Tim Young and Bryan Trottier were tied for the most goals in a game in 1978-79, with 5 scored.

Interpreted as:

most goals by a player in a regular-season game NHL post 1979

	NAME	G	DATE	TM		OPP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Tim Young T. Young	5	1/15/1979	MNS	@	NYR	1	6	+4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	100.0
2	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	5	12/23/1978	NYI	vs	NYR	3	8	+6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	62.5
3	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	4	4/7/1979	NYI	vs	PHI	0	4	+1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	80.0
4	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	4	3/15/1979	NYR	@	BOS	0	4	+1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	80.0
5	Tom Rowe T. Rowe	4	3/10/1979	WSH	vs	STL	2	6	+6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	50.0
6	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	4	1/13/1979	LAK	@	DET	0	4	+4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	66.7
7	Jacques Richard J. Richard	3	4/8/1979	BUF	vs	CLR	0	3	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	60.0
8	Pierre Mondou P. Mondou	3	4/7/1979	MTL	vs	WSH	1	4	+1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	100.0
9	Danny Gare D. Gare	3	4/5/1979	BUF	@	BOS	2	5	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	60.0
10	Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	3	4/4/1979	MTL	vs	DET	1	4	+3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	75.0
11	Darcy Rota D. Rota	3	4/1/1979	AFM	@	PIT	0	3	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	60.0
12	Ron Delorme R. Delorme	3	4/1/1979	CLR	vs	STL	0	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	60.0
13	Lanny McDonald L. McDonald	3	4/1/1979	TOR	@	BUF	1	4	+1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	42.9
14	Lanny McDonald L. McDonald	3	3/31/1979	TOR	vs	MNS	0	3	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	50.0
15	Grant Mulvey G. Mulvey	3	3/29/1979	CHI	vs	NYI	0	3	+2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	50.0
16	Greg Malone G. Malone	3	3/28/1979	PIT	vs	NYR	0	3	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	100.0
17	Richard Martin R. Martin	3	3/28/1979	BUF	vs	BOS	1	4	+3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	75.0
18	Mike Fidler M. Fidler	3	3/21/1979	MNS	vs	PHI	1	4	+1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	75.0
19	Steve Payne S. Payne	3	3/21/1979	MNS	vs	PHI	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	50.0
20	Ron Stackhouse R. Stackhouse	3	3/18/1979	PIT	@	NYR	0	3	0	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	75.0
21	Darryl Sittler D. Sittler	3	3/17/1979	TOR	vs	MNS	1	4	+2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	37.5
22	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	3	3/15/1979	NYI	vs	TOR	0	3	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	100.0
23	Ivan Boldirev I. Boldirev	3	3/15/1979	AFM	@	PHI	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	50.0
24	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	3	3/13/1979	NYI	vs	BOS	0	3	+1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	60.0
25	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	3	3/8/1979	BOS	@	AFM	1	4	-2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	42.9