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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.
Most games: Patrick Marleau, 1,779 Most games, including playoffs: Mark Messier, 1,992 Most playoff games: Chris Chelios, 266 Most games played in a single season, not including playoffs: Jimmy Carson (1992–93) and Bob Kudelski (1993–94), 86 (both being traded mid-season, allowing them to play more than the then-team maximum of 84 games in a season)
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
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.
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. the current list as of January 30, 2025. Legend
Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 875 goals and needs 20 to break the record. Ovechkin entered the season 42 ...
The following articles contain the following lists of National Hockey League (NHL) records: List of NHL records (individual) List of NHL records (team) List of NHL All-Star Game records; List of NHL statistical leaders; List of NHL statistical leaders by country
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 (*).