THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Nov. 28
1979: Billy Smith of the New York Islanders becomes the first goalie in NHL history to be credited with a goal.
During a delayed penalty, Smith makes a save on Colorado Rockies defenseman Rob Ramage and is the last New York player to touch the puck before Ramage sends it back all the way into his own empty net.
"[Ramage] came in and took the shot and it bounced off of me and he picked it up in the corner," Smith remembers years later. "Without looking, he fired it back to the point and it went all the way down the ice into the net. Who was the last guy on the other team to touch the puck? It was me, so I got credit for the goal."
Despite the gift goal, the Islanders lose 7-4 to the Rockies in Denver.
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1925: Playing in his 328th straight game, Montreal Canadiens goaltender Georges Vezina collapses against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He's diagnosed with tuberculosis and dies four months later. The Vezina Trophy, now awarded to the best NHL goaltender each season, is donated in his name.
1954: Leo Labine of the Boston Bruins scores three goals in 4:22 and has three assists in a 6-2 win against the Detroit Red Wings at Boston Garden. All three of the goals and two of the assists come in the second period, when Labine ties the NHL record for most points in a period.
1957: Gordie Howe has an assist on Earl Reibel's third-period goal during Detroit's 3-3 home tie against the Toronto Maple Leafs to become the NHL's all-time assist leader. It's the 409th of his career, breaking the record previously held by Montreal's Elmer Lach.
2009: The Atlanta Thrashers end a 14-game losing streak to the Philadelphia Flyers with a 1-0 victory at Philips Arena. Johan Hedberg made 34 saves, and Rich Peverley scores for Atlanta, which hadn't defeated Philadelphia since Nov. 18, 2005.
2014: Martin St. Louis gets the 1,000th point of his NHL career when he scores a second-period goal for the New York Rangers in a 3-0 win against the Flyers. At 39 years and 163 days, St. Louis is the third-oldest player at the time he reaches 1,000 points, behind Ray Whitney (39 years, 328 days) and Nicklas Lidstrom (39 years, 170 days).
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