what are the most goals record in december in a single season by the player

Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretzky and Phil Esposito are tied for the most goals in a season in the month of December, with 19 scored.

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	19	1988-89	PIT	14	24	43	+12	8	5	13	4	1	2	0	58	32.8
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	19	1981-82	EDM	14	25	44	+12	4	4	6	2	1	3	0	63	30.2
3	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	19	1970-71	BOS	14	12	31	+10	12	8	4	0	0	4	0	107	17.8
4	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	18	1986-87	EDM	13	18	36	+18	6	4	3	2	3	1	0	62	29.0
5	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	17	1996-97	PIT	15	10	27	+7	14	5	0	0	0	1	0	78	21.8
6	Alexander Mogilny A. Mogilny	17	1992-93	BUF	12	6	23	+6	8	4	3	0	0	3	0	61	27.9
7	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	17	1985-86	EDM	14	12	29	+14	4	5	3	3	1	2	0	51	33.3
8	Lanny McDonald L. McDonald	17	1982-83	CGY	14	4	21	-7	22	4	2	0	0	2	0	59	28.8
9	John MacLean J. MacLean	16	1988-89	NJD	14	4	20	+12	20	7	2	0	0	3	0	66	24.2
10	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	16	1985-86	QUE	13	11	27	-1	10	12	8	0	0	1	0	51	31.4
11	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	16	1984-85	EDM	12	24	40	+21	6	4	4	3	2	2	0	46	34.8
12	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	16	1978-79	NYI	14	20	36	+26	2	4	5	0	0	4	0	52	30.8
13	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	15	2023-24	TOR	12	6	21	+6	2	3	2	0	1	0	0	58	25.9	105	197	53.3	6	19	13	7	21:29
14	Brett Hull B. Hull	15	1991-92	STL	13	6	21	+1	16	4	3	0	0	2	0	70	21.4
15	Brett Hull B. Hull	15	1989-90	STL	15	4	19	+7	6	5	0	0	0	3	0	73	20.5
16	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	15	1984-85	QUE	15	7	22	+11	12	4	1	0	0	0	0	62	24.2
17	Barry Pederson B. Pederson	15	1982-83	BOS	13	10	25	+9	15	6	4	0	0	0	0	41	36.6
18	Steve Bozek S. Bozek	15	1981-82	LAK	13	7	22	+10	6	5	2	0	0	1	0	45	33.3
19	Charlie Simmer C. Simmer	15	1979-80	LAK	12	11	26	+15	6	5	5	0	0	3	0	44	34.1
20	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	15	1978-79	NYI	14	12	27	+20	0	4	6	0	0	1	0	56	26.8
21	Gerry Meehan G. Meehan	15	1972-73	BUF	14	4	19	+9	0	3	1	0	0	4	0	37	40.5
22	Frank Mahovlich F. Mahovlich	15	1960-61	TOR	13	6	21	+5	40	3	2	0	0	3	0	40	37.5
23	Babe Dye B. Dye	15	1924-25	TSP	9	1	16		16					0	0
24	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	14	2022-23	EDM	15	17	31	+1	6	6	12	1	0	1	0	49	28.6	75	187	40.1	5	14	21	19	22:28
25	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	14	2018-19	TBL	14	7	21	0	8	6	3	0	0	1	0	42	33.3	94	176	53.4	5	7	7	10	17:54