highest nhl playoff points per game in a single playoff season with minimum 15 games played

Wayne Gretzky has recorded the most points per game with 15+ games played in a single NHL playoff run, with 2.61 per game in 1984-85.

Interpreted as:
highest NHL playoff points per game by a player in a single playoff season with minimum 15 games played
NAME P/GP GP SEASON TM G A P +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG OTG S S% FOW FO FOW% HIT BKS TKA GVA TOI/GP
1 Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
2.61
18
1984-85
EDM EDM
17
30
47
+27
4
4
3
2
3
3
0
67
25.4
2 Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
2.38
16
1982-83
EDM EDM
12
26
38
+20
4
2
6
3
5
3
0
76
15.8
3 Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
2.27
15
1991-92
PIT PIT
16
18
34
+6
2
8
10
2
0
5
0
69
23.2
4 Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
2.26
19
1987-88
EDM EDM
12
31
43
+9
16
5
19
1
0
3
1
62
19.4
5 Connor McDavid
C. McDavid
2.06
16
2021-22
EDM EDM
10
23
33
+15
10
2
6
0
1
1
1
61
16.4
92
175
52.6
51
4
14
20
23:02
6 Paul Coffey
P. Coffey
2.06
18
1984-85
EDM EDM
12
25
37
+23
44
3
7
1
1
4
0
67
17.9
7 Leon Draisaitl
L. Draisaitl
2.00
16
2021-22
EDM EDM
7
25
32
+4
6
3
6
1
0
1
0
44
15.9
143
294
48.6
8
3
12
19
21:22
8 Mike Bossy
M. Bossy
1.94
18
1980-81
NYI NYI
17
18
35
+14
4
9
11
0
0
3
0
69
24.6
9 Rick Middleton
R. Middleton
1.94
17
1982-83
BOS BOS
11
22
33
+13
6
4
2
1
2
1
0
43
25.6
10 Denis Savard
D. Savard
1.93
15
1984-85
CHI CHI
9
20
29
+4
20
3
8
0
0
0
0
49
18.4
11 Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
1.91
23
1990-91
PIT PIT
16
28
44
+14
16
6
13
2
0
0
0
93
17.2
12 Barry Pederson
B. Pederson
1.88
17
1982-83
BOS BOS
14
18
32
+10
21
1
7
1
0
2
1
51
27.5
13 Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
1.84
19
1983-84
EDM EDM
13
22
35
+18
12
2
6
1
1
3
0
87
14.9
14 Mark Messier
M. Messier
1.79
19
1987-88
EDM EDM
11
23
34
+9
29
7
10
1
0
0
0
42
26.2
15 Jari Kurri
J. Kurri
1.72
18
1984-85
EDM EDM
19
12
31
+23
6
1
3
2
1
2
0
91
20.9
16 Connor McDavid
C. McDavid
1.68
25
2023-24
EDM EDM
8
34
42
+12
10
2
15
0
0
1
1
75
10.7
145
339
42.8
43
16
25
16
23:02
17 Nathan MacKinnon
N. MacKinnon
1.67
15
2019-20
COL COL
9
16
25
+13
12
3
6
0
0
0
0
65
13.8
93
194
47.9
20
5
7
15
21:50
18 Doug Gilmour
D. Gilmour
1.67
21
1992-93
TOR TOR
10
25
35
+16
30
4
8
0
0
1
1
51
19.6
19 Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
1.67
24
1992-93
LAK LAK
15
25
40
+6
4
4
9
1
2
3
1
76
19.7
20 Jari Kurri
J. Kurri
1.63
19
1987-88
EDM EDM
14
17
31
+15
12
5
7
0
1
3
1
57
24.6
21 Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
1.62
21
1986-87
EDM EDM
5
29
34
+10
6
2
8
0
3
0
0
55
9.1
22 Bryan Trottier
B. Trottier
1.61
18
1980-81
NYI NYI
11
18
29
+18
34
4
8
2
2
1
0
49
22.4
23 Phil Esposito
P. Esposito
1.60
15
1971-72
BOS BOS
9
15
24
+16
24
2
6
0
1
3
0
101
8.9
24 Bobby Orr
B. Orr
1.60
15
1971-72
BOS BOS
5
19
24
+20
19
3
7
0
2
1
0
61
8.2
25 Doug Gilmour
D. Gilmour
1.56
18
1993-94
TOR TOR
6
22
28
+3
42
5
11
0
2
1
0
31
19.4

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TEAM W L OTL PTS DIFF
Golden Knights Golden Knights
50
22
10
110
56
Kings Kings
48
25
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105
44
Oilers Oilers
48
29
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101
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Flames Flames
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14
96
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Canucks Canucks
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14
90
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80
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41
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50
12
52
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Central Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Jets Jets
56
22
4
116
86
Stars Stars
50
26
6
106
53
Avalanche Avalanche
49
29
4
102
43
Pacific Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Golden Knights Golden Knights
50
22
10
110
56
Kings Kings
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25
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105
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Oilers Oilers
48
29
5
101
23
Atlantic Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
52
26
4
108
37
Lightning Lightning
47
27
8
102
75
Panthers Panthers
47
31
4
98
29
Metropolitan Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Capitals Capitals
51
22
9
111
56
Hurricanes Hurricanes
47
30
5
99
33
Devils Devils
42
33
7
91
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Mon
3/31
FLA FLA
@
MTL MTL
2-3
Mon
3/31
WSH WSH
@
BOS BOS
4-3
Mon
3/31
NSH NSH
@
CBJ CBJ
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Mon
3/31
BUF BUF
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OTT OTT
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Mon
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NYI NYI
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
5/17
WPG WPG
@
DAL DAL
8:00 PM
Sun
5/18
FLA FLA
@
TOR TOR
7:30 PM
Mon
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WPG WPG
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