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Longest consecutive goal-scoring streak from start of NHL career: Joe Malone (1917–18), 14 games Longest consecutive goal-scoring streak: Punch Broadbent , 16 games (1921–22) Longest consecutive goal-scoring streak, one playoff season: Reggie Leach 10 games (1976)
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.
Wayne Gretzky is the NHL's all-time leading goal scorer. Alexander Ovechkin is the active leader in goalscoring and second all time. The puck Maurice Richard used to score his 500th NHL goal on October 19, 1957. Richard was the first player in league history to record 500 career goals. This list is current as of December 29, 2024. Legend
Gordie Howe's 545th goal, which broke the NHL's all-time scoring record, did not come easy for the famed Detroit Red Wing. Flashback: Gordie Howe became all-time leader in regular-season career ...
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
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)
Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 868 goals after scoring 15 in the first 18 games this season.
This is a list of top goal-scorers by season in the National Hockey League. Players marked with a dagger (†) are active, while players inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).