Thread for Obscure NHL-Records

[Robert Gordon Orr]

I thought it would be nice if we could have a thread with various obscure NHL records.
Feel free to contribute with your own lists.
I'll start with top 10 lists, but I will eventually add top 5 and top 3 lists as well.

Of course, if there are any errors, let me know, and I'll fix it.

All records are for the regular season only.


Best faceoff % in one season (Min. 500 faceoffs taken)

#	Player	Team	Season	Total FO	FOW	FOL	Win %
1	Yanic Perreault	Mtl	2003/04	861	561	300	65,16%
2	Joe Nieuwendyk	Dal	1998/99	1170	740	430	63,25%
3	Yanic Perreault	Mtl	2002/03	1156	727	429	62,89%
4	Yanic Perreault	Phx/Tor	2006/07	806	506	300	62,78%
5	Yanic Perreault	Tor	2000/01	1055	661	304	62,65%
6	Matt Duchene	Col	2016/17	1098	687	411	62,57%
7	Manny Malhotra	SJ	2009/10	664	415	249	62,50%
8	David Steckel	Wsh/NJ	2010/11	820	511	309	62,32%
8	Anton Vermette	Ana	2016/17	1195	744	451	62,26%
10	Yanic Perreault	Nsh	2005/06	884	549	335	62,21%

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All-Time leaders in Gordie Howe Hat Tricks

#	Player	Teams	Years Active	GP	GHH
1	Rick Tocchet	Phi/Pit/LA/Bos/Wsh/Phx	1984-2002	1144	18
2	Brendan Shanahan	NJ/Stl/Hfd/Det/NYR	1987-2009	1524	17
3	Tiger Williams	Tor/Van/Det/LA/Hfd	1974-1988	962	16
4	Wilf Paiement	KC/Clr/Tor/Que/NYR/Buf/Pit	1974-1988	946	15
5	Dave Taylor	LA	1977-1994	1111	14
6	Brian Sutter	Stl	1976-1988	449	13
7	Cam Neely	Van/Bos	1983-1996	726	12
8	Jarome Iginla	Cgy/Pit/Bos/Col/LA	1996-2017	1554	11
9	Terry O’Reilly	Bos	1972-1985	891	10
10	Al Secord	Bos/Chi/Tor/Phi	1978-1990	766	9
10	Mike Foligno	Det/Buf/Tor/Fla	1979-1994	1018	9
10	Keith Tkachuk	Wpg/Phx/Stl/Atl	1992-2010	1201	9
10	Paul Coffey	Edm/Pit/LA/Det/Hfd/Phi/Chi/Car/Bos	1980-2000	1409	9

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Most game winning points in one season

#	Player	Team	Season	GWG	GWA	GWP	Team GWP %
1	Phil Esposito	Boston	1970/71	16	15	31	51,34
2	Guy Lafleur	Montreal	1977/78	12	18	30	50,85
3	Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton	1984/85	7	23	30	61,22
4	Joe Sakic	Colorado	2000/01	12	17	29	55,77
5	Mike Bossy	NY Islanders	1981/82	10	19	29	53,70
6	Adam Oates	Boston	1992/93	11	16	27	52,94
7	Phil Esposito	Boston	1971/72	16	10	26	48,15
8	Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton	1981/82	12	14	26	54,17
9	Jean Beliveau	Montreal	1960/61	11	15	26	63,41
10	Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton	1986/87	4	22	26	52,00

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Highest shots against average per game faced in one season 1955-2017 (Minimum 2000 min.)

#	Player	Team	Season	GP	Min.	SA	SAA	SV%
1	Gump Worsley	NY Rangers	1962/63	67	3978:56	2523	38,046	91,4
2	Gump Worsley	NY Rangers	1960/61	59	3468:51	2180	37,710	91,3
3	Jacques Plante	NY Rangers	1963/64	65	3897:45	2444	37,626	91,0
4	Ron Low	Washington	1974/75	48	2587:19	1622	37,614	85,5
5	Ron Low	Washington	1975/76	43	2284:34	1420	37,296	85,4
6	Denis Herron	Pittsburgh	1984/85	42	2186:16	1357	37,242	90,1
7	Eddie Johnston	Boston	1962/63	50	2910:20	1796	37,026	89,3
8	Roger Crozier	Buffalo	1970/71	44	2194:49	1354	37,020	90,0
9	Cesare Maniago	Minnesota N.S.	1969/70	50	2886:05	1777	36,942	90,8
10	Gump Worsley	NY Rangers	1955/56	70	4197:30	2574	36,798	92,3

