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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
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.
Following the 1994–95 lockout, the NHL entered a prolonged period of offensive decline. Throughout the 1980s, 7.6 goals were scored per game on average. That figure had dropped below six goals per game by the 1994–95 season, and to 5.19 by 1998–99. [25] There have been many arguments put forth as to what caused this decline.
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) Most penalty minutes in a season: 2204 (1989–90) Fewest penalty minutes in a season: 994 ...
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.
Clint Benedict, a goaltender of the 1920s in the NHL holds several GAA records. Goals against average (GAA) also known as "average goals against" or "AGA" is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water polo that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender or goalkeeper (depending on sport).
Fewest shorthanded goals allowed in a season: 0, by the 2013–14 Nashville Predators Most shorthanded goals in one penalty: 3 , by the 2009–10 Boston Bruins vs the Carolina Hurricanes Most combined goals in a game: 21 , Toronto St. Patricks vs. Montreal Canadiens on January 10, 1920 (Montreal won 14–7); [ 5 ] Edmonton Oilers vs. Chicago ...
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