Jan. 21: Gretzky becomes NHL's No. 2 all-time scorer

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Jan. 21
1989:
Wayne Gretzky
moves into second place on the NHL's all-time points list.

Gretzky scores a goal and has three assists in the Los Angeles Kings'
5-4 loss
to the Hartford Whalers at the Civic Center, passing
Marcel Dionne
to become the NHL's all-time No. 2 scorer. Gretzky has 1,771 points in 743 games; Dionne (at the time) has 1,770 in 1,343 games. The only player ahead of him is
Gordie Howe
with 1,850 points.
Gretzky also reaches 100 points for the 10th consecutive season, extending his own NHL record.

MORE MOMENTS
1945: The Boston Bruins set an NHL record for the fastest four goals by one team during a 14-3 victory against the New York Rangers at Boston Garden. The Bruins score
four times in a span of 1:20
in the second period, a mark that still stands.
Bill Thoms
scores at 6:34,
Frank Mario
at 7:08 and 7:27, and
Ken Smith
at 7:54.
1985: Dionne
scores a first-period goal
against the Edmonton Oilers. It's the 611th of his NHL career, moving him past
Bobby Hull
into third place on the all-time list. Dionne is one of seven Kings to score in the first two periods, but the Oilers after trailing 7-3 in the third for an 8-7 win at Northlands Coliseum.
1986:
Denis Potvin
ties
Bobby Orr
's record for defensemen by scoring his 270th NHL goal. His goal
at 15:48 of the second period
proves to be the game-winner in the New York Islanders' 7-3 victory against the Philadelphia Flyers at Nassau Coliseum.
1995:
Mats Sundin
scores his first goal with the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs in
a 3-2 loss
to the San Jose Sharks. Sundin, acquired in a trade with the Quebec Nordiques on June 28, 1994, goes on to score a Maple Leafs-record 420 goals in 13 seasons and earns induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012.

1997:Pittsburgh Penguins rookie goalie
Patrick Lalime
makes 49 saves
to improve to 14-0 with two ties, extending his NHL record for the longest unbeaten streak at the start of a career, in a 4-2 victory against the visiting Calgary Flames.
2001: The Penguins defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-0 at United Center in the first NHL game to feature two European-trained coaches. Ivan Hlinka coaches the Penguins, and Alpo Suhonen coaches the Blackhawks. Four players score for Pittsburgh and
Garth Snow
makes 24 saves
for the shutout.
2004:The Minnesota Wild set an NHL record for the fastest two goals by one team when
Jim Dowd
and
Richard Park
score
three seconds apart
in a 4-2 victory against the Blackhawks at Xcel Energy Center. Dowd breaks a 2-2 tie when he beats Craig Anderson at 19:44 of the third period. Park scores into an empty net at 19:47.
2016:Daniel Sedin becomes the
leading goal-scorer
in Vancouver Canucks history when he
scores twice
in a 4-2 victory against the Bruins at TD Garden. Sedin passes
Markus Naslund
by scoring with 12:57 remaining in the third period, then hits the empty net, giving him 348 NHL goals, all with Vancouver.
2018: Joe Thornton of the Sharks has a goal and an assist in San Jose's
6-2 victory against the Anaheim Ducks
at Honda Center to pass
Bryan Trottier
for 16th on the NHL's all-time scoring list. The two points give Thornton 1,426, one more than Trottier, a six-time Stanley Cup champion and Hockey Hall of Famer.
2019: Peter Laviolette becomes the 20th coach NHL history with 600 victories when the
Nashville Predators defeat the Colorado Avalanche 4-1
at Pepsi Center. He joins John Tortorella as the second U.S.-born coach to reach the 600-win mark and is the third (along with Tortorella and Claude Julien) to get his 600th victory in 2018-19.