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Fastest hat tricks

#	Player	Team	Date	Opponent	Result	Time	Note
1	Bill Mosienko	Chicago	23/3/52	@ NYR	7-6	0:21	Bodnar 3 assists
2	Jean Beliveau	Montreal	5/11/55	Bos	4-2	0:44	Olmstead 3 assists
3	Jack Darragh	Ottawa	16/1/19	Mtl	6-10	1:00
4	Derek King	NY Islanders	15/10/91	Pit	6-7	1:18
5	Harry Oliver	Boston	11/1/27	Chi	6-2	1:25	Rookie
6	Ray Whitney	Carolina	8/2/07	@ Bos	5-2	1:40	4 points in 4:21
7	Didier Pitre	Montreal	16/1/19	@ Ott	10-6	1:50
7	Joe Malone	Montreal	15/2/19	Tor A.	8-2	1:50
9	Carl Liscombe	Detroit	13/3/38	Chi	5-1	1:52	Rookie
10	Joe Nieuwendyk	Calgary	11/1/89	Wpg	8-3	1:53	4 goals in 12:53

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Most games played without a playoff appearance

#	Player	Teams	Active	GP
1	Guy Charron	Mtl/Det/Kcs/Wsh	1969-81	734
2	Ladislav Smid	Edm/Cgy	2006-16	583
3	David Vyborny	Cbj	2000-08	543
4	Zach Bogosian	Atl/Wpg/Buf	2008-	534
5	Jeff Skinner	Car	2010-	497
6	Evander Kane	Atl/Wpg/Buf	2009-	496
7	Vitali Yachmenev	LA/Nsh	1995-03	487
8	Patrik Stefan	Atl/Dal	1999-07	455
9	Taylor Hall	Edm/NJ	2010-	453
10	Doug Shedden	Pit/Que/Det/Tor	1981-91	416

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Most consecutive games without scoring a goal (counting only games between the goals)

#	Player	Pos	Streak started	Streak ended	Goalie scored on	Games
1	Ken Daneyko	DF	12/2/1999	25/10/2002	Martin Biron	256
2	Allen Pedersen	DF	12/11/1986	6/2/1990	Glen Hanlon	248
3	Rich Pilon	DF	26/2/1997	24/1/2001	Arturs Irbe	245
4	Rob Zettler	DF	19/3/1992	22/1/1997	Dwayne Roloson	241
5	Derek Boogaard	LW	14/1/2006	9/11/2010	Michal Neuwirth	235
6	David Hale	DF	8/10/2003	26/11/2008	Steve Mason	230*
7	Terry Murray	DF	11/10/1972	14/3/1981	Billy Smith	217*
8	Vitali Vishnevsky	DF	30/10/2000	13/3/2003	Tommy Salo	204
9	Shane Hnidy	DF	23/3/2001	22/11/2006	Olaf Kolzig	202
10	Adam Pardy	DF	1/2/2011	22/12/2016	No more goal	199

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*Scored his first career NHL-goal



Youngest player to score a goal in the post expansion era (1967)

#	Player	Team	First Goal	Assist/Assists	Opposing Goaltender	Age
1	Aleksander Barkov	Florida	3/10/2013	Tom Gilbert/Jonathan Huberdeau	Kari Lehtonen	18-031
2	Grant Mulvey	Chicago	19/10/1974	Unassisted	Eddie Johnston	18-032
2	Jordan Staal	Pittsburgh	12/10/2006	Unassisted	Henrik Lundqvist (SH)	18-032
4	Patrick Marleau	San José	19/10/1997	Bill Houlder/Owen Nolan	Nikolai Khabibulin	18-034
5	Nino Niederreiter	NY Islanders	13/10/2010	Dough Weight/Michael Grabner	Michal Neuwirth	18-035
6	Brian Bellows	Minnesota N.S.	8/10/1982	Steve Payne/Craig Hartsburg	Greg Stefan (PP + 2 asst.)	18-037
7	Nathan MacKinnon	Colorado	12/10/2013	Paul Stastny/Gabriel Landeskog	Michal Neuwirth (PP + 1 asst.)	18-041
8	Pierre Turgeon	Buffalo	21/10/1987	Phil Housley/Doug Smith	Mike Liut (2 PP goals)	18-054
9	Eddie Olczyk	Chicago	11/10/1984	Dave Feamster/Troy Murray	Greg Stefan	18-055
10	Sidney Crosby	Pittsburgh	8/10/2005	Mark Recchi/Ziggy Palffy	Hannu Toivonen (1 PP + 2 asst.)	18-062

