who has the most goals in a game in 2021

4 players were tied for the most goals in a game in 2020-21, with 4 scored. The first three are Jeff Carter on May 6, 2021, Jakub Vrana on April 22, 2021 and Rocco Grimaldi on March 25, 2021.

Interpreted as:

Who has the most goals in a regular-season game in 2021?

	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	Jeff Carter J. Carter	4	5/6/2021	PIT	vs	BUF	0	4	+4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	80.0	5	14	35.7	1	1	0	2	17:16
2	Jakub Vrana J. Vrana	4	4/22/2021	DET	vs	DAL	0	4	+4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	66.7	0	0		0	0	2	1	15:07
3	Rocco Grimaldi R. Grimaldi	4	3/25/2021	NSH	vs	DET	0	4	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	57.1	0	0		0	0	2	0	15:01
4	Andrew Copp A. Copp	4	3/24/2021	WPG	@	VAN	0	4	+1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	100.0	1	1	100.0	1	0	0	0	16:59
5	J.T. Compher	3	5/12/2021	COL	vs	LAK	0	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	100.0	6	11	54.5	0	1	1	1	16:16
6	Tim Stutzle T. Stutzle	3	5/8/2021	OTT	@	WPG	0	3	+3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	60.0	0	1	0.0	2	1	0	0	14:29
7	Alex Wennberg A. Wennberg	3	5/8/2021	FLA	vs	TBL	0	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	100.0	5	14	35.7	1	0	0	1	21:21
8	Reilly Smith R. Smith	3	5/8/2021	VGK	vs	STL	0	3	+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	42.9	0	0		0	1	1	0	17:07
9	T.J. Oshie	3	5/5/2021	WSH	@	NYR	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	42.9	8	10	80.0	0	1	2	1	22:06
10	Emil Bemstrom E. Bemstrom	3	5/3/2021	CBJ	vs	NSH	0	3	+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	37.5	0	0		1	0	1	0	18:10
11	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	3	5/3/2021	CAR	vs	CHI	0	3	+2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	33.3	4	8	50.0	0	0	0	1	17:50
12	Craig Smith C. Smith	3	5/1/2021	BOS	vs	BUF	0	3	+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	60.0	0	1	0.0	2	0	0	1	12:15
13	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	3	4/26/2021	EDM	@	WPG	1	4	+4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	42.9	5	13	38.5	0	0	2	0	16:03
14	Mika Zibanejad M. Zibanejad	3	4/25/2021	NYR	vs	BUF	0	3	+1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	42.9	8	16	50.0	1	0	0	1	17:41
15	Ryan O'Reilly R. O'Reilly	3	4/24/2021	STL	vs	COL	1	4	+2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	100.0	16	27	59.3	0	1	1	1	23:57
16	Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	3	4/23/2021	BUF	vs	BOS	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	7	42.9	6	12	50.0	0	0	0	0	16:14
17	Pavel Buchnevich P. Buchnevich	3	4/17/2021	NYR	vs	NJD	0	3	+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	60.0	0	0		2	0	0	1	19:28
18	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	3	4/11/2021	PIT	@	NJD	0	3	+1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	60.0	1	1	100.0	0	1	0	2	20:41
19	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	3	4/10/2021	TOR	vs	OTT	1	4	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	60.0	9	19	47.4	1	0	1	4	17:24
20	Ryan O'Reilly R. O'Reilly	3	4/9/2021	STL	vs	MIN	1	4	+4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	60.0	5	11	45.5	0	0	2	1	14:15
21	Viktor Arvidsson V. Arvidsson	3	4/8/2021	NSH	@	DET	0	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	50.0	0	0		0	2	0	0	17:28
22	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	3	4/7/2021	EDM	@	OTT	1	4	+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	42.9	7	13	53.8	0	0	0	3	23:29
23	Kevin Fiala K. Fiala	3	4/7/2021	MIN	vs	COL	1	4	+2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	37.5	0	0		0	0	2	0	15:09
24	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	3	4/6/2021	BOS	@	PHI	0	3	+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	60.0	12	27	44.4	2	1	2	1	18:42
25	Michael Bunting M. Bunting	3	4/5/2021	ARI	@	LAK	0	3	+1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	50.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	17:38