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This is a list of players who are not rookies, but are playing in their first NHL season via expansion or through the birth of the NHL. Most goals by a player, first NHL season, one game: Joe Malone (December 19, 1917, January 12, 1918 and February 2, 1918), 5; Most goals by a player, first NHL game: Joe Malone (December 19, 1917), 5
Wayne Gretzky is the NHL's all-time leading goal scorer. Alexander Ovechkin is the active leader in goalscoring and second all time. The puck Maurice Richard used to score his 500th NHL goal on October 19, 1957. Richard was the first player in league history to record 500 career goals. the current list as of February 11, 2025. Legend
Nedeljkovic is the only goaltender to score a goal in the NHL, AHL, and ECHL, and has the most professional goals for a goaltender, having scored two in the AHL. [16] Mike Smith was also credited with a goal in both the NHL and the ECHL, having scored a goal as a member of the Lexington Men O' War on October 26, 2002, against the Dayton Bombers ...
Goals against average is the average number of goals a goaltender allows over a 60-minute period (the regulation length of a game). It is calculated by multiplying the goals against by 60 minutes, then dividing by the total minutes played. Minimum 25 games played
He set up the epic overtime goal scored by Boston Bruins teammate Bobby Orr that clinched the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals, widely considered to be the greatest goal in National Hockey League history. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Over 13 NHL seasons, he amassed 202 goals, 250 assists, 911 penalty minutes and a plus-141 rating in 598 games with five teams.
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, in ...
He led the NHL in goal scoring five times and was the first NHL player to reach the 500-goal milestone. In 1944–45 , Richard became the first player in NHL history to score 50 goals in one season , doing so in just 50 games , the latter feat achieved by only four other players since then.
Ovechkin scored his 600th on March 12, 2018, and now has 868 — 26 behind Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record. Crosby is the seventh player in NHL history to score 600 with one team.