is_a_list_of list of players with eight or more points in an nhl game
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United Center is an indoor sports arena located in the Near West Side ___MASK48___ of Chicago , Illinois . The United Center is home to both the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). The arena is named after its ___MASK20___ - based corporate sponsor , United Airlines . The Arizona Coyotes are a professional ___MASK2___ based in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale , Arizona . They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). Alberta is a western province of Canada . With an estimated ___MASK36___ of 4 , 196 , 457 as of July 1 , 2015 , it is Canada ' s fourth - most populous province and the most populous of Canada ' s three prairie provinces . Its area is about . Alberta and its neighbour Saskatchewan were districts of the Northwest Territories until they were established as provinces on September 1 , 1905 . The premier has been Rachel Notley since May 2015 . Paul Douglas Coffey ( born June 1 , 1961 ) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played for nine teams in the National Hockey League . Known for his speed and scoring prowess , Coffey ranks second all - time among NHL defencemen in career goals , assists , and points , behind Ray Bourque . Coffey was born in Weston , Ontario , but grew up in Malton , Ontario . The ___MASK20___ of Mississauga renamed Malton Arena to Paul Coffey Arena and renamed Wildwood Park to Paul Coffey Park in a ceremony on September 23 , 2016 . The National Hockey League ( NHL ) is a professional ice hockey league currently composed of 31 member clubs . Of the 30 clubs currently playing , 23 are in the United States and 7 in Canada . Headquartered in New York ___MASK20___ , the NHL is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world , and one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada . The Stanley Cup , the oldest professional sports trophy in North America , is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season . This is a list of players who have scored eight or more points in a National Hockey League ___MASK65___ . Scoring eight or more points in a single ___MASK65___ is considered a great feat , which has happened only 16 times , by 13 different players . Only one player , Darryl Sittler , scored more than eight points in a ___MASK65___ , setting the NHL record with 10 while playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1976 . Paul Coffey and Tom Bladon are the only defensemen to have scored eight points . The feat of scoring eight points in a ___MASK65___ has been mostly achieved in the 1980s , with 10 out of the 16 instances happening in that decade . Mario Lemieux has the most games with at least eight points , scoring eight points in three separate games ( in one season ) . Wayne Gretzky is the only other player to attain the feat more than once ( twice in one season ) . The most recent player to do so was Sam Gagner of the Edmonton Oilers , who scored eight points against the Chicago Blackhawks on 2 February 2012 ; Gagner ' s 8 - point night was also the first 8 - point ___MASK65___ for a player since the 1980s . Defence ( defense in the USA ) in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring . They are often referred to as defencemen , D , D - men or blueliners ( the latter a reference to the blue ___MASK61___ in ice hockey which represents the boundary of the offensive zone ; defencemen generally position themselves along the ___MASK61___ to keep the puck in the zone ). They were once called cover - point . A good defenceman is both strong in defensive and offensive play and for defenceman pairing also need to be good at defending and attacking . The Chicago Blackhawks ( spelled Black Hawks until 1986 , and known colloquially as the Hawks ) are a professional ___MASK2___ based in Chicago , Illinois . They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). They have won six Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926 . The Blackhawks are one of the " Original Six " NHL teams along with the Detroit Red Wings , Montreal Canadiens , Toronto Maple Leafs , Boston Bruins and New York Rangers . Since , the club ' s home rink is the United Center . The club had previously played for 65 years at Chicago Stadium . Lawrence M . Tanenbaum ( born 1945 ) is a Canadian businessman and chairman of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment ( MLSE ). He owns a 25 % stake in MLSE through his holding ___MASK67___ Kilmer Sports Inc . The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ___MASK2___ based in Edmonton , Alberta . They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). The Air Canada Centre ( ACC ) is a multi - purpose indoor sporting arena located on Bay ___MASK43___ in the South Core ___MASK45___ of Downtown Toronto , Ontario , Canada . It is the home of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League ( NHL ), the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) and the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League ( NLL ). In addition , the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League play occasional games at the arena , and the Raptors 905 of the NBA Development League plan to play occasional games at the venue as well . The area was previously home to the Toronto Phantoms of the Arena Football League ( AFL ) during their brief existence . The arena is popularly known as " the ACC " or " the Hangar " ( the latter nickname came from its sponsorship by Air Canada ). Toronto is the most populous ___MASK20___ in Canada , the provincial capital of Ontario , and the centre of the Greater Toronto Area , the most populous metropolitan area in Canada . Growing in population , the 2011 census recorded a population of 2 , 615 , 060 . As of 2015 , the population is now estimated at 2 , 826 , 498 , making Toronto the fourth - largest ___MASK20___ in North America based on the population within its ___MASK20___ limits . Toronto trails only Mexico ___MASK20___ , New York ___MASK20___ , and Los Angeles by this measure , while it is the fifth - largest ( behind also