Patrick Marleau, Max Pacioretty and Auston Matthews were tied for the most goals in a game in 2016-17, with 4 scored.

Interpreted as:

highest scoring NHL player by regular-season game 2017

	NAME	G	DATE	TM		OPP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
1	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	4	1/23/2017	SJS	@	COL	0	4	+4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	66.7	0	0		0	0	1	0	19:26
2	Max Pacioretty M. Pacioretty	4	12/10/2016	MTL	vs	COL	1	5	+4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	50.0	0	0		0	0	0	1	16:29
3	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	4	10/12/2016	TOR	@	OTT	0	4	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	66.7	6	13	46.2	0	0	2	0	17:37
4	Jordan Eberle J. Eberle	3	4/9/2017	EDM	vs	VAN	0	3	+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	60.0	1	1	100.0	0	0	1	0	15:59
5	Milan Lucic M. Lucic	3	4/6/2017	EDM	@	SJS	0	3	0	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	75.0	0	0		3	0	1	1	14:02
6	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	3	3/28/2017	WSH	@	MIN	1	4	+1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	50.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	16:15
7	Jonathan Marchessault J. Marchessault	3	3/25/2017	FLA	vs	CHI	0	3	+3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	75.0	1	2	50.0	0	0	1	0	15:32
8	Adam Cracknell A. Cracknell	3	3/24/2017	DAL	vs	SJS	0	3	+3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	60.0	3	8	37.5	0	0	1	0	11:35
9	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	3	3/23/2017	TBL	@	BOS	0	3	+2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	50.0	0	0		1	0	1	0	19:10
10	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	3	3/19/2017	PIT	vs	FLA	0	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	50.0	7	17	41.2	0	0	0	1	16:53
11	T.J. Oshie	3	3/18/2017	WSH	@	TBL	1	4	+2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	75.0	1	2	50.0	3	1	0	0	21:26
12	Jaccob Slavin J. Slavin	3	3/13/2017	CAR	@	NYI	1	4	+3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	100.0	0	0		0	1	1	1	22:16
13	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	3	3/13/2017	BOS	@	VAN	1	4	+2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	75.0	1	1	100.0	1	0	2	1	19:30
14	Nick Bonino N. Bonino	3	3/8/2017	PIT	@	WPG	0	3	+1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	50.0	8	22	36.4	0	0	1	0	19:40
15	Patrick Kane P. Kane	3	3/1/2017	CHI	vs	PIT	0	3	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	60.0	0	0		1	0	0	1	21:07
16	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	3	2/27/2017	TBL	vs	OTT	1	4	+1	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	7	42.9	0	0		0	1	1	1	17:27
17	Filip Forsberg F. Forsberg	3	2/23/2017	NSH	vs	COL	0	3	+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	60.0	0	0		0	1	2	3	16:51
18	Patrick Kane P. Kane	3	2/23/2017	CHI	vs	ARI	0	3	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	60.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	21:09
19	Filip Forsberg F. Forsberg	3	2/21/2017	NSH	vs	CGY	0	3	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	100.0	0	0		1	1	0	1	16:16
20	Jonathan Toews J. Toews	3	2/21/2017	CHI	@	MIN	2	5	+5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	75.0	9	17	52.9	0	0	0	0	19:45
21	Antoine Roussel A. Roussel	3	2/18/2017	DAL	vs	TBL	0	3	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	50.0	0	1	0.0	0	2	0	0	17:35
22	Patrik Laine P. Laine	3	2/14/2017	WPG	vs	DAL	0	3	+3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	50.0	0	0		1	2	0	0	16:31
23	Viktor Arvidsson V. Arvidsson	3	2/11/2017	NSH	vs	FLA	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	37.5	0	0		0	0	4	1	19:50
24	Patrik Berglund P. Berglund	3	2/11/2017	STL	@	MTL	0	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	100.0	3	10	30.0	2	1	0	1	16:50
25	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	3	2/7/2017	COL	vs	MTL	0	3	+2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	100.0	0	0		0	0	1	0	15:40