most goals in nhl season without counting empty net goals

Brett Hull has put up the most goals with exactly 0 empty-net goals in a season, with 86 scored in 1990-91.

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most goals in NHL season without counting empty net goals by a player

	NAME	G	ENG	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Brett Hull B. Hull	86	0	1990-91	STL	78	45	131	+23	22	29	16	0	0	11	1	389	22.1
2	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	76	0	1970-71	BOS	78	76	152	+69	71	24	27	1	1	16		550	13.8
3	Brett Hull B. Hull	72	0	1989-90	STL	80	41	113	-1	24	27	17	0	0	12	0	385	18.7
4	Brett Hull B. Hull	70	0	1991-92	STL	73	39	109	-2	48	20	20	5	0	9	1	408	17.2
5	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	69	0	1978-79	NYI	80	57	126	+63	25	27	23	0	0	9		279	24.7
6	Reggie Leach R. Leach	61	0	1975-76	PHI	80	30	91	+72	41	10	13	0	0	11		335	18.2
7	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	60	0	1982-83	NYI	79	58	118	+27	20	19	21	0	0	7		274	21.9
8	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	60	0	1977-78	MTL	78	72	132	+73	26	15	21	0	0	12		305	19.7
9	Steve Shutt S. Shutt	60	0	1976-77	MTL	80	45	105	+89	28	8	10	0	0	9		293	20.5
10	Tim Kerr T. Kerr	58	0	1986-87	PHI	75	37	95	+37	57	26	10	0	0	10	0	261	22.2
11	Tim Kerr T. Kerr	58	0	1985-86	PHI	76	26	84	-2	79	34	16	0	0	7	0	285	20.4
12	Bobby Hull B. Hull	58	0	1968-69	CHI	74	49	107	+12	48	20	16	2	0	11		414	14.0
13	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	56	0	1983-84	QUE	75	66	122	+62	76	11	19	2	1	16	0	239	23.4
14	Blaine Stoughton B. Stoughton	56	0	1979-80	HFD	80	44	100	+10	16	16	8	2	1	9		234	23.9
15	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	56	0	1976-77	MTL	80	80	136	+89	20	14	18	0	0	8		290	19.3
16	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	56	0	1975-76	MTL	80	69	125	+67	36	18	20	0	0	12		303	18.5
17	Cam Neely C. Neely	55	0	1989-90	BOS	76	37	92	+10	117	25	13	0	0	12	0	271	20.3
18	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	55	0	1984-85	QUE	69	40	95	+10	55	17	11	0	0	5	1	260	21.2
19	John Ogrodnick J. Ogrodnick	55	0	1984-85	DET	79	50	105	-5	30	15	17	1	3	6	0	301	18.3
20	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	55	0	1981-82	MNS	76	51	106	+14	138	20	17	0	0	4		289	19.0
21	Rick Kehoe R. Kehoe	55	0	1980-81	PIT	80	33	88	-8	6	20	19	0	0	5		299	18.4
22	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	54	0	1992-93	TOT	83	45	99	+4	56	32	22	0	0	4	0	310	17.4
23	Brett Hull B. Hull	54	0	1992-93	STL	80	47	101	-27	41	29	29	0	0	2	0	390	13.8
24	Tim Kerr T. Kerr	54	0	1984-85	PHI	74	44	98	+31	57	21	15	0	0	8	0	278	19.4
25	Al Secord A. Secord	54	0	1982-83	CHI	80	32	86	+35	180	20	4	0	0	6		240	22.5

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