List of players with eight or more points in an NHL game
This is a list of players who have scored eight or more points in a National Hockey League game. Scoring eight or more points in a single game is considered a great feat, which has happened only 16 times, by 13 different players. Only one player, Darryl Sittler, scored more than eight points in a game, setting the NHL record with 10 while playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1976. Paul Coffey and Tom Bladon are the only defensemen to have scored eight points. The feat of scoring eight points in a game has been mostly achieved in the 1980s, with 10 out of the 16 instances happening in that decade. Mario Lemieux has the most games with at least eight points, scoring eight points in three separate games (in one season). Wayne Gretzky is the only other player to attain the feat more than once (twice in one season). The most recent player to do so was Sam Gagner of the Edmonton Oilers, who scored eight points against the Chicago Blackhawks on 2 February 2012; Gagner's 8-point night was also the first 8-point game for a player since the 1980s.
Scorers
- Legend
Name | Team | Date | Points |
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Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard | Montreal Canadiens | December 28, 1944 | 8 |
Olmstead, BertBert Olmstead | Montreal Canadiens | January 9, 1954 | 8 |
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler | Toronto Maple Leafs | February 7, 1976 | 10 |
Bladon, TomTom Bladon | Philadelphia Flyers | December 11, 1977 | 8 |
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier | New York Islanders | December 23, 1978 | 8 |
Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny | Quebec Nordiques | February 22, 1981 | 8 |
Stastny, AntonAnton Stastny | Quebec Nordiques | February 22, 1981 | 8 |
Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky | Edmonton Oilers | November 19, 1983 | 8 |
Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky | Edmonton Oilers | January 4, 1984 | 8 |
Coffey, PaulPaul Coffey | Edmonton Oilers | March 14, 1986 | 8 |
Sundstrom, PatrikPatrik Sundstrom | New Jersey Devils | April 22, 1988 | 8 |
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux | Pittsburgh Penguins | October 15, 1988 | 8 |
Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls | Los Angeles Kings | December 1, 1988 | 8 |
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux | Pittsburgh Penguins | December 31, 1988 | 8 |
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux | Pittsburgh Penguins | April 25, 1989 | 8 |
Gagner, SamSam Gagner | Edmonton Oilers | February 2, 2012 | 8 |
References
- General
- "Records + Rankings NHL Points". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
- "Records + Rankings NHL Playoff Points". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2012-02-04.