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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
Most games going past regulation in a single day: 8 on February 22, 2007 and November 27, 2015. [6] Most games decided in a shootout: 21, by the 2013–14 Washington Capitals (10 wins, 11 losses) Most shootout goals in a single game: 11, Florida Panthers 6, Washington Capitals 5, on December 16, 2014. [7]
While playing for Boston in the 1970s, Phil Esposito scored 50 goals in five consecutive seasons, led by a then-NHL record 76 goals in 1970–71. [11] By 1980, 24 players had reached the mark. [12] Mike Bossy of the New York Islanders joined Richard as the second man in NHL history to score 50 goals in 50 games in 1980–81.
List of NHL players with 500 consecutive games played; List of NHL players with 500 goals; List of NHL players with 1,000 games played; List of NHL players with 1,000 points; List of NHL players with 2,000 career penalty minutes
Gordie Howe appeared in 1,767 games, the second-most in league history. He held the record for most games played for 59 years, from 1961 to 2021, and still holds the record for most games played with one franchise. Jaromir Jagr played in 1,733 games, fourth-most in NHL history. Zdeno Chara played in 1,680 games, the most by a defenseman.
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. Alexander Ovechkin , 24 Jaromir Jagr , 19
Fifty of the listed players who have played 1,000 games have played for only one franchise (of which 17 are still active as of the current 2023–24 season). Five of those players played exclusively for the Detroit Red Wings and four played for the Montreal Canadiens , those teams having the most such players.
Most ties in a season: 18 (1980–81) Most overtime losses in a season: 14 (2006–07) Most goals scored in a season: 330 (1991–92) Fewest goals scored in a season: 181 (1974–75)* Most goals per game scored in a season: 4.125 (1991–92) Fewest goals allowed in a season: 194 (1999–00)* Most goals allowed in a season: 446 (1974–75)