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When a team is given a penalty for committing an infraction (such as tripping another player), the offending player must sit in the penalty box, and his team must play with one fewer player on the ice. The penalized team is said to be "short-handed", while the other team has a "powerplay". If a player scores while his team is short handed, this ...
The following is a list of the all-time records for each of the 32 active National Hockey League (NHL) teams, beginning with the first NHL season (), with regular season stats accurate as of the end of all games on October 26, 2023, and playoff stats accurate as of the end of the 2020–21 NHL season and 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs. [1]
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
P or PTS – Points – Team points, calculated from W, OTW, OTL, L, SOL and SOW. As 2 points for a W, 2 points for an OTW or SOW, 1 point for a T or OTL or SOL, and zero for a L. GF – Goals for – Number of goals the team has scored; GA – Goals against – Number of goals scored against the team; OTW – Overtime Win; SOW – Shoot Out Win
At its inception, the NHL had four teams, all in Canada, thus the adjective "National" in the league's name. The league expanded to the United States in 1924, when the Boston Bruins joined, and has since consisted of both American and Canadian teams. From 1942 to 1967, the NHL had only six teams, collectively nicknamed the "Original Six".
Jagr played his 1,500th game with New Jersey, his seventh NHL team. Due to the much greater number of teams, the greater salaries paid to today's players, and the greater number of games played in a season, the list is dominated by post-expansion players.
The following are lists of current National Hockey League (NHL) team rosters: For Eastern Conference rosters please see List of current NHL Eastern Conference team rosters . For Western Conference rosters please see List of current NHL Western Conference team rosters .
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)