NHL individual records
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List of individual records recognized by the NHL:
[edit] Regular season
[edit] Seasons
- Most seasons: Gordie Howe, 26 (1946-1971; 1979-1980)
[edit] Games
- Most games: Gordie Howe, 1767
- Most games, including playoffs: Mark Messier, 1992
- Most games played as a European-trained player: Teppo Numminen, 1301 (current number of games played 03-11-2007)
- Most games played as a European-trained player, including playoffs: Jari Kurri, 1451
- Most consecutive games: Doug Jarvis, 964 (October 8, 1975—October 10, 1987)
- Most consecutive games currently active: Brendan Morrison, 504 Vancouver Canucks
- Most consecutive games by a defenceman: Karlis Skrastins, 495 (February 18, 2000—February 26, 2007 [1])
[edit] Goals
- Most goals: Wayne Gretzky, 894
- Most goals, including playoffs: Wayne Gretzky, 1016
- Most goals, one season: Wayne Gretzky, 92 (1981-1982)
- Most goals, in playoffs one season: Jari Kurri (1985) 19 and Reggie Leach (1976) 19
- Most goals, one season, including playoffs: Wayne Gretzky, 100 (1983-84)
- Most goals, 50 games from start of season: Wayne Gretzky, 61 (two occaisons, 1981-82 and 1983-84)
- Most goals, one game: Joe Malone, 7 (Jan. 31, 1920)
- Most goals, one road game: Red Berenson, 6 (Nov. 7, 1968)
- Most goals, one period: Busher Jackson (Nov. 20, 1934), Max Bentley (Jan. 28, 1934), Clint Smith (Mar. 4, 1945), Red Berenson (Nov. 7, 1968), Wayne Gretzky (Feb. 18, 1981), Grant Mulvey (Feb. 3, 1982), Bryan Trottier (Feb. 13, 1982), Al Secord (Jan. 7, 1987), Joe Nieuwendyk (Jan. 11, 1989), Peter Bondra (Feb. 5, 1994), Mario Lemieux (Jan. 26, 1997), all tied with 4.
- Most goals, from U.S. born players: Mike Modano, 503
[edit] Assists
- Most assists: Wayne Gretzky, 1963
- Most assists, including playoffs: Wayne Gretzky, 2223
- Most assists, one season: Wayne Gretzky, 163 (1985-86)
- Most assists, one season, including playoffs: Wayne Gretzky, 174 (1985-86)
- Most assists, one game: Billy Taylor (Mar. 16, 1947), Wayne Gretzky (three occaisons: Feb. 15, 1980; Dec. 11, 1985; Feb. 14, 1986), all tied with 7.
- Most assists, one road game: Billy Taylor (Mar. 16, 1947), Wayne Gretzky (Dec. 11, 1985) all tied with 7.
- Most assists, one period: Dale Hawerchuk, 5 (Mar. 6, 1984)
[edit] Points
- Most points: Wayne Gretzky, 2857
- Most points, including playoffs: Wayne Gretzky, 3239
- Most points, one season: Wayne Gretzky, 215 (1985-86)
- Most points, one season, including playoffs: Wayne Gretzky, 255 (1984-85)
- Most points, one game: Daryl Sittler, 10 (Feb. 7, 1976)
- Most points, one playoff game: Patrik Sundström (Apr. 22, 1988) and Mario Lemieux(Apr. 25, 1989), 8
- Most points, one road game: Peter and Anton Stastny, 8 each (Feb. 22, 1981)
- Most points, one period: Bryan Trottier, 6 (Dec. 23, 1978)
[edit] Power-play goals
- Most power-play goals, career: Dave Andreychuk, 274
- Most power-play goals, one season: Tim Kerr, 34 (1985-86)
- Most power-play goals, one season for a defenseman: Sheldon Souray, 19 (2006-20070
[edit] Shorthanded goals
- Most shorthanded goals, one season: Mario Lemieux, 13 (1988-89)
- Most shorthanded goals, one game: Theoren Fleury, 3 (Mar. 9, 1991)
[edit] Overtime
- Most overtime goals, career: Mats Sundin with 15.
