Jackman sets NHL record

I mentioned in "Stat Trick" that Jackman had scored just 16 seconds into the game on his 28th birthday.

Turns out that he set an NHL record.  According to Elias, it's the earliest goal in a game a player has scored on his birthday.

Thomas Eriksson (32 seconds into a game on his 24th birthday in 1983 for the Flyers) held the previous record.

Elmer Lach (43 seconds, on his 26th birthday in 1944) and Dave Taylor (52 seconds, on his 24th birthday in 1979) are the only other players to have scored in the first minute of a game on their birthday.

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