List of NHL records (individual)

This is a list of individual records recognized by the National Hockey League (NHL) through the end of the 2024–25 NHL season. == Seasons == Most seasons: Gordie Howe (1946–47 to 1970–71; 1979–80) and Chris Chelios (1983–84 to 2009–10, except for the 2004–05 NHL lockout), 26 Most playoff seasons: Chris Chelios (1983–84 to 2009–10, except for 1997–98 and the 2004–05 NHL lockout), 24 Most consecutive playoff seasons: Larry Robinson (1972–73 to 1991–92) and Nicklas Lidstrom (1991–92 to 2011–12, except for the 2004–05 NHL lockout), 20 == Games == 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) Most consecutive games: Phil Kessel (November 3, 2009–current), 1064 Most games played without playing in the playoffs (retired): Guy Charron, 734 Most games played before playing in a playoff game: Jeff Skinner, 1078 Most games coached in the Stanley Cup Final: Dick Irvin, 77 Most games played in the Stanley Cup Final: Red Kelly and Henri Richard, 65 Most games won by a coach in the Stanley Cup Final: Scotty Bowman, 36 Most games coached by the first coach of an expansion franchise: Barry Trotz (Nashville Predators), 1,196 == Stanley Cup == Most Stanley Cup wins as a player: Henri Richard, 11 Most Stanley Cup wins as a non-player: Scotty Bowman, 14 Most Stanley Cup wins, combined player or non-player: Jean Beliveau, 17 Most different teams with Stanley Cup victory: Combined player/non-player: Al Arbour, 4 Non-player: Tommy Gorman and Scotty Bowman, 4 == NHL Awards == Most Hart Memorial Trophies: Wayne Gretzky, 9 Most consecutive Hart Memorial Trophies: Wayne Gretzky, 8 Most Ted Lindsay Awards: Wayne Gretzky, 5 Most consecutive Ted Lindsay Awards: Wayne Gretzky, 4 Most Conn Smythe Trophies: Patrick Roy, 3 Most consecutive Conn Smythe Trophies: Bernie Parent, Mario Lemieux, and Sidney Crosby, 2 Most James Norris Trophies: Bobby Orr, 8 Most consecutive James Norris Trophies: Bobby Orr, 8 Most Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophies: Alexander Ovechkin, 9 Most consecutive Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophies: Alexander Ovechkin, 4 Most Art Ross Trophies: Wayne Gretzky, 10 Most consecutive Art Ross Trophies: Wayne Gretzky, 7 Most Frank J. Selke Trophies: Patrice Bergeron, 6 Most consecutive Frank J. Selke Trophies: Bob Gainey, 4 Most Lady Byng Trophies: Frank Boucher, 7 Most consecutive Lady Byng Trophies: Frank Boucher and Pavel Datsyuk, 4 Most William M. Jennings Trophies: Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur, 5 Most consecutive William M. Jennings Trophies: Patrick Roy and Brian Hayward, 3 Most Vezina Trophies: Jacques Plante, 7 Most consecutive Vezina Trophies: Jacques Plante, 5 Most Jack Adams Awards: Pat Burns, 3 Most consecutive Jack Adams Awards: Jacques Demers, 2 == Goals == Most career goals (regular season): Alexander Ovechkin, 929 Most career goals (playoffs): Wayne Gretzky, 122 Most career goals (total): Wayne Gretzky, 1,016 Most goals, single season: Wayne Gretzky (1981–82), 92 Most goals, in single playoffs season: Reggie Leach (1976) and Jari Kurri (1985), 19 Most goals, single season including playoffs: Wayne Gretzky (1983–84), 100 Most goals, single playoff series: Jari Kurri (six-game series) (1985), 12 Most goals in a Stanley Cup Final series: Babe Dye (1922, five games), 9 Most goals in the Stanley Cup Finals, career: Maurice Richard, 34 Most goals, 50 games from start of season: Wayne Gretzky (1981–82 and 1983–84), 61 Fastest 50 goals from start of season: Wayne Gretzky (December 30, 1981), 39 games Most goals, one regular season game: Joe Malone (January 31, 1920), 7 Most goals, one regular season home game: Joe Malone (January 31, 1920), 7 Most goals, one regular season road game: Red Berenson (November 7, 1968), 6 Most goals, one playoff game: Newsy Lalonde (March 1, 1919), Maurice Richard (March 23, 1944), Darryl Sittler (April 22, 1976), Reggie Leach (May 6, 1976), and Mario Lemieux (April 25, 1989), 5 Most goals, one home playoff game: Maurice Richard (March 23, 1944), Darryl Sittler (April 22, 1976), Reggie Leach (May 6, 1976), and Mario Lemieux (April 25, 1989), 5 Most goals, one period: Busher Jackson (November 20, 1934), Max Bentley (January 28, 1943), Clint Smith (March 4, 1945), Red Berenson (November 7, 1968), Wayne Gretzky (February 18, 1981), Grant Mulvey (February 3, 1982), Bryan Trottier (February 13, 1982), Tim Kerr (April 13, 1985), Al Secord (January 7, 1987), Joe Nieuwendyk (January 11, 1989), Peter Bondra (February 5, 1994), Mario Lemieux (January 26, 1997), Patrick Marleau (January 23, 2017), and Tage Thompson (December 7, 2022), 4 Most goals, one playoff period: Tim Kerr (April 13, 1985) and Mario Lemieux (April 25, 1989), 4 Most goals in one period during the Stanley Cup Final: Busher Jackson (April 5, 1932), Ted Lindsay (April 5, 1955), Maurice Richard (April 6, 1957), Wayne Gretzky (May 25, 1985), Dirk Graham (June 1, 1992), and Peter Forsberg (June 6, 1996), 3 Most goals in different ways: Mario Lemieux (December 31, 1988) full strength, powerplay, shorthanded, penalty shot and empty net, 5 Most consecutive game-winning goals: Newsy Lalonde (February 12, 1921 – February 26, 1921), 5 Most game-winning goals in a single season: Phil Esposito (1970–71 and 1971–72) and Michel Goulet (1983–84), 16 Most game-winning goals in a single playoffs season: Brad Richards (2004), 7 Most game-winning goals in a playoff series: Mike Bossy (six-game series) (1983), 4 Most career game-winning goals: Alexander Ovechkin, 141 Most career game-winning goals (playoffs): Wayne Gretzky and Brett Hull, 24 == Assists == Most assists regular season career: Wayne Gretzky, 1,963 Most assists playoffs career: Wayne Gretzky 260 Most assists career, including playoffs: Wayne Gretzky, 2,223 Most assists, one season: Wayne Gretzky (1985–86), 163 Most assists, one playoff season: Connor McDavid (2024), 34 Most assists, one season, including playoffs: Wayne Gretzky (1985–86), 174 Most assists, playoff series: Leon Draisaitl (five-game series) (2022), 15 Most assists, one game: Billy Taylor (March 16, 1947) and Wayne Gretzky (February 15, 1980, December 11, 1985, and February 14, 1986), 7 Most assists, one home game: Wayne Gretzky (February 15, 1980, and February 14, 1986), 7 Most assists, one road game: Billy Taylor (March 16, 1947) and Wayne Gretzky (December 11, 1985), 7 Most assists, one playoff game: Mikko Leinonen (April 8, 1982), and Wayne Gretzky (April 9, 1987), 6 Most assists, one playoff home game: Mikko Leinonen (April 8, 1982), and Wayne Gretzky (April 9, 1987), 6 Most assists, one period: Dale Hawerchuk (March 6, 1984), Kris Letang (December 27, 2023) 5 == Points == Most points regular season career: Wayne Gretzky, 2,857 Most points playoff career: