Feb. 3: Syd Howe scores six times

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Feb. 3
1944:
Syd Howe
scores six goals in the Detroit Red Wings'
12-2 victory
against the New York Rangers at Olympia Stadium. Howe gets two in each period. Linemate
Don Grosso
assists on five of the six goals.

"I had a good chance to break the all-time record but I couldn't do it," Howe says, referring to the seven goals scored by
Joe Malone
for the Quebec Bulldogs on
Jan. 31, 1920
.
Howe is the first player to score six goals in a game since
Cy Denneny
of the Ottawa Senators on
March. 7, 1921
. Since Howe's historic night,
Red Berenson
of the St. Louis Blues (
Nov. 7, 1968
) and
Darryl Sittler
of the Toronto Maple Leafs (
Feb. 7, 1976
) have scored six goals in a game.
MORE MOMENTS
1968: The Montreal Canadiens
defeat the Los Angeles Kings 5-1
at the Forum for their 12th consecutive victory, still a team record.
Jean Beliveau
leads the Canadiens by scoring one goal and assisting on two others.
1977:
Richie Hansen
becomes the first Long Island resident to score a goal for the New York Islanders. Hansen was born in Bronx, New York, but grew up in Northport on Long Island. The goal comes midway through the third period in the Islanders'
6-3 win
against the New York Rangers at Nassau Coliseum.
1982:
Grant Mulvey
becomes the first player in Chicago Blackhawks history to
score five goals in a game
. Mulvey scores four goals in the first period and one in the third of a 9-5 win against the Blues at Chicago Stadium. Mulvey also has two assists for a seven-point game, tying the team record set by
Max Bentley
on Jan. 28, 1943.
1998:
Dino Ciccarelli
becomes the ninth NHL player
to score 600 goals
. He scores a power-play goal with 5:09 remaining in the third period to give the Florida Panthers a 1-1 tie against the visiting Red Wings.

1999: The Washington Capitals set NHL records by scoring eight goals in 9:34 during the second period and nine goals in 11:32 (including 1:18 of the third period) in a
10-1 win
against the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning.
Peter Bondra
scores two goals in 35 seconds and three in 4:47 during the outburst.
2000: Bob Pulford of the Blackhawks becomes the first person in NHL history to coach 800 games in the League after playing in 800 NHL games. The milestone comes in a
5-5 tie
against the Calgary Flames.
2015: The Buffalo Sabres end a 14-game losing streak (0-14-0) with a
3-2 win
against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre. Drew Stafford,
Matt Moulson
and
Brian Gionta
score first-period goals, and
Jhonas Enroth
makes 32 saves. The losing streak is one shy of the third-longest in NHL history, 15 games by the Philadelphia Quakers during the 1930-31 season.
2019: Tuukka Rask becomes the winningest goalie in Boston Bruins history when he makes 24 saves in a
1-0 victory against the Capitals
at Capital One Arena. It's Rask's 253rd NHL win, all with the Bruins, passing
Tiny Thompson
for the most in team history since Boston enters the NHL in 1924. The victory also ends Boston's 14-game winless streak (0-11-3) against the Capitals.