- Most playoff overtime goals, career: Joe Sakic with 7
- Most overtime assists, career: Mark Messier, 18
- Most overtime points, career: Sergei Fedorov, 27
- Most overtime goals,season: Daniel Sedin,4 (2007)
[edit] Goals/assists/points by position
- Most goals by a centre, career: Wayne Gretzky, 894
- Most goals by a centre, one season: Wayne Gretzky, 92 (1981-82)
- Most assists by a centre, career: Wayne Gretzky, 1963
- Most assists by a centre, one season: Wayne Gretzky, 163 (1985-86)
- Most points by a centre, career: Wayne Gretzky, 2587
- Most points by a centre, one season: Wayne Gretzky, 215 (1985-86)
- Most goals by a left wing, career: Luc Robitaille, 668
- Most goals by a left wing, one season: Luc Robitaille, 63 (1992-93)
- Most assists by a left wing, career: John Bucyk, 813
- Most assists by a left wing, one season: Joe Juneau, 70 (1992-93)
- Most points by a left wing, career: Luc Robitaille, 1394
- Most points by a left wing, one season: Luc Robitaille, 125 (1992-93)
- Most goals by a right wing, career: Gordie Howe, 801
- Most goals by a right wing, one season: Brett Hull, 86 (1990-91)
- Most assists by a right wing, career: Gordie Howe, 1049
- Most assists by a right wing, one season: Jaromir Jagr, 87 (1995-96)
- Most points by a right wing, career: Gordie Howe, 1850
- Most points by a right wing, one season: Jaromir Jagr, 149 (1995-96)
- Most goals by a defenceman, career: Raymond Bourque, 410
- Most goals by a defenceman, one season: Paul Coffey, 48 (1985-86)
- Most goals by a defenceman, one game: Ian Turnbull, 5 (Feb. 2, 1977)
- Most assists by a defenceman, career: Raymond Bourque, 1169
- Most assists by a defenceman, one season: Bobby Orr, 102 (1970-71)
- Most assists by a defenceman, one game: Babe Pratt (Jan. 8, 1944), Pat Stapleton (Mar. 30, 1969), Bobby Orr (Jan. 1, 1973), Ron Stackhouse (Mar. 8, 1975), Paul Coffey (Mar. 14, 1986), Gary Suter, (Apr. 4, 1986) all with 6.
- Most points by a defenceman, career: Raymond Bourque, 1579
- Most points by a defenceman, one season: Bobby Orr, 139 (1970-71)
- Most points by a defenceman, one game: Tom Bladon (Dec. 11, 1977), Paul Coffey (Mar. 14, 1986), both with 8.
- Most points by a goaltender, career: Tom Barrasso, 48
- Most points by a goaltender, one season: Grant Fuhr, 14 (1983-84)
- Most points by a goaltender, one game: Jeff Reese, 3 (Feb. 10, 1993)
[edit] Records by a rookie
- Most goals by a rookie, one season: Teemu Selänne, 76 (1992-93)
- Most goals by a player in his first NHL season, one game: Howie Meeker (Jan. 8, 1947), Don Murdoch (Oct. 12, 1976) both with 5.
- Most goals by a player in his first NHL game: Alex Smart (Jan. 14, 1943), Real Cloutier (Oct. 10, 1979) both with 3.
- Most assists by a rookie, one season: Peter Stastny (1980-81) and Joe Juneau (1992-93) both with 70.
- Most assists by a player in his first NHL season, one game: Wayne Gretzky, 7 (Feb. 15, 1980)
- Most assists by a player in his first NHL game: Dutch Reibel (Oct. 8, 1953), Roland Eriksson (Oct. 6, 1977) both with 4.
- Most points by a rookie, one season: Teemu Selänne, 132 (1992-93)
- Most points by a player in his first NHL season, one game: Peter and Anton Stastny, 8 each (Feb. 22, 1981)
- Most points by a player in his first NHL game: Al Hill, 5 (Feb. 14, 1977)
- Most goals by a rookie defenceman, one season: Brian Leetch, 23 (1988-89)
- Most assists by a rookie defenceman, one season: Larry Murphy, 60 (1980-81)
- Most points by a rookie defenceman, one season: Larry Murphy, 76 (1980-81)
- Longest point steak by a rookie, one season: Paul Stastny (Feb 3 2007-Mar 17 2007) 20 games.