Wayne Gretzky, 382 Most points career, including playoffs: Wayne Gretzky, 3,239 Most points, one season: Wayne Gretzky (1985–86), 215 Fastest 100 points from the start of a season: Wayne Gretzky (December 27, 1981), 34 games Most points, one season, including playoffs: Wayne Gretzky (1984–85), 255 Most points, one playoff season: Wayne Gretzky (1985), 47 Most points, one game: Darryl Sittler (February 7, 1976), 10 Most points, one home game: Darryl Sittler (February 7, 1976), 10 Most points, one road game: Peter Stastny and Anton Stastny, (February 22, 1981), 8 Most points, one playoff game: Patrik Sundstrom (April 22, 1988) and Mario Lemieux (April 25, 1989), 8 Most points, one playoff home game: Patrik Sundstrom (April 22, 1988) and Mario Lemieux (April 25, 1989), 8 Most points, one period: Bryan Trottier (December 23, 1978) and Mika Zibanejad (March 17, 2021), 6 Most points, one playoff series: Rick Middleton (seven-game series) (1983), 19 Most points, team's first postseason: Reilly Smith (2018), 22 Most points in the Finals, one series: Wayne Gretzky (1988), 13 Most points in the Finals, career: Jean Beliveau, 62 == Plus/minus == Best ± rating, regular season career: Larry Robinson, +722 Best ± rating one season: Bobby Orr (1970–71), +124 Best ± rating one game: Tom Bladon (December 11, 1977, 11–1 game against the Cleveland Barons), +10 Worst ± rating, season: Bill Mikkelson (1974–75), -82 Worst ± rating, regular season game: Greg Joly (March 15, 1977), -9 Worst ± rating, regular season career: Bob Stewart, -257 Best ± rating playoffs career: Jari Kurri, +101 Best ± rating one playoff season: Wayne Gretzky (1984–85), +27 Best ± rating, playoff game: Pat Stapleton and Bill White (April 25, 1971), and Brad Park (April 20, 1983), +7 Worst ± rating playoffs career: Tomas Sandstrom, -45 Worst ± rating one playoff season: Paul Reinhart (1982–83), Matt Duchene and Wyatt Johnston (2024–25), -16 == Power-play goals == Most power-play goals, career: Alexander Ovechkin, 325 Most power-play goals, one season: Tim Kerr (1985–86), 34 Most power-play goals, one season for a defenseman: Sheldon Souray (2006–07), 19 Most power-play goals, career playoffs: Brett Hull, 38 Most power-play goals, one playoff season: Mike Bossy, (1981), and Cam Neely, (1991), 9 Most power-play goals, one playoff series: Chris Kontos (seven-game series), (1989), 6 Most power-play goals, one playoff game: Syd Howe (March 23, 1939), Sid Smith (April 10, 1949), Phil Esposito (April 2, 1969), Johnny Bucyk (April 2, 1969), Denis Potvin (April 17, 1981), Tim Kerr (April 13, 1985), Jari Kurri (April 3, 1987), Mark Johnson (April 22, 1988), Dino Ciccarelli (April 29, 1993, May 11, 1995) and Valeri Kamensky (April 24, 1997), Jonathan Toews (May 7, 2010), 3 Most power-play goals, one playoff game period: Tim Kerr (April 13, 1985), 3 Most power-play goals, rookie Joe Nieuwendyk (1987–88) 31 == Shorthanded goals == Most shorthanded goals, career: Wayne Gretzky, 73 Most shorthanded goals, career playoffs: Mark Messier, 14 Most shorthanded goals, one season: Mario Lemieux (1988–89), 13 Most shorthanded goals, one playoff season: Derek Sanderson (1969), Bill Barber (1980), Lorne Henning (1980), Wayne Gretzky (1983), Wayne Presley (1989), Todd Marchant (1997), and Tobias Rieder (2020) 3 Most shorthanded goals, one playoff series: Bill Barber (five-game series) (1980) and Wayne Presley (six-game series) (1989), 3 Most shorthanded goals, one game: Theoren Fleury (March 9, 1991), 3 Most shorthanded goals, rookie: Jordan Staal (2006–07), 7 Most two-man shorthanded goals, career: Mike Richards, 3 == Overtime == Most overtime goals, season: Leon Draisaitl (2024–25), 6 Most overtime goals, career: Alexander Ovechkin, 27 Most overtime assists, career: Evgeni Malkin and Patrick Kane, 27 Most overtime points, career: Sidney Crosby, 44 Most overtime goals, one playoff series: Mel Hill, 3 Most overtime goals, one playoff year: Leon Draisaitl, 4 Most overtime goals, playoff career: Joe Sakic, 8 Most overtime assists, one playoff series: Bill Cowley, 3 Most overtime assists, one playoff year: Sam Bennett, Jarome Iginla, and Adam Oates, 4 Most overtime assists, playoff career: Adam Oates, 8 Most overtime points, one playoff series: Bill Cowley, Ray Ferraro, Mel Hill, and Petr Klima, 3 Most overtime points, one playoff year: Sam Bennett, Ray Ferraro, Jarome Iginla, Adam Oates, and Matthew Tkachuk, 4 Most overtime points, playoff career: Joe Sakic, 14 Most overtime goals by a rookie, season: Shayne Gostisbehere, 4 Most consecutive overtime goals: Andrew Cogliano (2007–08) and Nathan Horton (2010–11), 3 == Goals/assists/points by position == Most goals by a centre, career: Wayne Gretzky, 894 Most goals by a centre, one season: Wayne Gretzky (1981–82), 92 Most assists by a centre, career: Wayne Gretzky, 1,963 Most assists by a centre, one season: Wayne Gretzky (1985–86), 163 Most points by a centre, career: Wayne Gretzky, 2,857 Most points by a centre, one season: Wayne Gretzky (1985–86), 215 Most goals by a left wing, career: Alexander Ovechkin, 929 Most goals by a left wing, one season: Alexander Ovechkin (2007–08), 65 Most assists by a left wing, career: John Bucyk, 813 Most assists by a left wing, one season: Jonathan Huberdeau (2021–22), 85 Most points by a left wing, career: Alexander Ovechkin, 1,687 Most points by a left wing, one season: Luc Robitaille (1992–93), 125 Most goals by a right wing, career: Gordie Howe, 801 Most goals by a right wing, one season: Brett Hull (1990–91), 86 Most assists by a right wing, career: Jaromir Jagr, 1,155 Most assists by a right wing, one season: Nikita Kucherov (2023–24), 100 Most points by a right wing, career: Jaromir Jagr, 1,921 Most points by a right wing, one season: Jaromir Jagr (1995–96), 149 Most goals by a defenseman, career: Ray Bourque, 410 Most goals by a defenseman, one season: Paul Coffey (1985–86), 48 Most goals by a defenseman, one game: Ian Turnbull (February 2, 1977), 5 Most assists by a defenseman, career: Ray Bourque, 1,169 Most assists by a defenseman, one season: Bobby Orr (1970–71), 102 Most assists by a defenseman, one game: Babe Pratt (January 8, 1944), Pat Stapleton (March 30, 1969), Bobby Orr (January 1, 1973), Ron Stackhouse (March 8, 1975), Paul Coffey (March 14, 1986), Gary Suter (April 4, 1986), and Kris Letang (December 27, 2023), 6 Most points by a defenseman, career: Ray Bourque, 1,579 Most points by a defenseman, one season: Bobby Orr (1970–71), 139 Most points by a defenseman, one game: Tom Bladon (December 11, 1977) and Paul Coffey (March 14, 1986), 8 Most points by a defenseman, one playoff year: Paul Coffey (1985), 37 Most goals by a goaltender regular season career: Martin Brodeur (February 15, 2000 & March 21, 2013), 2 Most goals by a goaltender