Bryan Trottier collected the most points in a game in 1978-79, with 8 points against the Rangers on December 23, 1978.

Interpreted as:

NHL player most points in a regular-season game 1979

	NAME	P	DATE	TM		OPP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	8	12/23/1978	NYI	vs	NYR	5	3	+6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	62.5
2	Darryl Sittler D. Sittler	7	10/14/1978	TOR	vs	NYI	3	4	+3	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	7	42.9
3	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	6	4/7/1979	MTL	vs	WSH	2	4	+1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	10	20.0
4	Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	6	3/10/1979	WSH	vs	STL	2	4	+6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	66.7
5	Tom Rowe T. Rowe	6	3/10/1979	WSH	vs	STL	4	2	+6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	50.0
6	Dan Maloney D. Maloney	6	3/10/1979	TOR	vs	LAK	1	5	+4	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	33.3
7	Tim Young T. Young	6	1/15/1979	MNS	@	NYR	5	1	+4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	100.0
8	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	5	4/7/1979	LAK	vs	MNS	2	3	+2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	7	28.6
9	Charlie Simmer C. Simmer	5	4/7/1979	LAK	vs	MNS	2	3	+2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	66.7
10	Danny Gare D. Gare	5	4/5/1979	BUF	@	BOS	3	2	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	60.0
11	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	5	4/5/1979	BUF	@	BOS	1	4	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
12	Tom Lysiak T. Lysiak	5	4/4/1979	CHI	vs	MNS	0	5	+3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
13	Andre Savard A. Savard	5	3/11/1979	BUF	vs	AFM	1	4	+4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
14	Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	5	3/8/1979	MTL	vs	VAN	3	2	+6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	60.0
15	Peter McNab P. McNab	5	2/20/1979	BOS	@	CLR	2	3	+3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	66.7
16	Terry O'Reilly T. O'Reilly	5	2/20/1979	BOS	@	CLR	1	4	+4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	25.0
17	Don Murdoch D. Murdoch	5	2/18/1979	NYR	vs	WSH	1	4	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
18	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	5	2/4/1979	MTL	@	WSH	2	3	+4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	50.0
19	Steve Shutt S. Shutt	5	2/4/1979	MTL	@	WSH	1	4	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
20	Ulf Nilsson U. Nilsson	5	1/27/1979	NYR	@	NYI	1	4	+3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	25.0
21	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	5	12/28/1978	NYI	@	AFM	1	4	+2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
22	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	5	12/23/1978	NYI	vs	NYR	2	3	+3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	25.0
23	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	5	12/7/1978	NYI	vs	STL	2	3	+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	50.0
24	Steve Shutt S. Shutt	5	12/2/1978	MTL	vs	BUF	1	4	+4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	20.0
25	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	5	11/21/1978	NYI	@	CLR	3	2	+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	75.0