Chicago ) if ranked by the size of its metropolitan area . An established global ___MASK20___ , Toronto is an international centre of business , finance , arts , and culture , and widely recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world . The 2007 NHL Entry Draft was the 45th NHL Entry Draft . It was hosted at Nationwide Arena in the ___MASK20___ of Columbus , Ohio , United States on June 22 , 2007 . The draft consisted of seven rounds with rounds two through seven taking place on June 23 , 2007 . The draft was televised on TSN and RDS , with the first round simulcasted in the United States on Versus and in Europe on NASN . Raymond Jean " Ray " Bourque ( born December 28 , 1960 ) is a Canadian former professional ___MASK91___ . He currently holds records for most career goals , assists , and points by a defenceman in the National Hockey League ( NHL ). Bourque is also an Olympian and has become near - synonymous with the Boston Bruins franchise , for which he played 21 seasons and became its longest - serving captain . Chicago ___MASK9___ was an indoor arena located in Chicago . It opened in 1929 , and closed in 1994 . The Original Six is a ___MASK55___ for the group of six teams that made up the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the 25 seasons between the 1942  43 season and the 1967 NHL Expansion . These six teams are the Boston Bruins , Chicago Black Hawks , Detroit Red Wings , Montreal Canadiens , New York Rangers , and the Toronto Maple Leafs , all of which are still active franchises in the league . Thomas George " Bomber " Bladon ( born December 29 , 1952 ) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the Philadelphia Flyers , Pittsburgh Penguins , Edmonton Oilers , Winnipeg Jets and Detroit Red Wings . He won the Stanley Cup with the Flyers in 1974 and 1975 . He currently lives in Alberta , where he owns a Tim Hortons . Tim Hortons Inc . ( known internationally as Tim Hortons Cafe and Bake Shop ) is a multinational fast ___MASK38___ restaurant based in Canada , known for its coffee and doughnuts . It is also Canada ' s largest quick service restaurant chain ; as of September 30 , 2016 , it had a total of 4 , 492 restaurants in nine countries . Ontario , one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada , is located in east - central Canada . It is Canada ' s most populous province by a large margin , accounting for nearly 40 percent of all Canadians , and is the second - largest province in total area . Ontario is fourth - largest in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included . It is home to the nation ' s ___MASK14___ ___MASK20___ , Ottawa , and the nation ' s most populous ___MASK20___ , Toronto . The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League ( NHL ) playoff winner . Originally commissioned in 1892 as the " Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup ", the trophy is named for Lord Stanley of Preston , then  ___MASK28___ General of Canada , who awarded it to Canada ' s top - ranking amateur ice hockey club , which the entire Stanley family supported , with the sons and daughters playing and promoting the game . The first Cup was awarded in 1893 to Montreal HC , and subsequent winners from 1893 to 1914 were determined by challenge games and league play . Professional teams first became eligible to challenge for the Stanley Cup in 1906 . In 1915 , the two professional ice hockey organizations , the National Hockey Association ( NHA ) and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association ( PCHA ), reached a gentlemen ' s agreement in which their respective champions would face each other annually for the Stanley Cup . After a series of league mergers and folds , it was established as the " de facto " championship trophy of the NHL in 1926 and then the " de jure " NHL championship prize in 1947 . The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ___MASK2___ based in Detroit , Michigan . They are members of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) and are one of the Original Six teams of the league . Founded in 1926 , the team was known as the Detroit Cougars from then until 1930 . For the 1930  31 and 1931  32 seasons the team was called the Detroit Falcons , and in 1932 changed their name to the Red Wings . The New York Rangers are a professional ___MASK2___ based in New York ___MASK20___ . They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). The team plays its home games at Madison Square Garden , located in the borough of Manhattan . The Rangers are one of three NHL franchises in the New York metropolitan area , along with the New Jersey Devils and New York Islanders . The club is also one of the oldest teams in the NHL , having joined in 1926 as an expansion franchise . They are part of the group of teams referred to as the Original Six , along with the Boston Bruins , Chicago Blackhawks , Detroit Red Wings , Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs . The Rangers were the first NHL franchise in the United States to win the Stanley Cup , which they have done four times , most recently in 1993  94 . History . Early years . George Lewis " Tex " Rickard , president of Madison Square Garden , was awarded an NHL franchise for the 1926  27 season to compete with the now - defunct New York Americans , who had begun play at the Garden the previous season . The Americans ( also known as the " Amerks ") proved to be an even greater success than expected during their inaugural season , leading Rickard to pursue a second team for the Garden despite promising the Amerks that they would be the only hockey team to play there . The new team was quickly nicknamed " Tex ' s Rangers ". Rickard ' s franchise began play in the 1926  27 season . The first team crest was a horse sketched in blue carrying a cowboy waving a hockey stick aloft , before being changed to the familiar R - A - N - G - E - R - S in diagonal . Rickard managed to get future legendary Toronto Maple Leafs owner Conn Smythe to assemble the team . However , Smythe had a falling - out with Rickard ' s hockey man , Col . John S . Hammond , and was fired as manager - coach on the eve of the first