Chris Nilan has the most penalties in a game, with 10 penalties versus the Hartford Whalers on March 31, 1991.

Interpreted as:

most penalties by a player in a NHL regular-season game

	NAME	PEN	DATE	TM		OPP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Chris Nilan C. Nilan	10	3/31/1991	BOS	vs	HFD	0	0	0	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Reed Low R. Low	9	12/31/2002	STL	@	DET	0	0	0	0	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	7:37
3	Marty McSorley M. McSorley	9	4/14/1992	LAK	vs	VAN	0	0	0	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Larry Playfair L. Playfair	9	12/9/1986	LAK	@	NYI	0	1	1	+2	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Terry O'Reilly T. O'Reilly	9	12/19/1984	BOS	@	HFD	0	1	1	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
6	Kim Clackson K. Clackson	9	3/8/1981	QUE	vs	CHI	0	0	0	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Randy Holt R. Holt	9	3/11/1979	LAK	@	PHI	0	0	0	-1	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Dave Schultz D. Schultz	9	4/6/1978	PIT	@	DET	0	0	0	-1	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
9	Jim Dorey J. Dorey	9	10/16/1968	TOR	vs	PIT	0	0	0	-1	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Ryane Clowe R. Clowe	8	1/27/2013	SJS	vs	VAN	0	0	0	-1	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100.0	3	0	0	1	7:22
11	Donald Brashear D. Brashear	8	3/2/2006	PHI	vs	NYR	0	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		4	0	0	2	14:06
12	Reed Low R. Low	8	2/28/2002	STL	@	CGY	0	0	0	0	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	0	0	3:43
13	Peter Worrell P. Worrell	8	11/12/2001	FLA	vs	BUF	0	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		3	0	0	0	8:41
14	Darcy Tucker D. Tucker	8	12/27/1999	TBL	vs	FLA	0	0	0	-1	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		3	0	0	1	13:45
15	Theo Fleury T. Fleury	8	11/9/1997	CGY	@	DET	1	1	2	+2	40	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	20.0
16	Paul Laus P. Laus	8	3/16/1995	FLA	vs	WSH	0	1	1	+2	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
17	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	8	10/14/1993	CHI	vs	HFD	0	1	1	-1	51	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
18	Ronnie Stern R. Stern	8	10/15/1992	CGY	@	LAK	0	0	0	-1	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Link Gaetz L. Gaetz	8	3/6/1992	SJS	vs	PIT	0	1	1	+1	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
20	Gord Donnelly G. Donnelly	8	3/2/1991	WIN	@	LAK	0	0	0	-2	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
21	Bob Probert B. Probert	8	2/13/1991	DET	@	HFD	1	0	1	-1	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
22	Joey Kocur J. Kocur	8	1/25/1991	DET	vs	STL	0	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Marty McSorley M. McSorley	8	4/1/1989	LAK	vs	VAN	0	0	0	-1	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
24	Claude Loiselle C. Loiselle	8	1/20/1989	NJD	@	WSH	0	0	0	-1	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
25	Joey Kocur J. Kocur	8	12/23/1988	DET	@	CHI	0	0	0	-1	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0