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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
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 goals in a National Hockey League (NHL) game. Scoring five or more goals in a single game is considered a great feat, as it has only been accomplished 64 times, by 48 players, in the ...
Most goals in a single season (69 in the 2023-24 NHL Season), surpassed Rick Vaive, who had 54 in the 1981–82 season. [137] Fastest Maple Leafs player to score 25 goals (52 games), surpassed Howie Meeker (58 games in 1946–47). [138] Most points by a rookie (69), surpassed Peter Ihnačák, who had 66 in the 1982–83 season. [139]
Mike Richards holds the NHL career record for most 3-on-5 shorthanded goals scored. He's also one of only two Flyers to score a penalty shot goal in a playoff game. Ron Hextall holds the franchise regular season and playoff records for games played by a goalie, wins, and losses.
In the inaugural 1917–18 NHL season, Malone scored 2.20 goals per game over 20 games played, a single-season record that remains the highest ever. He is also the only player in the history of the NHL to score seven goals in a single game, accomplishing the feat in 1920.
Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 874 goals and needs 21 to set a new record. Ovechkin entered the ...
While playing for Boston in the 1970s, Phil Esposito scored 50 goals in five consecutive seasons, led by a then-NHL record 76 goals in 1970–71. [11] By 1980, 24 players had reached the mark. [12] Mike Bossy of the New York Islanders joined Richard as the second man in NHL history to score 50 goals in 50 games in 1980–81.
Most goals, 1 team, 1 game – 17, Team Toews 17, Team Foligno 12, 2015 at Columbus Fewest goals, 1 team, 1 game – 0, NHL All-Stars vs. Montreal, 1967 at Montreal Most shots, both teams, 1 game (since 1955) – 102 , East 9 (56 shots), West 8 (46 shots), 1994 at New York