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 (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 gameincluding 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
NameTeamDateGoals
Canada Malone, JoeJoe Malone Montreal CanadiensDecember 19, 19175
Canada Hyland, HarryHarry Hyland Montreal WanderersDecember 19, 19175
Canada Malone, JoeJoe Malone Montreal CanadiensJanuary 12, 19185
Canada Malone, JoeJoe Malone Montreal CanadiensFebruary 2, 19185
Canada Lalonde, NewsyNewsy Lalonde[3] Montreal CanadiensMarch 1, 19195
Canada Lalonde, NewsyNewsy Lalonde Montreal CanadiensJanuary 10, 19206
Canada Malone, JoeJoe Malone Quebec BulldogsJanuary 31, 19207
Canada Roach, MickeyMickey Roach Toronto St. PatsMarch 6, 19205
Canada Malone, JoeJoe Malone Quebec BulldogsMarch 10, 19206
Canada Denneny, CorbCorb Denneny Toronto St. PatsJanuary 26, 19216
Canada Lalonde, NewsyNewsy Lalonde Montreal CanadiensFebruary 16, 19215
Canada Denneny, CyCy Denneny Ottawa SenatorsMarch 7, 19216
Canada Dye, BabeBabe Dye Toronto St. PatsDecember 16, 19225
Canada Green, RedRed Green Hamilton TigersDecember 5, 19245
Canada Dye, BabeBabe Dye Toronto St. PatsDecember 22, 19245
Canada Broadbent, PunchPunch Broadbent Montreal MaroonsJanuary 7, 19255
Canada Lepine, PitPit Lepine Montreal CanadiensDecember 14, 19295
Canada Morenz, HowieHowie Morenz Montreal CanadiensMarch 18, 19305
Canada Conacher, CharlieCharlie Conacher Toronto Maple LeafsJanuary 19, 19325
Canada Getliffe, RayRay Getliffe Montreal CanadiensFebruary 6, 19435
Canada Howe, SydSyd Howe Detroit Red WingsFebruary 3, 19446
Canada Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard[5] Montreal CanadiensMarch 23, 19445
Canada Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard Montreal CanadiensDecember 28, 19445
Canada Meeker, HowieHowie Meeker Toronto Maple LeafsJanuary 8, 19475
Canada Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion Montreal CanadiensFebruary 19, 19555
Canada Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau Montreal CanadiensFebruary 1, 19645
Canada Berenson, RedRed Berenson St. Louis BluesNovember 7, 19686
Canada Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer Montreal CanadiensFebruary 15, 19755
Canada Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler Toronto Maple LeafsFebruary 7, 19766
Canada Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler[5] Toronto Maple LeafsApril 22, 19765
Canada Leach, ReggieReggie Leach[5] Philadelphia FlyersMay 6, 19765
Canada Murdoch, DonDon Murdoch New York RangersOctober 12, 19765
Canada Turnbull, IanIan Turnbull (D) Toronto Maple LeafsFebruary 2, 19775
Canada Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier New York IslandersDecember 23, 19785
Canada Young, TimTim Young Minnesota North StarsJanuary 15, 19795
Canada Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli New York IslandersJanuary 6, 19815
Canada Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky Edmonton OilersFebruary 18, 19815
Canada Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky Edmonton OilersDecember 30, 19815
Canada Mulvey, GrantGrant Mulvey Chicago Black HawksFebruary 3, 19825
Canada Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier New York IslandersFebruary 13, 19825[6][7]
Sweden Lindstrom, WillyWilly Lindstrom Winnipeg JetsMarch 2, 19825
United States Pavelich, MarkMark Pavelich New York RangersFebruary 23, 19835
Finland Kurri, JariJari Kurri Edmonton OilersNovember 19, 19835
Sweden Gustafsson, Bengt-AkeBengt-Ake Gustafsson Washington CapitalsJanuary 8, 19845
Canada Hughes, PatPat Hughes Edmonton OilersFebruary 3, 19845
Canada Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky Edmonton OilersDecember 15, 19845
Canada Andreychuk, DaveDave Andreychuk Buffalo SabresFebruary 6, 19865
Canada Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky Edmonton OilersDecember 6, 19875
Canada Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux Pittsburgh PenguinsDecember 31, 19885
Canada Nieuwendyk, JoeJoe Nieuwendyk Calgary FlamesJanuary 11, 19895
Canada Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux[5] Pittsburgh PenguinsApril 25, 19895
Sweden Sundin, MatsMats Sundin Quebec NordiquesMarch 5, 19925
Canada Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux Pittsburgh PenguinsApril 9, 19935
Slovakia Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra Washington CapitalsFebruary 5, 19945
Canada Ricci, MikeMike Ricci Quebec NordiquesFebruary 17, 19945
Russia Zhamnov, AlexeiAlexei Zhamnov Winnipeg JetsApril 1, 19955
Canada Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux Pittsburgh PenguinsMarch 26, 19965
Russia Fedorov, SergeiSergei Fedorov Detroit Red WingsDecember 26, 19965
Slovakia Gaborik, MarianMarian Gaborik[8] Minnesota WildDecember 20, 20075
Sweden Franzen, JohanJohan Franzen[9] Detroit Red WingsFebruary 2, 20115

Players who scored five or more goals in multiple games

NameNationalityTotal
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
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  2. "Wild's Gaborik scores 5 against Rangers". CBC. 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
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  4. "Lemieux, Mario—Biography". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
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  9. Kirkland Crawford (2011-02-02). "Johan Franzen scores five goals in Wings' victory". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2011-02-02.

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