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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 (*).
Scoring 50 goals in one season is one of the most celebrated individual achievements in the National Hockey League (NHL). [1] In 1944–45, Maurice Richard became the first player to score 50 goals in a season. Bernie Geoffrion became the second player to reach the milestone 16 years later in 1960–61. Fifty-goal seasons increased in frequency ...
Mike Smith was the first goaltender to score a goal in the NHL with the Turco grip, placing the catching glove overhand on the shaft of the stick. Filip Gustavsson and Alex Nedeljkovic's goals in the 2024–25 season were the first time in NHL history that more than one goaltender scored a goal in a single season. Nedeljkovic is also the only ...
If the player is on the ice when his team scores even-strength or short-handed, he is given +1; if he is on the ice when the opposing team scores even-strength or they score a goal while he is on the powerplay, he is given -1.
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)
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.
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 ...
Most playoff goals scored by one team in one game: 13, by the Edmonton Oilers on April 9, 1987; Most playoff goals scored by one team in one period: 7, by the Montreal Canadiens on March 30, 1944; Most playoff goals scored by both teams in one game: 18, (Los Angeles Kings had 10 and the Edmonton Oilers 8) on April 7, 1982