RECORDS FOR SEASON-OPENING GAMES
The 2013-14 National Hockey League season opens on Tuesday, Oct. 1
with three games. Following are team and individual records for season-opening
games, compiled by the Elias Sports Bureau:
(1) team-by-team
records in season openers
(2) team-by-team
records when opening the season at home
(3) team-by-team
records when opening the season on the road
(4) active
head coaches' record in season openers
(5) longest
winning streaks in season openers (all-time and active)
(6) longest
unbeaten streaks in season openers (all-time and active)
(7) longest
winless streaks in season openers (all-time and active)
(8) longest
losing streaks in season openers (all-time and active)
(9) fastest
goals from the start of a season opener
(10) most
goals in a season opener
(11)
active players with 3+ goals in a season opener
(12) most
assists in a season opener
(13) most
points in a season opener
(14)
most career points in season openers
TEAMS' RECORD IN SEASON OPENERS THROUGH 2012-13
PCT TEAM GP W L T/OT GF GA OPENING NIGHT
.652 Colorado Avalanche 33 18 8 7 125 94 Wednesday, Oct. 2 vs. ANA
.650 Tampa Bay Lightning 20 12 6 2 71 54 Thursday, Oct. 3 at BOS
.636 Edmonton Oilers 33 19 10 4 99 90 Tuesday, Oct. 1 vs. WPG
.632 New Jersey Devils 38 20 10 8 127 108 Thursday, Oct. 3 at PIT
.625 Minnesota Wild 12 7 4 1 32 23 Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. LA
.619 Buffalo Sabres 42 24 14 4 136 117 Wednesday, Oct. 2 at DET
.605 Montreal Canadiens 95 49 29 17 318 236 Tuesday, Oct. 1 vs. TOR
.600 Ottawa Senators 20 9 5 6 64 57 Friday, Oct. 4 at BUF
.578 St. Louis Blues 45 22 15 8 159 142 Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. NSH
.560 Vancouver Canucks 42 21 16 5 140 131 Thursday, Oct. 3 at SJ
.556 Dallas Stars 45 19 14 12 153 140 Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. FLA
.553 Florida Panthers 19 9 7 3 56 53 Thursday, Oct. 3 at DAL
.545 Phoenix Coyotes 33 16 13 4 112 100 Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. NYR
.544 Philadelphia Flyers 45 21 17 7 128 122 Wednesday, Oct. 2 vs. TOR
.536 Nashville Predators 14 7 6 1 37 36 Thursday, Oct. 3 at STL
.529 Chicago Blackhawks 86 36 31 19 236 249 Tuesday, Oct. 1 vs. WSH
.522 Los Angeles Kings 45 19 17 9 132 134 Thursday, Oct. 3 at MIN
.512 Detroit Red Wings 86 37 35 14 246 249 Wednesday, Oct. 2 vs. BUF
.511 Pittsburgh Penguins 45 20 19 6 148 150 Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. NJ
.500 Columbus Blue Jackets 12 5 5 2 30 30 Friday, Oct. 4 vs. CGY
.500 Boston Bruins 88 36 36 16 252 257 Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. TB
.500 Washington Capitals 38 18 18 2 130 133 Tuesday, Oct. 1 at CHI
.488 New York Rangers 86 35 37 14 244 242 Thursday, Oct. 3 at PHX
.479 Toronto Maple Leafs 95 37 41 17 279 281 Tuesday, Oct. 1 at MTL
.429 San Jose Sharks 21 7 10 4 64 72 Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. VAN
.425 Calgary Flames 40 12 18 10 128 138 Thursday, Oct. 3 at WSH
.423 Winnipeg Jets 13 5 7 1 31 38 Tuesday, Oct. 1 at EDM
.350 New York Islanders 40 9 21 10 105 131 Friday, Oct. 4 at NJ
.348 Carolina Hurricanes 33 8 18 7 83 118 Friday, Oct. 4 vs. DET
.263 Anaheim Ducks 19 5 14 0 39 64 Wednesday, Oct. 2 at COL
TEAMS' RECORD WHEN
OPENING THE SEASON AT HOME
.875 Florida
Panthers 8 6 0 2 32 17
.875 Minnesota
Wild 8 7 1 0 30 17
.750 New
Jersey Devils 20 12 2 6 77 48
.706 Washington
Capitals 17 12 5 0 64 50
.704 Buffalo
Sabres 27 17 6 4 104 77
.700 Edmonton
Oilers 25 16 6 3 81 66
.692 Tampa
Bay Lightning 13 8 3 2 51 33
.684 Phoenix
Coyotes 19 12 5 2 75 59
.676 Colorado
Avalanche 17 10 4 3 65 46
.672 Montreal
Canadiens 58 34 14 10 204 121
.667 Dallas
Stars 24 14 6 4 88 67
.634 Chicago
Blackhawks 41 20 9 12 123 108
.632 St.