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Most fighting majors in one season

#	Player	Team	Season	GP	Home	Away	Fights Total
1	Paul Laus	Florida	1996/97	77	27	12	39
2	Joey Kocur	Detroit	1985/86	59	16	20	36*
3	Torrie Robertson	Hartford	1985/86	76	10	25	35
3	Tiger Williams	Toronto	1977/78	78	16	19	35
5	Marc Potvin	Los Angeles / Hartford	1993/94	54	14	20	34
5	Krszysztof Oliwa	New Jersey	1997/98	73	14	20	34*
5	Jay Miller	Boston	1987/88	78	16	18	34
5	Mike Peluso	Chicago	1991/92	63	17	17	34
9	Peter Worrell	Florida	2001/02	79	15	18	33
9	Zenon Konopka	Tampa Bay	2009/10	74	18	15	33

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*Rookie



Fastest point in NHL debut

#	Player	Team	Date	Opponent	Type	Time	Note
1	Bobby Carpenter	Washington	7/10/1981	@ Buf	Assist	00:12	1 G + 1 A
2	Gus Bodnar	Toronto	30/10/1943	NYR	Goal	00:15	2 G + 1 A
3	Danny Gare	Buffalo	10/10/1974	Bos	Goal	00:18	1 G + 1 A
4	Aleksandr Mogilny	Buffalo	5/10/1989	Que	Goal	00:20
5	Tom Fergus	Boston	8/10/1981	Que	Assist	00:23
6	Eric Cole	Carolina	5/10/2001	NYR	Assist	00:28
7	Al Hill	Philadelphia	14/2/1977	Stl	Goal	00:36	2 G + 3 A
8	Ray Bourque	Boston	11/10/1979	Wpg	Assist	00:40	1 G + 1 A
9	Brock McGinn	Carolina	16/10/2015	@ Det	Goal	00:55	1 G + 1 A
10	Dave Ritchie	Montreal W.	19/12/1917	Tor A.	Goal	1:00	2 G + 2 A

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Most career games with at least 50 saves in a game since 1955

#	Player	Teams	Between	High	W	L	T	Totals	OT
1	Gump Worsley	NYR/Mns	1955-71	63	1	3	3	7	0
2	Roberto Luongo	Fla/Van	2002-14	57	4	2	0	6	1
3	Al Rollins	Chi	1955-57	59	1	3	1	5	0
3	Cesare Maniago	Mns/Van	1967-78	54	0	3	2	5	0
5	Dwayne Roloson	Min/Edm/NYI	2001-09	58	3	0	1	4	2
5	Semyon Varlamov	Col	2013-17	57	3	1	0	4*	0
7	Roger Crozier	Det/Buf	1970-72	56	0	3	0	3	0
7	Gilles Meloche	Cgs/Cle	1972-77	55	1	2	0	3	0
7	Doug Favell	Phi/Clr	1972-77	51	0	2	1	3	0
7	Sean Burke	Hfd/LA	1994-07	51	1	1	1	3	1

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*One is from this season



Best +/- career average (82 game season) since 1959 (min. 400 games)

#	Player	Teams	Active	GP	Career +/-	Average +/-
1	Bobby Orr	Bos/Chi	1955-79	657	+ 582	+ 72,63
2	Larry Robinson	Mtl/LA	1972-92	1364	+ 722	+ 43,40
3	Mike Bossy	NYI	1977-87	752	+ 380	+ 41,43
4	Jimmy Watson	Phi	1972-82	613	+ 295	+ 39,45
5	Serge Savard	Mtl/Wpg	1966-83	1040	+ 462	+ 36,42
6	Bobby Clarke	Phi	1969-84	1144	+ 507	+ 36,34
7	Mark Howe	Hfd/Phi/Det	1979-95	929	+ 400	+ 35,30
8	Denis Potvin	NYI	1973-88	1060	+ 456	+ 35,27
9	Steve Shutt	Mtl/LA	1972-85	930	+ 394	+ 34,74
10	Vladimir Konstantinov	Det	1991-97	446	+ 185	+ 34,01

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[The Panther]

That Guy Charron 734 games without a playoff appearance one is crazy!! Especially in that era, it can't have been easy to do. His career was a perfect-storm of team ineptitude or near-misses. Not surprisingly, he's a career -208.

