Today in NHL History, March 10th

1920: Quebec Bulldogs' center Joe Malone became the first player in NHL history to score six goals in a game twice during his career. This time he led the Bulldogs to a 10-4 win over Ottawa. Six weeks earlier he scored seven goals in win over Ottawa.

1921: George Boucher became the first NHL defenseman to score a playoff hat trick, and Clint Benedict recorded his second career playoff shutout, as the Senators beat Toronto, 5-0 in Ottawa, in Game 1 of their Stanley Cup Semi-Final series.

1927: "Duke" Keats scored the first hat trick by a Detroit Cougars' player in a 7-1 win over Pittsburgh, in a penalty-free game (the fourth in NHL history) played in Windsor, Ontario. It was the only hat trick of Keats' NHL career.

1928: Montreal goaltender George Hainsworth recorded his 25th career shutout (and his 11th of the season) when the Canadiens won 3-0 at Montreal Maroons. Aurel Joliat led the scoring with two goals and an assist.

1931: New York Rangers recorded the 100th victory in team history, with a 3-1 win over the visiting Detroit Falcons. The win gave them a record of 100-75-43 in their first 218 NHL games.

1951: Maurice Richard & Bert Olmstead each scored 3 goals & 2 assists in the Canadiens 12-2 win against the Black Hawks, in Montreal. The Canadiens scored 7 goals in the first period. It was Richard's 18th career hat trick and the first for Olmstead.

1955: Toronto played at Montreal, but the biggest name in the game was "Zamboni" as the ice cleaning machine made its NHL debut.

1959: Gordie Howe scored two goals and added an assist to lead the Red Wings to a 5-5 tie against the visiting Montreal Canadiens. The three points gave Howe 900 in regular season play in his 841st career NHL game.

1962: Canadiens' Jean Beliveau scored a goal and added three assists as Montreal won 5-2 over Boston, at the Forum.

1968: Glen Sather scored the 7,000th goal in Bruins history as Boston lost 7-5 to the visiting Detroit Red Wings.

1971: Boston's Bobby Orr scored twice to raise his season's total to a record 34 goals, most ever by a defenseman, breaking his mark of 33 in 1969-70. Bruins went on to win 8-1 against the Seals, at Oakland.

1974: Minnesota's Bill Goldsworthy scored his 7th career hat trick for the 200th goal of his NHL career as the North Stars won 8-1 against the visiting St. Louis Blues.

1977: Cesare Maniago earned his first shutout as a Canucks netminder, and stopped 19 shots as Vancouver beat Chicago 5-0. It was Maniago's 29th career NHL shutout.

1978: Boston Bruins acquired veteran Dennis O'Brien on waivers from the Cleveland Barons, making him the first player in NHL history to be with four different NHL teams in one season.

1979: Toronto's Dan Maloney scored a goal and added five assists, and Borje Salming scored a goal and picked up three assists as the Maple Leafs won 9-4 over the visiting Los Angeles Kings.....Washington's Tom Rowe scored 4 goals (including his first career hat trick) & added 2 assists, and Dennis Maruk had two goals and four assists in the Capitals' 7-5 win over the Blues. Caps' Rolf Edberg set a team rookie record with four assists.

1980: Buffalo Sabres traded defenseman Jerry Korab to Los Angeles in exchange for the Kings first round pick in 1982. The pick was later used to select Phil Housley.....NY Islanders obtained center Butch Goring from the L.A. Kings for Dave Lewis and Billy Harris. After the acquisition of Goring, the Islanders went undefeated in their last 12 regular season games, and went on to win the Stanley Cup.

1981: Colorado Rockies traded Mike McEwen and Jari Kaarela to the NY Islanders, in exchange for Chico Resch and Steve Tambellini.

1982: Islanders' Bryan Trottier extended his team-record point scoring streak to 25 straight games as New York tied 4-4 with the North Stars, at Minnesota. Trottier scored 28 goals, 27 assists for a total of 55 points during the 25 game streak.....Playing in his 229th career game, Wayne Gretzky picked up two assists, to give him 300 career NHL assists. The milestone came in a 3-2 Oilers' loss to the Kings at Los Angeles.

1987: L.A. Kings traded Marcel Dionne to the New York Rangers in exchange for Tom Laidlaw and Bobby Carpenter.

