November 9

In 1983, Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky scored a goal and added four assists as the Oilers won 7-4, at Washington.

November 7

In 1980, playing in his 92nd career game, Wayne Gretzky picked up an assist, to give him 100 career NHL assists. The milestone came in a 4-2 Oilers' win over the Jets at Winnipeg.

November 6

In 1983, Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky scored four goals (his 19th career hat trick) and added three assists, as the Oilers beat the Jets, 8-5, at Winnipeg.

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In 1988, Wayne Gretzky became the third player in NHL history to score 1,700 points. He got two goals and an assist in career game #711 as the Kings won 5-3 over the Blackhawks at Chicago.

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In 1993, Wayne Gretzky had four assists to lead the Kings to an 8-3 win over the Penguins at the Forum.

November 4

In 1987, playing in his 645th career game, Wayne Gretzky scored the 42nd hat trick of his NHL career in a 7-2 Oilers win over the New York Rangers in Edmonton. Gretzky also added two assists to give him 1,000 career NHL assists, joining Gordie Howe as the only two men to have reached that milestone.

November 2

In 1978, After 8 games with the Indianapolis Racers of the WHA, Wayne Gretzky was sold to the Edmonton Oilers (along with Eddie Mio and Peter Driscoll). Gretzky went on to score 104 points in 72 games and was named WHA Rookie of the Year.

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In 1983, Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky scored twice and added three assists as the Oilers won 11-3 against the visiting Washington Capitals.

October 31

In 1981, Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky became the first player in NHL history to get seven career hat tricks before age 21, when he scored three times (and added an assist) in an 11-4 win over the visiting Quebec Nordiques.

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In 1989, Los Angeles' Wayne Gretzky scored his 46th career hat trick and added three assists in the Kings' 8-4 win at Pittsburgh.

October 28

In 1988, Wayne Gretzky picked up two assists to become the first player in NHL history to get 1,100 career assists; the milestone came as the Kings beat the Jets 7-4 in Winnipeg.

October 26

In 1984, Wayne Gretzky picked up four assists in the second period, as the Oilers beat Los Angeles, 8-2.

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In 1990, Wayne Gretzky became the first player in NHL history to hit the 2,000 point milestone, with an assist as the Kings lost 6-2 to the Jets at Winnipeg. He upped his career stats to 684 goals, 1,316 assists, for 2,000 points in 857 NHL games.

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In 1997, Wayne Gretzky picked up 2 assists in the Rangers 3-3 tie with Anaheim, in New York. The 2 assists (#1,850 and 1,851 of his career) gave Gretzky more assists than any other player in history had points (passing Gordie Howe's point total of 1,850).

October 24

In 1987, Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky scored twice and added three assists as the Oilers beat Vancouver 9-5, to extend their home undefeated streak against the Canucks to 10 games (9-0-1).

October 21

In 1986, Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky scored twice and added three assists as the Oilers won 9-1 against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks.

October 20

In 1978, Indianapolis Racers rookie Wayne Gretzky scored his first two pro hockey goals, in a 4-3 loss to Edmonton. The goals came in Gretzky's second career WHA game.

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In 1985, Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky picked up his 700th and 701st career assists, as the Oilers won 8-5 at Los Angeles. The milestone assists came in Gretzky's 478th career game.

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In 1993, Wayne Gretzky scored a goal and added two assists in the first ever NHL game featuring two Gretzky brothers. Wayne played against his 21-year-old brother Brent (in his second NHL game), as the Kings won 4-3 at Tampa Bay.

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In 1995, Wayne Gretzky for four assists to become the first player in NHL history with 1,700 career assists as Los Angeles won 7-4 at Washington.

October 19

In 1984, Wayne Gretzky had two goals and three assists in the Oilers' 7-4 win against the Jets, at Winnipeg.

October 18

In 1984, Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky scored his 29th career hat trick to lead the Oilers to a 7-5 win over the North Stars at Minnesota.

October 15

In 1986, Wayne Gretzky picked up five assists to lead the Oilers to a 5-2 win over the Quebec Nordiques.

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In 1989, Wayne Gretzky picked up a first period assist for point #1,850 to tie Gordie Howe, then scored in the final minute to become the NHL's all time leading point scorer. He scored again in overtime to lead the Kings to a 5-4 win at Edmonton.