.

1985: With his 1,468th career NHL point, Marcel Dionne passed Stan Mikita into third place on the all-time NHL point list as the Kings tied at home, 3-3 against the Bruins.

1986: Wayne Gretzky had his third career seven assist game, as Edmonton beat the Quebec Nordiques at home 8-2. The seven assists tied the NHL record, first set by Billy Taylor in 1947.

1987: Tiger Williams set a new Kings' record for fastest goal from start of a game. He scored just seven seconds after the opening faceoff, in a 5-2 win over the Hartford Whalers.....Calgary's Joe Mullen scored twice, including one on a penalty shot, to give him 200 career NHL goals as the Flames won 3-2 over the North Stars at Minnesota.

1990: Montreal's Shayne Corson scored two goals and added four assists as the Canadiens won 10-1 over Vancouver, at the Forum.

1993: Pat LaFontaine scored a goal and two assists and Doug Bodger had three assists to reach 300 in his NHL career as the Sabres won 7-4 over the Penguins at the Aud. LaFontaine tied Mario Lemieux for the NHL's scoring lead at 104 points.....San Jose Sharks beat the Jets 3-2 in Winnipeg to end their 17 game losing streak, tied for the longest in NHL history. Kelly Kisio led the scoring with two goals and an assist. The win also ended the Sharks' 20 games winless streak (0-19-1).

1994: Wayne Gretzky picked up two assists to record a 100-point season for the 14th time in his career (extending his NHL record) as the Kings lost 3-2 to the Bruins at the Forum.

1995: Pittsburgh's Larry Murphy scored his 916th career NHL point to move ahead of Bobby Orr as the fifth-highest scoring defenseman in NHL history. The point came as the Penguins won 5-3 over the visiting Boston Bruins.

1999: Colorado's Patrick Roy set an NHL record by appearing in his 40th game of the year for the 14th straight season (breaking Tony Esposito's mark of 13 straight 40+ game seasons thru '81-82). The milestone came in a 4-4 tie against the Flyers.

2001: Mike Modano scored a goal and added two assists to become the Dallas Stars' franchise all-time scorer with 869 career points (moving past Neal Broten). The milestone came in a 4-2 win over the visiting Los Angeles Kings.....Jaromir Jagr set a team record with an assist in his 15th straight game, as the Penguins beat the visiting Minnesota Wild 2-1. Jagr broke the team consecutive assist record of 14 games, held by Mario Lemieux.

2003: Boston's Mike Knuble set an NHL record for fastest two goals from the start of a game (by one player), when he scored at :10 and again at :27 into the start of a 6-5 Bruins win over the Panthers at Florida.

2004: Anaheim's Sergei Fedorov had two assists to become the first Russian-born player in NHL history to score 1,000 NHL points; the milestone came in a 2-1 win against the Canucks at Vancouver.....Buffalo's Mika Noronen became the 8th NHL goaltender to be credited with a goal in a regulation-season game, and J.P. Dumont scored a goal and added three assists in the Sabres 6-4 win against the Maple Leafs at Toronto.