 

[sharkhawk]

Most consecutive playoff wins

92 hawks
92 penguins
93 canadiens

The Hawks set the record against Edmonton in the Campbell finals then Pittsburgh tied the record by sweeping the Hawks in the finals

Edit to add the recordis for one season and is 11 games

 

[Hobnobs]

I think that when Cunneyworth returned to Buffalo he set a record for longest period of time between two goals for the same club.

 

[Robert Gordon Orr]

I think that when Cunneyworth returned to Buffalo he set a record for longest period of time between two goals for the same club.

Great, I love that, because it's an obscure record. I remember Cunneyworth having the record.
According to my files, he's not the record holder anymore though.

Longest Span Between Goals For One Franchise

#	Player	Team	Goal First Stint	Goal Second Stint	Time Elapsed Between Goals
1	Brendan Shanahan	NJ	31/3/1991	19/1/2009	17 years 294 days
2	Randy Cunneyworth	Buf	15/11/1981	11/2/1999	17 years 88 days

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[Hobnobs]

Great, I love that, because it's an obscure record. I remember Cunneyworth having the record.
According to my files, he's not the record holder anymore though.

Longest Span Between Goals For One Franchise

#	Player	Team	Goal First Stint	Goal Second Stint	Time Elapsed Between Goals
1	Brendan Shanahan	NJ	31/3/1991	19/1/2009	17 years 294 days
2	Randy Cunneyworth	Buf	15/11/1981	11/2/1999	17 years 88 days

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Wow, nice find! Compeltely forgot that Shanny went back to the Devils before retirement.

 

[Kyle McMahon]

Neat thread idea. Some things that caught my eye:

-Paul Coffey on the Gordie Howe hat trick list with 9 of them. Coffey either fought a lot more often than I suspected or had a remarkable penchant for scoring almost every time he did.

-Jack Darragh and Didier Pitre each with a sub-2:00 hat trick in the same game.

-No Dave Schultz on the fighting majors list. I was surprised to see the record was set as recently as 20 years ago, and that there is an entry from this decade.

 

[member 83027]

All-Time leaders in Gordie Howe Hat Tricks

#	Player	Teams	Years Active	GP	GHH
1	Rick Tocchet	Phi/Pit/LA/Bos/Wsh/Phx	1984-2002	1144	18
2	Brendan Shanahan	NJ/Stl/Hfd/Det/NYR	1987-2009	1524	17
3	Tiger Williams	Tor/Van/Det/LA/Hfd	1974-1988	962	16
4	Wilf Paiement	KC/Clr/Tor/Que/NYR/Buf/Pit	1974-1988	946	15
5	Brian Sutter	Stl	1976-1988	779	14

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Do you have the dates for Sutter? I did GH Hat Tricks for the St Louis Blues and only have 13 for Sutter.

Player	Date	Opp	Number	Goals	Assists	Points	PIMs
Sutter, Brian	1978.04.05	LA Kings	1	1	1	2	12
Sutter, Brian	1979.01.16	Boston	2	1	1	2	5
Sutter, Brian	1979.01.30	LA Kings	3	1	2	3	7
Sutter, Brian	1979.10.09	Vancouver	4	1	1	2	12
Sutter, Brian	1981.12.30	Toronto	5	1	1	2	7
Sutter, Brian	1982.11.16	NJ Devils	6	3	1	4	9
Sutter, Brian	1982.12.23	Toronto	7	1	1	2	5
Sutter, Brian	1983.02.12	NJ Devils	8	1	1	2	17
Sutter, Brian	1984.01.03	Toronto	9	2	2	4	7
Sutter, Brian	1984.03.18	Washington	10	1	1	2	7
Sutter, Brian	1984.10.14	LA Kings	11	1	3	4	7
Sutter, Brian	1985.04.04	NY Rangers	12	1	1	2	5
Sutter, Brian	1985.12.26	Chicago	13	1	1	2	7

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[Neutrinos]

I pride myself on having a very strong memory, yet I have no recollection of Yanic Perrault having returned to the Leafs for 3 seasons in the late 90's

 

[Neutrinos]

At 23.66%, Craig Simpson has the highest career shooting percentage in league history

Charlie Simmer, Paul MacLean and Mike Bossy round out the top 4 and are the only others above 20%

 

[Robert Gordon Orr]

