most nhl playoff points in first 20 playoff games

Wayne Gretzky recorded the most points in the playoffs in his first 20 games, with 44 points.

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most NHL playoff points by a player in first 20 playoff games

	NAME	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	44	20	18	26	+11	12	5	8	4	2	3	1	89	20.2
2	Barry Pederson B. Pederson	39	20	16	23	+18	12	2	8	0	0	3	1	65	24.6
3	Maurice Richard M. Richard	33	20	23	10		35	2	3	0	0	3	1
4	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	32	20	12	20	0	23	6	8	0	0	1	0	37	32.4
5	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	31	20	8	23	+8	29	5	7	0	0	2	0	53	15.1
6	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	31	20	16	15	-5	22	11	8	1	0	0	0	74	21.6
7	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	29	20	14	15	+10	8	4	10	0	0	3	0	124	11.3	4	6	66.7	81	8	15	32	23:38
8	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	28	20	8	20	+23	18	0	5	0	4	0	0	33	24.2
9	Elmer Lach E. Lach	28	20	9	19		12	1	2	0	1	0	0
10	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	27	20	9	18	-1	10	2	6	0	0	4	2	82	11.0	93	224	41.5	14	9	9	14	21:58
11	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	27	20	8	19	-14	17	5	12	0	0	0	0	74	10.8
12	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	26	20	7	19	+5	14	2	11	0	0	2	0	64	10.9	213	427	49.9	22	7	20	19	20:09
13	Dany Heatley D. Heatley	26	20	8	18	+5	19	5	8	0	0	3	0	64	12.5	5	13	38.5	24	5	9	10	20:13
14	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	26	20	8	18	-2	37	3	6	0	0	1	0	58	13.8
15	Steve Payne S. Payne	26	20	16	10	+5	11	5	3	0	0	6	2	75	21.3
16	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	25	20	11	14	+8	19	3	7	0	0	1	0	49	22.4	166	331	50.2	28	9	17	31	21:27
17	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	25	20	8	17	+1	16	2	6	0	0	0	0	61	13.1	0	2	0.0	34	6	8	19	19:51
18	Bernie Federko B. Federko	25	20	10	15	-13	6	4	6	0	0	1	0	56	17.9
19	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	24	20	8	16	+7	41	1	7	0	0	2	1	54	14.8
20	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	24	20	16	8	-1	8	4	4	1	0	3	1	83	19.3
21	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	24	20	9	15	-3	8	3	5	0	0	1	0	53	17.0
22	Steve Larmer S. Larmer	24	20	9	15	+9	19	4	6	0	0	1	0	43	20.9
23	Al MacAdam A. MacAdam	24	20	11	13	+5	6	1	4	0	0	2	1	57	19.3
24	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	24	20	8	16	-1	8	4	7	0	0	2	0	80	10.0
25	Jack Eichel J. Eichel	23	20	6	17	+13	14	3	5	0	0	0	0	65	9.2	116	255	45.5	23	26	17	16	19:17

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TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks	25	49	8	58	-100

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Playoffs Goals Leaders

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Howden

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Playoffs Assists Leaders

16

Eichel

14

Marner

13

Hutson

Playoffs Points Leaders

21

Marner

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Eichel

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Playoffs Hits Leaders

83

Barbashev

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Kolesar

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Playoffs Blocks Leaders

52

Carrier

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Playoffs Wins Leaders

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Andersen

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Hart

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Playoffs Goals Against Leaders

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Silovs

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Playoffs Save Percentage Leaders

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Silovs

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Playoffs Goals Against Rankings

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Playoffs Penalty Kill Rankings

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Worst Record ATS

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Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
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Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

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Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
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Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12