what is the highest scoring nhl game since 1990 by a player

Since 1989-90, 12 players are tied for the most goals in a game, with 5 scored. The first three are Tage Thompson on December 7, 2022, Timo Meier on January 17, 2022 and Mika Zibanejad on March 5, 2020.

Interpreted as:

What is the highest scoring NHL regular-season game since 1990 by a player?

	NAME	G	DATE	TM		OPP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
1	Tage Thompson T. Thompson	5	12/7/2022	BUF	@	CBJ	1	6	+3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	9	55.6	2	5	40.0	0	0	0	0	13:56
2	Timo Meier T. Meier	5	1/17/2022	SJS	vs	LAK	0	5	+3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	83.3	0	0		0	1	2	1	18:14
3	Mika Zibanejad M. Zibanejad	5	3/5/2020	NYR	vs	WSH	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	8	62.5	8	20	40.0	1	1	0	2	24:56
4	Patrik Laine P. Laine	5	11/24/2018	WPG	@	STL	0	5	+2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	100.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	1	0	18:43
5	Johan Franzen J. Franzen	5	2/2/2011	DET	@	OTT	0	5	+3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	10	50.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	18:28
6	Marian Gaborik M. Gaborik	5	12/20/2007	MIN	vs	NYR	1	6	+2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	10	50.0	0	0		0	0	1	1	20:36
7	Sergei Fedorov S. Fedorov	5	12/26/1996	DET	vs	WSH	0	5	+4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	71.4
8	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	5	3/26/1996	PIT	vs	STL	2	7	+3	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	7	71.4
9	Alexei Zhamnov A. Zhamnov	5	4/1/1995	WIN	@	LAK	0	5	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	83.3
10	Mike Ricci M. Ricci	5	2/17/1994	QUE	@	SJS	0	5	+4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	9	55.6
11	Peter Bondra P. Bondra	5	2/5/1994	WSH	vs	TBL	0	5	+3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	71.4
12	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	5	4/9/1993	PIT	@	NYR	0	5	+5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	8	62.5
13	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	5	3/5/1992	QUE	@	HFD	2	7	+4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	62.5
14	Joel Eriksson Ek J. Eriksson Ek	4	4/9/2025	MIN	vs	SJS	0	4	+2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	50.0	13	23	56.5	4	0	0	1	20:04
15	Scott Laughton S. Laughton	4	12/12/2024	PHI	vs	DET	0	4	+4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	9	44.4	0	0		0	1	0	1	13:30
16	Tage Thompson T. Thompson	4	3/29/2024	BUF	vs	NJD	0	4	+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	66.7	4	14	28.6	5	1	1	0	16:07
17	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	4	1/24/2024	COL	vs	WSH	1	5	+3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	8	50.0	5	13	38.5	0	1	0	0	20:29
18	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	4	12/21/2023	COL	vs	OTT	1	5	+1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	9	44.4	9	18	50.0	0	0	1	3	22:51
19	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	4	12/14/2023	TBL	@	EDM	0	4	+3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	57.1	2	6	33.3	0	0	0	0	14:59
20	Brock Boeser B. Boeser	4	10/11/2023	VAN	vs	EDM	0	4	+3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	50.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	18:47
21	Carter Verhaeghe C. Verhaeghe	4	4/1/2023	FLA	@	CBJ	0	4	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	50.0	0	0		0	0	0	1	10:58
22	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	4	2/28/2023	LAK	@	WPG	0	4	+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	57.1	11	22	50.0	2	1	1	0	20:38
23	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	4	2/11/2023	NYR	@	CAR	1	5	+4	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	80.0	0	0		0	0	0	1	15:31
24	Adrian Kempe A. Kempe	4	2/11/2023	LAK	vs	PIT	0	4	+2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	57.1	0	0		1	0	0	0	17:45
25	Mitch Marner M. Marner	4	2/26/2022	TOR	@	DET	2	6	+3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	66.7	0	0		0	0	0	0	15:07