It was a milestone night for the Dallas Stars: Rick Bowness coached his 2,500th NHL game, Roope Hintz scored his first career hat trick, and Braden Holtby secured the win in his game No. 500:
Braden Holtby records his 293rd career NHL victory in his 500th career NHL game in a 4-1 Stars win over the Hurricanes.
Holtby surpasses Jacques Plante to set the most wins in NHL history by a goaltender in his first 500 career NHL appearances.— Owen Newkirk (@OwenNewkirk) December 1, 2021Hintz opened up the scoring within the first 75 seconds for the second consecutive game, only the 34th player in NHL history to do so per NHL Public Relations and first since captain Jamie Benn more than seven years ago.