most goals in first season nhl by player

Wayne Gretzky lit the lamp 92 times in 1981-82.

	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	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	92	1981-82	EDM	80	120	212	+80	26	18	39	6	2	12		370	24.9
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	87	1983-84	EDM	74	118	205	+78	39	20	27	12	11	11	0	326	26.7
3	Brett Hull B. Hull	86	1990-91	STL	78	45	131	+23	22	29	16	0	0	11	1	389	22.1
4	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	85	1988-89	PIT	76	114	199	+41	100	31	48	13	5	8	1	313	27.2
5	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	76	1970-71	BOS	78	76	152	+69	71	24	27	1	1	16		550	13.8
6	Alexander Mogilny A. Mogilny	76	1992-93	BUF	77	51	127	+7	40	27	21	0	1	11	0	360	21.1
7	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	76	1992-93	WIN	84	56	132	+8	45	24	25	0	0	7	0	387	19.6
8	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	73	1984-85	EDM	80	135	208	+100	52	8	36	11	7	7	0	354	20.6
9	Brett Hull B. Hull	72	1989-90	STL	80	41	113	-1	24	27	17	0	0	12	0	385	18.7
10	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	71	1982-83	EDM	80	125	196	+61	59	18	36	6	4	9		348	20.4
11	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	71	1984-85	EDM	73	64	135	+78	30	14	14	3	3	13	0	267	26.6
12	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	70	1987-88	PIT	77	98	168	+23	92	22	58	10	4	7	2	382	18.3
13	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	70	1988-89	LAK	79	80	150	+30	96	21	28	8	6	6	0	385	18.2
14	Brett Hull B. Hull	70	1991-92	STL	73	39	109	-2	48	20	20	5	0	9	1	408	17.2
15	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	69	1978-79	NYI	80	57	126	+63	25	27	23	0	0	9		279	24.7
16	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	69	1992-93	PIT	60	91	160	+55	38	16	39	6	3	10	0	286	24.1
17	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	69	1995-96	PIT	70	92	161	+10	54	31	48	8	1	8	2	338	20.4
18	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	69	2023-24	TOR	81	38	107	+31	20	18	11	0	1	8	3	369	18.7	705	1,319	53.4	89	93	85	54	20:58
19	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	68	1973-74	BOS	78	77	145	+51	58	14	26	4	2	9		393	17.3
20	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	68	1980-81	NYI	79	51	119	+38	32	28	16	2	0	10		315	21.6
21	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	68	1985-86	EDM	78	63	131	+45	22	16	18	6	4	9	2	236	28.8
22	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	66	1971-72	BOS	76	67	133	+54	76	27	25	2	2	16		426	15.5
23	Lanny McDonald L. McDonald	66	1982-83	CGY	80	32	98	-1	90	17	16	0	0	8		275	24.0
24	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	65	1988-89	DET	80	90	155	+17	61	17	29	3	5	7	2	388	16.8
25	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	65	2007-08	WSH	82	47	112	+28	40	22	15	0	0	11	2	446	14.6	7	18	38.9	220	44	68	93	23:06