Jan. 7: Flyers undefeated streak ends at 35 games

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Jan. 7
1980: The Philadelphia Flyers' 35-game unbeaten streak, the longest in North American team sports history, ends when they
lose 7-1
to the Minnesota North Stars at Met Center.

Philadelphia, 25-0-10 in its previous 35 games, takes a 1-0 lead on Bill Barber's goal at 3:49 of the first period. However, Minnesota scores the next seven goals, handing the Flyers their first defeat since a 9-2 loss to the Atlanta Flames in their second game of the season.
The Flyers easily had surpassed the NHL-record 28-game run set by the 1977-78 Montreal Canadiens (23 wins, five ties) and passed the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers' North American professional sports mark of 33 (all victories).

MORE MOMENTS
1928:
Howie Morenz
of the Canadiens scores three goals for his third NHL hat trick
during a 9-1 road victory
against the Toronto Maple Leafs. His first goal is his 100th in the NHL. The Canadiens become the first NHL team to allow two goals or fewer in 20 consecutive games.

1968:
Bobby Hull
scores twice to become the first Chicago Blackhawks player, and the fourth in the NHL, to score 400 goals. The milestone comes in
a 4-2 win against the Boston Bruins
at Chicago Stadium.
1976:The New York Rangers fire coach Ron Stewart and general manager Emile Francis, giving both jobs to longtime Canadiens forward John Ferguson. He is the 15th coach in Rangers history and the first who has no previous connection with them.
1981:
Marcel Dionne
of the Los Angeles Kings scores two goals to become the 13th NHL player with 1,000 points. Dionne reaches the milestone in
a 5-3 win
at the Hartford Whalers, his 740th NHL game. At the time, he's the fastest to 1,000 points in NHL history.

1984:
Wayne Gretzky
scores three goals in the Edmonton Oilers'
5-3 win
against the Hartford Whalers to reach 50 goals for the fifth straight season. He does it in his 42nd game. It's Gretzky's seventh hat trick of the season and the 25th of his NHL career.
1987:
Al Secord
of the Blackhawks
scores four goals in a span of 8:24
during the second period of a 6-4 win against the Maple Leafs at Chicago Stadium. It's the fifth hat trick of his NHL career. Rookie
Mark LaVarre
has four assists, three of them on goals by Secord.
1989:
Mike Ridley
of the Washington Capitals becomes the fourth NHL player to assist on all six of his team's goals in a game. Ridley also sets a Capitals team record for most assists in one game during a
6-3 win against the Blackhawks
.
1999:
Luc Robitaille
of the Kings scores twice to become the 27th NHL player to reach 500 goals. He scores in the first and third periods against goaltender
Dwayne Roloson
,
helping the Kings defeat the visiting Buffalo Sabres 4-2
.

2004:
Brian Boucher
of the Phoenix Coyotes becomes the first NHL goaltender in nearly 55 years to have four consecutive shutouts. Boucher makes 27 saves in
a 3-0 win
against the Washington Capitals. The last goalie with four straight shutouts is
Bill Durnan
of the Canadiens from Feb. 26 to March 6, 1949.
2019: Jordan Binnington makes 25 saves in his first NHL start, and the
St. Louis Blues defeat the Flyers 3-0
at Wells Fargo Center. It's the start of a revival by the Blues that ends with their first Stanley Cup championship since entering the NHL in 1967. Binnington takes over the starting job in goal and goes 24-5-1 with a 1.89 goals-against average during the regular season, then earns all 16 playoff wins on the way to the Cup.
On the same night, Mikael Granlund scores the game's only goal to give the Minnesota Wild a
1-0 victory against the Canadiens
at Bell Centre. It's the ninth consecutive win for the Wild against the Canadiens, all in regulation.