1989: Pittsburgh's Paul Coffey scored his 250th NHL goal and added two assists, in a 5-1 Penguins' victory against the Jets at Winnipeg. Coffey became the third defenseman in NHL history to reach the 250 goal mark.

1992: Islanders traded Dave McLlwain to Toronto, at the 1992 trade deadline, making it the third trade for McLLwain that season. He also played for the Winnipeg Jets and Buffalo -- just the second player in NHL history with four teams in one season.....Mario Lemieux scored his 100th point of the season for the 7th time in his career, with an assist in a 5-2 Penguins win over the visiting Calgary Flames.....Al Arbour became the second coach in NHL history to win 700 games, as the Islanders won 5-2 over the Flyers in New York.

1993: Buffalo's Pat LaFontaine scored a goal and four assists, and Dale Hawerchuk added a goal and three assists to lead the Sabres to a 7-4 win over the Nordiques in Quebec City.

1994: Eric Lindros scored a goal and five assists as the Flyers won 8-2 over the visiting Ottawa Senators.....Doug Gilmour became the first NHL player to get 200 assists with three different teams, when he picked up his 71st of the year, to give him 200 with Toronto in a 4-2 win at Pittsburgh. He earlier had 200+ assists with St. Louis & Calgary.....Sharks beat the New York Islanders 4-3 in San Jose, to give them 63 points -- the same number they earned in their first two NHL seasons combined!

1996: Chris Osgood extended his team record to 11 straight wins, and set a new goalie record for longest unbeaten streak: 17 games (16-0-1), when Detroit won 5-2 at Winnipeg. Osgood broke Mike Vernon's record of 16 games (13-0-3) set in 1995.

1998: Roger Neilson became the first man in history to coach 7 different NHL teams, when he led Philadelphia to a 2-2 tie against over the visiting New Jersey Devils, in his first game as head coach of the Flyers.

2000: Mike Modano became the Dallas Stars franchise all-time leader in goals, when he scored his 343rd with the team in a 4-3 loss to the visiting New York Islanders. Modano replaced Brian Bellows, who had 342 with the Stars.....Devils' John Madden set a team record for shorthanded goals (and tied an NHL record for most SHG's by a rookie) with his 6th SHG of the year, in a 9-0 win at Atlanta. Martin Brodeur recorded his 41st career shutout....Tampa Bay Lightning captain Chris Gratton was traded to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Brian Holzinger, Wayne Primeau and Cory Sarich.....Buffalo Sabres acquired veteran centre Doug Gilmour and right-winger Jean-Pierre Dumont from the Chicago Blackhawks for left-winger Michal Grosek.....Vincent Lecavalier was named the new Tampa Bay Lightning captain. At age 19, Lecavalier became the youngest full time Captain in NHL history, bettering the mark of Steve Yzerman (who had been named Detroit's Captain at age 21).

2001: Jaromir Jagr scored his 9th career hat trick and added two assists to give him 100 points for the season (for the 4th time in his career) and Mario Lemieux added a goal and three assists in the Penguins 6-3 win against the visiting Calgary Flames.....John Madden scored with 47 seconds remaining in the game as the Devils won their 7th straight game, a 3-2 at Philadelphia. The win put the Devils above .500 as a franchise (652-651-188) for the 1st time since Oct. 20, 1982, when they were 3-2-3.

2002: Marian Gaborik scored his second career hat trick and added an assist and became the first 25-goal scorer in Wild History, Andrew Brunette picked up 4 assists & Dwayne Roloson recorded his second consecutive shutout as the Wild won 5-0 against the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets.....Evgeni Nabokov became the 7th NHL goaltender to score a goal, and the first to get a power play goal, when he hit an empty-net with 47.2 seconds to play in the Sharks' 7-4 win over the Canucks at Vancouver.

2003: Ottawa Senators acquired right wing Rob Ray from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for future considerations.....Mats Sundin scored a third period goal to register his 1,000th career point, and Alexander Mogilny and Tomas Kaberle scored 38 seconds apart early in the third to lead the Maple Leafs to a 3-2 win against the Oilers at Edmonton.

2004: Edmonton Oilers set an NHL record by playing in their sixth consecutive overtime game, a 3-2 loss to the visiting Colorado Avalanche. Defenseman Adam Foote scored two power-play goals, including the winner at 2:37 of OT.