season  he was paid a then - hefty $ 2 , 500 to leave . Smythe was replaced by Pacific Coast Hockey Association co - founder Lester Patrick . The new team Smythe assembled turned out to be a winner . The Rangers won the American Division title their first year but lost to the Boston Bruins in the playoffs . Maple Leaf Gardens is an historic ___MASK79___ located at the northwest corner of Carlton Street and ___MASK42___ Street in Toronto , Canada . The ___MASK79___ was initially constructed as an arena to host ice hockey games , but has since been reconstructed for other uses . Today Maple Leaf Gardens is a multi - purpose facility , with Loblaws occupying retail space on the lower floors and an arena for Toronto ' s Ryerson University , known as Mattamy Athletic Centre at the Gardens , occupying another level . The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ___MASK2___ based in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). Part of the 1967 NHL Expansion , the Flyers were the first expansion team in the post - Original Six era to win the Stanley Cup , victorious in 1973  74 and again in 1974  75 . The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ___MASK2___ based in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league ' s original expansion from six to twelve teams . The Penguins played in the Civic Arena , also known to Pittsburgh fans as " The Igloo ", from the time of their inception through the end of the 2009  10 season . They moved into their new arena , PPG Paints Arena , to begin the 2010  11 NHL season . They have qualified for five Stanley Cup Finals , winning the Stanley Cup four times  in 1991 , 1992 , 2009 , and 2016 . Montreal officially Montréal in both Canadian English and French , is the most populous ___MASK53___ in Quebec and the 2nd - most populous in Canada . Originally called " Ville - Marie ", or " ___MASK20___ of Mary ," it is named after Mount Royal , the triple - peaked hill in the heart of the ___MASK20___ . The ___MASK20___ is on the Island of Montreal , which took its name from the same source as the ___MASK20___ , and a few much smaller peripheral islands , the largest of which is Île Bizard . It has a distinct four - season continental climate with warm to hot summers and cold snowy winters . The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ___MASK2___ based in Montreal , Quebec . They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). The Boston Bruins are a professional ___MASK2___ based in Boston , Massachusetts . They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). The team has been in existence since 1924 , and is the league ' s third - oldest team and is the oldest in the United States . It is also an Original Six franchise , along with the Chicago Blackhawks , Detroit Red Wings , Montreal Canadiens , New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs . The Bruins have won six Stanley Cup championships , tied for fourth most of all - time with the Blackhawks and tied second - most of any American NHL team also with the Blackhawks ( behind the Red Wings , who have 11 ). Their home arena is the TD Garden , where they have played since 1995 . The Bruins began play in the NHL on December 1 , 1924 . The first facility to host them was what was then known as the Boston Arena ( today ' s Matthews Arena )  the world ' s oldest ( built 1909  10 ) indoor ice hockey facility still in use for the sport at any level of competition  and following the Bruins ' departure from the Boston Arena , the team played its home games at the Boston Garden for 67 seasons , beginning in 1928 and concluding in 1995 . Sam William Gagner ( born August 10 , 1989 ) is a Canadian professional ___MASK91___ currently playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). He was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round , sixth overall , of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft , and played there for the first seven years of his NHL career . He also played one season for the Arizona Coyotes and another with the Philadelphia Flyers . The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ___MASK2___ based in Columbus , Ohio . They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). Darryl Glen Sittler ( born September 18 , 1950 ) is a Canadian retired professional ___MASK91___ who played in the National Hockey League from 1970 until 1985 for the Toronto Maple Leafs , the Philadelphia Flyers and the Detroit Red Wings . He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989 , the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Canadian Walk of Fame in 2016 . Edmonton is the ___MASK14___ ___MASK20___ of the Canadian province of Alberta . Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region , which is surrounded by Alberta ' s central region . The Hockey Hall of Fame is located in Toronto , Ontario , Canada . Dedicated to the history of ice hockey , it is a ___MASK26___ and a hall of fame . It holds exhibits about players , teams , National Hockey League ( NHL ) records , memorabilia and NHL trophies , including the Stanley Cup . Founded in Kingston , Ontario , the Hockey Hall of Fame was established in 1943 under the leadership of James T . Sutherland . The first class of honoured members was inducted in 1945 , before the Hall of Fame had a permanent ___MASK10___ . It moved to Toronto in 1958 after the NHL withdrew its support for the International Hockey Hall of Fame in Kingston , Ontario . Its first permanent building opened at Exhibition Place in 1961 . In 1993 , the hall was relocated to a former Bank of Montreal building in Downtown Toronto , where it is now located . The Toronto Maple Leafs ( officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club ) are a professional ___MASK2___ based in Toronto , Ontario . They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). The team is one of the " Original Six " league members . They are owned by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment , Ltd . and are represented by Chairman Larry Tanenbaum . In February 1999 , they moved to the Air Canada Centre , which replaced Maple Leaf Gardens , the team ' s home since 1931 .