Oct. 27: Howe ties Richard for NHL all-time goals lead

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Oct. 27
1963:
Gordie Howe
scores his 544th NHL goal during the Detroit Red Wings'
6-4 loss to the Montreal Canadiens
at Olympia Stadium.

The power-play goal midway through the third period against goalie
Gump Worsley
pulls Howe into a tie with
Maurice Richard
of the Canadiens, the NHL's all-time goal-scoring leader when he retires in 1960.
Exactly five years later, Howe, now 40, becomes the oldest player in NHL history to
score points in each of his first five games of the season
. Howe scores two goals and has an assist in
Detroit's 4-3 win
against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks.

MORE MOMENTS

1973:New York Islanders rookie defenseman
Denis Potvin
scores his first two NHL goals in
a 3-2
against the New York Rangers at Nassau Coliseum. Potvin retires in 1988 with 310 goals, at that time the most by any defenseman in NHL history.

1988: Quebec Nordiques center
Joe Sakic
scores a goal to become the
first rookie in NHL history to get points in each of his first 11 career games
. The milestone comes in a 6-2 loss to the Boston Bruins at Boston Garden.

1995: The Red Wings under coach Scotty Bowman make history by
playing five Soviet players
(
Viacheslav Fetisov
,
Vladimir Konstantinov
,
Igor Larionov
,
Sergei Fedorov
and
Vyacheslav Kozlov
) as a unit during a 3-0 road win against the Calgary Flames. All five had played for the Central Red Army in the Soviet Union. The "Russian Five" become a fixture in Detroit and help the Red Wings win the Stanley Cup in 1997.

1998:The Buffalo Sabres become the fourth team in NHL history to shut out the same opponent in four consecutive games.
Dominik Hasek
makes 16 saves for the Sabres in a
0-0 tie
against the Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
Mike Richter
finishes with 24 saves for New York. The teams combine to go 0-for-11 on the power play.
2000: Goalie
Marc Denis
makes 32 saves and the expansion Columbus Blue Jackets
win a home game for the first time
in team history by defeating the Washington Capitals 3-1 at Nationwide Arena.

2005:
Manny Legace
of the Red Wings becomes the first goalie in NHL history to have 10 victories in October, Win No. 10 comes when Detroit
defeats the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2
at Joe Louis Arena. Legace makes 21 saves and defenseman
Mathieu Schneider
scores two goals for Detroit.
2014:The Rangers score
five goals in the third period
to overcome a 3-0 deficit and defeat the Minnesota Wild 5-4 at Madison Square Garden. It's only the second time in team history that the Rangers win a game trailing by three goals after being shut out entering the third period. Their previous win of that kind comes on Jan. 4, 1956, when they trail the Red Wings 3-0 early in the third period but rally for a
5-4 victory
.
2017:The expansion Vegas Golden Knights get their first shutout by
defeating the Colorado Avalanche 7-0
at T-Mobile Arena.
Oscar Dansk
makes 32 saves for Vegas, which wins its fifth consecutive game. Seven players score goals, all in a span off less than 26 minutes after David Perron opens the scoring at 8:50 of the second period.
2019: The Boston Bruins' top line of Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak tears up the New York Rangers by combining for 13 points in a
7-4 win
at Madison Square Garden. Bergeron scores three goals for his fifth NHL hat trick, Marchand scores twice and has three assists, and Pastrnak assists on five goals.