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The player who scores during this extra time is given the overtime goal. All overtime in the NHL is sudden death —meaning the first team to score is the winner—so the player who scores in overtime also has the game-winning goal.
In 2017, the National Hockey League commemorated its 100th anniversary with a list of the 100 Greatest NHL Players. [1] The list was made through voting compiled by a panel of 58 people, including media members, NHL alumni and NHL executives. [2] [3] The list is in alphabetical order rather than ranked.
Most games: Patrick Marleau, 1,779 Most games, including playoffs: Mark Messier, 1,992 Most playoff games: Chris Chelios, 266 Most games played in a single season, not including playoffs: Jimmy Carson (1992–93) and Bob Kudelski (1993–94), 86 (both being traded mid-season, allowing them to play more than the then-team maximum of 84 games in a season)
Nicknamed "the Great One", [1] he has been called the greatest ice hockey player ever by the NHL [2] based on extensive surveys of hockey writers, ex-players, general managers and coaches. [3] Gretzky is the leading career goal scorer, assist producer and point scorer in NHL history, [4] and has more career assists than any other player has ...
Nicknamed "Mr. Hockey", Howe is often considered the most complete player ever to play the game and one of the greatest of all time. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] At his retirement, his 801 goals, 1,049 assists, and 1,850 total points were all NHL records that stood until they were broken by Wayne Gretzky , who himself has been a major champion of Howe's legacy.
This is a list of National Hockey League statistical leaders by country of birth, sorted by total points. The top ten players from each country are included. Statistics are current through the end of the 2023–24 NHL season and players currently playing in the National Hockey League are marked in boldface.
8-Time All-NHL first team (1981–87, 1991) 7-Time All-NHL second team (1980, 1988–90, 1994, 1997, 1998) All-WHA second team (1979) In 1998, he was ranked number 1 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players; Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1999 (Three-year waiting period post retirement waived)
In 2017, Datsyuk was named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players" in history, and was the only active player outside of the NHL at the time of announcement. [1] Datsyuk won the Stanley Cup in 2002 and 2008 with the Red Wings, and the Gagarin Cup in 2017 with SKA Saint Petersburg.