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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.
Most goals by a player, first NHL game: Joe Malone (December 19, 1917), 5; Most assists by a player, first NHL season, one game: Wayne Gretzky (February 15, 1980), 7; Longest goal-scoring streak, first NHL season: Joe Malone (1917–18), 14 games; Most assists by a player, first NHL Season Wayne Gretzky (1979–80), 86; Most points by a player ...
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
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. Patrick Kane , 5 Corey Perry , 4
In 1979, Billy Smith became the first NHL goaltender in history to be credited with a goal. In 1987, Ron Hextall became the first goaltender to score via a direct shot on goal, and later became the first with a short-handed goal. Hextall is the only goaltender to have scored more than once with a direct shot on goal.
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 ...
Newsy Lalonde, the first player to score six goals in an NHL game, also had two other five-goal games. Wayne Gretzky, the NHL's all-time leading scorer, had four five-goal games. Mario Lemieux recorded four five-goal games. Sergei Fedorov scored all of the Red Wings' goals in a 5–4 overtime win against the Washington Capitals. Marian Gaborik ...