NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff Leaders and Records for Even Strength Goals
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
Rank | Player | EV | Year |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Reggie Leach | 17 | 1976 |
2. | Jari Kurri* | 16 | 1985 |
3. | Pavel Bure* | 13 | 1994 |
  | Claude Lemieux | 13 | 1995 |
5. | Yvan Cournoyer* | 12 | 1973 |
  | Barry Pederson | 12 | 1983 |
  | Joe Sakic* | 12 | 1996 |
8. | Maurice Richard* | 11 | 1944 |
  | Frank Mahovlich* | 11 | 1971 |
  | Steve Payne | 11 | 1981 |
  | Mike Bossy* | 11 | 1982 |
  | Mike Bossy* | 11 | 1983 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 11 | 1985 |
  | Marián Gáborík | 11 | 2014 |
  | Jake Guentzel | 11 | 2017 |
  | Evander Kane | 11 | 2022 |
  | Ondřej Palát | 11 | 2022 |
18. | Wayne Gretzky* | 10 | 1984 |
  | Jari Kurri* | 10 | 1984 |
  | Mark Messier* | 10 | 1985 |
  | Darryl Sutter | 10 | 1985 |
  | Glenn Anderson* | 10 | 1987 |
  | Jari Kurri* | 10 | 1987 |
  | Rick Tocchet | 10 | 1987 |
  | Craig Simpson | 10 | 1988 |
  | Joe Mullen* | 10 | 1989 |
  | Craig Simpson | 10 | 1990 |
  | Kevin Stevens | 10 | 1991 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 10 | 1993 |
  | Jamie Langenbrunner | 10 | 2003 |
  | Fernando Pisani | 10 | 2006 |
  | Sidney Crosby | 10 | 2009 |
  | David Krejčí | 10 | 2011 |
  | Brad Marchand | 10 | 2011 |
  | Tyler Johnson | 10 | 2015 |
  | Mark Scheifele | 10 | 2018 |
  | Logan Couture | 10 | 2019 |
  | Jaden Schwartz | 10 | 2019 |
  | Joe Pavelski | 10 | 2020 |
  | Brayden Point | 10 | 2020 |
  | Steven Stamkos | 10 | 2022 |
  | Jonathan Marchessault | 10 | 2023 |
  | William Karlsson | 10 | 2023 |
44. | Jean Béliveau* | 9 | 1956 |
  | Phil Esposito* | 9 | 1970 |
  | Gregg Sheppard | 9 | 1974 |
  | Bob Nystrom | 9 | 1980 |
  | Dino Ciccarelli* | 9 | 1981 |
  | Glenn Anderson* | 9 | 1983 |
  | Mark Messier* | 9 | 1983 |
  | Clark Gillies* | 9 | 1984 |
  | Mark Messier* | 9 | 1987 |
  | Jari Kurri* | 9 | 1988 |
  | Esa Tikkanen | 9 | 1990 |
  | Esa Tikkanen | 9 | 1991 |
  | Jaromír Jágr | 9 | 1992 |
  | Kevin Stevens | 9 | 1992 |
  | Mark Messier* | 9 | 1994 |
  | Claude Lemieux | 9 | 1997 |
  | Chris Drury | 9 | 2001 |
  | Peter Forsberg* | 9 | 2002 |
  | Jeff Friesen | 9 | 2003 |
  | R.J. Umberger | 9 | 2008 |
  | Daniel Cleary | 9 | 2009 |
  | Mike Cammalleri | 9 | 2010 |
  | Sean Bergenheim | 9 | 2011 |
  | Patrick Kane | 9 | 2013 |
  | Patrick Kane | 9 | 2015 |
  | Joe Pavelski | 9 | 2016 |
  | Evgeni Malkin | 9 | 2017 |
  | Evgeny Kuznetsov | 9 | 2018 |
  | Alex Ovechkin | 9 | 2018 |
  | Chandler Stephenson | 9 | 2023 |
74. | Don Grosso | 8 | 1942 |
  | Maurice Richard* | 8 | 1951 |
  | Bernie Geoffrion* | 8 | 1957 |
  | Maurice Richard* | 8 | 1958 |
  | Yvan Cournoyer* | 8 | 1971 |
  | Pete Mahovlich | 8 | 1971 |
