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

Marian Gaborik, after scoring his fifth goal on 20 December 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, and only 43 players in the history of the league have achieved this accomplishment. The most recent player to do so was Marian Gaborik, who scored five goals for the Minnesota Wild on December 20, 2007, in a game against the New York Rangers. This was the first time a player had achieved the feat in 11 years.

Scoring five goals in a single NHL game is an extremely rare feat which has only been accomplished 59 times. One player—Joe Malone—has scored seven goals in a game, seven players have scored six goals in a game, and 39 have scored five goals in a game. Only two players have scored six goals or more 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 game. 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.

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

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  Player scored five goals in a playoff game

Name	Nationality	Team	Date	Goals
Joe Malone	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	December 19, 1917	5
Harry Hyland	Canada	Montreal Wanderers	December 19, 1917	5
Joe Malone	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	January 12, 1918	5
Joe Malone	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	February 2, 1918	5
Newsy Lalonde	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	March 1, 1919	5
Newsy Lalonde	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	January 10, 1920	6
Joe Malone	Canada	Quebec Bulldogs	January 31, 1920	7
Mickey Roach	United States	Toronto St. Pats	March 6, 1920	5
Joe Malone	Canada	Quebec Bulldogs	March 10, 1920	6
Corb Denneny	Canada	Toronto St. Pats	January 26, 1921	6
Newsy Lalonde	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	February 16, 1921	5
Cy Denneny	Canada	Ottawa Senators	March 7, 1921	6
Babe Dye	Canada	Toronto St. Pats	December 16, 1922	5
Red Green	Canada	Hamilton Tigers	December 5, 1924	5
Babe Dye	Canada	Toronto St. Pats	December 22, 1924	5
Punch Broadbent	Canada	Montreal Maroons	January 7, 1925	5
Pit Lepine	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	December 29, 1929	5
Howie Morenz	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	March 18, 1930	5
Charlie Conacher	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	January 19, 1932	5
Ray Getliffe	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	February 6, 1943	5
Syd Howe	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	February 3, 1944	6
Maurice Richard	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	March 23, 1944	5
Maurice Richard	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	December 28, 1944	5
Howie Meeker	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	January 8, 1947	5
Bernie Geoffrion	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	February 19, 1955	5
Bobby Rousseau	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	February 1, 1964	5
Red Berenson	Canada	St. Louis Blues	November 7, 1968	6
Yvan Cournoyer	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	February 15, 1975	5
Darryl Sittler	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	February 7, 1976	6
Darryl Sittler	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	April 22, 1976	5
Reggie Leach	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	May 6, 1976	5
Don Murdoch	Canada	New York Rangers	October 12, 1976	5
Ian Turnbull	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	February 2, 1977	5
Bryan Trottier	Canada	New York Islanders	December 23, 1978	5
Tim Young	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	January 15, 1979	5
John Tonelli	Canada	New York Islanders	January 6, 1981	5
Wayne Gretzky	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	February 18, 1981	5
Wayne Gretzky	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	December 30, 1981	5
Grant Mulvey	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	February 3, 1982	5
Bryan Trottier	Canada	New York Islanders	February 12, 1982	5
Willy Lindstrom	Sweden	Winnipeg Jets	March 2, 1982	5
Mark Pavelich	United States	New York Rangers	February 23, 1983	5
Jari Kurri	Finland	Edmonton Oilers	November 19, 1983	5
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	Sweden	Washington Capitals	January 8, 1984	5
Pat Hughes	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	February 3, 1984	5
Wayne Gretzky	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	December 15, 1984	5
Dave Andreychuk	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	February 6, 1986	5
Wayne Gretzky	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	December 6, 1987	5
Mario Lemieux	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	December 31, 1988	5
Joe Nieuwendyk	Canada	Calgary Flames	January 11, 1989	5
Mario Lemieux	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	April 25, 1989	5
Mats Sundin	Sweden	Quebec Nordiques	March 5, 1992	5
Mario Lemieux	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	April 9, 1993	5
Peter Bondra	Slovakia	Washington Capitals	February 5, 1994	5
Mike Ricci	Canada	Quebec Nordiques	February 17, 1994	5
Alexei Zhamnov	Russia	Winnipeg Jets	April 1, 1995	5
Mario Lemieux	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	March 26, 1996	5
Sergei Fedorov	Russia	Detroit Red Wings	December 26, 1996	5
Marian Gaborik	Slovakia	Minnesota Wild	December 20, 2007	5

Players who scored 5 or more goals in multiple games

Name	Nationality	Total
Joe Malone	Canada	5
Wayne Gretzky	Canada	4
Mario Lemieux	Canada	4
Newsy Lalonde	Canada	3
Cecil Dye	Canada	2
Maurice Richard	Canada	2
Darryl Sittler	Canada	2
Bryan Trottier	Canada	2

References

General

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

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