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Most 90-or-more goal seasons: 1. Gretzky is the only player to achieve this. Fastest 50 goals from start of season: 50 goals in 39 games. The mark of 50 goals in 50 games is a rare event, achieved by only five players. The quickest, 50 goals in 39 games, is often labelled as the most difficult one to break of all of Gretzky's records.
Wayne Gretzky continued rewriting the record books, scoring an NHL record 92 goals, which included 50 goals in 39 games, also an NHL record. Gretzky's 212 points was also a record, and it was the first time in NHL history that a player had over 200 points, as he won his third Hart Memorial Trophy and his second Art Ross Trophy .
Later that season, Gretzky broke Esposito's record for most goals in a season (76) on February 24, 1982, scoring three to help defeat the Buffalo Sabres 6–3. [59] He ended the 1981–82 season with records of 92 goals, 120 assists, and 212 points in 80 games, becoming the only player in NHL history to break the two hundred-point mark. [ 60 ]
This is a list of top goal-scorers by season in the National Hockey League. ... Wayne Gretzky (1) * Edmonton Oilers: 92 80 1.15 [65] 1982–83: Wayne Gretzky (2) *
Most goals, single season: Wayne Gretzky (1981–82), 92 Most goals, in single playoffs season: Reggie Leach (1976) and Jari Kurri (1985), 19 Most goals, single season including playoffs: Wayne Gretzky (1983–84), 100
Esposito set the record for goals in a season, 76, and points, 152. Gretzky reset those to 92 and 215. His four 200-point seasons remain the only ones in NHL history. Orr’s 102-assist mark got ...
Ovechkin has 178 multi-goal games, second to Gretzky (189). Ovechkin earlier this season became the 60th player to record 700 career assists. He joined Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Jagr, Marcel Dionne ...
Over the next several seasons, Gretzky established new highs in goals scored in a season, with 92 in the 1981–82 season; in assists, with 163 in the 1985–86; and in total points, with 215 in 1985–86. [84] He also scored 50 goals in 39 games, the fastest any player had reached the total in a single season. [55]