  | Jim Pappin | 8 | 1971 |
  | Frank Mahovlich* | 8 | 1973 |
  | Rick MacLeish | 8 | 1974 |
  | Guy Lafleur* | 8 | 1975 |
  | Guy Lafleur* | 8 | 1977 |
  | Peter McNab | 8 | 1978 |
  | Guy Lafleur* | 8 | 1979 |
  | Bill Barber* | 8 | 1980 |
  | Rick MacLeish | 8 | 1980 |
  | Mike Bossy* | 8 | 1981 |
  | Stan Smyl | 8 | 1982 |
  | Brian Sutter | 8 | 1982 |
  | Patrick Flatley | 8 | 1984 |
  | Glenn Anderson* | 8 | 1985 |
  | Paul Coffey* | 8 | 1985 |
  | Joe Mullen* | 8 | 1986 |
  | Greg Paslawski | 8 | 1986 |
  | Doug Gilmour* | 8 | 1989 |
  | Brian Propp | 8 | 1989 |
  | Glenn Anderson* | 8 | 1990 |
  | Dave Christian | 8 | 1991 |
  | Brett Hull* | 8 | 1991 |
  | Mario Lemieux* | 8 | 1991 |
  | Stéphane Richer | 8 | 1991 |
  | Jeremy Roenick | 8 | 1992 |
  | Dave Andreychuk* | 8 | 1993 |
  | Wendel Clark | 8 | 1993 |
  | Paul DiPietro | 8 | 1993 |
  | Ray Ferraro | 8 | 1993 |
  | Steve Thomas | 8 | 1993 |
  | Geoff Courtnall | 8 | 1994 |
  | Vyacheslav Kozlov | 8 | 1995 |
  | Eric Lindros* | 8 | 1997 |
  | Jere Lehtinen | 8 | 1999 |
  | Joe Nieuwendyk* | 8 | 1999 |
  | Brett Hull* | 8 | 2000 |
  | Petr Sýkora | 8 | 2000 |
  | Joe Sakic* | 8 | 2001 |
  | Joffrey Lupul | 8 | 2006 |
  | Johan Franzén | 8 | 2009 |
  | Alex Ovechkin | 8 | 2009 |
  | Maxime Talbot | 8 | 2009 |
  | Daniel Brière | 8 | 2010 |
  | Patrick Kane | 8 | 2010 |
  | Bryan Bickell | 8 | 2013 |
  | David Krejčí | 8 | 2013 |
  | Patrick Sharp | 8 | 2013 |
  | Rene Bourque | 8 | 2014 |
  | Alex Killorn | 8 | 2015 |
  | Corey Perry | 8 | 2015 |
  | Nikita Kucherov | 8 | 2016 |
  | Vladimir Tarasenko | 8 | 2016 |
  | Filip Forsberg | 8 | 2017 |
  | Jean-Gabriel Pageau | 8 | 2017 |
  | Sidney Crosby | 8 | 2018 |
  | Jake Guentzel | 8 | 2018 |
  | Brock Nelson | 8 | 2020 |
  | Jean-Gabriel Pageau | 8 | 2020 |
  | Ondřej Palát | 8 | 2020 |
  | Connor McDavid | 8 | 2022 |
  | Valeri Nichushkin | 8 | 2022 |
141. | Buzz Boll | 7 | 1936 |
  | Gordie Drillon* | 7 | 1938 |
  | Doug Bentley* | 7 | 1944 |
  | Ed Sandford | 7 | 1953 |
  | Bill Goldsworthy | 7 | 1968 |
  | Johnny Bucyk* | 7 | 1970 |
  | Vic Hadfield | 7 | 1971 |
  | Phil Esposito* | 7 | 1972 |
  | Jim Pappin | 7 | 1973 |
  | Danny Gare | 7 | 1975 |
  | Rick MacLeish | 7 | 1975 |
  | Guy Lafleur* | 7 | 1976 |
  | Lanny McDonald* | 7 | 1977 |
  | Bobby Schmautz | 7 | 1977 |
  | Yvan Cournoyer* | 7 | 1978 |
  | Guy Lafleur* | 7 | 1978 |
  | Don Maloney | 7 | 1979 |
  | Paul Holmgren | 7 | 1980 |
  | Yvon Lambert | 7 | 1980 |
  | Gilbert Perreault* | 7 | 1980 |
  | John Tonelli | 7 | 1980 |
  | Bill Barber* | 7 | 1981 |
  | Ron Duguay | 7 | 1981 |
  | Al MacAdam | 7 | 1981 |
  | Bob Bourne | 7 | 1983 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 7 | 1983 |
  | Bob Nystrom | 7 | 1983 |
  | Brent Sutter | 7 | 1983 |
  | Duane Sutter | 7 | 1983 |
