Nov. 8: Richard becomes NHL's all-time goal-scoring leader

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Nov. 8
1952: Ten years to the day after scoring his first NHL goal,
Maurice Richard
becomes the League's all-time leader when he scores the 325th of his career during the Montreal Canadiens'
6-4 victory
against the Chicago Blackhawks at the Forum.

Goal No. 325 puts Richard one ahead of
Nels Stewart
, who holds the record for 12 years after retiring in 1940. Richard retires in 1960 with 544 goals.
Ten years earlier, on Nov. 8, 1942, Richard
scores his first goal
in a 10-4 victory against the New York Rangers at the Forum. Richard is overshadowed by teammate
Buddy O'Connor
, who has a goal and five assists and sets an NHL record by getting four of them in one period.

MORE MOMENTS
1934:The NHL comes to St. Louis; 12,600 fans are on hand at the Coliseum to see the Eagles play their home opener against the Chicago Blackhawks. They
lose 3-1
, finish the season 11-31 with six ties and are forced to fold.
1969:
Billy Dea
scores a goal for the Detroit Red Wings in a
3-2 win against the Boston Bruins
at Olympia Stadium. It's his first goal for the Red Wings since Nov. 28, 1957; the gap of 11 years, 11 months and 11 days sets an NHL record for the longest between goals for the same team. Dea's mark lasts until Feb. 11, 1999, when it's broken by
Randy Cunneyworth
of the Buffalo Sabres.
1971:The state of New York receives its third NHL franchise when the New York Islanders are awarded the rights to an expansion team that will begin play in 1972-73. The franchise will be based at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale on Long Island.
1978:
Bobby Orr
announces his retirement from the NHL at a news conference in Chicago. Knee injuries limit Orr to 657 regular-season games, but he finishes his career with 270 goals, 645 assists and 915 points; at the time, all are records for defensemen.

1985:
Wayne Gretzky
is held without a goal, but his Edmonton Oilers teammates more than make up for it in a 13-0 victory against the Vancouver Canucks at Northlands Coliseum.
Dave Lumley
has a hat trick and two assists,
Jari Kurri
scores twice and Gretzky
has four assists
.
1990: The Los Angeles Kings retire
Marcel Dionne
's No. 16 prior to their game against the Detroit Red Wings. After spending his first four NHL seasons with Detroit, Dionne plays with the Kings from 1975-87, scoring 550 goals and finishing with 1,307 points in 921 games.
1991:
Paul Coffey
of the Pittsburgh Penguins becomes the leading goal-scorer among defensemen in NHL history. Coffey scores his 311th NHL goal in Pittsburgh's
3-1 win against the Winnipeg Jets
at Winnipeg Arena, breaking the mark of 310 set by
Denis Potvin
during his career with the New York Islanders.
1997:
Phil Housley
of the Washington Capitals becomes the fifth defenseman in NHL history to have 1,000 points when he gets an assist in a
2-1 victory against the visiting Oilers
. Housley also becomes the second U.S.-born player to reach 1,000 points.
2014:Sidney Crosby has
five assists
to help the Penguins
defeat the Buffalo Sabres 6-1
at First Niagara Center for their seventh consecutive victory. It's the fourth five-point game of Crosby's NHL career and the third time he's had five assists. The big night also extends his scoring streak against Buffalo to 19 games, during which he has 36 points (10 goals, 26 assists).
2018:Joe Thornton becomes the 19th player in NHL history to play in 1,500 games when he takes the ice for the San Jose Sharks against the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center. Thornton is credited with the 1,032nd assist of his career in
San Jose's 4-3 loss
, leaving him one behind
Mario Lemieux
for 11th place in League history.
2019: Sweden-born defenseman Victor Hedman has an assist for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a
3-2 victory against the Buffalo Sabres
at Eriksson Globe in Stockholm. It's the first NHL regular-season game in his home country for the 2018
Norris Trophy
winner. Tampa Bay scores its three goals against Linus Ullmark, one of five Swedes on Buffalo's roster.