1985: The Edmonton Oilers and Chicago Blackhawks play one of the wildest games in modern NHL history, combining for 21 goals on 90 shots in Edmonton's 12-9 victory at Chicago Stadium.

The 21 goals are the most by two teams in one game since the adoption of the red line in 1943. The Oilers and Blackhawks also set an NHL record by combining for 12 goals in the second period.

Edmonton leads 6-0 early in the second before Denis Savard gets the Blackhawks on the scoreboard with a power-play goal. Chicago gets as close as 7-5 and 8-6 before goals by Marty McSorley and Glenn Anderson late in the period give Edmonton a 10-6 lead, and Jari Kurri scores two third-period goals to keep the Oilers comfortably in front.

Kurri finishes with a hat trick. Wayne Gretzky doesn't score a goal but matches the NHL single-game record with seven assists. Troy Murray and Ken Yaremchuk score two goals apiece for Chicago.

MORE MOMENTS

1969: Kate Smith's rendition of "God Bless America" is played at the Spectrum for the first time, and the Philadelphia Flyers respond by defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3. The Flyers go 19-1-1 in the next three seasons when "God Bless America" is played.

1971: Montreal Canadiens rookie forward Guy Lafleur scores three goals for his first hat trick in a 4-3 win against the Minnesota North Stars at the Forum. He finishes his NHL career with 17 regular-season hat tricks and two in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

1977: Tom Bladon of the Flyers sets an NHL single-game record for most points by a defenseman when he scores four goals and has four assists for an eight-point night in an 11-1 victory against the Cleveland Barons at the Spectrum. Bladon also sets an NHL record with a plus-10 rating. He finishes the season with 35 points (11 goals, 24 assists) in 79 games.

Video: Memories: Tom Bladon tallies 8 points for the Flyers

1981: Dennis Maruk scores two goals and has three assists for the Washington Capitals in an 11-2 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Capital Centre. It's his second game with at least five points in one week. He finishes the season with 60 goals and 136 points.

1982: Peter Stastny of the Quebec Nordiques scores three goals for his seventh NHL hat trick and had three assists for a six-point night in a 7-4 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Civic Arena. Older brother Marian Stastny contributes two goals and three assists.

1988: Brent Ashton of the Winnipeg Jets scores on a penalty shot for his 200th NHL goal in an 8-6 loss to the Vancouver Canucks at Pacific Coliseum. It's the first penalty-shot goal for the Jets since they enter the NHL from the World Hockey Association in 1979.

1992: The NHL names Gary Bettman as its first commissioner, effective Feb. 1, 1993.

Video: Memories: Bettman named first commissioner of the NHL

2000: Mario Lemieux, already a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, announces he will return to the Penguins as a player after a layoff of 3 1/2 years. Lemieux retires in 1997 at age 32 and says he'll never play again because he's worn down by health issues as well as frustration with the way the game is being played. In the meantime, he's become the owner of the Penguins when he and some investors purchase the team out of bankruptcy. He becomes the NHL's first player-owner when he plays 16 days later.

2002: Joe Sakic becomes the 31st player in NHL history to score 500 goals. Sakic reaches the milestone when he scores for the Colorado Avalanche in a 3-1 road loss to the Vancouver Canucks. He retires in 2009 with 625 goals.

2003: Dave Andreychuk of the Tampa Bay Lightning passes Johnny Bucyk for the most NHL games played by a left wing. Andreychuk scores his 618th NHL goal in his 1,541st game, but the Lightning lose 3-2 at the Ottawa Senators. Andreychuk finishes his NHL career with 1,639 games played and joins Bucyk in the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2017.

2018: Alex Ovechkin extends his point streak to 12 games when he scores three goals for the Washington Capitals in a 6-2 win against the Detroit Red Wings at Capital One Arena. It's Ovechkin's first hat trick since Nov. 25, 2017, and the 21st of his NHL career, tying him with Glenn Anderson and Richard Martin for 12th in League history.