since 1978 who has the most goals through first 6 seasons

Wayne Gretzky collected the most goals by a player in his first 6 seasons, with 429 scored.

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	429	473	693	1,122	+374	225	92	198	40	28	48	0	1,943	22.1
2	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	365	466	328	693	+256	117	131	121	2	0	48		1,650	22.1
3	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	345	427	493	838	+17	424	114	231	26	9	29	7	1,673	20.6
4	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	312	468	393	705	+103	241	102	145	6	2	38		2,038	15.3
5	Brett Hull B. Hull	302	379	200	502	+16	143	98	89	5	0	42	3	1,703	17.7
6	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	301	475	313	614	+88	346	98	134	4	0	52	10	2,526	11.9	41	123	33.3	1,245	183	378	518	22:03
7	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	300	441	344	644	+276	160	65	79	16	16	35	3	1,329	22.6
8	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	285	473	307	592	+9	376	102	101	0	1	31	2	1,335	21.3
9	Lanny McDonald L. McDonald	271	465	237	508	+19	342	79	92	1	0	27		1,705	15.9
10	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	268	479	363	631	-43	321	80	130	5	6	19	2	1,752	15.3
11	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	266	410	271	537	+31	155	73	114	5	1	33	2	1,553	17.1
12	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	266	442	278	544	+194	389	71	73	10	4	49	0	1,433	18.6
13	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	264	457	267	531	+127	323	54	61	14	7	32	1	1,437	18.4
14	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	259	407	198	457	+78	74	63	58	0	0	45	8	1,577	16.4	3,027	5,747	52.7	229	351	409	319	19:28
15	Ilya Kovalchuk I. Kovalchuk	254	466	212	466	-73	334	93	95	3	2	31	7	1,724	14.7	75	194	38.7	280	114	242	519	21:16
16	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	251	463	462	713	+74	434	65	165	6	3	32	1	1,264	19.9
17	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	250	464	432	682	+315	394	83	117	6	10	41		1,118	22.4
18	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	247	470	258	505	+36	502	57	72	3	0	32	1	1,739	14.2
19	Rick Vaive R. Vaive	247	447	181	428	-72	905	71	46	10	2	28	1	1,422	17.4
20	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	247	465	284	531	+164	75	64	83	9	8	38		1,182	20.9
21	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	243	417	373	616	+229	131	68	126	0	1	43		1,570	15.5
22	Darryl Sittler D. Sittler	239	456	311	550	+41	442	77	88	6	1	29		1,655	14.4
23	Steve Shutt S. Shutt	234	441	203	437	+204	206	63	45	0	0	23		1,246	18.8
24	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	233	410	193	426	0	267	81	69	2	0	33	8	1,334	17.5	2,389	5,063	47.2	449	162	226	237	19:50
25	Kirill Kaprizov K. Kaprizov	230	397	245	475	+81	165	81	82	0	0	34	14	1,398	16.5	10	43	23.3	291	157	206	405	20:45

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Team Leaders

48

McDavid

90

McDavid

+/-

+32

Ekholm

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.44

6th

GA/GP

3.23

25th

PP%

30.6

1st

PK%

77.8

20th

2025-26 Division Standings

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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 9/29	VAN	@	EDM	10:00 PM
Thu 10/1	EDM	@	VAN	10:00 PM
Sat 10/3	SEA	@	EDM	7:00 PM
Wed 10/7	EDM	@	ANA	10:00 PM
Sat 10/10	EDM	@	SJS	4:00 PM

Last Game

Oilers

2 - 4

Final

Ducks

4 - 2

Thu 30 Apr 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

53

MacKinnon

51

Caufield

48

McDavid

Assists Leaders

90

McDavid

86

Kucherov

74

Bouchard

Points Leaders

138

McDavid

130

Kucherov

127

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

413

Trenin

339

Sherwood

302

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

190

McCabe

188

Dobson

185

Clarke

Wins Leaders

39

Vasilevskiy

38

Vejmelka

35

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.02

Wedgewood

2.31

Vasilevskiy

2.42

Vladar

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Wedgewood

.915

Wallstedt

.912

Thompson

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.63

3.55

3.54

Goals Against Rankings

2.40

2.71

2.79

Power Play Rankings

30.6

28.6

25.2

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.6

83.7

82.6

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

48-34

59-42

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

34-48

43-58

NHL 2025-26 Standings

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
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
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

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
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
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
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