Robert Gordon Orr
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Some more obscure records/facts.
- Patrick Sieloff have scored two career NHL goals in his first two games. He is the only player in league history to score in each of his first two career games while playing for different teams.
- These players have scored 4598 goals between them, but are / were 0 for 55 on penalty shots in their career.
Brett Hull (741 goals), Ziggy Palffy, (329), Daniel Sedin (393), Scott Hartnell (327), Sidney Crosby (462), Nikita Kucherov (221), Martin St.Louis (391), Shane Doan (402), Evgeny Malkin (416), Mike Modano (561), Greg Adams (355)
- Claude St.Sauveur is the highest scoring player to only ever play one season in the NHL.
He had 48 points in 1975/76 with Atlanta. (Not counting the rookies for this season)
- Ilya Kovalchuk holds the NHL record for most minutes played on the powerplay in one game (20:05 PP TOI - Nov.22, 2005). Kovalchuk have seven of the 20 highest recorded minutes on the PP in one game, all with Atlanta. (since 1997/98)
- Mark Messier (1+2), Wayne Gretzky (1+2) and Danny Gare (2+1) are the only NHL players that have scored three empty net points in one game.
- Bernie Nicholls scored 150 points with Los Angeles in 1988/89. That is most points ever scored in an NHL season without leading his team in scoring (Gretzky had more points on the team)
- Jason Bacashihua is the only goalie to record his first NHL point before making his first save.
- At the 1993 expansion draft, players not picked by Florida and Anaheim, included 5 Selke Trophy Winners, 7 future Hall of Famers and 3 Norris Trophy Winners. Probably their greatest mistake was picking four goalies, none being Dominik Hasek.
- Grant Mulvey holds the NHL record for most penalty minutes in a game by a player scoring a hat trick.
Mulvey picked up three goals and 26 penalty minutes in a game against NY Islanders 1979 (8-0).
He was penalized for Hi-Sticking 2 min, Fighting 5 min (2 times), Slashing 2+2 min and got a 10 min Misconduct.
- Patrick Sieloff have scored two career NHL goals in his first two games. He is the only player in league history to score in each of his first two career games while playing for different teams.
- These players have scored 4598 goals between them, but are / were 0 for 55 on penalty shots in their career.
Brett Hull (741 goals), Ziggy Palffy, (329), Daniel Sedin (393), Scott Hartnell (327), Sidney Crosby (462), Nikita Kucherov (221), Martin St.Louis (391), Shane Doan (402), Evgeny Malkin (416), Mike Modano (561), Greg Adams (355)
- Claude St.Sauveur is the highest scoring player to only ever play one season in the NHL.
He had 48 points in 1975/76 with Atlanta. (Not counting the rookies for this season)
- Ilya Kovalchuk holds the NHL record for most minutes played on the powerplay in one game (20:05 PP TOI - Nov.22, 2005). Kovalchuk have seven of the 20 highest recorded minutes on the PP in one game, all with Atlanta. (since 1997/98)
- Mark Messier (1+2), Wayne Gretzky (1+2) and Danny Gare (2+1) are the only NHL players that have scored three empty net points in one game.
- Bernie Nicholls scored 150 points with Los Angeles in 1988/89. That is most points ever scored in an NHL season without leading his team in scoring (Gretzky had more points on the team)
- Jason Bacashihua is the only goalie to record his first NHL point before making his first save.
- At the 1993 expansion draft, players not picked by Florida and Anaheim, included 5 Selke Trophy Winners, 7 future Hall of Famers and 3 Norris Trophy Winners. Probably their greatest mistake was picking four goalies, none being Dominik Hasek.
- Grant Mulvey holds the NHL record for most penalty minutes in a game by a player scoring a hat trick.
Mulvey picked up three goals and 26 penalty minutes in a game against NY Islanders 1979 (8-0).
He was penalized for Hi-Sticking 2 min, Fighting 5 min (2 times), Slashing 2+2 min and got a 10 min Misconduct.