One of my favorite records in NHL history was set by Mario Lemieux on December 31, 1988.  Squaring off against the New Jersey Devils, Lemieux potted five goals, but in a very unordinary fashion, scoring each goal in a different situation.  Mario scored an even-strength goal, a power play goal, and a shorthanded goal.  He also scored on a penalty shot and into an empty net in the game.  No other player has equaled this feat and with the state of scoring in the NHL, it is very unlikely that another player will be able to match this anytime soon.  Laine, Zibanejad, Thompson, and Meier have all recently scored 5 goals, but have not come close to matching the situational gravity of Lemieux's feat.  The five-goal, three-assist outburst by number 66 was his first five-goal outing of his career and his second eight-point performance of the season.  The Penguins went on to win by a final score of 8-6, and Lemieux would go on to score 199 points over the course of the 1988-89 season.

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