in the playoffs: Ron Hextall (April 11, 1989) and Martin Brodeur (April 17, 1997), 1 Most goals by a goaltender career, including playoffs: Martin Brodeur, 3 Most assists by a goaltender, one season: Grant Fuhr, (1983–84) 14 Most assists by a goaltender, regular season career: Tom Barrasso, 48 Most assists by a goaltender playoffs one season Martin Brodeur (2011–12), 4 Most assists by a goaltender, playoffs career: Grant Fuhr, 14 Most assists by a goaltender, career, including playoffs: Grant Fuhr (46 regular season, 14 playoffs), 60 Most assists by a goaltender, one game Jeff Reese (February 10, 1993), 3 Most points by a goaltender, one season: Grant Fuhr (1983–84), 14 — all assists Most points by a goaltender regular season career: Tom Barrasso, 48 — all assists Most points by a goaltender career, including playoffs Grant Fuhr (46 regular season, 14 playoffs), 60 Most points by a goaltender regular season one game: Jeff Reese (February 10, 1993), 3 — all assists Most points by a goaltender playoffs one season Martin Brodeur (2011–12), 4 — all assists Most points by a goaltender, one period: Jeff Reese (February 10, 1993), 3 — all assists == Records by first NHL season == 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) and Harry Hyland (December 19, 1917), 5 Most goals by a player, first NHL game: Joe Malone and Harry Hyland (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, first NHL Season Wayne Gretzky (1979–80), 137 == Records by a rookie == Most goals by a rookie, one season: Teemu Selanne (1992–93), 76 Most goals by a rookie, first game: Auston Matthews (October 12, 2016), 4 Most goals by a rookie, one game: Howie Meeker (January 8, 1947) and Don Murdoch (October 12, 1976), 5 Most assists by a rookie, one season: Peter Stastny (1980–81) and Joe Juneau (1992–93), 70 Most assists by a rookie, first game: Dutch Reibel (October 8, 1953), 4 Most points by a rookie, one season: Teemu Selanne (1992–93), 132 Most points by a rookie, first game: Al Hill (February 14, 1977), 5 Most points by a rookie, one game: Peter Stastny and Anton Stastny (February 22, 1981), 8 Most goals by a rookie, one playoff season: Dino Ciccarelli (1981), 14 Most assists by a rookie, one playoff season: Marian Stastny and Ville Leino (2010), 14 Most points by a rookie, one playoff season: Dino Ciccarelli (1981), Ville Leino (2010), and Jake Guentzel (2017), 21 Most points by a rookie, first playoff game: Dominik Kubalik (August 1, 2020), 5 Most goals by a rookie defenseman, one season: Brian Leetch (1988–89), 23 Most assists by a rookie defenseman, one season: Larry Murphy (1980–81), 60 Most points by a rookie defenseman, one season: Larry Murphy (1980–81), 76 Longest point streak by a rookie, one season: Paul Stastny (February 3, 2007 – March 17, 2007), 20 games Longest point streak by an eighteen-year-old rookie: Nathan MacKinnon (January 10, 2014 – March 6, 2014), 13 games Longest point streak by a rookie defenseman: Shayne Gostisbehere (January 19, 2016 – February 20, 2016), 15 games == Points/goals/assists per game average == Highest goals-per-game average, career (among players with 200-or-more goals): Mike Bossy, .762 Highest goals-per-game average including playoffs, career (among players with 200-or-more goals): Mario Lemieux, .749 Highest goals-per-game average, one season (among players with 20-or-more goals): Joe Malone (1917–18), 2.20 Highest goals-per-game average, one season (among players with 50-or-more goals): Wayne Gretzky (1983–84), 1.18 Highest assists-per-game average, career (among players with 300-or-more assists): Wayne Gretzky, 1.320 Highest assists-per-game average, one season (among players with 35-or-more assists): Wayne Gretzky (1985–86), 2.04 Highest points-per-game average, career (among players with 500-or-more points): Wayne Gretzky, 1.921 Highest points-per-game average, one season (among players with 50-or-more-points): Wayne Gretzky (1983–84), 2.77 == Milestone goal seasons == Most 20-or-more goal seasons: Gordie Howe, 22 Most consecutive 20-or-more goal seasons: Gordie Howe (1949–1971), 22 Most 30-or-more goal seasons: Alexander Ovechkin, 20 Most consecutive 30-or-more goal seasons: Mike Gartner (1979–1994) Jaromir Jagr (1991–2007) and Alexander Ovechkin (2005–2020), 15 Most 40-or-more goal seasons: Alexander Ovechkin, 14 Most consecutive 40-or-more goal seasons: Wayne Gretzky (1979–1991), 12 Most 50-or-more goal seasons: Mike Bossy, Wayne Gretzky, and Alexander Ovechkin 9 Most consecutive 50-or-more goal seasons: Mike Bossy (1977–1986), 9 Most 60-or-more goal seasons: Mike Bossy and Wayne Gretzky, 5 Most consecutive 60-or-more goal seasons: Wayne Gretzky (1981–1984), 4 Most 70-or-more goal seasons: Wayne Gretzky, 4 Most consecutive 70-or more goal seasons: Wayne Gretzky (1981–1984), 4 Most 80-or-more goal seasons: Wayne Gretzky, 2 Most 90-or-more goal seasons: Wayne Gretzky, 1 == Hat trick or better games == Most three-or-more goal games, career: Wayne Gretzky, 50 Most three-or-more goal games, playoffs career: Wayne Gretzky, 10 Most three-or-more goal games, one season: Wayne Gretzky (1981–82 and 1983–84), 10 Most three-or-more goal games, one playoffs season: Jari Kurri (1985), 4 Most three-or-more goal games, one playoff series: Jari Kurri (1985), 3 Most four-or-more goal games, one season: Joe Malone (1917–18), 5 Most five-or-more goal games, one season: Joe Malone (1917–18), 3 == Goal/assist/point streaks == Longest consecutive goal-scoring streak from start of NHL career: Joe Malone (1917–18), 14 games Longest consecutive goal-scoring streak: Punch Broadbent, 16 games (1921–22) Longest consecutive goal-scoring streak, one playoff season: Reggie Leach 10 games (1976) Longest consecutive goal-scoring streak by a defenseman: Mike Green (2008–09), 8 games Longest consecutive assist-scoring streak: Wayne Gretzky (1990–91), 23 games Longest consecutive point-scoring streak: Wayne Gretzky (1983–84), 51 games Longest consecutive point-scoring streak, one playoff season: Bryan Trottier (1981), 18 games Longest consecutive point-scoring streak, multiple playoff seasons: Bryan Trottier (1980, 1981, 1982), 27 games Longest consecutive point-scoring streak from start of season: Wayne Gretzky (1983–84), 51 games Longest consecutive point-scoring streak by a defenseman from start of season: John-Michael Liles (2010–11), 9 games Longest consecutive point-scoring streak by a defenseman: Paul Coffey (1985–86), 28 games Longest consecutive point-scoring streak by a rookie forward: Paul Stastny (2006–07), 20 games Longest consecutive point-scoring streak by a rookie defenseman: Shayne Gostisbehere (2015–16), 15 games Longest consecutive point-scoring streak by a teenager: Patrik Laine (2017–18), 15 games == Fastest goals == Fastest goal from start