what is the record for most goals in a playoff debut

Wayne Gretzky has recorded the most career goals in the playoffs, with 122 scored.

Interpreted as:
What is the record for most goals by a player in a playoff debut?
NAMEGGPAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
122
208
260
382
+91
66
35
90
12
17
24
4
699
17.5
2Mark Messier
M. Messier
109
236
186
295
+52
244
24
68
14
5
14
0
671
16.2
3Jari Kurri
J. Kurri
106
200
127
233
+101
123
25
41
10
11
14
2
527
20.1
4Brett Hull
B. Hull
103
202
87
190
+13
73
38
31
4
0
24
3
803
12.8
1
4
25.0
55
29
66
82
18:34
5Glenn Anderson
G. Anderson
93
225
121
214
+63
442
22
29
1
0
17
5
554
16.8
6Mike Bossy
M. Bossy
85
129
75
160
+34
38
35
41
0
0
17
3
436
19.5
7Joe Sakic
J. Sakic
84
172
104
188
-2
78
27
53
4
1
19
8
582
14.4
1,163
2,181
53.3
102
62
80
77
22:00
8Maurice Richard
M. Richard
82
132
44
126
+2
208
16
13
0
0
18
6
18
5.6
9Claude Lemieux
C. Lemieux
80
234
78
158
+41
529
21
24
0
3
19
3
730
11.0
9
19
47.4
100
8
17
25
16:51
10Jean Beliveau
J. Beliveau
79
162
97
176
+27
211
26
45
0
0
15
1
365
13.2
11Jaromir Jagr
J. Jagr
78
208
123
201
+30
163
24
41
2
0
16
4
682
11.4
3
5
60.0
42
16
52
106
20:18
12Alex Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin
77
161
70
147
+3
83
31
33
0
0
11
1
675
11.4
11
15
73.3
672
87
72
136
20:56
13Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
76
107
96
172
+20
87
29
49
7
1
11
0
402
18.9
167
360
46.4
10
6
20
23
24:35
14Joe Pavelski
J. Pavelski
74
201
69
143
-1
84
30
25
0
1
18
4
548
13.5
1,331
2,537
52.5
332
219
123
154
19:47
15Dino Ciccarelli
D. Ciccarelli
73
141
45
118
-41
211
34
18
0
0
13
3
412
17.7
16Patrick Marleau
P. Marleau
72
195
55
127
-11
81
24
25
4
0
16
4
481
15.0
674
1,460
46.2
393
60
91
140
19:00
17Esa Tikkanen
E. Tikkanen
72
186
60
132
+13
275
19
25
3
1
11
4
443
16.3
18Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
71
180
130
201
+18
83
20
55
0
0
9
1
542
13.1
2,127
4,116
51.7
185
87
133
158
20:56
19Bryan Trottier
B. Trottier
71
221
112
183
+31
277
18
41
4
4
12
1
472
15.0
20Steve Yzerman
S. Yzerman
70
196
115
185
-11
84
27
49
3
8
12
1
584
12.0
480
798
60.2
38
33
26
31
19:54
21Gordie Howe
G. Howe
68
157
92
160
+5
220
15
41
4
0
11
0
301
10.6
22Evgeni Malkin
E. Malkin
67
177
113
180
+6
242
28
53
1
1
13
2
608
11.0
816
1,753
46.5
200
93
136
181
19:51
23Brad Marchand
B. Marchand
66
180
92
158
+47
207
18
32
3
2
16
5
456
14.5
41
127
32.3
239
89
94
149
19:05
24Joe Nieuwendyk
J. Nieuwendyk
66
158
50
116
-5
91
23
15
0
0
14
3
394
16.8
675
1,171
57.6
58
18
38
52
16:10
25Denis Savard
D. Savard
66
169
109
175
+17
254
24
40
2
2
6
0
487
13.6
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