List of players with eight or more points in an NHL game

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Maurice "Rocket" Richard recorded the first eight-point game in league history.
Mario Lemieux recorded three eight-point games.
Wayne Gretzky had two eight-point games.
Sam Gagner is the most recent NHL player to score an eight-point 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 and has happened only 16 times, by 13 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 was 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[edit]

Legend
  Player is still active in the NHL
  Player scored eight points in a playoff game
Name Team Date Goals Assists Points
Canada Maurice Richard Montreal Canadiens 28 December 1944 5 3 8
Canada Bert Olmstead Montreal Canadiens 9 January 1954 4 4 8
Canada Darryl Sittler Toronto Maple Leafs 7 February 1976 6 4 10
Canada Tom Bladon Philadelphia Flyers 11 December 1977 4 4 8
Canada Bryan Trottier New York Islanders 23 December 1978 5 3 8
Czechoslovakia Peter Stastny Quebec Nordiques 22 February 1981 4 4 8
Czechoslovakia Anton Stastny Quebec Nordiques 22 February 1981 3 5 8
Canada Wayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers 19 November 1983 3 5 8
Canada Wayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers 4 January 1984 4 4 8
Canada Paul Coffey Edmonton Oilers 14 March 1986 2 6 8
Sweden Patrik Sundstrom New Jersey Devils 22 April 1988 3 5 8
Canada Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins 15 October 1988 2 6 8
Canada Bernie Nicholls Los Angeles Kings 1 December 1988 2 6 8
Canada Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins 31 December 1988 5 3 8
Canada Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins 25 April 1989 5 3 8
Canada Sam Gagner Edmonton Oilers 2 February 2012 4 4 8

References[edit]

General
  • "Players with Most Points in an NHL Game". QuantHockey. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  • "Records + Rankings NHL Points". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  • "Records + Rankings NHL Playoff Points". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 4 February 2012.