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Marian Gaborik, after scoring his fifth goal on 20 December, 2007

This is a list of players who have scored five or more goals in a National Hockey League game. Scoring five or more goals in a single game is considered a great feat, and only 43 players in the history of the league have achieved this accomplishment.^[1] The most recent player to do so was Marian Gaborik of the Minnesota Wild, who scored five goals on December 20, 2007, in a game against the New York Rangers. This was the first time a player had achieved the feat in 11 years.^[2]

Scoring five goals in a single NHL game is an extremely rare feat which has only been accomplished 59 times. One player—Joe Malone—has scored seven goals in a game, seven players have scored six goals in a game, and 39 have scored five goals in a game. Only two players have scored six goals or more after 1967. Joe Malone—ranked second for most career goals of any player in major hockey's first half-century—scored five goals in a game on five separate occasions, of which one was a six-goal game, and another an NHL-record seven-goal game.^[3] Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux each attained the feat four times while five other players have also had multiple five-goal game. There have been exactly five instances of five goals being scored in a playoff game.^[4] Mario Lemieux is the only player in history to score five goals in five different ways during a game. 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.^[5]

[edit] 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 Player scored five goals in a playoff game

Name	Nationality	Team	Date	Goals
Malone, JoeJoe Malone	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01917-12-19 December 19, 1917	5
Hyland, HarryHarry Hyland	Canada	Montreal Wanderers	01917-12-19 December 19, 1917	5
Malone, JoeJoe Malone	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01918-01-12 January 12, 1918	5
Malone, JoeJoe Malone	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01918-02-02 February 2, 1918	5
Lalonde, NewsyNewsy Lalonde^[4]	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01919-03-01 March 1, 1919	5
Lalonde, NewsyNewsy Lalonde	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01920-01-10 January 10, 1920	6
Malone, JoeJoe Malone	Canada	Quebec Bulldogs	01920-01-31 January 31, 1920	7
Roach, MickeyMickey Roach	United States	Toronto St. Pats	01920-03-06 March 6, 1920	5
Malone, JoeJoe Malone	Canada	Quebec Bulldogs	01920-03-10 March 10, 1920	6
Denneny, CorbCorb Denneny	Canada	Toronto St. Pats	01921-01-26 January 26, 1921	6
Lalonde, NewsyNewsy Lalonde	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01921-02-16 February 16, 1921	5
Denneny, CyCy Denneny	Canada	Ottawa Senators	01921-03-07 March 7, 1921	6
Dye, BabeBabe Dye	Canada	Toronto St. Pats	01922-12-16 December 16, 1922	5
Green, RedRed Green	Canada	Hamilton Tigers	01924-12-05 December 5, 1924	5
Dye, BabeBabe Dye	Canada	Toronto St. Pats	01924-12-22 December 22, 1924	5
Broadbent, PunchPunch Broadbent	Canada	Montreal Maroons	01925-01-07 January 7, 1925	5
Lepine, PitPit Lepine	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01929-12-29 December 29, 1929	5
Morenz, HowieHowie Morenz	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01930-03-18 March 18, 1930	5
Conacher, CharlieCharlie Conacher	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	01932-01-19 January 19, 1932	5
Getliffe, RayRay Getliffe	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01943-02-06 February 6, 1943	5
Howe, SydSyd Howe	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	01944-02-03 February 3, 1944	6
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard^[6]	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01944-03-23 March 23, 1944	5
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01944-12-28 December 28, 1944	5
Meeker, HowieHowie Meeker	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	01947-01-08 January 8, 1947	5
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01955-02-19 February 19, 1955	5
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01964-02-01 February 1, 1964	5
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	Canada	St. Louis Blues	01968-11-07 November 7, 1968	6
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	01975-02-15 February 15, 1975	5
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	01976-02-07 February 7, 1976	6
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler^[6]	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	01976-04-22 April 22, 1976	5
Leach, ReggieReggie Leach^[6]	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	01976-05-06 May 6, 1976	5
Murdoch, DonDon Murdoch	Canada	New York Rangers	01976-10-12 October 12, 1976	5
Turnbull, IanIan Turnbull	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	01977-02-02 February 2, 1977	5
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	Canada	New York Islanders	01978-12-23 December 23, 1978	5
Young, TimTim Young	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	01979-01-15 January 15, 1979	5
Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli	Canada	New York Islanders	01981-01-06 January 6, 1981	5
Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	01981-02-18 February 18, 1981	5
Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	01981-12-30 December 30, 1981	5
Mulvey, GrantGrant Mulvey	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	01982-02-03 February 3, 1982	5
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	Canada	New York Islanders	01982-02-12 February 12, 1982	5
Lindstrom, WillyWilly Lindstrom	Sweden	Winnipeg Jets	01982-03-02 March 2, 1982	5
Pavelich, MarkMark Pavelich	United States	New York Rangers	01983-02-23 February 23, 1983	5
Kurri, JariJari Kurri	Finland	Edmonton Oilers	01983-11-19 November 19, 1983	5
Gustafsson, Bengt-AkeBengt-Ake Gustafsson	Sweden	Washington Capitals	01984-01-08 January 8, 1984	5
Hughes, PatPat Hughes	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	01984-02-03 February 3, 1984	5
Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	01984-12-15 December 15, 1984	5
Andreychuk, DaveDave Andreychuk	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	01986-02-06 February 6, 1986	5
Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	01987-12-06 December 6, 1987	5
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	01988-12-31 December 31, 1988	5
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux^[6]	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	01989-04-25 April 25, 1989	5
Nieuwendyk, JoeJoe Nieuwendyk	Canada	Calgary Flames	01989-01-11 January 11, 1989	5
Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	Sweden	Quebec Nordiques	01992-03-05 March 5, 1992	5
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	01993-04-09 April 9, 1993	5
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra	Slovakia	Washington Capitals	01994-02-05 February 5, 1994	5
Ricci, MikeMike Ricci	Canada	Quebec Nordiques	01994-02-17 February 17, 1994	5
Zhamnov, AlexeiAlexei Zhamnov	Russia	Winnipeg Jets	01995-04-01 April 1, 1995	5
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	01996-03-26 March 26, 1996	5
Fedorov, SergeiSergei Fedorov	Russia	Detroit Red Wings	01996-12-26 December 26, 1996	5
Gaborik, MarianMarian Gaborik^[7]	Slovakia	Minnesota Wild	02007-12-20 December 20, 2007	5