"It was just one of those nights where everything started to go my way." "I didn't play very well and then our whole team was kind of in a funk, so we switched lines and I got moved up with. "I think looking back on it, I wasn't happy with my first period," he said. The Oilers fell behind 2-0 to the Chicago Blackhawks 40 seconds into the second period before the sparking of history embodied itself in the gloves and stick of Gagner after a shuffling of lines in the intermission. Safe to say, Sam Gagner producing the 13th eight-point game in NHL history, and first since Mario Lemieux back in April of 1989, will live in the minds of Oilers fans and the record books long into the ensuing decades. 2, 2012 didn't have the makings of a legendary NHL moment. It was a sensational start to what has turned into a solid career for the now 26-year-old NHL veteran, who has now scored 412 points in 580 regular season games. RNH unfortunately missed 20 games during his rookie season due to a shoulder injury, but he still finished with 18 goals and 52 points in 62 games, getting selected as a finalist for the Calder Memorial Trophy but finishing second in voting to Colorado Avalanche freshman Gabriel Landeskog. What an opening week for the baby-faced centreman from Burnaby. Just six days later, Nugent-Hopkins notched his first career hat-trick against his hometown team, the Vancouver Canucks, scoring all three of Edmonton's goals in a 4-3 defeat.
The milestone moment was sweetened further when Hemsky and Jordan Eberle scored for Edmonton in the shootout, and only future Oilers forward James Neal tallied for Pittsburgh, with Devan Dubnyk stopping the other two attempts to secure the 2-1 win for the home team. RNH had darted to the net after passing to Hall and collected the loose puck from the cluster in front, beating goaltender Brent Johnson on his second shot attempt to make it 1-1, sending the capacity crowd into a frenzy. Nugent-Hopkins passed the puck down to Taylor Hall behind the Pittsburgh net, Hall sent a backhand pass between his legs intended for a streaking Ales Hemsky, but it missed the winger and instead hit the skate of defender Matt Niskanen. Kris Letang spotted the Penguins an early 1-0 lead with a power-play goal just 3:03 into the opening frame, but the teams were deadlocked from that point on until the 18-year-old rookie stepped into the spotlight and scored the equalizer with 4:55 to go in the third. 9 on home ice against the Pittsburgh Penguins, who brought a perfect 2-0-0 record into Rexall Place for Edmonton's first game of the campaign. The Oilers opened the 2011-12 season on Oct.
What a debut for the man they call "Nuge" as Sportsnet's Kevin Quinn so eloquently captured the 2011 first-overall draft pick's unforgettable first NHL game. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, his first National Hockey League goal has tied this game at one! "Hopkins with a chance, another chance, he scooooooores, he's done it!
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