THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Dec. 13
Wayne Gretzky has his own personal hat trick on this date.
1983: Gretzky scores his 300th NHL goal in the Edmonton Oilers' 8-5 loss to the New York Islanders at Nassau Coliseum. He reaches the milestone by scoring during a power play late at 18:07 of third period in his 350th game.
1985: In a 6-3 road victory against the Winnipeg Jets, Gretzky scores twice and has two assists. The four-point night gives him 1,200 points, an average of nearly 2.4 points in his 504 NHL games.
1989: Gretzky sets up Luc Robitaille's third-period goal in the Los Angeles Kings' 5-2 win against the Hartford Whalers at the Civic Center to extend his assist streak to 17 games, a Kings record. He has 35 assists during the streak, more than two per game.
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1958: Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings scores his 400th NHL goal in a 2-2 tie against the Montreal Canadiens at the Forum. Howe beats goaltender Jacques Plante at 9:46 of the third period for the tying goal, joining Montreal's Maurice Richard as the only players in NHL history to reach 400.
1992: After 67 years and 535 games against Montreal, the New York Rangers finally hit double figures in goals when they defeat the Canadiens 10-5 at Madison Square Garden. New York's Doug Weight and Sergei Nemchinov each score twice against goaltender Andre Racicot, and rookie Alexei Kovalev has a goal and three assists.
1995: Paul Coffey of the Detroit Red Wings becomes the first defenseman to get 1,000 assists in his NHL career when he sets up Igor Larionov's first-period goal in a 3-1 victory against the Chicago Blackhawks at Joe Louis Arena. Coffey joins Gretzky, Howe and Marcel Dionne as the only NHL players with 1,000 assists.
2006: The Anaheim Ducks set an NHL record for the best road record through the first 15 games of a season when they defeat the Atlanta Thrashers 2-1 at Phillips Arena. Teemu Selanne scores twice for the Ducks, whose 12-1-2 record (26 points) away from home is the best in League history, surpassing the mark of 10-0-5 (25 points) set by the 1951-52 Red Wings.
2014: Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom gets his first regular-season NHL hat trick in a 4-2 win against the Tampa Bay Lighting at Verizon Center. The natural hat trick comes after Backstrom has three or more assists in 27 NHL games.
2015: Patrick Kane of the Blackhawks extends his point streak to 26 games with an assist in a 4-0 victory against the Vancouver Canucks at United Center. It's the longest streak in NHL history by a U.S.-born player and the longest by any NHL player since Mats Sundin of the Quebec Nordiques has points in 30 straight games during the 1992-93 season.
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