Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Darryl Sittler collected the most goals in a game, with 6 scored against the Bruins on February 7, 1976.

Interpreted as:

most goals by a player in a single regular-season game 1970s

	NAME	G	DATE	TM		OPP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Darryl Sittler D. Sittler	6	2/7/1976	TOR	vs	BOS	4	10	+7	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	10	60.0
2	Tim Young T. Young	5	1/15/1979	MNS	@	NYR	1	6	+4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	100.0
3	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	5	12/23/1978	NYI	vs	NYR	3	8	+6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	62.5
4	Ian Turnbull I. Turnbull	5	2/2/1977	TOR	vs	DET	0	5	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	100.0
5	Don Murdoch D. Murdoch	5	10/12/1976	NYR	@	MNS	0	5	+3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	10	50.0
6	Yvan Cournoyer Y. Cournoyer	5	2/15/1975	MTL	vs	CHI	2	7	+2	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	7	71.4
7	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	4	4/7/1979	NYI	vs	PHI	0	4	+1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	80.0
8	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	4	3/15/1979	NYR	@	BOS	0	4	+1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	80.0
9	Tom Rowe T. Rowe	4	3/10/1979	WSH	vs	STL	2	6	+6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	50.0
10	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	4	1/13/1979	LAK	@	DET	0	4	+4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	66.7
11	Wayne Cashman W. Cashman	4	4/2/1978	BOS	vs	NYR	0	4	+6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	80.0
12	Harvey Bennett H. Bennett	4	3/28/1978	MNS	vs	VAN	1	5	+4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	57.1
13	Steve Shutt S. Shutt	4	2/23/1978	MTL	vs	CLE	0	4	+2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	66.7
14	Syl Apps Jr. S. Apps Jr.	4	12/21/1977	LAK	vs	MNS	2	6	+4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	50.0
15	Tom Bladon T. Bladon	4	12/11/1977	PHI	vs	CLE	4	8	+10	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	80.0
16	Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	4	11/2/1977	CLE	vs	STL	0	4	+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	50.0
17	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	4	11/1/1977	NYI	vs	AFM	1	5	+6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	80.0
18	Steve Vickers S. Vickers	4	10/26/1977	NYR	vs	STL	0	4	+2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	100.0
19	Rick Blight R. Blight	4	10/6/1976	VAN	@	PIT	0	4	-2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	80.0
20	Michel Bergeron M. Bergeron	4	3/18/1976	DET	vs	STL	0	4	+1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	57.1
21	Rod Gilbert R. Gilbert	4	2/7/1976	NYR	@	DET	0	4	+3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	100.0
22	Mike Murphy M. Murphy	4	1/22/1976	LAK	vs	TOR	0	4	+4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	66.7
23	Richard Martin R. Martin	4	12/21/1975	BUF	vs	WSH	1	5	+3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	80.0
24	Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	4	11/18/1975	CGS	@	PIT	0	4	+4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	57.1
25	Gary Sabourin G. Sabourin	4	11/7/1975	CGS	vs	NYR	0	4	+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	66.7