Played at Detroit’s Olympia Stadium, the Red Wings did most of the damage in the third and final period, in which eight goals were scored.

Syd Howe led the home team onslaught with a hat-trick, his three goals coming in the final eight minutes of the game.

The game started rather tentatively, with the Red Wings 2-0 up at the end of the first period. That lead increased to 7-0 with five goals in the second period before the floodgates really opened.

New York goaltender Ken McAuley makes 43 saves.

1994: The Dalls Cowboys beat rivals the San Francisco 49ers 38-21 to reach Super Bowl XXVIII.

1983: 11-time grand slam winner Bjorn Borg announces his retirement from tennis, aged just 26.

1998: The Denver Nuggets tie the NBA single-season record of 23 consecutive losses set by the Vancouver Grizzlies in 1995-96.

2006: The FA confirm Sven-Goran Eriksson would leave his position as England manager after the World Cup in Germany.