Louis Blues 19 11 6 2 76 55
.620 Detroit
Red Wings 50 28 16 6 151 115
.616 Boston
Bruins 56 29 16 11 195 162
.589 Philadelphia
Flyers 28 15 10 3 90 76
.583 Vancouver
Canucks 30 15 10 5 95 82
.563 Nashville
Predators 8 4 3 1 22 17
.538 Los
Angeles Kings 26 11 9 6 82 72
.521 New
York Rangers 24 10 9 5 80 70
.517 Toronto
Maple Leafs 58 24 22 12 177 159
.500 Anaheim
Ducks 4 2 2 0 10 15
.500 San
Jose Sharks 12 5 5 2 41 44
.500 Columbus
Blue Jackets 8 3 3 2 20 19
.478 Pittsburgh
Penguins 23 9 10 4 67 65
.477 Calgary
Flames 22 8 9 5 76 68
.450 Winnipeg
Jets 10 4 5 1 26 30
.444 Carolina
Hurricanes 18 5 7 6 40 56
.429 Ottawa
Senators 7 2 3 2 21 21
.375 New
York Islanders 8 2 4 2 20 21
TEAMS' RECORD WHEN
OPENING THE SEASON ON THE ROAD
PCT TEAM GP W L T/OT GF GA
.692 Ottawa Senators 13 7 2 4 43 36
.625 Colorado Avalanche 16 8 4 4 60 48
.571 Tampa Bay Lightning 7 4 3 0 20 21
.545 Pittsburgh Penguins 22 11 9 2 81 85
.538 St. Louis Blues 26 11 9 6 83 87
.500 Nashville Predators 6 3 3 0 15 19
.500 Columbus Blue Jackets 4 2 2 0 10 11
.500 New Jersey Devils 18 8 8 2 50 60
.500 Vancouver Canucks 12 6 6 0 45 49
.500 Los Angeles Kings 19 8 8 3 50 62
.500 Montreal Canadiens 37 15 15 7 114 115
.476 New York Rangers 62 25 28 9 164 172
.471 Philadelphia Flyers 17 6 7 4 38 46
.467 Buffalo Sabres 15 7 8 0 32 40
.438 Edmonton Oilers 8 3 4 1 18 24
.433 Chicago Blackhawks 45 16 22 7 113 141
.429 Dallas Stars 21 5 8 8 65 73
.419 Toronto Maple Leafs 37 13 19 5 102 122
.361 Calgary Flames 18 4 9 5 52 70
.361 Detroit Red Wings 36 9 19 8 95 134
.357 Phoenix Coyotes 14 4 8 2 37 41
.344 New York Islanders 32 7 17 8 85 110
.333 Winnipeg Jets 3 1 2 0 5 8
.333 San Jose Sharks 9 2 5 2 23 28
.333 Washington Capitals 21 6 13 2 66 83
.318 Florida Panthers 11 3 7 1 24 36
.297 Boston Bruins 32 7 20 5 57 95
.233 Carolina Hurricanes 15 3 11 1 43 62
.200 Anaheim Ducks 15 3 12 0 29 49
.125 Minnesota Wild 4 0 3 1 2 6
ACTIVE NHL HEAD COACHES IN SEASON OPENERS
Pct. Head Coach GP W L T/OT
1.000 Kevin
Dineen, Fla. 2 2 0 0
.800 Todd
McLellan, S.J. 5 4 1 0
.750 Ken
Hitchcock, St.L 14 9 2 3
.750 Dan
Bylsma, Pit. 4 3 1 0
.667 Michel
Therrien, Mtl. 6 4 2 0
.650 John
Tortorella, Van. 10 6 3 1
.633 Lindy
Ruff, Dal. 15 9 5 1
.600 Dave
Tippett, Phx. 10 5 3 2
.600 Bruce
Boudreau, Ana. 5 3 2 0
.556 Peter
Laviolette, Phi. 9 4 3 2
.536 Barry
Trotz, Nsh. 14 7 6 1
.500 Paul
MacLean, Ott. 2 1 1 0
.500 Mike
Babcock, Det. 10 5 5 0
.500 Joe
Sacco, Col. 4 2 2 0
.450 Bob
Hartley, Cgy. 10 3 4 3
.444 Claude
Julien, Bos. 9 4 5 0
.409 Alain
Vigneault, NYR 11 3 5 3
.400 Peter
DeBoer, N.J. 5 2 3 0
.375 Randy
Carlyle, Tor. 8 3 5 0
.333 Todd
Richards, CBJ 3 1 2 0
.321 Joel
Quenneville, Chi. 14 2 7 5
.167 Darryl
Sutter, L.A. 12 1 9 2
.000 Claude
Noel, Wpg. 2 0 2 0
.000 Kirk
Muller, Car. 1 0 1 0
.000 Jack
Capuano, NYI 2 0 2 0
.000 Adam
Oates, Wsh. 1 0 1 0
---- Patrick
Roy, Col. - - - -
---- Dallas
Eakins, Edm. - - - -
---- Jon
Cooper, T.B. - - - -
---- Ron
Rolston, Buf. - - - -
