This Day in Hockey History
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1996 - Maple Leaf milestones
A pair of Toronto Maple Leafs hit significant goal-scoring benchmarks in a 5-3 win over the New York Islanders.
Doug Gilmour scores the 350th goal of his career, while Mats Sundin registers his 200th.
Gilmour goes on to score 450 regular-season goals and 60 postseason markers in his career, while Sundin finishes with 564 in the regular season and 38 in the playoffs.
Birthdays
1887 - "Newsy" Lalonde
1959 - Mats Naslund
1982 - Tomas Plekanec
1983 - Steve Eminger
1987 - Nick Foligno
HEADLINES
- Crosby remains committed to Penguins: 'This is where I want to be'
- Makar: All players want 1 vs. 8 playoff format back
- Wild teammates confident Kaprizov will sign: 'It's going to take time'
- Doughty: 'I expect to be on' Canada's Olympic team
- Islanders' Duclair says Roy apologized for calling his play 'god-awful'
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