GAUDREAU REACHES 300-POINT MILESTONE IN FLAMES VICTORY

Johnny Gaudreau scored twice to reach the 300-point milestone (102-198—300) and help the Flames improve to 5-3-0 this season, including a 3-2-0 mark on the road. Calgary earned its first win at Madison Square Garden since Dec. 7, 2008 (3-0 W), snapping a six-game slide (0-5-1).

* Gaudreau, selected in the fourth round of the 2011 NHL Draft (103rd overall), became the fourth player from his draft class to reach the milestone, joining No. 2 Gabriel Landeskog (150-201—351), No. 58 Nikita Kucherov (149-192—341) and No. 1 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (121-199—320).

* Among players to debut with the Flames franchise, Gaudreau required the sixth-fewest games to record 300 career NHL points (320 GP).

SKINNER HELPS SABRES CONCLUDE ROAD TRIP WITH BACK-TO-BACK WINS

Jeff Skinner scored one of four Buffalo goals to help the Sabres conclude their five-game road trip with a 3-2-0 record and improve to 5-4-0 overall this season.

* Skinner, acquired by the club on Aug. 2, recorded five goals through the Sabres’ five-game road trip (5-2—7), including scoring his fifth career hat trick on Oct. 20 at LAK (5-1 W).

DUCKS RETIRE PAUL KARIYA’s No. 9 AT HONDA CENTER

The Ducks retired former captain Paul Kariya’s No. 9 in a pre-game ceremony at Honda Center. Kariya, the franchise’s first-ever selection in the NHL Draft, joined longtime teammate Teemu Selanne (No. 8) as the only players to have their number retired by the club.

* One of the greatest players in franchise history, Kariya collected 300-369—669 over his nine seasons with the Mighty Ducks (606 GP), including one 50-goal and two 100-point seasons. During his tenure with the franchise from 1994-95 to 2002-03 he ranked among the top 10 in the NHL for both goals and points.

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TRIO OF PLAYERS LOOK TO EXTEND SEASON-OPENING POINT STREAKS

Forwards Nathan MacKinnon (COL), Mikko Rantanen (COL) and Sebastian Aho (CAR) each look to extend their season-opening point streaks to nine games on Monday.

* MacKinnon (8-6—14) and Rantanen (2-12—14) can become the sixth and seventh players in Avalanche/Nordiques franchise history to record at least one point in each of the club’s opening nine games in a season, in which they would join Mats Sundin in 1992-93 (30 GP), Peter Stastny in 1987-88 (16 GP), Joe Sakic in 1988-89 (12 GP), Wendel Clark in 1994-95 (10 GP) and John-Michael Liles in 2010-11 (9 GP).

* Aho (4-9—13) can become the second player in Hurricanes/Whalers franchise history to record at least one point in each of the first nine team games to begin a season, in which he would join Ron Francis in 1984-85 (11 GP).

* Did You Know? Rantanen (Nousiainen, Finland) and Aho (Rauma, Finland) own the longest season-opening point streaks in NHL history among Finnish-born players.

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