On this day in 1993… Doug Gilmour scores 118th point of the season setting Toronto Maple Leafs scoring record

Teeder Kennedy couldn’t do it. Nor could Frank Mahovlich. Not Dave Keon, Lanny McDonald or Rick Vaive either.

No, the only player in Toronto Maple Leafs’ history to score as many as 117 points in a season was Darryl Sittler, who received a one-way ticket straight to the Hockey Hall Of Fame once his playing days ended.

Then along came this refugee from Calgary Flames and stood Toronto on its collective ear.

Doug Gilmour made Maple Leaf history in Edmonton Saturday night with a first-period assist on Dave Andreychuk’s 51st goal at 4:20. That gave Gilmour 118 points on the season, the most ever in team history as Toronto won 6-2.

Gilmour, speaking on the telephone before the Oilers’ game, said he wanted to get the record out of the way before tonight’s game against his ex-teammates.

“The reporters here asked me the same thing: ‘Wouldn’t it be nice to go back to Calgary and get it?’ I said: ‘Not a chance.’ It’s hard enough playing against those guys, playing against Otts (Joel Otto) all the time. I say: ‘Forget it.’

“Besides, it’s more of a buildup from the media side. When I matched the record (Thursday against Minnesota), it’s almost as if it was over and done with. Really, it hasn’t been that big a deal.”

Earlier in March, when Gilmour broke Sittler’s single-season assist record (72), the former Leafs’ captain sent him a congratulatory fax.

“It seems like everything that’s happened has happened on the road,” said Gilmour. “But I sat down with Darryl one day at the office in Toronto, probably when I was at 85 or 90 points, and he said: ‘Keep going, go for it.’ So he’s been very supportive through it all.”