of game: Merlyn Phillips (December 29, 1926), Doug Smail (December 20, 1981), Bryan Trottier (March 22, 1984), and Alexander Mogilny (December 21, 1991), 5 seconds Fastest goal from start of game, playoffs: Don Kozak (April 17, 1977), 6 seconds Fastest goal from start of period: Claude Provost (November 9, 1957), Denis Savard (January 12, 1986), James van Riemsdyk (March 28, 2014), and Brandon Montour (March 12, 2025), 4 seconds Fastest goal from start of period, playoffs: Don Kozak (April 17, 1977), and Pelle Eklund (April 25, 1989), 6 seconds Fastest goal by a player in his first game: Gus Bodnar (October 30, 1943), 15 seconds Fastest two goals from start of game: Mike Knuble (February 14, 2003), 27 seconds Fastest two goals from start of game, playoffs: Dick Duff (April 9, 1963), 68 seconds Fastest two goals from start of period, playoffs: Pat LaFontaine (May 19, 1984), 35 seconds Fastest two goals: Nels Stewart (January 3, 1931) and Deron Quint (December 15, 1995), 4 seconds Fastest two goals, playoffs: Joe Malone (February 22, 1919), and Norm Ullman (April 11, 1965), 5 seconds Fastest three goals: Bill Mosienko (March 23, 1952), 21 seconds Fastest three assists: Gus Bodnar (March 23, 1952), 21 seconds Fastest regular season overtime goal: Brandon Montour (March 12, 2025), 4 seconds Fastest playoff overtime goal: Brian Skrudland (May 18, 1986), 9 seconds Fastest goal after being scored on: Doug Gilmour (December 19, 1987), and Mikael Granlund (January 5, 2016), 2 seconds == Shots == Most shots on goal, career: Alexander Ovechkin, 6,864 Most shots on goal, playoffs career: Ray Bourque, 812 Most shots on goal, one season: Phil Esposito (1970–71), 550 Most shots on goal, one playoff season: Henrik Zetterberg (2008), 116 Most shots on goal, one game: Ray Bourque (March 21, 1991), 19 Most shots on goal, one playoff game: Daniel Briere (April 22, 2006), 14 Most shots on goal, one period: Evander Kane (November 1, 2018), 10 == Hits == Most hits, one regular season game: Gary Roberts (March 10, 1999) and Zdeno Chara (November 3, 1999) 17 Most hits, one playoff game: Brenden Morrow (May 4, 2008), 19 Most hits, one season: Kiefer Sherwood (2024–25), 462 Most hits, one playoff season: Blake Coleman (2020), 126 Most hits, regular season career: Cal Clutterbuck, 4,029 Most hits, playoff career: Alexander Ovechkin, 629 == Blocked shots == Most blocked shots, one game: Kris Russell (March 5, 2015), 15 Most blocked shots, one playoff game: Anton Volchenkov (May 12, 2007 and March 22, 2010) and David Savard (August 11, 2020), 11 Most blocked shots, one season: Kris Russell (2014–15), 283 Most blocked shots, one playoff season: Anton Volchenkov (2007), 80 Most blocked shots, career: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, 2,184 Most blocked shots, playoffs career: Ryan McDonagh, 430 == Time on Ice == Most time on ice per game by a defenseman, one season: Ryan Suter (2013–14), 29:25 Most time on ice per game by a forward, one season : Pavel Bure (1998–99), 25:16 Most time on ice per game by a defenseman, playoff season (minimum 10 games): Chris Pronger, 35:52 Most time on ice per game by a forward, playoff season (minimum 10 games): Alexei Kovalev, 26:35 Most time on ice by a defenseman, one regular season game: Cam Fowler (April 8, 2023), 38:54 Most time on ice by a forward, one regular season game: Mikko Rantanen (January 8, 2024), 30:23 Most time on ice by a defenseman, one playoff game: Seth Jones (August 11, 2020), 65:06 Most time on ice by a forward, one playoff game: Jaromir Jagr (May 4, 2000), 59:08 == Penalty shots == Most penalty shot goals, career: Pavel Bure and Brad Marchand, 7 Most penalty shot goals, playoffs career: Michael Frolik, 2 Most penalty shot goals, one season: Pavel Bure, (1997–98) 3 Most penalty shot attempts, career: Vincent Lecavalier and Alexander Ovechkin, 13 Most penalty shot attempts, playoffs career: Mats Sundin and Michael Frolik, 2 Most penalty shot attempts, one season: Ebbie Goodfellow, (1934–35) 6 Most penalty shot attempts, one game: Mud Bruneteau (November 24, 1938), Erik Cole (November 9, 2005), Max Pacioretty (February 6, 2009), and Auston Matthews (November 3, 2017), 2 Most penalty shots faced by a goaltender, career: Roberto Luongo, 33 Most penalty shots faced by a goaltender, playoffs career: Dominik Hasek, 5 Most penalty shots faced by a goaltender, one season: George Hainsworth, (1934–35) 8 Most penalty shots faced by a goaltender, one game: Miikka Kiprusoff (March 4, 2011), Roberto Luongo (February 6, 2014), Ben Bishop (October 8, 2015), and Jonathan Quick (November 3, 2017), 2 Most penalty shots stopped by a goaltender, career: Roberto Luongo, 29 Most penalty shots stopped by a goaltender, playoffs career: Dominik Hasek, 4 Most penalty shots stopped by a goaltender, one season: George Hainsworth, (1934–35) 8 Most penalty shots allowed by a goaltender, career: Tomas Vokoun, 8 Most penalty shots allowed by a goaltender, one season: Henrik Lundqvist, (2013–14) 4 == Penalties == Most penalties, one game: Chris Nilan (March 31, 1991), 10 Most penalties, one playoff game: Forbes Kennedy (April 2, 1969), Kim Clackson (April 20, 1980), and Dale Hunter (April 22, 1988), 8 Most penalties, one period: Randy Holt (March 11, 1979), 9 Most penalty minutes, career: Tiger Williams, 3,966 Most penalty minutes, playoffs career: Dale Hunter, 729 Most penalty minutes, career, including playoffs: Tiger Williams, 4,421 Most penalty minutes, one season: Dave Schultz (1974–75), 472 Most penalty minutes, one playoffs season: Chris Nilan (1986), 141 Most penalty minutes, one game: Randy Holt (March 11, 1979), 67 Most penalty minutes, one playoff game: Billy Coutu (March 7, 1923), Dave Schultz (April 22, 1976), and Deryk Engelland (April 17, 2015), 42 Most penalty minutes, one period: Randy Holt (March 11, 1979), 67 Most penalty minutes, one playoff period: Billy Coutu (March 7, 1923) and Deryk Engelland (April 17, 2015), 42 Most penalty minutes, career, in the Stanley Cup Final: Gordie Howe, 94 == Goaltending == Most wins by a goaltender regular season career: Martin Brodeur, 691 Most wins by a goaltender playoffs career: Patrick Roy, 151 Most wins by a goaltender career, including playoffs: Martin Brodeur 804 Best winning percentage (minimum 250 played): Ken Dryden .740 in 397 games played Best winning percentage (minimum 500 games played): Jacques Plante .610 in 837 games played Most wins by a goaltender, one season: Martin Brodeur (2006–07) and Braden Holtby (2015–16), 48 Most wins by a goaltender, career, in the Finals: Jacques Plante, 25 Most wins by a goaltender, expansion team season: Marc-Andre Fleury (2017–18 Vegas Golden Knights), 28 Most wins by a rookie goaltender, single playoffs season: Jordan Binnington (2018–19 St.