All-Time leaders in Gordie Howe Hat Tricks

#	Player	Teams	Years Active	GP	GHH
1	Rick Tocchet	Phi/Pit/LA/Bos/Wsh/Phx	1984-2002	1144	18
2	Brendan Shanahan	NJ/Stl/Hfd/Det/NYR	1987-2009	1524	17
3	Tiger Williams	Tor/Van/Det/LA/Hfd	1974-1988	962	16
4	Wilf Paiement	KC/Clr/Tor/Que/NYR/Buf/Pit	1974-1988	946	15
5	Brian Sutter	Stl	1976-1988	779	14

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Do you have the dates for Sutter? I did GH Hat Tricks for the St Louis Blues and only have 13 for Sutter.

Player	Date	Opp	Number	Goals	Assists	Points	PIMs
Sutter, Brian	1978.04.05	LA Kings	1	1	1	2	12
Sutter, Brian	1979.01.16	Boston	2	1	1	2	5
Sutter, Brian	1979.01.30	LA Kings	3	1	2	3	7
Sutter, Brian	1979.10.09	Vancouver	4	1	1	2	12
Sutter, Brian	1981.12.30	Toronto	5	1	1	2	7
Sutter, Brian	1982.11.16	NJ Devils	6	3	1	4	9
Sutter, Brian	1982.12.23	Toronto	7	1	1	2	5
Sutter, Brian	1983.02.12	NJ Devils	8	1	1	2	17
Sutter, Brian	1984.01.03	Toronto	9	2	2	4	7
Sutter, Brian	1984.03.18	Washington	10	1	1	2	7
Sutter, Brian	1984.10.14	LA Kings	11	1	3	4	7
Sutter, Brian	1985.04.04	NY Rangers	12	1	1	2	5
Sutter, Brian	1985.12.26	Chicago	13	1	1	2	7

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Thanks for your feedback. No you are correct. He had 13. I had him with a GHH in a game against Detroit on November 2, 1985. But I double checked the game, and instead of 2+1 and a fight against Kocur, he only had 2+0. I have corrected the list above.

 

[Robert Gordon Orr]

Here are some more obscure NHL records

Most games with at least 10 hits in a single game (since 1997)

#	Player	Teams	Year Retired	Number of games with at least 10 hits
1	Robert Svehla	Fla/Tor	2003	12
2	Zdeno Chara	NYI/Ott/Bos	Active	11
3	Dustin Brown	LA	Active	8
3	Steve Ott	Dal/Buf/Stl/Det/Mtl	2017	8

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Multiple hat tricks by a player within the fewest number of career games (since 1943)

#	Player	Team	Season	1st Hat	2nd Hat
1	Rob Gaudreau	San José	1992/93	2nd game	6th game
2	Bernie Federko	St. Louis	1976/77	5th game	10th game
3	Bernie Nicholls	Los Angeles	1981/82	13th game	14th game
3	Patrik Laine	Winnipeg	2016/17	4th game	14th game

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Youngest player to score four goals in a game

#	Player	Team	Date	Age
1	Jack Hamilton	Toronto	4/12/1943	18-185
2	Bobby Carpenter	Washington	25/2/1982	18-227
3	Auston Matthews	Toronto	12/10/2016	19-026

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Most consecutive home games without a hat trick by a home team player

#	Team	Date of previous hat trick	Date of last hat trick	Ended by	Number of games
1	Buffalo	5/4/2011	15/12/2017	Jack Eichel	244
2	Chicago	25/11/1948	19/3/1954	Pete Conacher	197

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Most consecutive games without a 60-minute win to start a season

#	Team	Season	Consecutive winless 60-minute games
1	Arizona	2017/18	20
2	Calgary	1999/2000	19

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Most consecutive goals scored by a player for his team

#	Player	Team	Year	Consecutive goals
1	Cy Denneny	Ottawa	1921	7
1	Brian Noonan	Chicago	1991	7

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Oldest player to record a Gordie Howe hat trick (Goal+Assist+Fighting Major)

#	Player	Team	Date	Age
1	Steve Thomas	Detroit	4/12/2003	40-132
2	Jarome Iginla	Los Angeles	29/3/2017	39-271

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Most first goals of a game scored by a rookie in one season

#	Player	Team	Season	First goals
1	Auston Matthews	Toronto	2016/17	14
2	Bill Mosienko	Chicago	1943/44	13
2	Mike Bossy	NY Islanders	1977/78	13

