Friday's notes: Milestones, records, birthdays and more

On a night where Patrick Marleau looked like he found the Fountain of Youth, another San Jose Shark had managed to hit a milestone. Brent Burns scored his 200th NHL goal on Thursday evening, becoming just the 23rd defenseman to hit the mark.

Speaking of milestones, Blake Wheeler hit one of his own on Thursday, as the Jets' fearless leader surpassed the 700 points mark with a 1 goal, 1 assist performance against the visiting Minnesota Wild. The Jets are currently sporting a winning record of 3-2-0 despite missing 4 of their top 6 defensemen from last season.

The Edmonton Oilers have become just the third NHL team to overcome a deficit to win each of their first four games in a season, joining Los Angeles in 1988-89 and Nashville in 2005-06.

The Winnipeg Jets have reassigned defenseman Sami Niku to Manitoba of the AHL.

Julien Gauthier makes his NHL debut tonight for the Carolina Hurricanes. He's a former first round pick in 2016.

Happy 18th birthday to Alex Lafrenière, who is projected by many to go first overall on the 2020 NHL entry draft.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed forward Josh Anderson on Injured Reserve and have recalled LW Markus Hannikainen from the AHL Cleveland Monsters has 8 goals and 15 points in 91 career NHL games with the Jackets.

Yes, it's early in the season, but the Winnipeg Jets are quite pleased with Patrik Laine so far. As pointed out by the team's Twitter account, he young sniper currently leads the NHL in points, assists, and +/-

In an update on a story we brought you last night, the official attendance at the game in Ottawa Thursday night was 9,204. The stadium seat 17,000.

And Phil Kessel will reach a major milestone Saturday night as he is set to play in his 1000th NHL game.

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