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List of NHL records (individual)

This is a list of individual records recognized by the National Hockey League (NHL) through the end of the 2024–25 NHL season. == Seasons == Most seasons: Gordie Howe (1946–47 to 1970–71; 1979–80) and Chris Chelios (1983–84 to 2009–10, except for the 2004–05 NHL lockout), 26 Most playoff seasons: Chris Chelios (1983–84 to 2009–10, except for 1997–98 and the 2004–05 NHL lockout), 24 Most consecutive playoff seasons: Larry Robinson (1972–73 to 1991–92) and Nicklas Lidstrom (1991–92 to 2011–12, except for the 2004–05 NHL lockout), 20 == Games == 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) Most consecutive games: Phil Kessel (November 3, 2009–current), 1064 Most games played without playing in the playoffs (retired): Guy Charron, 734 Most games played before playing in a playoff game: Jeff Skinner, 1078 Most games coached in the Stanley Cup Final: Dick Irvin, 77 Most games played in the Stanley Cup Final: Red Kelly and Henri Richard, 65 Most games won by a coach in the Stanley Cup Final: Scotty Bowman, 36 Most games coached by the first coach of an expansion franchise: Barry Trotz (Nashville Predators), 1,196 == Stanley Cup == Most Stanley Cup wins as a player: Henri Richard, 11 Most Stanley Cup wins as a non-player: Scotty Bowman, 14 Most Stanley Cup wins, combined player or non-player: Jean Beliveau, 17 Most different teams with Stanley Cup victory: Combined player/non-player: Al Arbour, 4 Non-player: Tommy Gorman and Scotty Bowman, 4 == NHL Awards == Most Hart Memorial Trophies: Wayne Gretzky, 9 Most consecutive Hart Memorial Trophies: Wayne Gretzky, 8 Most Ted Lindsay Awards: Wayne Gretzky, 5 Most consecutive Ted Lindsay Awards: Wayne Gretzky, 4 Most Conn Smythe Trophies: Patrick Roy, 3 Most consecutive Conn Smythe Trophies: Bernie Parent, Mario Lemieux, and Sidney Crosby, 2 Most James Norris Trophies: Bobby Orr, 8 Most consecutive James Norris Trophies: Bobby Orr, 8 Most Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophies: Alexander Ovechkin, 9 Most consecutive Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophies: Alexander Ovechkin, 4 Most Art Ross Trophies: Wayne Gretzky, 10 Most consecutive Art Ross Trophies: Wayne Gretzky, 7 Most Frank J. Selke Trophies: Patrice Bergeron, 6 Most consecutive Frank J. Selke Trophies: Bob Gainey, 4 Most Lady Byng Trophies: Frank Boucher, 7 Most consecutive Lady Byng Trophies: Frank Boucher and Pavel Datsyuk, 4 Most William M. Jennings Trophies: Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur, 5 Most consecutive William M. Jennings Trophies: Patrick Roy and Brian Hayward, 3 Most Vezina Trophies: Jacques Plante, 7 Most consecutive Vezina Trophies: Jacques Plante, 5 Most Jack Adams Awards: Pat Burns, 3 Most consecutive Jack Adams Awards: Jacques Demers, 2 == Goals == Most career goals (regular season): Alexander Ovechkin, 929 Most career goals (playoffs): Wayne Gretzky, 122 Most career goals (total): Wayne Gretzky, 1,016 Most goals, single season: Wayne Gretzky (1981–82), 92 Most goals, in single playoffs season: Reggie Leach (1976) and Jari Kurri (1985), 19 Most goals, single season including playoffs: Wayne Gretzky (1983–84), 100 Most goals, single playoff series: Jari Kurri (six-game series) (1985), 12 Most goals in a Stanley Cup Final series: Babe Dye (1922, five games), 9 Most goals in the Stanley Cup Finals, career: Maurice Richard, 34 Most goals, 50 games from start of season: Wayne Gretzky (1981–82 and 1983–84), 61 Fastest 50 goals from start of season: Wayne Gretzky (December 30, 1981), 39 games Most goals, one regular season game: Joe Malone (January 31, 1920), 7 Most goals, one regular season home game: Joe Malone (January 31, 1920), 7 Most goals, one regular season road game: Red Berenson (November 7, 1968), 6 Most goals, one playoff game: Newsy Lalonde (March 1, 1919), Maurice Richard (March 23, 1944), Darryl Sittler (April 22, 1976), Reggie Leach (May 6, 1976), and Mario Lemieux (April 25, 1989), 5 Most goals, one home playoff game: Maurice Richard (March 23, 1944), Darryl Sittler (April 22, 1976), Reggie Leach (May 6, 1976), and Mario Lemieux (April 25, 1989), 5 Most goals, one period: Busher Jackson (November 20, 1934), Max Bentley (January 28, 1943), Clint Smith (March 4, 1945), Red Berenson (November 7, 1968), Wayne Gretzky (February 18, 1981), Grant Mulvey (February 3, 1982), Bryan Trottier (February 13, 1982), Tim Kerr (April 13, 1985), Al Secord (January 7, 1987), Joe Nieuwendyk (January 11, 1989), Peter Bondra (February 5, 1994), Mario Lemieux (January 26, 1997), Patrick Marleau (January 23, 2017), and Tage Thompson (December 7, 2022), 4 Most goals, one playoff period: Tim Kerr (April 13, 1985) and Mario Lemieux (April 25, 1989), 4 Most goals in one period during the Stanley Cup Final: Busher Jackson (April 5, 1932), Ted Lindsay (April 5, 1955), Maurice Richard (April 6, 1957), Wayne Gretzky (May 25, 1985), Dirk Graham (June 1, 1992), and Peter Forsberg (June 6, 1996), 3 Most goals in different ways: Mario Lemieux (December 31, 1988) full strength, powerplay, shorthanded, penalty shot and empty net, 5 Most consecutive game-winning goals: Newsy Lalonde (February 12, 1921 – February 26, 1921), 5 Most game-winning goals in a single season: Phil Esposito (1970–71 and 1971–72) and Michel Goulet (1983–84), 16 Most game-winning goals in a single playoffs season: Brad Richards (2004), 7 Most game-winning goals in a playoff series: Mike Bossy (six-game series) (1983), 4 Most career game-winning goals: Alexander Ovechkin, 141 Most career game-winning goals (playoffs): Wayne Gretzky and Brett Hull, 24 == Assists == Most assists regular season career: Wayne Gretzky, 1,963 Most assists playoffs career: Wayne Gretzky 260 Most assists career, including playoffs: Wayne Gretzky, 2,223 Most assists, one season: Wayne Gretzky (1985–86), 163 Most assists, one playoff season: Connor McDavid (2024), 34 Most assists, one season, including playoffs: Wayne Gretzky (1985–86), 174 Most assists, playoff series: Leon Draisaitl (five-game series) (2022), 15 Most assists, one game: Billy Taylor (March 16, 1947) and Wayne Gretzky (February 15, 1980, December 11, 1985, and February 14, 1986), 7 Most assists, one home game: Wayne Gretzky (February 15, 1980, and February 14, 1986), 7 Most assists, one road game: Billy Taylor (March 16, 1947) and Wayne Gretzky (December 11, 1985), 7 Most assists, one playoff game: Mikko Leinonen (April 8, 1982), and Wayne Gretzky (April 9, 1987), 6 Most assists, one playoff home game: Mikko Leinonen (April 8, 1982), and Wayne Gretzky (April 9, 1987), 6 Most assists, one period: Dale Hawerchuk (March 6, 1984), Kris Letang (December 27, 2023) 5 == Points == Most points regular season career: Wayne Gretzky, 2,857 Most