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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 (*).
The following are lists showing the point- and goal-scoring leaders of the National Hockey League before the league issued trophies for such achievements. The point-scoring leader has been awarded the Art Ross Trophy since the 1947–48 NHL season, and the goal-scoring leader has been awarded the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy since the 1998–99 NHL season.
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
The NHL offseason was interesting because the wild-card Nashville Predators and Washington Capitals, plus the non-playoff New Jersey Devils and Utah Hockey Club, were among the most aggressive ...
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 goal scoring leaders by season; List of NHL goaltenders with 300 wins; List of NHL longest losing streaks; List of NHL longest winning streaks; List of NHL players with 50-goal seasons; List of NHL players with 100-point seasons; List of NHL career assists leaders
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.
He led the NHL in goal scoring five times and was the first NHL player to reach the 500-goal milestone. In 1944–45 , Richard became the first player in NHL history to score 50 goals in one season , doing so in just 50 games , the latter feat achieved by only four other players since then.