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Fewest games needed by a goalie to reach 40 wins in a season

#	Player	Team	Season	Number of games needed
1	Braden Holtby	Washington	2015/16	52*
2	Ken Dryden	Montreal	1976/77	54
3	Ken Dryden	Montreal	1975/76	56

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*Dryden didn’t have the luxury of OT and SO



Oldest player to score his first hat trick

#	Player	Teams	Date	Age
1	Nicklas Lidström	Detroit	15/12/2010	40-231
2	Scott Mellanby	St. Louis	6/3/2003	36-268
3	Mathieu Schneider	Detroit	26/11/2005	36-167

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Oldest player to score a goal

#	Player	Teams	Date	Age
1	Gordie Howe	Hartford	6/4/1980	52-006
2	Chris Chelios	Detroit	20/3/2008	46-055
3	Jaromir Jagr	Calgary	9/11/2017	45-267

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Fewest appeareances by a goalie to reach 30 career wins

#	Player	Teams	Date	Games played
1	Frank Brimsek	Boston	9/3/1939	40
2	Bill Durnan	Montreal	26/2/1944	41
3	Ross Brooks	Boston	8/12/1974	43

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Oldest player to score a goal on his birthday

#	Player	Team	Date	Age
1	Matt Cullen	Minnesota	2/11/2017	41
2	Mark Recchi	Atlanta	1/2/2008	40

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Most assists by a player in his first five games since 1943

#	Player	Team	Year	Assists
1	Sergei Makarov	Calgary	1989	10
2	Brett Callighen	Edmonton	1979	8
2	Will Butcher	New Jersey	2017	8

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Longest time elapsed between two 20-goal seasons by a player

#	Player	Teams	Time 1	Time 2	Years between 20-goal seasons
1	Tommy Williams	Bos/Wsh	1962/63	1974/75	12
1	Mathieu Schneider	Mtl/Det	1993/94	2005/06	12
3	Patrick Eaves	Ott/Dal	2005/06	2016/17	11

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Most overtime goals scored in two consecutive seasons

#	Player	Team	Years	OT goals
1	Jeff Carter	Los Angeles	2015-17	7
1	Frank Finnigan	Ottawa	1928-30	7*

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*10 minute or longer non-sudden-death format



Most wins by a goaltender in one calendar month

#	Player	Team	Month/Year	W-L-T
1	Bernie Parent	Philadelphia	March 1974	12-1-2
1	Ray Emery	Ottawa	March 2006	12-2-2
1	Jimmy Howard	Detroit	March 2010	12-2-1
1	Sergei Bobrovsky	Columbus	December 2016	12-0-0

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Oldest player to reach the 20 goal plateau in a season

#	Player	Team	Season	Age when scoring his 20th goal
1	Jaromir Jagr	Florida	2015/16	44-005
2	Gordie Howe	Detroit	1970/71	42-324
3	Johnny Bucyk	Boston	1976/77	41-260

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Longest point scoring streak by a rookie defenseman

#	Player	Team	Start	End	Points	Games
1	Shayne Gostisbehere	Philadelphia	19/1/2016	20/2/2016	18 (5+13)	15
2	Barry Beck	Colorado	26/11/1977	21/12/1977	16 (10+6)	10
2	Barry Beck	Colorado	11/1/1978	31/1/1978	11 (2+9)	10

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Most career two-goal games without scoring a hat trick

#	Player	Teams	Seasons	Two goal games
1	Pavel Datsyuk	Det	2001-16	39*
2	Larry Murphy	LA/Wsh/Mns/Pit/Tor/Det	1980-01	28
2	Evander Kane	Atl/Wpg/Buf	2009-	27

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*Had one hat trick in the playoffs



Youngest player to score a first period hat trick

#	Player	Team	Date	Age
1	Ted Kennedy	Toronto	9/1/1945	19-028
2	John Tucker	Buffalo	1/4/1984	19-185
3	Sam Bennett	Calgary	13/1/2016	19-207

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Highest percentage of shots hitting the crossbar or post (2009-2017) (min.500 shots)

#	Player	Team	Shots	Crossbar	Post	%
1	Steven Stamkos	Tampa Bay	1691	7	60	3,96
2	Vladimir Tarasenko	St. Louis	1053	10	31	3,89
3	Mike Hoffman	Ottawa	732	5	23	3,83

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[BlueBull]

Point Share Leaders.
Not surprisingly, Wayne Gretzky has 251.01 leading everyone else by 9 point shares.
He also leads offensive points shares at 223.86... 27 ops ahead of the next guy
Ray Bourque has 118.94, aabout 3 and a half better than the next guy
Roberto Luongo is about a point share ahead of Martin Brodeur in Goalie Point Shares. 207.79.