points playoff career: Wayne Gretzky, 382 Most points career, including playoffs: Wayne Gretzky, 3,239 Most points, one season: Wayne Gretzky (1985–86), 215 Fastest 100 points from the start of a season: Wayne Gretzky (December 27, 1981), 34 games Most points, one season, including playoffs: Wayne Gretzky (1984–85), 255 Most points, one playoff season: Wayne Gretzky (1985), 47 Most points, one game: Darryl Sittler (February 7, 1976), 10 Most points, one home game: Darryl Sittler (February 7, 1976), 10 Most points, one road game: Peter Stastny and Anton Stastny, (February 22, 1981), 8 Most points, one playoff game: Patrik Sundstrom (April 22, 1988) and Mario Lemieux (April 25, 1989), 8 Most points, one playoff home game: Patrik Sundstrom (April 22, 1988) and Mario Lemieux (April 25, 1989), 8 Most points, one period: Bryan Trottier (December 23, 1978) and Mika Zibanejad (March 17, 2021), 6 Most points, one playoff series: Rick Middleton (seven-game series) (1983), 19 Most points, team's first postseason: Reilly Smith (2018), 22 Most points in the Finals, one series: Wayne Gretzky (1988), 13 Most points in the Finals, career: Jean Beliveau, 62 == Plus/minus == Best ± rating, regular season career: Larry Robinson, +722 Best ± rating one season: Bobby Orr (1970–71), +124 Best ± rating one game: Tom Bladon (December 11, 1977, 11–1 game against the Cleveland Barons), +10 Worst ± rating, season: Bill Mikkelson (1974–75), -82 Worst ± rating, regular season game: Greg Joly (March 15, 1977), -9 Worst ± rating, regular season career: Bob Stewart, -257 Best ± rating playoffs career: Jari Kurri, +101 Best ± rating one playoff season: Wayne Gretzky (1984–85), +27 Best ± rating, playoff game: Pat Stapleton and Bill White (April 25, 1971), and Brad Park (April 20, 1983), +7 Worst ± rating playoffs career: Tomas Sandstrom, -45 Worst ± rating one playoff season: Paul Reinhart (1982–83), Matt Duchene and Wyatt Johnston (2024–25), -16 == Power-play goals == Most power-play goals, career: Alexander Ovechkin, 325 Most power-play goals, one season: Tim Kerr (1985–86), 34 Most power-play goals, one season for a defenseman: Sheldon Souray (2006–07), 19 Most power-play goals, career playoffs: Brett Hull, 38 Most power-play goals, one playoff season: Mike Bossy, (1981), and Cam Neely, (1991), 9 Most power-play goals, one playoff series: Chris Kontos (seven-game series), (1989), 6 Most power-play goals, one playoff game: Syd Howe (March 23, 1939), Sid Smith (April 10, 1949), Phil Esposito (April 2, 1969), Johnny Bucyk (April 2, 1969), Denis Potvin (April 17, 1981), Tim Kerr (April 13, 1985), Jari Kurri (April 3, 1987), Mark Johnson (April 22, 1988), Dino Ciccarelli (April 29, 1993, May 11, 1995) and Valeri Kamensky (April 24, 1997), Jonathan Toews (May 7, 2010), 3 Most power-play goals, one playoff game period: Tim Kerr (April 13, 1985), 3 Most power-play goals, rookie Joe Nieuwendyk (1987–88) 31 == Shorthanded goals == Most shorthanded goals, career: Wayne Gretzky, 73 Most shorthanded goals, career playoffs: Mark Messier, 14 Most shorthanded goals, one season: Mario Lemieux (1988–89), 13 Most shorthanded goals, one playoff season: Derek Sanderson (1969), Bill Barber (1980), Lorne Henning (1980), Wayne Gretzky (1983), Wayne Presley (1989), Todd Marchant (1997), and Tobias Rieder (2020) 3 Most shorthanded goals, one playoff series: Bill Barber (five-game series) (1980) and Wayne Presley (six-game series) (1989), 3 Most shorthanded goals, one game: Theoren Fleury (March 9, 1991), 3 Most shorthanded goals, rookie: Jordan Staal (2006–07), 7 Most two-man shorthanded goals, career: Mike Richards, 3 == Overtime == Most overtime goals, season: Leon Draisaitl (2024–25), 6 Most overtime goals, career: Alexander Ovechkin, 27 Most overtime assists, career: Evgeni Malkin and Patrick Kane, 27 Most overtime points, career: Sidney Crosby, 44 Most overtime goals, one playoff series: Mel Hill, 3 Most overtime goals, one playoff year: Leon Draisaitl, 4 Most overtime goals, playoff career: Joe Sakic, 8 Most overtime assists, one playoff series: Bill Cowley, 3 Most overtime assists, one playoff year: Sam Bennett, Jarome Iginla, and Adam Oates, 4 Most overtime assists, playoff career: Adam Oates, 8 Most overtime points, one playoff series: Bill Cowley, Ray Ferraro, Mel Hill, and Petr Klima, 3 Most overtime points, one playoff year: Sam Bennett, Ray Ferraro, Jarome Iginla, Adam Oates, and Matthew Tkachuk, 4 Most overtime points, playoff career: Joe Sakic, 14 Most overtime goals by a rookie, season: Shayne Gostisbehere, 4 Most consecutive overtime goals: Andrew Cogliano (2007–08) and Nathan Horton (2010–11), 3 == Goals/assists/points by position == Most goals by a centre, career: Wayne Gretzky, 894 Most goals by a centre, one season: Wayne Gretzky (1981–82), 92 Most assists by a centre, career: Wayne Gretzky, 1,963 Most assists by a centre, one season: Wayne Gretzky (1985–86), 163 Most points by a centre, career: Wayne Gretzky, 2,857 Most points by a centre, one season: Wayne Gretzky (1985–86), 215 Most goals by a left wing, career: Alexander Ovechkin, 929 Most goals by a left wing, one season: Alexander Ovechkin (2007–08), 65 Most assists by a left wing, career: John Bucyk, 813 Most assists by a left wing, one season: Jonathan Huberdeau (2021–22), 85 Most points by a left wing, career: Alexander Ovechkin, 1,687 Most points by a left wing, one season: Luc Robitaille (1992–93), 125 Most goals by a right wing, career: Gordie Howe, 801 Most goals by a right wing, one season: Brett Hull (1990–91), 86 Most assists by a right wing, career: Jaromir Jagr, 1,155 Most assists by a right wing, one season: Nikita Kucherov (2023–24), 100 Most points by a right wing, career: Jaromir Jagr, 1,921 Most points by a right wing, one season: Jaromir Jagr (1995–96), 149 Most goals by a defenseman, career: Ray Bourque, 410 Most goals by a defenseman, one season: Paul Coffey (1985–86), 48 Most goals by a defenseman, one game: Ian Turnbull (February 2, 1977), 5 Most assists by a defenseman, career: Ray Bourque, 1,169 Most assists by a defenseman, one season: Bobby Orr (1970–71), 102 Most assists by a defenseman, one game: Babe Pratt (January 8, 1944), Pat Stapleton (March 30, 1969), Bobby Orr (January 1, 1973), Ron Stackhouse (March 8, 1975), Paul Coffey (March 14, 1986), Gary Suter (April 4, 1986), and Kris Letang (December 27, 2023), 6 Most points by a defenseman, career: Ray Bourque, 1,579 Most points by a defenseman, one season: Bobby Orr (1970–71), 139 Most points by a defenseman, one game: Tom Bladon (December 11, 1977) and Paul Coffey (March 14, 1986), 8 Most points by a defenseman, one playoff year: Paul Coffey (1985), 37 Most goals by a goaltender regular season career: Martin Brodeur (February 15, 2000 & March 21, 2013), 2 Most goals by a goaltender