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The most recent goaltender to have scored a goal by deliberately shooting the puck into his opponents' net was Alex Nedeljkovic on January 17, 2025. Of the nineteen goals scored by NHL goaltenders, twelve were shot into the opposing team's net by the goaltender. Two goaltenders have scored a goal and earned a shutout in the same game.
Newsy Lalonde, the first player to score six goals in an NHL game, also had two other five-goal games. Wayne Gretzky, the NHL's all-time leading scorer, had four five-goal games. Mario Lemieux recorded four five-goal games. Sergei Fedorov scored all of the Red Wings' goals in a 5–4 overtime win against the Washington Capitals.
Under this rule, the game ends when a goal is scored; the team that scores that goal during extra time is the winner. Introduced formally in 1993, though with some history before that, the rule ceased to apply to most FIFA-authorized football games in 2004. The similar silver goal supplemented the golden goal between 2002 and 2004.
As of the 2024–25 season – the 107th regular season of play of the National Hockey League (NHL) – 48 different ice hockey players have scored at least 500 regular season goals in their NHL career. A 500-goal career was first achieved in the 44th year of the NHL , when Maurice Richard scored his 500th goal in his 938th game.
Most game-winning goals in a single season: Phil Esposito (1970–71 and 1971–72) and Michel Goulet (1983–84), 16; Most game-winning goals in a single playoffs season: Brad Richards (2004), 7; Most game-winning goals in a playoff series: Mike Bossy (six-game series) (1983), 4; Most career game-winning goals: Jaromir Jagr, 135
Most playoff goals scored by both teams in one game: 18, (Los Angeles Kings had 10 and the Edmonton Oilers 8) on April 7, 1982; Most playoff goals scored by both teams in one period: 9, by the New York Rangers (6) and the Philadelphia Flyers (3) on April 24, 1979 and the Los Angeles Kings (5) and the Calgary Flames (4) on April 10, 1990
Antero Niittymaki holds the team regular season record for most saves in a game. Simon Gagne scored the fastest overtime goal in franchise history on January 5, 2006. On May 1, 1980, Bob Dailey set a franchise playoff high for defensemen when he tallied five points. His four assists in that game is also tied for the team high among all skaters.
Most goals scored by a defender in a calendar year: 27 – Daniel Passarella, 1976 [37] Most domestic league goals scored in a football season: 67 – Archie Stark, 1924–25 [38] [39] [note 14] Most international club goals scored in a football season: 19 [41] Trésor Mputu, 2007 [note 15] Rico, 2008