Before 1945-46, Maurice Richard recorded the most points in a game, with 8 points against the Red Wings on December 28, 1944.

most points by a player in a regular-season game before 1946

	NAME	P	DATE	TM		OPP	G	A	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG
1	Maurice Richard M. Richard	8	12/28/1944	MTL	vs	DET	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Don Grosso D. Grosso	7	2/3/1944	DET	vs	NYR	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Max Bentley M. Bentley	7	1/28/1943	CHI	vs	NYR	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Carl Liscombe C. Liscombe	7	11/5/1942	DET	vs	NYR	3	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
5	Frank Fredrickson F. Fredrickson	7	11/19/1929	PIR	vs	TOR	2	5	2					0	0
6	Red Green R. Green	7	12/5/1924	HAM	@	TSP	5	2	0					0	0
7	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	7	3/7/1921	SEN	vs	HAM	6	1	0					0	0
8	Corb Denneny C. Denneny	7	1/26/1921	TSP	vs	HAM	6	1	0					0	0
9	Joe Malone J. Malone	7	1/31/1920	QBD	vs	TSP	7	0	2					0	0
10	Newsy Lalonde N. Lalonde	7	1/10/1920	MTL	vs	TSP	6	1	0					0	0
11	Newsy Lalonde N. Lalonde	7	1/11/1919	MTL	vs	TAN	5	2	5					1	0
12	Joe Malone J. Malone	7	1/12/1918	MTL	vs	SEN	5	2	0					1	0
13	Ted Kennedy T. Kennedy	6	12/27/1944	TOR	@	NYR	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
14	Toe Blake T. Blake	6	11/9/1944	MTL	vs	CHI	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Elmer Lach E. Lach	6	11/9/1944	MTL	vs	CHI	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Bill Cowley B. Cowley	6	3/4/1944	BOS	vs	NYR	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Syd Howe S. Howe	6	2/3/1944	DET	vs	NYR	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	Babe Pratt B. Pratt	6	1/8/1944	TOR	vs	BOS	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Elmer Lach E. Lach	6	12/30/1943	MTL	vs	DET	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Doug Bentley D. Bentley	6	2/7/1943	CHI	vs	NYR	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
21	Ray Getliffe R. Getliffe	6	2/6/1943	MTL	vs	BOS	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
22	Elmer Lach E. Lach	6	2/6/1943	MTL	vs	BOS	0	6	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
23	Doug Bentley D. Bentley	6	1/28/1943	CHI	vs	NYR	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Bill Cowley B. Cowley	6	1/16/1943	BOS	vs	NYR	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	Bill Cowley B. Cowley	6	12/8/1942	BOS	vs	CHI	2	4	0	0	3	0	0	1	0