December 31st...1975 - Montreal Canadiens battled the Soviet Red Army team to a 3-3 tie New Year's Eve at the Forum. Ken Dryden and Vladislav Tretiak starred in goal for the teams. Tretiak made 38 saves, including 16 in the final period.
1991 - Detroit's Brad Marsh became the 72nd player in NHL history to appear in 1,000 career games. It came in a Red Wings' 5-3 loss to Boston.
1992 - Al Arbour became the losingest coach in NHL history, when the Islanders lost 5-1 to the Blues, in St. Louis. It was Arbour's 522nd career NHL loss, moving him one past Dick Irvin. The loss gave Arbour an all-time record of 721-522-233.
1998 - Dallas Stars extended their unbeaten streak to a franchise-record 13 straight games (10-0-3) with a 6-1 win against the visiting Boston Bruins. The Stars' previous club record was 12 games (9-0-3) in 1982 when the franchise was in Minnesota.



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