Quote:It's a special night for Robitaille, Hull family

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DETROIT (AP) -- Hall of Famer Bobby Hull saw two of his marks fall on Friday night -- one to his son.


Luc Robitaille passed Hull to become the most prolific goal-scoring left wing in NHL history and added an assist as the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Washington Capitals 3-1.


Detroit's Brett Hull missed here, but he would get past Olaf Kolzig later in the first period Friday.


Brett Hull also scored to pass his father and move into third place on the all-time list of game-winning goals.


Robitaille scored his 611th goal 1:50 into the game when he tipped in a shot from the point by Kirk Maltby.


It was Robitaille's 21st goal of the season.


Bobby Hull watched the game from the Joe Louis Arena stands.


"What are records for?" he asked. "And I'm glad to see these young guys set them."


Hull presented Robitaille with a cigar after the game for breaking his record, one that Brett had given him around Christmas


"I didn't know who to give it to, Brett or Luc," Bobby Hull said. "I'll give Brett my love."


Robitaille said the milestone was extra special because of Bobby Hull's presence. He added that his first skates were a pair of Bobby Hull CCM's.


"It's going to be meaningful once I retire," he said of the record, "but I don't want to stop here. I want to keep going and win a Cup here."


Brett Hull got what turned out to be the game winner with 45.3 seconds left in the first period to break a 1-1 tie.


He scored on a one-timer from the bottom of the right circle after taking a pass from rookie Pavel Datsyuk.


It was his 99th career game-winning goal and the 665th of his career.


"I didn't realize there was a record for me to break," Brett Hull said. "I'm excited for Luc. For you to go by someone of that status and legendary stature, it's great."


Robitaille, who has played 1,172 games in his 16 seasons, also moved into 10th place on the all-time NHL goal list.


Robitaille already held the NHL single-season records for goals (63) and points (125) by a left wing. Both of those marks came in 1992-93 when he was with the Los Angeles Kings.


Bobby Hull, who played 1,063 regular-season games in 16 seasons in the NHL, also had 303 goals in 411 games with the Winnipeg Jets in the WHA.


Washington had tied the game with a power-play goal at 9:36 of the first period when Peter Bondra got his 25th goal of season by one-timing a cross-ice pass from Adam Oates past Dominik Hasek on the short side from the right circle


"We had a great effort, but we didn't finish the first period off," Washington coach Ron Wilson said.


There was no scoring in the second period.


Sergei Fedorov, who also assisted on Robitaille's record goal, added a third-period goal for the Red Wings when his pass from behind the Washington net banked in off of goaltender Olaf Kolzig.

Francine Banger Wrote:Redwings can get 150 points. Ill still stick with Colorado come playoff time.

Faceman Wrote:Write this one down in the memory banks. When the playoffs come around, beware of the Sharks. They have a number of good young players(Sundstrom, Nabakov) and some veterans that have been to the playoffs and know how to win(Graves, Ricci). They will be dangerous come playoff time.

Sean Cold Wrote:well, jmb, young people can win the cup. Maybe you never heard but Edmonton had The Kid Linewhen they won the stanley cup with, oh my god, Graves playing on it.

Also, last time i checked, Graves is the alltime leader in goals for a season for the Rangers. He was key in getting the cup in the same year. Now, you want to slam Gravey for what? This is the same guy who double handed slashed Lemiux to help The rangers win against Pitt, the same guy who wrapped around the seris winning goal against NJ, the same guy who protected that cunt whore Mess the whole time he was on his line!

JAYMOHRBUDDY Wrote:And ok he scored 52 goals..but show me what he has done (did) for us from 98-2001..

Sean Cold Wrote:

Quote: And ok he scored 52 goals..but show me what he has done (did) for us from 98-2001..

Show me what any fuckin Ranger did in that time, they all sucked out loud.

Quote:Yeah well Graves had back surgery and was battling though that and that included with his aging, of course he wasnt going to be the same player. Also he never had a really good line to play with the past couple of years.

And by the way when he slashed Lemieux, it didnt help us win, because we lost that series in 6 games to Pittsburgh in 1992.