Before 1982-83, 24 players were tied for the most goals in a game with 5 or fewer goals and more than 0 games played, with 5 scored. The first three are Willy Lindstrom on March 2, 1982, Bryan Trottier on February 13, 1982 and on December 23, 1978 and Grant Mulvey on February 3, 1982.

most goals in a regular-season game by a player maximum 5 goal games before 1983

	NAME	G	GP	DATE	TM		OPP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Willy Lindstrom W. Lindstrom	5	1	3/2/1982	WIN	@	PHI	1	6	+3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	83.3
2	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	5	1	2/13/1982	NYI	vs	PHI	0	5	+1	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	100.0
3	Grant Mulvey G. Mulvey	5	1	2/3/1982	CHI	vs	STL	2	7	+5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	9	55.6
4	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	5	1	12/30/1981	EDM	vs	PHI	1	6	+2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	11	45.5
5	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	5	1	2/18/1981	EDM	vs	STL	2	7	+6	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	8	62.5
6	John Tonelli J. Tonelli	5	1	1/6/1981	NYI	vs	TOR	0	5	+4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	83.3
7	Tim Young T. Young	5	1	1/15/1979	MNS	@	NYR	1	6	+4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	100.0
8	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	5	1	12/23/1978	NYI	vs	NYR	3	8	+6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	62.5
9	Ian Turnbull I. Turnbull	5	1	2/2/1977	TOR	vs	DET	0	5	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	100.0
10	Don Murdoch D. Murdoch	5	1	10/12/1976	NYR	@	MNS	0	5	+3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	10	50.0
11	Yvan Cournoyer Y. Cournoyer	5	1	2/15/1975	MTL	vs	CHI	2	7	+2	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	7	71.4
12	Bobby Rousseau B. Rousseau	5	1	2/1/1964	MTL	vs	DET	0	5	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	55.6
13	Bernie Geoffrion B. Geoffrion	5	1	2/19/1955	MTL	vs	NYR	1	6		0	4	0	0	0	0	0
14	Howie Meeker H. Meeker	5	1	1/8/1947	TOR	vs	CHI	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Maurice Richard M. Richard	5	1	12/28/1944	MTL	vs	DET	3	8		2	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Ray Getliffe R. Getliffe	5	1	2/6/1943	MTL	vs	BOS	1	6		0	2	0	0	0	1	0
17	Charlie Conacher C. Conacher	5	1	1/19/1932	TOR	vs	NYA	1	6		2					0	0
18	Howie Morenz H. Morenz	5	1	3/18/1930	MTL	vs	NYA	0	5		0					1	0
19	Pit Lepine P. Lepine	5	1	12/14/1929	MTL	vs	SEN	1	6		2					1	0
20	Punch Broadbent P. Broadbent	5	1	1/7/1925	MMR	@	HAM	0	5		2					1	0
21	Babe Dye B. Dye	5	1	12/22/1924	TSP	@	BOS	0	5		0					0	0
22	Red Green R. Green	5	1	12/5/1924	HAM	@	TSP	2	7		0					0	0
23	Babe Dye B. Dye	5	1	12/16/1922	TSP	vs	MTL	0	5		0					1	0
24	Newsy Lalonde N. Lalonde	5	1	2/16/1921	MTL	vs	HAM	0	5		4					1	0
25	Mickey Roach M. Roach	5	1	3/6/1920	TSP	vs	QBD	1	6		0					1	0