most points in a game by a player in 2016

8 players were tied for the most points in a game in 2015-16, with 5 points. The first three are Nick Bonino and Phil Kessel on March 26, 2016 and Connor McDavid on February 11, 2016.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game by a player in 2016

	NAME	P	DATE	TM		OPP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
1	Nick Bonino N. Bonino	5	3/26/2016	PIT	@	DET	1	4	+4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	5	14	35.7	0	0	0	0	16:44
2	Phil Kessel P. Kessel	5	3/26/2016	PIT	@	DET	1	4	+3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	0		0	0	0	3	14:10
3	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	5	2/11/2016	EDM	vs	TOR	2	3	+4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	40.0	6	10	60.0	0	0	2	0	18:51
4	Derick Brassard D. Brassard	5	1/25/2016	NYR	vs	BUF	2	3	+3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	33.3	11	19	57.9	1	1	3	1	19:17
5	Ryan Getzlaf R. Getzlaf	5	11/24/2015	ANA	vs	CGY	0	5	+3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	8	14	57.1	3	0	0	1	18:08
6	Henrik Sedin H. Sedin	5	11/21/2015	VAN	vs	CHI	1	4	+3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	10	22	45.5	0	0	0	0	20:13
7	Andrei Markov A. Markov	5	10/23/2015	MTL	@	BUF	1	4	+4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	0		0	2	0	0	23:16
8	Evgeny Kuznetsov E. Kuznetsov	5	10/23/2015	WSH	@	EDM	3	2	+4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	42.9	5	17	29.4	1	1	1	1	17:40
9	Scott Hartnell S. Hartnell	4	4/9/2016	CBJ	vs	CHI	2	2	+3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	4	50.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	15:01
10	Dustin Byfuglien D. Byfuglien	4	4/7/2016	WPG	@	SJS	1	3	+1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	33.3	0	0		2	0	1	3	25:12
11	Patrick Kane P. Kane	4	4/3/2016	CHI	vs	BOS	3	1	+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	75.0	0	0		0	1	1	0	21:16
12	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	4	4/3/2016	CHI	vs	BOS	1	3	+3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	33.3	0	0		1	1	1	0	18:30
13	Aleksander Barkov A. Barkov	4	4/2/2016	FLA	vs	MTL	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0	0	1		6	33.3	13	21	61.9	0	0	0	2	19:07
14	David Krejci D. Krejci	4	4/1/2016	BOS	@	STL	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	50.0	13	24	54.2	0	1	1	0	20:32
15	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	4	4/1/2016	CHI	@	WPG	2	2	+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	66.7	0	0		0	0	1	1	19:13
16	Ryan Kesler R. Kesler	4	3/30/2016	ANA	vs	CGY	1	3	+3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	12	18	66.7	2	1	0	0	16:19
17	Tyler Toffoli T. Toffoli	4	3/26/2016	LAK	vs	EDM	2	2	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	40.0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0	0	17:06
18	Nazem Kadri N. Kadri	4	3/24/2016	TOR	vs	ANA	2	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	100.0	7	11	63.6	2	1	1	0	19:33
19	Zach Parise Z. Parise	4	3/24/2016	MIN	vs	CGY	3	1	+2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	6	50.0	0	0		4	2	1	0	17:33
20	Jakob Silfverberg J. Silfverberg	4	3/14/2016	ANA	vs	NJD	3	1	+4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	50.0	0	0		1	1	0	1	15:43
21	Vincent Trocheck V. Trocheck	4	3/10/2016	FLA	vs	OTT	1	3	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	100.0	14	23	60.9	4	0	2	1	20:26
22	Radko Gudas R. Gudas	4	3/5/2016	PHI	vs	CBJ	2	2	+4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	28.6	0	0		5	1	0	1	19:56
23	Antoine Vermette A. Vermette	4	3/5/2016	ARI	vs	FLA	1	3	+3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	11	15	73.3	0	0	0	0	14:23
24	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	4	2/29/2016	PHI	vs	CGY	0	4	+2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	11	19	57.9	2	0	1	1	18:47
25	Patric Hornqvist P. Hornqvist	4	2/29/2016	PIT	vs	ARI	3	1	+4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	60.0	0	0		2	1	0	0	17:05