Since 1978-79, 24 players are tied for the most goals in a game, with 5 scored. The first three are Tage Thompson on December 7, 2022, Timo Meier on January 17, 2022 and Mika Zibanejad on March 5, 2020.

Interpreted as:

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

	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	Tage Thompson T. Thompson	5	12/7/2022	BUF	@	CBJ	1	6	+3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	9	55.6	2	5	40.0	0	0	0	0	13:56
2	Timo Meier T. Meier	5	1/17/2022	SJS	vs	LAK	0	5	+3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	83.3	0	0		0	1	2	1	18:14
3	Mika Zibanejad M. Zibanejad	5	3/5/2020	NYR	vs	WSH	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	8	62.5	8	20	40.0	1	1	0	2	24:56
4	Patrik Laine P. Laine	5	11/24/2018	WPG	@	STL	0	5	+2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	100.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	1	0	18:43
5	Johan Franzen J. Franzen	5	2/2/2011	DET	@	OTT	0	5	+3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	10	50.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	18:28
6	Marian Gaborik M. Gaborik	5	12/20/2007	MIN	vs	NYR	1	6	+2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	10	50.0	0	0		0	0	1	1	20:36
7	Sergei Fedorov S. Fedorov	5	12/26/1996	DET	vs	WSH	0	5	+4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	71.4
8	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	5	3/26/1996	PIT	vs	STL	2	7	+3	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	7	71.4
9	Alexei Zhamnov A. Zhamnov	5	4/1/1995	WIN	@	LAK	0	5	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	83.3
10	Mike Ricci M. Ricci	5	2/17/1994	QUE	@	SJS	0	5	+4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	9	55.6
11	Peter Bondra P. Bondra	5	2/5/1994	WSH	vs	TBL	0	5	+3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	71.4
12	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	5	4/9/1993	PIT	@	NYR	0	5	+5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	8	62.5
13	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	5	3/5/1992	QUE	@	HFD	2	7	+4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	62.5
14	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	5	1/11/1989	CGY	vs	WIN	0	5	+4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	12	41.7
15	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	5	12/31/1988	PIT	vs	NJD	3	8	+2	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	8	62.5
16	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	5	12/6/1987	EDM	vs	MNS	1	6	+4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	13	38.5
17	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	5	2/6/1986	BUF	@	BOS	1	6	+1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	7	71.4
18	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	5	12/15/1984	EDM	@	STL	1	6	+6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	100.0
19	Pat Hughes P. Hughes	5	2/3/1984	EDM	vs	CGY	0	5	+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	50.0
20	Bengt-Ake Gustafsson B. Gustafsson	5	1/8/1984	WSH	@	PHI	0	5	+3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	100.0
21	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	5	11/19/1983	EDM	vs	NJD	1	6	+5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	83.3
22	Mark Pavelich M. Pavelich	5	2/23/1983	NYR	vs	HFD	0	5	+4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	83.3
23	Willy Lindstrom W. Lindstrom	5	3/2/1982	WIN	@	PHI	1	6	+3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	83.3
24	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	5	2/13/1982	NYI	vs	PHI	0	5	+1	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	100.0
25	Grant Mulvey G. Mulvey	5	2/3/1982	CHI	vs	STL	2	7	+5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	9	55.6