who has the most goals through first 5 seasons in nhl

Wayne Gretzky collected the most goals by a player in his first 5 seasons, with 356 scored.

	NAME	G	GP	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	356	393	558	914	+274	173	84	162	29	21	41	0	1,589	22.4
2	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	305	387	270	575	+229	97	112	100	2	0	41		1,376	22.2
3	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	300	368	415	715	+35	346	100	196	23	9	25	7	1,447	20.7
4	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	269	396	260	529	+64	305	91	117	4	0	41	7	2,159	12.5	35	105	33.3	1,004	160	330	459	22:11
5	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	241	393	244	485	+13	281	76	80	0	1	25	2	1,095	22.0
6	Richard Martin R. Martin	234	374	180	414	-30	292	77	67	0	0	28		1,509	15.5
7	Brett Hull B. Hull	232	306	161	393	+18	95	78	69	0	0	33	2	1,295	17.9
8	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	232	363	281	513	+231	138	49	61	10	12	26	1	1,093	21.2
9	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	221	399	310	531	-45	269	70	112	5	6	15	2	1,485	14.9
10	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	214	337	237	451	+19	125	63	107	4	0	23	1	1,285	16.7
11	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	212	370	230	442	+156	299	53	58	8	4	40	0	1,191	17.8
12	Rick Vaive R. Vaive	212	375	148	360	-43	793	58	38	10	2	26	0	1,163	18.2
13	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	210	387	381	591	+72	374	50	125	6	3	24	0	1,057	19.9
14	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	209	388	227	436	+117	268	37	50	14	7	27	0	1,177	17.8
15	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	208	373	178	386	-9	249	72	65	1	0	28	7	1,210	17.2	2,129	4,534	47.0	399	146	202	224	19:48
16	Ilya Kovalchuk I. Kovalchuk	202	387	177	379	-61	282	77	81	1	2	27	6	1,441	14.0	61	162	37.7	240	89	193	453	21:13
17	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	199	334	152	351	+58	56	47	45	0	0	35	6	1,229	16.2	2,336	4,518	51.7	162	289	317	271	19:13
18	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	197	319	163	360	+97	139	92	53	10	2	24	3	891	22.1
19	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	197	390	206	403	+20	431	40	53	3	0	21	0	1,408	14.0
20	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	197	387	331	528	+214	219	65	105	4	0	32		919	21.4
21	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	193	297	243	436	+128	609	52	79	3	2	29	4	1,013	19.1
22	Alexander Mogilny A. Mogilny	192	337	205	397	+44	167	66	74	3	3	27	0	1,185	16.2
23	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	192	348	271	463	-30	76	70	118	13	3	22	1	935	20.5
24	Dave Taylor D. Taylor	188	353	254	442	+124	503	55	84	0	1	20		974	19.3
25	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	187	377	285	472	-100	135	56	122	9	7	16	1	1,108	16.9

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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

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2 - 4

Final

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4 - 2

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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