who has the most career even strength goals in the playoffs

Wayne Gretzky has scored the most career even-strength goals in the playoffs, with 75 goals.

	NAME	EVG	GP	G	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	75	208	122	260	382	+91	66	35	90	12	17	24	4	699	17.5
2	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	71	200	106	127	233	+101	123	25	41	10	11	14	2	527	20.1
3	Mark Messier M. Messier	71	236	109	186	295	+52	244	24	68	14	5	14	0	671	16.2
4	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	70	225	93	121	214	+63	442	22	29	1	0	17	5	554	16.8
5	Maurice Richard M. Richard	66	132	82	44	126	+2	208	16	13	0	0	18	6	18	5.6
6	Brett Hull B. Hull	61	202	103	87	190	+13	73	38	31	4	0	24	3	803	12.8	1	4	25.0	55	29	66	82	18:34
7	Claude Lemieux C. Lemieux	59	234	80	78	158	+41	529	21	24	0	3	19	3	730	11.0	9	19	47.4	100	8	17	25	16:51
8	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	53	172	84	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
9	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	53	162	79	97	176	+27	211	26	45	0	0	15	1	365	13.2
10	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	52	208	78	123	201	+30	163	24	41	2	0	16	4	682	11.4	3	5	60.0	42	16	52	106	20:18
11	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	51	186	72	134	206	+17	89	21	56	0	0	9	1	561	12.8	2,189	4,248	51.5	194	92	136	163	20:56
12	Esa Tikkanen E. Tikkanen	50	186	72	60	132	+13	275	19	25	3	1	11	4	443	16.3
13	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	50	129	85	75	160	+34	38	35	41	0	0	17	3	436	19.5
14	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	49	221	71	112	183	+31	277	18	41	4	4	12	1	472	15.0
15	Gordie Howe G. Howe	49	157	68	92	160	+5	220	15	41	4	0	11	0	301	10.6
16	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	46	161	77	70	147	+3	83	31	33	0	0	11	1	675	11.4	11	15	73.3	672	87	72	136	20:56
17	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	46	151	64	107	171	+54	163	16	38	2	1	14	3	353	18.1	271	575	47.1	166	16	108	95	19:42
18	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	45	180	66	92	158	+47	207	18	32	3	2	16	5	456	14.5	41	127	32.3	239	89	94	149	19:05
19	Patrick Kane P. Kane	44	143	53	85	138	+4	70	8	36	1	0	11	5	445	11.9	16	62	25.8	49	34	81	87	20:21
20	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	44	201	74	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
21	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	44	195	72	55	127	-11	81	24	25	4	0	16	4	481	15.0	674	1,460	46.2	393	60	91	140	19:00
22	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	44	143	60	46	106	+15	42	14	11	2	1	6	0	370	16.2
23	Yvan Cournoyer Y. Cournoyer	44	147	64	63	127	+37	45	20	26	0	0	15	0	387	16.5
24	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	43	158	66	50	116	-5	91	23	15	0	0	14	3	394	16.8	675	1,171	57.6	58	18	38	52	16:10
25	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	43	159	58	69	127	-17	174	15	27	0	0	12	2	418	13.9	1	3	33.3	41	6	12	18	15:15

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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

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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