 

[Sadekuuro]

Most assists by a player in his first five games since 1943

#	Player	Team	Year	Assists
1	Sergei Makarov	Calgary	1989	10
2	Brett Callighen	Edmonton	1979	8
2	Will Butcher	New Jersey	2017	8

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Callighen? Interesting. Doubt I'm the only one who would've guessed his linemate first.

 

[The Panther]

Most assists by a player in his first five games since 1943

#	Player	Team	Year	Assists
1	Sergei Makarov	Calgary	1989	10

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Wow, somebody needs to compare Krutov's first 10 games! He beat Makarov in donuts consumed, anyway...


(*Typo above on 'oldest player to reach the 20-goal plateau', as it shows G.Howe playing for Washington.)

 

[Eisen]

There are a couple of negative records for the early 60s Rangers. A truly horrid squad. Just look at Gump Worsley and most shots faced, most games with over 50 saves.

Perrault was a monster on the dot.

How is it possible that Barry Beck has two spots on the "Longest point scoring streak by a rookie defenseman" list?

 

[Eisen]

Neat thread idea. Some things that caught my eye:

-Paul Coffey on the Gordie Howe hat trick list with 9 of them. Coffey either fought a lot more often than I suspected or had a remarkable penchant for scoring almost every time he did.

-Jack Darragh and Didier Pitre each with a sub-2:00 hat trick in the same game.

-No Dave Schultz on the fighting majors list. I was surprised to see the record was set as recently as 20 years ago, and that there is an entry from this decade.

Surprised me too a bit, but then again, fights started for little reason more often, the clutching and grabbing was at a highpoint so that has to frustrate some people, and players were drafted for size, which shows a mindset, namely that you can bulldoze your way to a victory.

 

[galaxytrash]

jagr holds league record for scoring or assisting on 15 straight goals over a 7 game stretch. (took me a long time to find that on the www, actually)
back in january, toews did the same....scoring or assisting on 6 (i believe) straight goals.
i've searched high and low to see what the blackhawk's record was for such a feat. think you could help?
btw...this thread is a lot more interesting than i thought it would be when i first opened it. thnx for your hard work.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Interesting, thanks for putting this together.

 

[Ceremony]

Great thread, although you misspelled Matt Duchene in the first table.

 

[member 83027]

Oldest player to score his first hat trick

#	Player	Teams	Date	Age
1	Nicklas Lidström	Detroit	15/12/2010	40-231
2	Scott Mellanby	St. Louis	6/3/2003	36-268
3	Mathieu Schneider	Detroit	26/11/2005	36-167

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Safe to assume Mellanby would be the oldest player to record his 1st 4 Goal game as well.

Wonder if he is also the oldest player to score 4 Power Play Goals in a game?

 

[Robert Gordon Orr]

A few more obscure records.

Fewest games needed to score three overtime goals from the start of a career

#	Player	Team	Season	Games needed
1	Shayne Gostisbehere	Philadelphia	2015/16	17
2	Ryan Malone	Pittsburgh	2003/04	64
3	Sidney Crosby	Pittsburgh	2005/06	69

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Latest regulation goal scored in a 1-0 game since expansion (1967)

#	Player	Team	Date	Time
1	Pete Mahovlich	Montreal	19/1/1972	59:58
2	Denis Hamel	Buffalo	19/1/2001	59:52
3	Ryan Potulny	Edmonton	3/2/2010	59:43

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Youngest player to reach the 250 goal plateau

#	Player	Team	Date	Age
1	Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton	23/3/1983	22-028
2	Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh	21/12/1988	23-077
3	Dale Hawerchuk	Winnipeg	19/10/1987	23-289

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Youngest defenseman to score a hat trick

#	Player	Team	Date	Games needed
1	Hannu Virta	Buffalo	19/3/1983	19-362
2	Bobby Orr	Boston	14/12/1968	20-269
3	Rasmus Ristolainen	Buffalo	10/12/2015	21-044

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Most consecutive 20-goal seasons from the start (simultaneous) of a career by a pair of teammates

#	Players	Team	Between	Seasons
1	Patrick Kane/Jonathan Toews	Chicago	2007-	10
2	Peter Stastny/Anton Stastny	Quebec	1980-88	8
2	Glenn Anderson/Jari Kurri	Edmonton	1980-88	8

