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The following are lists showing the point- and goal-scoring leaders of the National Hockey League before the league issued trophies for such achievements. The point-scoring leader has been awarded the Art Ross Trophy since the 1947–48 NHL season, and the goal-scoring leader has been awarded the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy since the 1998–99 NHL season.
Plus-minus is a statistic that indicates the relative goal differential when a player is on the ice. If the player is on the ice when his team scores even-strength or short-handed, he is given +1; if he is on the ice when the opposing team scores even-strength or they score a goal while he is on the powerplay, he is given -1.
Longest consecutive goal-scoring streak from start of NHL career: Joe Malone (1917–18), 14 games; Longest consecutive goal-scoring streak: Punch Broadbent, 16 games (1921–22) Longest consecutive goal-scoring streak, one playoff season: Reggie Leach 10 games (1976) Longest consecutive goal-scoring streak by a defenseman: Mike Green (2008 ...
This is a list of top goal-scorers by season in the National Hockey League. Players marked with a dagger (†) are active, while players inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
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. This list is current as of November 24, 2024. Legend
Bossy, who had set a league rookie-scoring record with 53 goals in 1977–78, surpassed the 50-goal mark in each of his first nine NHL seasons. [13] The 1980s represented one of the highest scoring eras in NHL history: [ 14 ] on 76 occasions, a player scored 50 goals in a season. [ 1 ]
In 1979, Billy Smith became the first NHL goaltender in history to be credited with a goal. In 1987, Ron Hextall became the first goaltender to score via a direct shot on goal, and later became the first with a short-handed goal. Hextall is the only goaltender to have scored more than once with a direct shot on goal.
List of NHL goal scoring leaders by season; List of NHL goaltenders with 300 wins; List of NHL longest losing streaks; List of NHL longest winning streaks; List of NHL players with 50-goal seasons; List of NHL players with 100-point seasons; List of NHL career assists leaders