David Backes, Eric Staal and Dainius Zubrus were tied for the most goals in a game in 2008-09, with 4 scored.

Interpreted as:

most goals by a player in one regular-season game in NHL 2009

	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	David Backes D. Backes	4	4/2/2009	STL	@	DET	0	4	+2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	44.4	4	9	44.4	1	2	2	1	20:31
2	Eric Staal E. Staal	4	3/7/2009	CAR	@	TBL	2	6	+4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	66.7	7	16	43.8	0	0	0	0	13:55
3	Dainius Zubrus D. Zubrus	4	11/23/2008	NJD	@	TBL	0	4	+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	50.0	10	19	52.6	1	0	1	0	15:58
4	Phil Kessel P. Kessel	3	4/12/2009	BOS	@	NYI	1	4	+2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	60.0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0	0	15:32
5	Boyd Devereaux B. Devereaux	3	4/11/2009	TOR	vs	OTT	0	3	+3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	100.0	0	0		0	0	1	0	17:35
6	Eric Staal E. Staal	3	4/7/2009	CAR	vs	NYI	1	4	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	75.0	5	13	38.5	0	0	0	0	15:02
7	Jeff Carter J. Carter	3	4/3/2009	PHI	vs	TOR	1	4	+4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	50.0	9	21	42.9	0	0	0	1	19:07
8	Sam Gagner S. Gagner	3	3/19/2009	EDM	@	COL	1	4	+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	100.0	7	14	50.0	0	0	0	0	14:23
9	Olli Jokinen O. Jokinen	3	3/14/2009	CGY	@	TOR	2	5	+1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	60.0	4	10	40.0	2	0	2	0	23:57
10	Sean Bergenheim S. Bergenheim	3	3/7/2009	NYI	vs	NJD	0	3	+3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	50.0	0	1	0.0	0	0	1	0	17:11
11	David Booth D. Booth	3	3/7/2009	FLA	vs	STL	1	4	+1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	75.0	0	0		1	0	1	0	15:42
12	Rick Nash R. Nash	3	3/7/2009	CBJ	@	DET	0	3	+3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	75.0	0	0		2	0	1	0	20:30
13	Ray Whitney R. Whitney	3	3/6/2009	CAR	vs	CGY	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	75.0	0	0		1	0	3	0	19:01
14	Michal Handzus M. Handzus	3	3/5/2009	LAK	vs	DAL	0	3	+1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	6	50.0	19	22	86.4	0	0	0	1	22:38
15	David Moss D. Moss	3	3/3/2009	CGY	@	OTT	0	3	+2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	75.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	18:50
16	Jason Arnott J. Arnott	3	2/28/2009	NSH	vs	DET	0	3	+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	100.0	6	13	46.2	0	0	6	0	18:15
17	Jonathan Toews J. Toews	3	2/27/2009	CHI	vs	PIT	0	3	-2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	50.0	11	20	55.0	0	0	0	0	19:41
18	Matt Cullen M. Cullen	3	2/22/2009	CAR	vs	COL	0	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	50.0	12	20	60.0	0	1	1	1	20:49
19	Olli Jokinen O. Jokinen	3	2/21/2009	PHX	@	LAK	0	3	+3	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	75.0	5	13	38.5	1	1	1	1	19:57
20	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	3	2/17/2009	TBL	vs	CHI	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	100.0	3	11	27.3	2	0	2	0	15:24
21	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	3	2/15/2009	WSH	@	FLA	0	3	+2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	37.5	1	1	100.0	1	0	0	0	18:21
22	Ilya Kovalchuk I. Kovalchuk	3	2/15/2009	ATL	@	ANA	1	4	+1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	6	50.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	19:43
23	Thomas Vanek T. Vanek	3	2/4/2009	BUF	vs	TOR	1	4	+2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	50.0	0	0		1	0	1	0	17:40
24	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	3	2/1/2009	WSH	vs	OTT	0	3	+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	75.0	0	0		3	0	0	3	20:48
25	Michael Cammalleri M. Cammalleri	3	1/28/2009	CGY	vs	BUF	0	3	+2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	50.0	2	4	50.0	1	0	0	3	18:34