Facts and Figures: Hart wins for Flyers in NHL debut

Carter Hart made 20 saves for the Philadelphia Flyers in a 3-2 victory against the Detroit Red Wings at Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday to become the youngest goalie in their history (20 years, 127 days) to win his NHL debut. He's also the youngest NHL goalie to win his first start since Carey Price for the Montreal Canadiens (20 years, 55 days) on Oct. 10, 2007.

The only other goalie in Flyers history to play a game before age 21 was Maxime Ouellet, who made his NHL debut in relief of Brian Boucher on Oct. 7, 2000 (19 years, 112 days), then made his first NHL start five days later against the Dallas Stars (19 years, 117 days).
Hart is the fifth-youngest goalie since 1996-97 to win his first NHL start. The youngest goalie in NHL history to win his first start was John Vanbiesbrouck of the New York Rangers (18 years, 92 days) against the Colorado Rockies on Dec. 5, 1981. Tom Barrasso of the Buffalo Sabres (18 years, 188 days) against the Hartford Whalers on Oct. 5, 1983, is the only other NHL goalie to do so before age 19.
Hart's performance helped new coach Scott Gordon get a win in his first game after replacing Dave Hakstol on Monday. It was Gordon's first game as an NHL coach since Nov. 13, 2010 with the New York Islanders, and his first win since Oct. 21, 2010.

Sharks, Stars shine in shutouts

Joe Pavelski scored his team-leading 21st goal and Martin Jones made 26 saves for his 20th NHL shutout in the San Jose Sharks' 4-0 win against the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center. San Jose extended its winning streak to five games, tying the Washington Capitals for the longest active run in the NHL.
Pavelski has scored at least 20 goals in each of the past six seasons and is one goal shy of equaling his total from last season (22 in 82 games). He's a four-time 30-goal scorer, most recently in 2015-16 (38).
Ben Bishop (21 saves) and Anton Khudobin (three) had the first combined shutout in Stars/Minnesota North Stars history, helping Dallas defeat the Calgary Flames 2-0 at American Airlines Center.

It's the first combined shutout in the NHL since March 30, 2018, when Semyon Varlamov and Jonathan Bernier teamed up for the first one in Colorado Avalanche/Quebec Nordiques history. The Sabres and Vegas Golden Knights are the only active teams that have not had a combined shutout.

Kucherov reaches 50-point mark in Lightning victory

Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist in the Tampa Bay Lightning's 5-2 win against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena to become the third player this season to reach 50 points.

Skating in his 400th NHL game, Kucherov (50 points; 15 goals, 35 assists in 35 games) joined Avalanche teammates Mikko Rantanen (56 points; 15 goals, 41 assists) and Nathan MacKinnon (53 points; 21 goals, 32 assists) as 50-point scorers this season. Kucherov was the first player in the NHL to reach 50 points in 2017-18, when he did it in Tampa Bay's 34th game of the season on Dec. 21. The fastest player in Lightning history to reach 50 points was Vincent Lecavalier, who did it 33 games in 2007-08.
The Lightning (26-7-2) are 9-0-1 in their past 10 games. It's their second 10-game streak in as many seasons; they were 9-0-1 from Feb. 20 to March 10. The only longer point streaks in Lightning history came in 2003-04 (18 games; 14-0-4), 2002-03 (13 games; 7-0-6) and 2013-14 (11 games; 7-0-4).
Lightning center Steven Stamkos scored his 365th NHL goal in his 699th game to tie Martin St. Louis (972 games played) for second place on Tampa Bay's all-time goals list. The leader is Lecavalier, who scored 383 in 1,037 games played.

Rangers, Panthers, Sabres achieve rare feats

New York Rangers forward Kevin Hayes scored a shorthanded go-ahead goal with 40 seconds remaining in the third period of a 3-1 win against the Anaheim Ducks at Madison Square Garden to extend his point streak to five games. Hayes became the

to score a shorthanded, go-ahead goal in the final minute of the third period and the first since Winnipeg Jets forward Blake Wheeler on April 8, 2017.

Forward Evgenii Dadonov scored two goals, one on a penalty shot, during a four-goal third period that helped the Florida Panthers rally for a 5-2 win against the Sabres at KeyBank Center. Dadonov is 2-for-2 on penalty shots during his NHL career and the
fifth player in Panthers history
to score at least two penalty-shot goals. Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand leads all active players with four penalty-shot goals (4-for-6). Four players have three: forwards Ilya Kovalchuk (3-for-4) and Dustin Brown (3-for-7) of the Los Angeles Kings, Patrick Marleau (3-for-7) of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Eric Staal (3-for-8) of the Wild.
Jeff Skinner scored his fifth goal in as many games in the loss to Florida, becoming the fifth player in Sabres history to score at least 25 goals in their first 35 games. He surpassed his total from last season, when he scored 24 goals in 82 games for the Carolina Hurricanes. Forward Sam Reinhart assisted on Skinner's goal to extend his point streak to an

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