1. He reached his milestone 1500th NHL game on January 23 , 2016 , when the Tampa Bay Lightning visited the Florida Panthers .
2. He reached his milestone 1500th NHL game on January 23rd 2016 when the Tampa Bay Lightning visited the Florida Panthers .

Select your answer from the options. Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
pick from the following.
(a). no
(b). yes...I think the answer is
(b).