most goals scored by a single player in an nhl game by a defensemen

Ian Turnbull has put up the most goals by a defenseman in a game, with 5 scored against the Red Wings on February 2, 1977.

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	NAME	G	DATE	TM		OPP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
1	Ian Turnbull I. Turnbull	5	2/2/1977	TOR	vs	DET	0	5	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	100.0
2	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	4	12/26/1984	EDM	@	CGY	0	4	+3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	8	50.0
3	Ian Turnbull I. Turnbull	4	12/12/1981	LAK	vs	VAN	0	4	+2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	66.7
4	Tom Bladon T. Bladon	4	12/11/1977	PHI	vs	CLE	4	8	+10	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	80.0
5	John McKinnon J. McKinnon	4	11/19/1929	PIR	vs	TOR	0	4		0					1	0
6	Sprague Cleghorn S. Cleghorn	4	1/14/1922	MTL	vs	HAM	2	6		0					0	0
7	Harry Cameron H. Cameron	4	3/3/1920	MTL	@	QBD	0	4		0					0	0
8	Harry Cameron H. Cameron	4	12/26/1917	TAN	vs	MTL	1	5		5					1	0
9	John Carlson J. Carlson	3	4/9/2026	ANA	vs	SJS	0	3	+2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	100.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	20:16
10	Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	3	1/27/2026	BUF	@	TOR	2	5	+2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	42.9	0	0	0	1	0	0	26:24
11	Mattias Ekholm M. Ekholm	3	1/26/2026	EDM	vs	ANA	0	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	75.0	0	0	1	2	0	1	19:58
12	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	3	1/24/2026	EDM	vs	WSH	3	6	+5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	37.5	0	0	1	2	1	2	29:25
13	Darren Raddysh D. Raddysh	3	1/3/2026	TBL	@	SJS	0	3	+1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	100.0	0	0	1	1	0	0	20:48
14	Simon Nemec S. Nemec	3	11/12/2025	NJD	@	CHI	0	3	+4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	60.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	26:27
15	Brandon Montour B. Montour	3	10/29/2024	SEA	@	MTL	1	4	+2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	75.0	0	0	1	2	1	2	17:50
16	Cale Makar C. Makar	3	3/6/2024	COL	vs	DET	1	4	+3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	60.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23:50
17	MacKenzie Weegar M. Weegar	3	2/10/2024	CGY	@	NYI	0	3	+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	50.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	23:44
18	Nikita Zadorov N. Zadorov	3	4/12/2023	CGY	vs	SJS	0	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	60.0	0	0	2	0	2	0	20:37
19	Erik Gustafsson E. Gustafsson	3	12/17/2022	WSH	vs	TOR	0	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	60.0	0	0	2	1	1	1	19:13
20	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	3	11/1/2022	SJS	vs	ANA	1	4	+2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	60.0	0	0	1	0	0	1	24:05
21	Jakob Chychrun J. Chychrun	3	4/4/2021	ARI	@	ANA	0	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	42.9	0	0	0	1	0	0	25:50
22	Dylan Coghlan D. Coghlan	3	3/10/2021	VGK	@	MIN	0	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	60.0	0	0	1	1	0	1	18:23
23	Jared Spurgeon J. Spurgeon	3	2/21/2020	MIN	@	EDM	0	3	+3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	50.0	0	0	1	3	0	0	21:55
24	Mark Pysyk M. Pysyk	3	2/3/2020	FLA	@	TOR	0	3	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	100.0	0	0	1	0	1	0	14:32
25	Tony DeAngelo T. DeAngelo	3	1/9/2020	NYR	vs	NJD	2	5	+3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	7	42.9	0	0	0	1	0	0	20:09

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