[edit] 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, one season (among players with 20-or-more goals): Joe Malone, 2.20 (1917-18)
- Highest goals-per-game average, one season (among players with 50-or-more goals): Wayne Gretzky, 1.18 (1983-84)
- 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, 2.04 (1985-86)
- 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, 2.77 (1983-84)
[edit] Milestone goal seasons
- Most 20-or-more goal seasons: Gordie Howe, 22
- Most consecutive 20-or-more goal seasons: Gordie Howe, 22 (1949-1971)
- Most 30-or-more goal seasons: Mike Gartner, 17
- Most consecutive 30-or-more goal seasons: Mike Gartner, 15 (1979-1994), Jaromir Jagr, 15 (1991-2007)
- Most 40-or-more goal seasons: Wayne Gretzky, 12
- Most consecutive 40-or-more goal seasons: Wayne Gretzky, 12 (1979-1991)
- Most 50-or-more goal seasons: Mike Bossy, Wayne Gretzky, both with 9
- Most consecutive 50-or-more goal seasons: Mike Bossy, 9 (1977-1986)
- Most 60-or-more goal seasons: Mike Bossy, Wayne Gretzky, both with 5
- Most consecutive 60-or-more goal seasons: Wayne Gretzky, 4
[edit] Hat Trick or better games
- Most three-or-more goal games, career: Wayne Gretzky, 50
- Most three-or-more goal games, one season: Wayne Gretzky, 10 (1981-82 and again in 1983-84)
[edit] Goal/assist/point streaks
- Longest consecutive goal-scoring streak from start of NHL career: Joe Malone, 14 games (1917-18)
- Longest consecutive goal-scoring streak: Punch Broadbent, 16 games (1921-22)
- Longest consecutive assist-scoring streak: Wayne Gretzky, 23 games (1990-91)
- Longest consecutive point-scoring streak: Wayne Gretzky, 51 games (1983-84)
- Longest consecutive point-scoring streak from start of season: Wayne Gretzky, 51 games (1983-84)
- Longest consecutive point-scoring streak by a defenceman: Paul Coffey, 28 games (1985-86)
- Longest consecutive point-scoring streak by a rookie: Paul Stastny, 20 games (2006-07)
[edit] Fastest goals
- Fastest goal from start of game: Doug Smail (Dec. 20, 1981), Bryan Trottier (Mar. 22, 1984), Alexander Mogilny (Dec. 21, 1991) all at 5 seconds.
- Fastest goal from start of period: Claude Provost (Nov. 9, 1957) and Denis Savard (Jan. 12, 1986) both at 4 seconds.
- Fastest goal by a player in his first NHL game: Gus Bodnar, 15 seconds (Oct. 30, 1943)
- Fastest two goals from start of game: Mike Knuble, 27 seconds (Feb. 14, 2003)
- Fastest two goals: Nels Stewart (Jan. 3, 1931) and Deron Quint (Dec. 15, 1995) both at 4 seconds.
- Fastest three goals: Bill Mosienko, 21 seconds (Mar. 23, 1952)
- Fastest three assists: Gus Bodnar, 21 seconds (Mar. 23, 1952)
[edit] Shots
- Most shots on goal, one season: Phil Esposito, 550 (1970-71)
[edit] Penalty minutes
- Most penalty minutes, career: Mark Golberg, 3966
- Most penalty minutes, career, including playoffs: Tiger Williams, 4421
- Most penalty minutes, one season: Dave Schultz, 472 (1974-75)
- Most penalties, one game: Chris Nilan, 10 (Mar. 31, 1991)
- Most penalty minutes, one game: Randy Holt, 67 (Mar. 11, 1979)
- Most penalties, one period: Randy Holt, 9 (Mar. 11, 1979)
- Most penalty minutes, one period: Randy Holt, 67 (Mar. 11, 1979)
[edit] Goaltending
- Most games appeared in by a goaltender, career: Patrick Roy, 1029
- Most consecutive complete games by a goaltender: Glenn Hall, 502 (1955-1962)
- Most games appeared in by a goaltender, one season: Grant Fuhr, 79 (1995-96)
- Most minutes played by a goaltender, career: Patrick Roy, 60235
- Most minutes played by a goaltender, one season: Martin Brodeur, 4554 (2003-04)
- Most shutouts, career: Terry Sawchuk, 103
- Most shutouts, one season: George Hainsworth, 22 (1928-29)
- Longest shutout sequence by a goaltender: Alec Connell, 461 minutes, 29 seconds (1927-28)
- Most wins by a goaltender, career: Patrick Roy, 551
- Most wins by a goaltender, one season: Martin Brodeur, 48 (2006-07)
- Longest winning streak by a goaltender, one season: Gilles Gilbert, 17 (1975-76)
- Longest undefeated streak by a goaltender, one season: Gerry Cheevers, 32 games (1971-72)
- Longest undefeated streak by a goaltender in his first NHL season: Grant Fuhr, 23 games (1981-82)
- Longest undefeated streak by a goaltender from start of career: Patrick Lalime, 16 games (1996-97)
- Most 30-or-more win seasons by a goaltender: Patrick Roy, 13
- Most consecutive 30-or-more win seasons by a goaltender: Martin Brodeur, 11 (1995-2007)
- Most 40-or-more win seasons by a goaltender: Martin Brodeur, 6
- Most consecutive 40-or-more win seasons by a goaltender: Terry Sawchuk, 2 (1950-52), Bernie Parent, 2 (1973-75), Ken Dryden, 2 (1975-77), Martin Brodeur, 2 (twice: 1999-2001 and 2005-2007)
- Most losses by a goaltender, career: Gump Worsley, 352
- Most losses by a goaltender, one season: Gary Smith, 48 (1970-71)
[edit] Source
- NHL Guide and Record Book, 2007