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Oldest player to score a game-winning goal

#	Player	Team	Date	Age
1	Chris Chelios	Detroit	18/2/2008	46-024
2	Jaromir Jagr	Florida	17/2/2017	45-002
3	Teemu Selänne	Anaheim	15/1/2014	43-186

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Oldest goalie to win in his debut

#	Player	Team	Date	Age
1	Hugh Lehman	Chicago	17/11/1927	41-021
2	Bert Lindsay	Montreal W.	19/12/1917	36-149
3	Hal Winkler	NY Rangers	16/11/1926	34-241

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Most games with at least three points by a player

#	Player	Teams	Years	Games with at least three points
1	Wayne Gretzky	Edm/LA/Stl/NYR	1979-99	459
2	Mario Lemieux	Pit	1984-06	272
3	Marcel Dionne	Det/LA/NYR	1971-89	202

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Longest pointless streak to start an NHL-career

#	Player	Team	Between	Pointless games
1	Gord Strate	Detroit	23/1/1957-8/2/1959	62
2	Zach Sill	Pittsburgh	16/11/2013-13/1/2015	47

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Longest gap between a player’s first and last hat trick

#	Player	Teams	First hat trick	Last hat trick	Gap
1	Jaromir Jagr	Pittsburgh/New Jersey	2/2/1991	3/1/2015	23-335
2	Gordie Howe	Detroit	11/2/1950	2/11/1969	19-264

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Oldest goaltender to record a shutout

#	Player	Team	Date	Age
1	Jacques Plante	Boston	24/3/1973	44-066
2	Jacques Plante	Boston	4/3/1973	44-046
3	Johnny Bower	Toronto	12/12/1968	44-034

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Largest age difference between two teammates scoring in the same game

#	Player 1	Player 2	Team	Season	Scoring together	Age difference
1	Gordie Howe	Ray Allison	Hartford	1979/80	3 x	30-339
2	Gordie Howe	Jordy Douglas	Hartford	1979/80	5 x	29-295
3	Gordie Howe	Gordie Roberts	Hartford	1979/80	2 x	29-185

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Fewest starts needed by a goalie to earn five shutouts for a new team (since 1943)

#	Player	Team	Dates	Games needed
1	Devan Dubnyk	Minnesota	15/1/2015-20/2/2015	16
2	Jacques Plante	Montreal	1/11/1952—14/3/1954	17
3	Jacques Plante	St. Louis	11/10/1968-1/1/1969	17

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Quickest goal given up from the start of a game by a goaltender making his debut

#	Player	Team	Date	Scored by	Time
1	Paul Skidmore	St. Louis	20/12/1981	Doug Smail	00:05
2	MacKenzie Skapski	NY Rangers	20/2/2015	Matt Moulson	00:14

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Longest relief appearance by a goaltender without allowing a goal

#	Player	Team	Date	Time
1	Cam Ward	Carolina	30/1/2015	61:35
2	Bob Essensa	Detroit	25/3/1994	60:05

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Most games played without ever getting a major or misconduct penalty

#	Player	Teams	Years	Games
1	Henrik Sedin	Van	2000-	1248
2	Andrew Brunette	Wsh/Nsh/Atl/Min/Col/Chi	1995-2012	1110
3	Butch Goring	LA/NYI/Bos	1969-1985	1107

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Worth noting is that Jean Ratelle received his first major/misconduct penalty in his 1252nd game out of the 1280 that he played in the NHL.

 

[The Panther]

Longest gap between a player’s first and last hat trick

#	Player	Teams	First hat trick	Last hat trick	Gap
1	Jaromir Jagr	Pittsburgh/New Jersey	2/2/1991	3/1/2015	23-335
2	Gordie Howe	Detroit	11/2/1950	2/11/1969	19-264

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Holy, that's a good one! Almost 24 years between NHL hat-tricks for Jagr.... that's completely ridiculous.

 

[Cold Medicine]

Daneyko scored a playoff goal during his regular season goalless streak in the 1999-2000 SCF against Ed Belfour, who was zonked out on cold medicine.

 

[Terry Yake]

Daneyko scored a playoff goal during his regular season goalless streak in the 1999-2000 SCF against Ed Belfour, who was zonked out on cold medicine.

same thing with adam pardy

scored a goal against the ducks in the 2015 WCQF