Mike Bossy got the most goals by a player in his 2nd season, with 69 scored.

Interpreted as:

most goals by a player in a season NHL second year

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	69	1978-79	NYI	80	57	126	+63	25	27	23	0	0	9		279	24.7
2	Pavel Bure P. Bure	60	1992-93	VAN	83	50	110	+35	69	13	20	7	2	9	0	407	14.7
3	Jimmy Carson J. Carson	55	1987-88	LAK	80	52	107	-19	45	22	26	0	0	7	0	264	20.8
4	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	55	1981-82	MNS	76	51	106	+14	138	20	17	0	0	4		289	19.0
5	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	55	1980-81	EDM	80	109	164	+41	28	15	38	4	3	3		261	21.1
6	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	53	1987-88	LAK	80	58	111	-9	82	17	25	0	0	6	0	220	24.1
7	Pierre Larouche P. Larouche	53	1975-76	PIT	76	58	111	+3	33	18	14	0	0	3		319	16.6
8	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	51	2009-10	TBL	82	44	95	-2	38	24	17	1	0	5	1	297	17.2	481	1,004	47.9	68	38	47	55	20:33
9	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	51	1987-88	CGY	75	41	92	+20	23	31	14	3	2	8	0	212	24.1
10	Paul Kariya P. Kariya	50	1995-96	ANA	82	58	108	+9	20	20	21	3	3	9	3	349	14.3
11	Danny Gare D. Gare	50	1975-76	BUF	79	23	73	+32	129	8	4	1	0	9		303	16.5
12	Rob Brown R. Brown	49	1988-89	PIT	68	66	115	+27	118	24	23	0	0	6	1	169	29.0
13	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	49	1980-81	CGY	80	82	131	+14	26	20	33	0	0	8		217	22.6
14	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	48	1985-86	PIT	79	93	141	-8	43	17	49	0	0	4	1	276	17.4
15	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	48	1980-81	WSH	80	46	94	-4	100	13	12	0	0	3		326	14.7
16	Kirill Kaprizov K. Kaprizov	47	2021-22	MIN	81	61	108	+27	34	14	17	0	0	5	2	289	16.3	5	9	55.6	73	29	57	72	19:06
17	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	47	2007-08	PIT	82	59	106	+16	78	17	23	0	0	5	0	272	17.3	350	890	39.3	49	40	69	76	21:19
18	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	46	2006-07	WSH	82	46	92	-19	52	16	21	0	0	8	1	392	11.7	8	17	47.1	184	44	67	95	21:23
19	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	46	1981-82	QUE	80	93	139	-10	91	16	33	3	1	3		227	20.3
20	Eric Staal E. Staal	45	2005-06	CAR	82	55	100	-8	81	19	21	4	0	4	0	279	16.1	557	1,309	42.6	43	36	49	37	19:39
21	Patrik Laine P. Laine	44	2017-18	WPG	82	26	70	+8	24	20	11	0	0	8	0	241	18.3	11	43	25.6	74	43	29	51	16:29
22	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	44	1993-94	PHI	65	53	97	+16	103	13	14	2	1	9	1	197	22.3
23	Barry Pederson B. Pederson	44	1981-82	BOS	80	48	92	+27	53	13	17	4	1	7		197	22.3
24	Thomas Vanek T. Vanek	43	2006-07	BUF	82	41	84	+47	40	15	7	0	0	5	1	237	18.1	11	39	28.2	30	36	45	95	16:47
25	Dave Taylor D. Taylor	43	1978-79	LAK	78	48	91	+27	124	13	14	0	0	4		238	18.1