List of players with five or more goals in an NHL game

Johan Franzen is the latest player to score five goals in an NHL game.

Marian Gaborik, after scoring his fifth goal on December 20, 2007.

This is a list of games in which a player has scored five or more goals in a National Hockey League game. Scoring five or more goals in a single game is considered a great feat, as only 44 players in the history of the league have accomplished it. The most recent player to do so was Johan Franzen, who scored five goals for the Detroit Red Wings on February 2, 2011, against the Ottawa Senators.

Scoring five or more goals in a single NHL game is an extremely rare feat which has only been accomplished 60 times. One player—Joe Malone—has scored seven goals in a game. Seven different players have scored six goals in a game and 40 individual players have scored five goals in a game. Only two players have scored six or more goals after 1967. Joe Malone—ranked second for most career goals of any player in major hockey's first half-century—scored five goals in a game on five separate occasions, of which one was a six-goal game, and another an NHL-record seven-goal game.

Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux each attained the feat four times while five other players have also had multiple five-goal games. There have been exactly five instances of five goals being scored in a playoff game. Mario Lemieux is the only player in history to score five goals in five different ways during a game. On December 31, 1988, he scored an even-strength goal, a power-play goal, a short handed goal, a penalty shot goal and an empty net goal.

Ian Turnbull is the only defenseman to have achieved this feat.

Scorers

Newsy Lalonde, the first player to score six goals in a NHL game, also had two five-goal games.

Maurice "Rocket" Richard recorded two five-goal games in his career.

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; he eventually joined the latter team in 2008.

Legend

  Player is still active in the NHL

  Player scored five goals in a playoff game

Name	Nationality	Team	Date	Goals
Malone, JoeJoe Malone	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01917-12-19December 19, 1917	5
Hyland, HarryHarry Hyland	Canada	Montreal Wanderers	01917-12-19December 19, 1917	5
Malone, JoeJoe Malone	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01918-01-12January 12, 1918	5
Malone, JoeJoe Malone	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01918-02-02February 2, 1918	5
Lalonde, NewsyNewsy Lalonde	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01919-03-01March 1, 1919	5
Lalonde, NewsyNewsy Lalonde	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01920-01-10January 10, 1920	6
Malone, JoeJoe Malone	Canada	Quebec Bulldogs	01920-01-31January 31, 1920	7
Roach, MickeyMickey Roach	United States	Toronto St. Pats	01920-03-06March 6, 1920	5
Malone, JoeJoe Malone	Canada	Quebec Bulldogs	01920-03-10March 10, 1920	6
Denneny, CorbCorb Denneny	Canada	Toronto St. Pats	01921-01-26January 26, 1921	6
Lalonde, NewsyNewsy Lalonde	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01921-02-16February 16, 1921	5
Denneny, CyCy Denneny	Canada	Ottawa Senators	01921-03-07March 7, 1921	6
Dye, BabeBabe Dye	Canada	Toronto St. Pats	01922-12-16December 16, 1922	5
Green, RedRed Green	Canada	Hamilton Tigers	01924-12-05December 5, 1924	5
Dye, BabeBabe Dye	Canada	Toronto St. Pats	01924-12-22December 22, 1924	5
Broadbent, PunchPunch Broadbent	Canada	Montreal Maroons	01925-01-07January 7, 1925	5
Lepine, PitPit Lepine	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01929-12-14December 14, 1929	5
Morenz, HowieHowie Morenz	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01930-03-18March 18, 1930	5
Conacher, CharlieCharlie Conacher	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	01932-01-19January 19, 1932	5
Getliffe, RayRay Getliffe	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01943-02-06February 6, 1943	5
Howe, SydSyd Howe	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	01944-02-03February 3, 1944	6
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01944-03-23March 23, 1944	5
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01944-12-28December 28, 1944	5
Meeker, HowieHowie Meeker	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	01947-01-08January 8, 1947	5
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01955-02-19February 19, 1955	5
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01964-02-01February 1, 1964	5
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	Canada	St. Louis Blues	01968-11-07November 7, 1968	6
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01975-02-15February 15, 1975	5
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	01976-02-07February 7, 1976	6
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	01976-04-22April 22, 1976	5
Leach, ReggieReggie Leach	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	01976-05-06May 6, 1976	5
Murdoch, DonDon Murdoch	Canada	New York Rangers	01976-10-12October 12, 1976	5
Turnbull, IanIan Turnbull	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	01977-02-02February 2, 1977	5
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	Canada	New York Islanders	01978-12-23December 23, 1978	5
Young, TimTim Young	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	01979-01-15January 15, 1979	5
Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli	Canada	New York Islanders	01981-01-06January 6, 1981	5
Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	01981-02-18February 18, 1981	5
Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	01981-12-30December 30, 1981	5
Mulvey, GrantGrant Mulvey	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	01982-02-03February 3, 1982	5
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	Canada	New York Islanders	01982-02-12February 12, 1982	5
Lindstrom, WillyWilly Lindstrom	Sweden	Winnipeg Jets	01982-03-02March 2, 1982	5
Pavelich, MarkMark Pavelich	United States	New York Rangers	01983-02-23February 23, 1983	5
Kurri, JariJari Kurri	Finland	Edmonton Oilers	01983-11-19November 19, 1983	5
Gustafsson, Bengt-AkeBengt-Ake Gustafsson	Sweden	Washington Capitals	01984-01-08January 8, 1984	5
Hughes, PatPat Hughes	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	01984-02-03February 3, 1984	5
Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	01984-12-15December 15, 1984	5
Andreychuk, DaveDave Andreychuk	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	01986-02-06February 6, 1986	5
Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	01987-12-06December 6, 1987	5
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	01988-12-31December 31, 1988	5
Nieuwendyk, JoeJoe Nieuwendyk	Canada	Calgary Flames	01989-01-11January 11, 1989	5
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	01989-04-25April 25, 1989	5
Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	Sweden	Quebec Nordiques	01992-03-05March 5, 1992	5
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	01993-04-09April 9, 1993	5
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra	Slovakia	Washington Capitals	01994-02-05February 5, 1994	5
Ricci, MikeMike Ricci	Canada	Quebec Nordiques	01994-02-17February 17, 1994	5
Zhamnov, AlexeiAlexei Zhamnov	Russia	Winnipeg Jets	01995-04-01April 1, 1995	5
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	01996-03-26March 26, 1996	5
Fedorov, SergeiSergei Fedorov	Russia	Detroit Red Wings	01996-12-26December 26, 1996	5
Gaborik, MarianMarian Gaborik	Slovakia	Minnesota Wild	02007-12-20December 20, 2007	5
Franzen, JohanJohan Franzen	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	02011-02-02February 2, 2011	5

Players who scored five or more goals in multiple games

Name	Nationality	Total
Malone, JoeJoe Malone	Canada	5
Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	Canada	4
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	Canada	4
Lalonde, NewsyNewsy Lalonde	Canada	3
Dye, BabeBabe Dye	Canada	2
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	Canada	2
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	Canada	2
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	Canada	2

References

General

• Dinger, Ralph (1932). National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book (2004 ed.). Toronto: Dan Diamond. ISBN 0-920445-84-5. 

Specific