  | John Tonelli | 7 | 1983 |
  | Bryan Trottier* | 7 | 1984 |
  | Glenn Anderson* | 7 | 1986 |
  | Lanny McDonald* | 7 | 1986 |
  | Shawn Burr | 7 | 1987 |
  | Bobby Smith | 7 | 1987 |
  | Petr Klíma | 7 | 1988 |
  | Cam Neely* | 7 | 1988 |
  | Russ Courtnall | 7 | 1989 |
  | Dino Ciccarelli* | 7 | 1990 |
  | Mark Messier* | 7 | 1990 |
  | Cam Neely* | 7 | 1990 |
  | Wayne Presley | 7 | 1990 |
  | Jeremy Roenick | 7 | 1990 |
  | Ron Francis* | 7 | 1991 |
  | Joe Mullen* | 7 | 1991 |
  | Cam Neely* | 7 | 1991 |
  | Luc Robitaille* | 7 | 1991 |
  | Dirk Graham | 7 | 1992 |
  | Cliff Ronning | 7 | 1992 |
  | Glenn Anderson* | 7 | 1993 |
  | Kirk Muller | 7 | 1993 |
  | Wendel Clark | 7 | 1994 |
  | Adam Graves | 7 | 1994 |
  | Brian Leetch* | 7 | 1994 |
  | Claude Lemieux | 7 | 1994 |
  | Jaromír Jágr | 7 | 1995 |
  | Luc Robitaille* | 7 | 1995 |
  | Peter Forsberg* | 7 | 1996 |
  | Valeri Kamensky | 7 | 1996 |
  | Mario Lemieux* | 7 | 1996 |
  | Rod Brind'Amour | 7 | 1997 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 7 | 1997 |
  | Brendan Shanahan* | 7 | 1997 |
  | Sergei Fedorov* | 7 | 1998 |
  | Steve Reinprecht | 7 | 2002 |
  | Brendan Shanahan* | 7 | 2002 |
  | Ruslan Fedotenko | 7 | 2004 |
  | Jarome Iginla* | 7 | 2004 |
  | Vincent Lecavalier | 7 | 2004 |
  | Keith Primeau | 7 | 2004 |
  | Daniel Alfredsson* | 7 | 2007 |
  | Travis Moen | 7 | 2007 |
  | Marián Hossa* | 7 | 2008 |
  | Henrik Zetterberg | 7 | 2008 |
  | Ruslan Fedotenko | 7 | 2009 |
  | Patrick Kane | 7 | 2009 |
  | Evgeni Malkin | 7 | 2009 |
  | Eric Staal | 7 | 2009 |
  | Henrik Zetterberg | 7 | 2009 |
  | Claude Giroux | 7 | 2010 |
  | Ville Leino | 7 | 2010 |
  | Patrick Sharp | 7 | 2010 |
  | Alexandre Burrows | 7 | 2011 |
  | Nathan Horton | 7 | 2011 |
  | Daniel Brière | 7 | 2012 |
  | Milan Lucic | 7 | 2013 |
  | Patrick Kane | 7 | 2014 |
  | Tyler Toffoli | 7 | 2014 |
  | Justin Williams | 7 | 2014 |
  | Derick Brassard | 7 | 2015 |
  | Nikita Kucherov | 7 | 2015 |
  | Brandon Saad | 7 | 2015 |
  | Patric Hörnqvist | 7 | 2016 |
  | Tyler Johnson | 7 | 2016 |
  | Rickard Rakell | 7 | 2017 |
  | Bryan Rust | 7 | 2017 |
  | Jakob Silfverberg | 7 | 2017 |
  | Jonathan Marchessault | 7 | 2018 |
  | Devante Smith-Pelly | 7 | 2018 |
  | Charlie Coyle | 7 | 2019 |
  | Ryan O'Reilly | 7 | 2019 |
  | Teuvo Teräväinen | 7 | 2019 |
  | Anthony Beauvillier | 7 | 2020 |
  | Denis Gurianov | 7 | 2020 |
  | Victor Hedman | 7 | 2020 |
  | Nikita Kucherov | 7 | 2020 |
  | Alex Tuch | 7 | 2020 |
  | Brayden Point | 7 | 2021 |
  | Jake Guentzel | 7 | 2022 |
  | Zach Hyman | 7 | 2022 |
  | Nathan MacKinnon | 7 | 2022 |
  | Leon Draisaitl | 7 | 2023 |
  | Roope Hintz | 7 | 2023 |
  | Matthew Tkachuk | 7 | 2023 |
  | Carter Verhaeghe | 7 | 2023 |
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