It's been a lifetime for Tom Rowe. And yet this must have felt like an eternity for Aleksander Barkov.

With his first goal in 22 games scored on a breakaway in overtime, Barkov delivered the Florida Panthers' new head coach his first career victory at the NHL level Thursday night in Detroit.

Rowe has taken three points from his first two outings behind the bench since the Panthers dismissed Gerard Gallant last weekend.

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Jason Chimera is a man of mystery, most notably surprising himself.

The New York Islanders forward scored a ridiculous goal Thursday night, splitting the defense of his former club - the Washington Capitals - before beating Braden Holtby with a nasty backhand.

The goal appeared to have caught his former netminder by surprise, but, as Chimera admits, he wasn't alone.

The goal gives Chimera three on the season, but after this beauty, the sky is the limit now ... right Jason?

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Sidney Crosby's not just a shooter, after all.

Well, to be fair, he's still filling the net at a ridiculous 73-goal pace over a full 82-game season - and through an absolute assortment of means. But Crosby's oddly skewed early season stat line is now gradually reverting - even despite resolute goal scoring.

Crosby collected two assists in a second straight outing in Thursday's win over the Dallas Stars, giving him nine on the season after recording only five in his first 16 games.

Factoring in his league-leading 16 goals, Crosby's 25 points has him in a tie for fourth in league scoring, and has him on pace to break the 100-point threshold for the first time in four seasons and second time in seven.

His three-point outing was the 113th of his career. Only Jaromir Jagr has more among active players.

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A little Eichel goes a long way.

Two weeks ago the Buffalo Sabres were struggling to find the back of the net and losses were piling up. Fast forward and add a return to the lineup this week, and the Sabres are a new club with Jack Eichel back in the fold, getting two wins under their belt,

With a 4-3 victory over the New York Rangers Thursday night, the Sabres have now collected wins in two straight, with a combined nine goals. In fact, prior to Tuesday's 5-4 win over the Ottawa Senators, the Sabres' previous nine goals came over a five-game span.

Of course, of those goals Eichel has three and points on four, including the game-tying and game-winning goals on Thursday.

Entering Thursday's contest the Sabres were scoring at a clip of just 1.95 goals per game - being the only team to manage fewer than two goals per game in the league.

Eichel may be just one player, but his return appears to be just what the doctor ordered to get this young team scoring again.

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Jaromir Jagr continues to scale.

The ageless, mullet-wearing winger with the Florida Panthers suited up in his 1,653rd career game Thursday night at Joe Louis Arena, passing Mark Recchi for fourth all time.

Gordie Howe, Mark Messier, and Ron Francis are the only players with more.

Jagr sits 114 games behind Howe for the most games played in NHL history. If he hangs around for one more year, and remains healthy and able past the age of 46, Jagr has a chance to finish his career with the most all time.

As for his next rung that he'll take, Jagr requires eights points to surpass Mark Messier for the second-most behind Wayne Gretzky. He entered his 1,653rd game with 1,880 points for his career.

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You think Sidney Crosby's wielding a hot stick?

After his first attempt from behind the net was denied, the Pittsburgh Penguins captain shortened up and batted the puck back at his target, this time hitting Antti Niemi right between the numbers and seeing it tumble into the empty net.

The mystifying marker, which gave the Penguins the lead, is Crosby's league-leading 16th.

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With flashes of Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg beat Florida Panthers goaltender Roberto Luongo with a devastating backhander Thursday night.

The goal gave the Red Wings a 1-0 lead in the first period. With the tally, Zetterberg picks up his 313th career goal. Fittingly, He's now one shy of Datsyuk with the seventh-most goals in Red Wings history.

(Video courtesy: NHL.com)

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A moment that would be hard-pressed to be more Canadian.

Henry Burris and plaid-clad receiver Brad Sinopoli of the Grey Cup champion Ottawa Redblacks used the century-old trophy captured over the weekend to perform the ceremonial puck drop ahead of the Senators' Thursday-night clash with the Philadelphia Flyers.

The Redblacks were celebrated at Canadian Tire Centre for their thrilling upset victory over the Calgary Stampeders in the 104th Grey Cup on Sunday night in Toronto.

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That's one the King would like back.

New York Rangers netminder Henrik Lundqvist allowed the first goal of the game just 18 seconds in Thursday night, gaffing on a center ice dump-in by Buffalo Sabres defenseman Jake McCabe that took an unfortunate tip off the skate of Johan Larsson.

The goal was just Larsson's fourth of the year and likely his easiest.

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NHL senior vice president of Player Safety Stephane Quintal will be on location Saturday when the Vancouver Canucks and Toronto Maple Leafs meet for the first time since their venomous meeting early last month, TSN's Darren Dreger reported Thursday on Insider Trading.

Dreger said the NHL's on "high alert," and suggested Quintal will be involved in helping strategize the control of potential misconduct.

The two teams traded 171 penalty minutes in the Nov. 6 meeting won by the Maple Leafs. Here's a rundown of the indiscretion involved:

• Morgan Rielly and Nazem Kadri throw questionable hits on Jannik Hansen and Daniel Sedin in succession.
• Derek Dorsett turns down a challenge from Matt Martin, instead engaging Leo Komarov in a fight.
• Alex Burrows fights Reilly after appearing to spear him the shift prior.
• Martin jumps rookie Troy Stecher, which leads to Ryan Miller and Frederik Andersen leaving their creases to join the minor melee.
• Erik Gudbranson shouts death threats at Martin in the hallway after the game.

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