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

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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 (NHL) game. Scoring five or more goals in a single game is considered a great feat, as it has only been accomplished 60 times, by only 44 players, in the history of the league.[1] 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.

Joe Malone, playing in the early days of the NHL, holds the overall record with five different five-or-more goal games, including the NHL record seven goals in a game, as well as a six-goal game and three five-goal games. Overall, seven different players have scored six goals in a game—including brothers Corb and Cy Denneny, within a few weeks of each other in 1921. A total of 40 individual players have scored exactly five goals in a game, on one or more occasions. While five-goal games continue to occur from time to time, no player has scored six or more goals since Darryl Sittler scored six in February 1976.[2]

Next to Malone's achievement of five different games, both Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux attained the feat four times, Newsy Lalonde did it three times, while four other players have had two five-goal games. Of the 60 different five-goal games, five instances were achieved in a playoff game.[3] Mario Lemieux is the only player in history to achieve a five-goal game by scoring in five different ways – 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.[4]

Of the 44 players to achieve the feat, Ian Turnbull is the only defenseman.

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 Team Date Goals
Canada Joe Malone Montreal Canadiens December 19, 1917 5
Canada Harry Hyland Montreal Wanderers December 19, 1917 5
Canada Joe Malone Montreal Canadiens January 12, 1918 5
Canada Joe Malone Montreal Canadiens February 2, 1918 5
Canada Newsy Lalonde[3] Montreal Canadiens March 1, 1919 5
Canada Newsy Lalonde Montreal Canadiens January 10, 1920 6
Canada Joe Malone Quebec Bulldogs January 31, 1920 7
Canada Mickey Roach Toronto St. Pats March 6, 1920 5
Canada Joe Malone Quebec Bulldogs March 10, 1920 6
Canada Corb Denneny Toronto St. Pats January 26, 1921 6
Canada Newsy Lalonde Montreal Canadiens February 16, 1921 5
Canada Cy Denneny Ottawa Senators March 7, 1921 6
Canada Babe Dye Toronto St. Pats December 16, 1922 5
Canada Red Green Hamilton Tigers December 5, 1924 5
Canada Babe Dye Toronto St. Pats December 22, 1924 5
Canada Punch Broadbent Montreal Maroons January 7, 1925 5
Canada Pit Lepine Montreal Canadiens December 14, 1929 5
Canada Howie Morenz Montreal Canadiens March 18, 1930 5
Canada Charlie Conacher Toronto Maple Leafs January 19, 1932 5
Canada Ray Getliffe Montreal Canadiens February 6, 1943 5
Canada Syd Howe Detroit Red Wings February 3, 1944 6
Canada Maurice Richard[5] Montreal Canadiens March 23, 1944 5
Canada Maurice Richard Montreal Canadiens December 28, 1944 5
Canada Howie Meeker Toronto Maple Leafs January 8, 1947 5
Canada Bernie Geoffrion Montreal Canadiens February 19, 1955 5
Canada Bobby Rousseau Montreal Canadiens February 1, 1964 5
Canada Red Berenson St. Louis Blues November 7, 1968 6
Canada Yvan Cournoyer Montreal Canadiens February 15, 1975 5
Canada Darryl Sittler Toronto Maple Leafs February 7, 1976 6
Canada Darryl Sittler[5] Toronto Maple Leafs April 22, 1976 5
Canada Reggie Leach[5] Philadelphia Flyers May 6, 1976 5
Canada Don Murdoch New York Rangers October 12, 1976 5
Canada Ian Turnbull (D) Toronto Maple Leafs February 2, 1977 5
Canada Bryan Trottier New York Islanders December 23, 1978 5
Canada Tim Young Minnesota North Stars January 15, 1979 5
Canada John Tonelli New York Islanders January 6, 1981 5
Canada Wayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers February 18, 1981 5
Canada Wayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers December 30, 1981 5
Canada Grant Mulvey Chicago Black Hawks February 3, 1982 5
Canada Bryan Trottier New York Islanders February 13, 1982 5[6][7]
Sweden Willy Lindstrom Winnipeg Jets March 2, 1982 5
United States Mark Pavelich New York Rangers February 23, 1983 5
Finland Jari Kurri Edmonton Oilers November 19, 1983 5
Sweden Bengt-Ake Gustafsson Washington Capitals January 8, 1984 5
Canada Pat Hughes Edmonton Oilers February 3, 1984 5
Canada Wayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers December 15, 1984 5
Canada Dave Andreychuk Buffalo Sabres February 6, 1986 5
Canada Wayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers December 6, 1987 5
Canada Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins December 31, 1988 5
Canada Joe Nieuwendyk Calgary Flames January 11, 1989 5
Canada Mario Lemieux[5] Pittsburgh Penguins April 25, 1989 5
Sweden Mats Sundin Quebec Nordiques March 5, 1992 5
Canada Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins April 9, 1993 5
Slovakia Peter Bondra Washington Capitals February 5, 1994 5
Canada Mike Ricci Quebec Nordiques February 17, 1994 5
Russia Alexei Zhamnov Winnipeg Jets April 1, 1995 5
Canada Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins March 26, 1996 5
Russia Sergei Fedorov Detroit Red Wings December 26, 1996 5
Slovakia Marian Gaborik[8] Minnesota Wild December 20, 2007 5
Sweden Johan Franzen[9] Detroit Red Wings February 2, 2011 5

Players who scored five 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
Babe Dye  Canada 2
Maurice Richard  Canada 2
Darryl Sittler  Canada 2
Bryan 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
  1. ^ David Amber (2007-12-21). "Gaborik and his five goals have some company". ESPN. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
  2. ^ "Wild's Gaborik scores 5 against Rangers". CBC. 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
  3. ^ a b "NHL Playoff Goals". Hockey Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2008-02-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Lemieux, Mario—Biography". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
  5. ^ a b c d Joe Sexton (1989-04-27). "Heroics for Lemieux Despite Sore Neck". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  6. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/14/sports/trottier-scores-5-in-rout-of-flyers.html
  7. ^ http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1982/february_13_1982_154596.html
  8. ^ Mike Weimerskirch (2007-12-20). "Gaborik posts NHL's first five-goal game in decade". National Post. Retrieved 2008-01-01. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)[dead link]
  9. ^ Kirkland Crawford (2011-02-02). "Johan Franzen scores five goals in Wings' victory". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2011-02-02. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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