Ian Turnbull has collected the most goals by a defenseman in a game, with 5 scored versus the Red Wings on February 2, 1977.

Interpreted as:

most goals in a regular-season game by a defenseman

	NAME	G	DATE	TM		OPP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
1	Ian Turnbull I. Turnbull	5	2/2/1977	TOR	vs	DET	0	5	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	100.0
2	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	4	12/26/1984	EDM	@	CGY	0	4	+3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	8	50.0
3	Ian Turnbull I. Turnbull	4	12/12/1981	LAK	vs	VAN	0	4	+2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	66.7
4	Tom Bladon T. Bladon	4	12/11/1977	PHI	vs	CLE	4	8	+10	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	80.0
5	John McKinnon J. McKinnon	4	11/19/1929	PIR	vs	TOR	0	4		0					1	0
6	Sprague Cleghorn S. Cleghorn	4	1/14/1922	MTL	vs	HAM	2	6		0					0	0
7	Harry Cameron H. Cameron	4	3/3/1920	MTL	@	QBD	0	4		0					0	0
8	Harry Cameron H. Cameron	4	12/26/1917	TAN	vs	MTL	1	5		5					1	0
9	Brandon Montour B. Montour	3	10/29/2024	SEA	@	MTL	1	4	+2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	75.0	0	0	1	2	1	2	17:50
10	Cale Makar C. Makar	3	3/6/2024	COL	vs	DET	1	4	+3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	60.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23:50
11	MacKenzie Weegar M. Weegar	3	2/10/2024	CGY	@	NYI	0	3	+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	50.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	23:44
12	Nikita Zadorov N. Zadorov	3	4/12/2023	CGY	vs	SJS	0	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	60.0	0	0	2	0	2	0	20:37
13	Erik Gustafsson E. Gustafsson	3	12/17/2022	WSH	vs	TOR	0	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	60.0	0	0	2	1	1	1	19:13
14	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	3	11/1/2022	SJS	vs	ANA	1	4	+2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	60.0	0	0	1	0	0	1	24:05
15	Jakob Chychrun J. Chychrun	3	4/4/2021	ARI	@	ANA	0	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	42.9	0	0	0	1	0	0	25:50
16	Dylan Coghlan D. Coghlan	3	3/10/2021	VGK	@	MIN	0	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	60.0	0	0	1	1	0	1	18:23
17	Jared Spurgeon J. Spurgeon	3	2/21/2020	MIN	@	EDM	0	3	+3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	50.0	0	0	1	3	0	0	21:55
18	Mark Pysyk M. Pysyk	3	2/3/2020	FLA	@	TOR	0	3	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	100.0	0	0	1	0	1	0	14:32
19	Tony DeAngelo T. DeAngelo	3	1/9/2020	NYR	vs	NJD	2	5	+3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	7	42.9	0	0	0	1	0	0	20:09
20	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	3	12/31/2019	CBJ	vs	FLA	0	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	50.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	22:00
21	Cam Fowler C. Fowler	3	11/4/2018	ANA	vs	CBJ	0	3	+1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	50.0	0	0	2	1	0	0	24:47
22	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	3	2/17/2018	CGY	vs	FLA	0	3	-1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	60.0	0	0	1	0	0	1	21:39
23	Justin Faulk J. Faulk	3	2/13/2018	CAR	vs	LAK	0	3	+1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	60.0	0	0	1	1	1	0	23:43
24	Hampus Lindholm H. Lindholm	3	12/21/2017	ANA	@	NYI	0	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	50.0	0	0	2	0	0	0	21:55
25	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