Nleading goal scorers in nhl history books

Nhl, the nhl shield, the word mark and image of the stanley cup, the stanley cup playoffs logo, the stanley cup final logo, center. Scoring 50 goals in one season is one of the most celebrated individual achievements in the national hockey league nhl. Yearbyyear leading scorers bottom of page 19171918 player club gp g a pts. Nhl players who hold the alltime record for the most points in nhl. A 500 goal career was first achieved in 195758, the 41st season of the nhl, when maurice richard scored his 500th goal in his 863rd game played.

The most recent player to score 500 goals is patrick marleau who achieved it on february 2, 2017. Its also available for football, basketball and baseball. A look at some of the greatest scorers in nhl history. Wondering who holds the nhl alltime record for goals. Alex ovechkin is closing in on 500 career goals before his 31st birthday. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting tidbits. Sinclair etches name in history books as alltime leading.

Malone would score at least one goal in each of his first 14 nhl games, and is still a legend in hockey, but this theory is unproven. Dec 22 reuters the following is a list of the national hockey leagues top 10 alltime leading scorers total includes goals and assists. Player stats, nationality and age distributions, draft rounds of players in the 20192020 nhl season. The player who scores during this extra time is given the overtime goal. There have been twelve goaltenders who have scored a goal in a national hockey league nhl game. In we are the goal scorers, the nhls top point leaders are celebrated for their contribution to the game. Winning the art ross trophy as the nhls leading point scorer in a single. Nhl players who hold the alltime record for the most goals in nhl. Catch up on the 201920 nhl scoring leaders with s nhl statistics database, sortable by division, position, and more. List of goaltenders who have scored a goal in an nhl game. The following are lists showing the point and goalscoring leaders of the national hockey league before the league issued trophies for such achievements. Three weeks ago i adjusted alex ovechkins goals to see how many he would have hypothetically had through the first 800 games of his career if. Here are some more facts and figures on the top10 goalscorers in nhl history.

Nhl alltime career leaders points scored 2020 statista. Orr recalls iconic 1970 stanley cup winning goal and photo ducks sign carrick, guhle to extensions like their players, nhl coaches trying to stay sharp during pandemic pause. List of 500 nhl goal scorers and how many games it took them to get there. One thing youve got to remember following his injury plagued 2014 season is that, before last year he had missed 0 games in the. Sports quiz nhl top 200 goal scorers career random sports or nhl quiz. Either he scored the first nhl goal, or the second nhl. Alex ovechkin could catch wayne gretzky as nhls alltime leading. Maurice richard 544 goals in 18 seasons the rocket was the nhl s alltime leading goal scorer when he hung up his skates in 1960. Nikita kucherov player profile, stats and championships. Including the complete histroy and records for the pittsburgh penguins.

Find the top 100 nhl alltime goals leaders including past and present players. Stay up to date with all the league leaders from the national hockey league. The 42yearold chara needs just three more goals to pass shea weber 202 as the nhls leading goalscorer among active defensemen. All overtime in the nhl is sudden deathmeaning the first team to score is the winnerso the player who scores in overtime also has the gamewinning goal. Considered the most prolific nhl player of all time, gretzky is a fourtime stanley cup champion with the edmonton oilers and still holds 60 nhl records 15 years after retiring from the. Alexander ovechkin snuck in on the backdoor to score a powerplay goal for the washington capitals, his 483rd goal, tying him with sergei fedorov as the highest scoring russian ever in the nhl. Alex ovechkin is the sixth player in nhl history to score 600 or more. Motivated by unintendoleafsfan post earlier, i decided to take it upon myself to and figure out who each teams top scorer is and organize it from top to bottom because i knew my team would. The best goal scorer in the league goes to steven stamkos. Eraadjusted nhl alltime leading scorers by season the. When healthy, seguin is a surebet to finish among the nhls top10 scorers every year, but things will be even greater for the 2010 second overall pick. A website for all your hockey needs, history, records and everything in between.

Nikita kucherov currently plays for the tampa bay lightning nhl. For the 193233 season the nine team nhl played a 48 game schedule. Gretzky and become the alltime leading goal scorer with 895 goals. Hes not in the top 25 today, but hes still one of only three. Alex ovechkins run at 500 goals among the best in nhl history. Along with photos, player history, and personal information, young and eager fans will. Using goal share to adjust eras and determine the best. His highest total came in 201516 when he won the hart memorial trophy and art ross. Nhl points leaders alltime national hockey league espn. The following is a list of the alltime records for each of the 31 active national hockey league nhl teams, beginning with the first nhl season and accurate as of the end of the 201819 nhl season. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually.

Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. Bruins zdeno chara enters nhl history books with 200th career goal. Select a league to see its alltime category leaders. In 194445, maurice richard became the first player to score 50 goals in a. In his short career stamkos has etched his name in the nhls history books for. Nhl scoring leaders and demographics breakdown in the 20192020 season. Every nhl teams top goal scorer in a single season. In addition, he has been in the top five in goals scored three times with two 40 goal seasons to his name. Wayne gretzky the great one scored 894 goals in 1,487 nhl games. After receiving a number of requests for more eraadjusted comparisons, ive put together the full list of leading scorers by seasons in the table below. Heres your top 4 goal scorers for the past 3 seasons combined.

Nhl stats including league leaders, team stats and player stats at. Ovechkin joins wayne gretzky and mike bossy as only the third nhl player to record eight 50goal seasons. Why alex ovechkin could be the best goal scorer in nhl history. Nhl goals leaders alltime national hockey league espn. Nhl players who have scored the most goals by country. Nhl statistics stats of the national hockey league tsn. Alex ovechkin is nhls greatest goal scorer of all time. That is one of the best runs in nhl history and helps make ovechkin one of the best goal scorers in nhl history.