THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Dec. 12
1953: Maurice Richard of the Montreal Canadiens takes over the NHL's all-time scoring lead with a goal and two assists in a 7-2 victory against the New York Rangers at the Forum.
Richard scores one of Montreal's three goals in the second period and gets two assists in the third to finish the game with 611 career points, one more than injured linemate Elmer Lach, the record-holder since February 1952.
The milestone point comes just over a month after Richard becomes the NHL's all-time leader in goals, passing Nels Stewart when he scores his 325th.
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1942: The Boston Bruins defeat the Canadiens 3-2 in the first afternoon game in their history. The game's proceeds are donated to the American Red Cross.
1971: Brad Park becomes the first Rangers defenseman to get a hat trick. He scores three times and has an assist in a 6-1 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Madison Square Garden.
1981: Los Angeles Kings defenseman Ian Turnbull scores four goals in a 7-5 victory against the Vancouver Canucks at the Forum in Inglewood, California. Turnbull is the first Kings defenseman to get a hat trick, but it's not the biggest scoring night of his career; his four-goal game comes almost five years after he scores five times in one game for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
1986: Mario Lemieux scores four goals (three of them in the first period) and assists on two others to tie a Penguins single-game record with six points in their 8-3 victory against Toronto at the Civic Arena. Lemieux gets the third hat trick of his NHL career before the game is 14 minutes old, then scores again in the second period.
1999: Patrick Roy wins his 424th game to pass Tony Esposito for third place on the NHL's all-time list. The victory comes when Milan Hejduk scores at 1:36 of overtime to give the Colorado Avalanche a 3-2 road victory against the Canucks.
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