LONGEST WINNING STREAKS IN SEASON OPENERS
9 1978-1986 St. Louis
Blues
9 1953-1961 Montreal
Canadiens
8 1987-1994 Boston Bruins
8 1981-1988 Colorado
Avalanche
8 1947-1954 Detroit Red
Wings
Longest Active Streak:
3 Six teams tied (Buffalo,
Dallas, Edmonton, San Jose, Tampa Bay, Toronto)
LONGEST UNDEFEATED STREAKS IN SEASON OPENERS
17 1963-1979 Montreal Canadiens (13-0-4)
15 1940-1954 Detroit Red
Wings (14-0-1)
12 1987-1998 Boston Bruins (9-0-3)
10 1996-2006 Dallas Stars (7-0-3)
Longest Active Streak:
6 Toronto Maple Leafs
(4-0-2)
LONGEST WINLESS STREAKS IN SEASON OPENERS
12 1982-1993 Detroit Red Wings (0-8-4)
10 1997-2007 St. Louis Blues (0-6-4)
8 1987-1994 Carolina Hurricanes (0-6-2)
8 1945-1952 Toronto Maple Leafs (0-4-4)
8 1939-1946 Boston Bruins (0-5-3)
Longest Active Streak:
5 New York Islanders (0-3-2)
LONGEST LOSING STREAKS IN SEASON OPENERS
7 1993-1999 Anaheim Ducks (0-7-0)
7 1972-1978 Dallas Stars (0-7-0)
6 2002-2008 Calgary Flames (0-6-0)
6 1999-2005 Pittsburgh Penguins (0-6-0)
6 1949-1954 New York Rangers (0-6-0)
Longest Active Streak:
3 Calgary Flames (0-3-0)
Montreal
Canadiens (0-3-0)
FASTEST GOALS FROM THE START OF A TEAM'S
SEASON-OPENING GAME
Date Teams/Score Scorers/Team Time
10/11/1986 MIN 4 at QUE 4 Kent Nilsson,
MIN 0:10
10/07/1981 WSH 3 at BUF 5 Ryan Walter,
WSH 0:12
10/31/1943 TOR 4 at CHI 1 Bill Mosienko,
CHI 0:13
10/07/1981 PIT 5 at CHI 5 Denis
Savard, CHI 0:13
10/30/1943 NYR 2 at TOR 5 Gus Bodnar,
TOR 0:15
MOST GOALS IN A SEASON OPENER
5 Joe Malone, MTL 12/19/17 (at
OTT)
5 Harry Hyland, Mtl. Wanderers 12/19/17 (vs
TOR)
5 Babe Dye, TOR 12/16/22 (vs
MTL)
4 Reg Noble, TOR 12/19/17 (at
Mtl. Wanderers)
4 Rick Blight, VAN 10/ 6/76 (at
PIT)
4 Greg Adams, VAN 10/ 8/87 (vs
STL)
4 Chris Kontos, TB 10/ 7/92 (vs
CHI)
ACTIVE PLAYERS WHO HAVE SCORED 3+ GOALS
IN A SEASON OPENER
3 Teemu
Selanne, WPG 10/06/1993 (vs WSH)
3 Paul
Stastny, COL 10/03/2007 (vs DAL)
3 Derek
Stepan, NYR 10/9/2010 (at BUF)
MOST ASSISTS IN A SEASON OPENER
5 Greg Adams, NJ 10/10/1985 (at PHI)
5 John Cullen, PIT 10/05/1990 (at WSH)
MOST POINTS IN A SEASON OPENER
Player/Team Date G-A--PTS
Kevin Stevens, PIT 10/05/1990
at WSH (2-4--6)
Joe Malone, MTL 12/19/1917
at OTT (5-0--5)
Harry Hyland, Mtl. Wanderers 12/19/1917
vs TOR (5-0--5)
Babe Dye, TOR 12/16/1922
vs MTL (5-0--5)
Andy Bathgate, NYR 10/07/1955
at CHI (1-4--5)
Phil Esposito, BOS 10/10/1973
vs VAN (3-2--5)
Gilbert Perreault, BUF 10/10/1974
vs BOS (3-2--5)
Michel Goulet, QUE 10/04/1983
vs NYI (1-4--5)
Greg Adams, NJ 10/10/1985
at PHI (0-5--5)
Tom Fergus, TOR 10/09/1986
vs MTL (3-2--5)
John Cullen, PIT 10/05/1990
at WSH (0-5--5)
Steve Reinprecht, PHX 10/05/2006
vs NYI (1-4--5)
Thomas Vanek, BUF 01/20/2013
vs PHI (2-3--5)
CAREER
POINTS IN SEASON OPENERS
Jaromir Jagr, NJ (11-24--35) ACTIVE
Ray
Bourque (9-21--30)
Wayne
Gretzky (9-18--27)
Joe
Sakic 11-16--27)
Al
MacInnis (8-17--25)
Adam
Oates (1-24--25)
Phi
Esposito (11-14--25)
Michel
Goulet (14-11--25)
Gordie
Howe (8-17--25)
Dale
Hunter (5-19--24)