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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 , 22 Sidney Crosby , 13
Joe Malone, the first player to score five goals in an NHL game, the only player to score seven goals in a game, and the overall most prolific, scoring at least five goals in five games. Tage Thompson, the most recent player to score five goals in an NHL game, did it on December 7, 2022. This is a list of players who have scored five or more ...
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.
The National Hockey League (NHL) is a major professional ice hockey league which operates in Canada and the United States. Since its inception in 1917–18 , 404 players have played at least 1,000 regular season games, varying in amounts between Patrick Marleau 's 1,779 to Bernie Federko 's 1,000.
Most points by an NHL player in his first year: 137. Because of Gretzky's season played in the WHA, he was not considered a rookie in his first year, so the rookie record belongs to Teemu Selanne with 132. Most assists by an NHL player in his first year: 86. The rookie record is held jointly by Peter Stastny and Joe Juneau with 70 assists. Note ...
Connor Andrew McDavid (born January 13, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Selected first overall by the Oilers in the 2015 NHL entry draft, McDavid is widely considered one of the best players in the world, and his offensive dominance has drawn comparisons to players such as Wayne Gretzky.
[46] [47] On October 25, Marleau played his 1,500th game as a member of the San Jose Sharks, and became the seventh player in NHL history to play 1,500 games with one NHL franchise. [48] On January 11, 2020, Marleau played in his 1,700th NHL game, becoming the fifth player in NHL history to reach the mark, and youngest to do so, as the Sharks ...
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