in the playoffs: Ron Hextall (April 11, 1989) and Martin Brodeur (April 17, 1997), 1 Most goals by a goaltender career, including playoffs: Martin Brodeur, 3 Most assists by a goaltender, one season: Grant Fuhr, (1983–84) 14 Most assists by a goaltender, regular season career: Tom Barrasso, 48 Most assists by a goaltender playoffs one season Martin Brodeur (2011–12), 4 Most assists by a goaltender, playoffs career: Grant Fuhr, 14 Most assists by a goaltender, career, including playoffs: Grant Fuhr (46 regular season, 14 playoffs), 60 Most assists by a goaltender, one game Jeff Reese (February 10, 1993), 3 Most points by a goaltender, one season: Grant Fuhr (1983–84), 14 — all assists Most points by a goaltender regular season career: Tom Barrasso, 48 — all assists Most points by a goaltender career, including playoffs Grant Fuhr (46 regular season, 14 playoffs), 60 Most points by a goaltender regular season one game: Jeff Reese (February 10, 1993), 3 — all assists Most points by a goaltender playoffs one season Martin Brodeur (2011–12), 4 — all assists Most points by a goaltender, one period: Jeff Reese (February 10, 1993), 3 — all assists == Records by first NHL season == 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) and Harry Hyland (December 19, 1917), 5 Most goals by a player, first NHL game: Joe Malone and Harry Hyland (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, first NHL Season Wayne Gretzky (1979–80), 137 == Records by a rookie == Most goals by a rookie, one season: Teemu Selanne (1992–93), 76 Most goals by a rookie, first game: Auston Matthews (October 12, 2016), 4 Most goals by a rookie, one game: Howie Meeker (January 8, 1947) and Don Murdoch (October 12, 1976), 5 Most assists by a rookie, one season: Peter Stastny (1980–81) and Joe Juneau (1992–93), 70 Most assists by a rookie, first game: Dutch Reibel (October 8, 1953), 4 Most points by a rookie, one season: Teemu Selanne (1992–93), 132 Most points by a rookie, first game: Al Hill (February 14, 1977), 5 Most points by a rookie, one game: Peter Stastny and Anton Stastny (February 22, 1981), 8 Most goals by a rookie, one playoff season: Dino Ciccarelli (1981), 14 Most assists by a rookie, one playoff season: Marian Stastny and Ville Leino (2010), 14 Most points by a rookie, one playoff season: Dino Ciccarelli (1981), Ville Leino (2010), and Jake Guentzel (2017), 21 Most points by a rookie, first playoff game: Dominik Kubalik (August 1, 2020), 5 Most goals by a rookie defenseman, one season: Brian Leetch (1988–89), 23 Most assists by a rookie defenseman, one season: Larry Murphy (1980–81), 60 Most points by a rookie defenseman, one season: Larry Murphy (1980–81), 76 Longest point streak by a rookie, one season: Paul Stastny (February 3, 2007 – March 17, 2007), 20 games Longest point streak by an eighteen-year-old rookie: Nathan MacKinnon (January 10, 2014 – March 6, 2014), 13 games Longest point streak by a rookie defenseman: Shayne Gostisbehere (January 19, 2016 – February 20, 2016), 15 games == Points/goals/assists per game average == Highest goals-per-game average, career (among players with 200-or-more goals): Mike Bossy, .762 Highest goals-per-game average including playoffs, career (among players with 200-or-more goals): Mario Lemieux, .749 Highest goals-per-game average, one season (among players with 20-or-more goals): Joe Malone (1917–18), 2.20 Highest goals-per-game average, one season (among players with 50-or-more goals): Wayne Gretzky (1983–84), 1.18 Highest assists-per-game average, career (among players with 300-or-more assists): Wayne Gretzky, 1.320 Highest assists-per-game average, one season (among players with 35-or-more assists): Wayne Gretzky (1985–86), 2.04 Highest points-per-game average, career (among players with 500-or-more points): Wayne Gretzky, 1.921 Highest points-per-game average, one season (among players with 50-or-more-points): Wayne Gretzky (1983–84), 2.77 == Milestone goal seasons == Most 20-or-more goal seasons: Gordie Howe, 22 Most consecutive 20-or-more goal seasons: Gordie Howe (1949–1971), 22 Most 30-or-more goal seasons: Alexander Ovechkin, 20 Most consecutive 30-or-more goal seasons: Mike Gartner (1979–1994) Jaromir Jagr (1991–2007) and Alexander Ovechkin (2005–2020), 15 Most 40-or-more goal seasons: Alexander Ovechkin, 14 Most consecutive 40-or-more goal seasons: Wayne Gretzky (1979–1991), 12 Most 50-or-more goal seasons: Mike Bossy, Wayne Gretzky, and Alexander Ovechkin 9 Most consecutive 50-or-more goal seasons: Mike Bossy (1977–1986), 9 Most 60-or-more goal seasons: Mike Bossy and Wayne Gretzky, 5 Most consecutive 60-or-more goal seasons: Wayne Gretzky (1981–1984), 4 Most 70-or-more goal seasons: Wayne Gretzky, 4 Most consecutive 70-or more goal seasons: Wayne Gretzky (1981–1984), 4 Most 80-or-more goal seasons: Wayne Gretzky, 2 Most 90-or-more goal seasons: Wayne Gretzky, 1 == Hat trick or better games == Most three-or-more goal games, career: Wayne Gretzky, 50 Most three-or-more goal games, playoffs career: Wayne Gretzky, 10 Most three-or-more goal games, one season: Wayne Gretzky (1981–82 and 1983–84), 10 Most three-or-more goal games, one playoffs season: Jari Kurri (1985), 4 Most three-or-more goal games, one playoff series: Jari Kurri (1985), 3 Most four-or-more goal games, one season: Joe Malone (1917–18), 5 Most five-or-more goal games, one season: Joe Malone (1917–18), 3 == Goal/assist/point streaks == Longest consecutive goal-scoring streak from start of NHL career: Joe Malone (1917–18), 14 games Longest consecutive goal-scoring streak: Punch Broadbent, 16 games (1921–22) Longest consecutive goal-scoring streak, one playoff season: Reggie Leach 10 games (1976) Longest consecutive goal-scoring streak by a defenseman: Mike Green (2008–09), 8 games Longest consecutive assist-scoring streak: Wayne Gretzky (1990–91), 23 games Longest consecutive point-scoring streak: Wayne Gretzky (1983–84), 51 games Longest consecutive point-scoring streak, one playoff season: Bryan Trottier (1981), 18 games Longest consecutive point-scoring streak, multiple playoff seasons: Bryan Trottier (1980, 1981, 1982), 27 games Longest consecutive point-scoring streak from start of season: Wayne Gretzky (1983–84), 51 games Longest consecutive point-scoring streak by a defenseman from start of season: John-Michael Liles (2010–11), 9 games Longest consecutive point-scoring streak by a defenseman: Paul Coffey (1985–86), 28 games Longest consecutive point-scoring streak by a rookie forward: Paul Stastny (2006–07), 20 games Longest consecutive point-scoring streak by a rookie defenseman: Shayne Gostisbehere (2015–16), 15 games Longest consecutive point-scoring streak by a teenager: Patrik Laine (2017–18), 15 games == Fastest goals == Fastest goal from start of game: Merlyn Phillips (December 29, 1926), Doug Smail (December 20, 1981), Bryan Trottier (March 22, 1984), and Alexander Mogilny (December 21, 1991), 5 seconds Fastest goal from start of game, playoffs: Don Kozak (April 17, 1977), 6 seconds Fastest goal from start of period: Claude Provost (November 9, 1957), Denis Savard (January 12, 1986), James van Riemsdyk (March 28, 2014), and Brandon Montour (March 12, 2025), 4 seconds Fastest goal from start of period, playoffs: Don Kozak (April 17, 1977), and Pelle Eklund (April 25, 1989), 6 seconds Fastest goal by a player in his first game: Gus Bodnar (October 30, 1943), 15 seconds Fastest two goals from start of game: Mike Knuble (February 14, 2003), 27 seconds Fastest two goals from start of game, playoffs: Dick Duff (April 9, 1963), 68 seconds Fastest two goals from start of period, playoffs: Pat LaFontaine (May 19, 1984), 35 seconds Fastest two goals: Nels Stewart (January 3, 1931) and Deron Quint (December 15, 1995), 4 seconds Fastest two goals, playoffs: Joe Malone (February 22, 1919), and Norm Ullman (April 11, 1965), 5 seconds Fastest three goals: Bill Mosienko (March 23, 1952), 21 seconds Fastest three assists: Gus Bodnar (March 23, 1952), 21 seconds Fastest regular season overtime goal: Brandon Montour (March 12, 2025), 4 seconds Fastest playoff overtime goal: Brian Skrudland (May 18, 1986), 9 seconds Fastest goal after being scored on: Doug Gilmour (December 19, 1987), and Mikael Granlund (January 5, 2016), 2 seconds == Shots == Most shots on goal, career: Alexander Ovechkin, 6,864 Most shots on goal, playoffs career: Ray Bourque, 812 Most shots on goal, one season: Phil Esposito (1970–71), 550 Most shots on goal, one playoff season: Henrik Zetterberg (2008), 116 Most shots on goal, one game: Ray Bourque (March 21, 1991), 19 Most shots on goal, one playoff game: Daniel Briere (April 22, 2006), 14 Most shots on goal, one period: Evander Kane (November 1, 2018), 10 == Hits == Most hits, one regular season game: Gary Roberts (March 10, 1999) and Zdeno Chara (November 3, 1999) 17 Most hits, one playoff game: Brenden Morrow (May 4, 2008), 19 Most hits, one season: Kiefer Sherwood (2024–25), 462 Most hits, one playoff season: Blake Coleman (2020), 126 Most hits, regular season career: Cal Clutterbuck, 4,029 Most hits, playoff career: Alexander Ovechkin, 629 == Blocked shots == Most blocked shots, one game: Kris Russell (March 5, 2015), 15 Most blocked shots, one playoff game: Anton Volchenkov (May 12, 2007 and March 22, 2010) and David Savard (August 11, 2020), 11 Most blocked shots, one season: Kris Russell (2014–15), 283 Most blocked shots, one playoff season: Anton Volchenkov (2007), 80 Most blocked shots, career: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, 2,184 Most blocked shots, playoffs career: Ryan McDonagh, 430 == Time on Ice == Most time on ice per game by a defenseman, one season: Ryan Suter (2013–14), 29:25 Most time on ice per game by a forward, one season : Pavel Bure (1998–99), 25:16 Most time on ice per game by a defenseman, playoff season (minimum 10 games): Chris Pronger, 35:52 Most time on ice per game by a forward, playoff season (minimum 10 games): Alexei Kovalev, 26:35 Most time on ice by a defenseman, one regular season game: Cam Fowler (April 8, 2023), 38:54 Most time on ice by a forward, one regular season game: Mikko Rantanen (January 8, 2024), 30:23 Most time on ice by a defenseman, one playoff game: Seth Jones (August 11, 2020), 65:06 Most time on ice by a forward, one playoff game: Jaromir Jagr (May 4, 2000), 59:08 == Penalty shots == Most penalty shot goals, career: Pavel Bure and Brad Marchand, 7 Most penalty shot goals, playoffs career: Michael Frolik, 2 Most penalty shot goals, one season: Pavel Bure, (1997–98) 3 Most penalty shot attempts, career: Vincent Lecavalier and Alexander Ovechkin, 13 Most penalty shot attempts, playoffs career: Mats Sundin and Michael Frolik, 2 Most penalty shot attempts, one season: Ebbie Goodfellow, (1934–35) 6 Most penalty shot attempts, one game: Mud Bruneteau (November 24, 1938), Erik Cole (November 9, 2005), Max Pacioretty (February 6, 2009), and Auston Matthews (November 3, 2017), 2 Most penalty shots faced by a goaltender, career: Roberto Luongo, 33 Most penalty shots faced by a goaltender, playoffs career: Dominik Hasek, 5 Most penalty shots faced by a goaltender, one season: George Hainsworth, (1934–35) 8 Most penalty shots faced by a goaltender, one game: Miikka Kiprusoff (March 4, 2011), Roberto Luongo (February 6, 2014), Ben Bishop (October 8, 2015), and Jonathan Quick (November 3, 2017), 2 Most penalty shots stopped by a goaltender, career: Roberto Luongo, 29 Most penalty shots stopped by a goaltender, playoffs career: Dominik Hasek, 4 Most penalty shots stopped by a goaltender, one season: George Hainsworth, (1934–35) 8 Most penalty shots allowed by a goaltender, career: Tomas Vokoun, 8 Most penalty shots allowed by a goaltender, one season: Henrik Lundqvist, (2013–14) 4 == Penalties == Most penalties, one game: Chris Nilan (March 31, 1991), 10 Most penalties, one playoff game: Forbes Kennedy (April 2, 1969), Kim Clackson (April 20, 1980), and Dale Hunter (April 22, 1988), 8 Most penalties, one period: Randy Holt (March 11, 1979), 9 Most penalty minutes, career: Tiger Williams, 3,966 Most penalty minutes, playoffs career: Dale Hunter, 729 Most penalty minutes, career, including playoffs: Tiger Williams, 4,421 Most penalty minutes, one season: Dave Schultz (1974–75), 472 Most penalty minutes, one playoffs season: Chris Nilan (1986), 141 Most penalty minutes, one game: Randy Holt (March 11, 1979), 67 Most penalty minutes, one playoff game: Billy Coutu (March 7, 1923), Dave Schultz (April 22, 1976), and Deryk Engelland (April 17, 2015), 42 Most penalty minutes, one period: Randy Holt (March 11, 1979), 67 Most penalty minutes, one playoff period: Billy Coutu (March 7, 1923) and Deryk Engelland (April 17, 2015), 42 Most penalty minutes, career, in the Stanley Cup Final: Gordie Howe, 94 == Goaltending == Most wins by a goaltender regular season career: Martin Brodeur, 691 Most wins by a goaltender playoffs career: Patrick Roy, 151 Most wins by a goaltender career, including playoffs: Martin Brodeur 804 Best winning percentage (minimum 250 played): Ken Dryden .740 in 397 games played Best winning percentage (minimum 500 games played): Jacques Plante .610 in 837 games played Most wins by a goaltender, one season: Martin Brodeur (2006–07) and Braden Holtby (2015–16), 48 Most wins by a goaltender, career, in the Finals: Jacques Plante, 25 Most wins by a goaltender, expansion team season: Marc-Andre Fleury (2017–18 Vegas Golden Knights), 28 Most wins by a rookie goaltender, single playoffs season: Jordan Binnington (2018–19 St.

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