11 players are tied for the 2nd most points in a game, with 8 points. The first three are Sam Gagner on February 2, 2012, Mario Lemieux on December 31, 1988 and on October 15, 1988 and Bernie Nicholls on December 1, 1988.

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last ten #2 overall picks total points in a regular-season game

	NAME	P	DATE	TM		OPP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
1	Darryl Sittler D. Sittler	10	2/7/1976	TOR	vs	BOS	6	4	+7	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	10	60.0
2	Sam Gagner S. Gagner	8	2/2/2012	EDM	vs	CHI	4	4	+6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	66.7	7	13	53.8	0	0	0	0	17:28
3	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	8	12/31/1988	PIT	vs	NJD	5	3	+2	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	8	62.5
4	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	8	12/1/1988	LAK	vs	TOR	2	6	+5	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	9	22.2
5	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	8	10/15/1988	PIT	vs	STL	2	6	+5	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	7	28.6
6	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	8	3/14/1986	EDM	vs	DET	2	6	+7	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	40.0
7	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	8	1/4/1984	EDM	vs	MNS	4	4	+4	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	9	44.4
8	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	8	11/19/1983	EDM	vs	NJD	3	5	+8	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	5	60.0
9	Anton Stastny A. Stastny	8	2/22/1981	QUE	@	WSH	3	5	+4	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	4	75.0
10	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	8	2/22/1981	QUE	@	WSH	4	4	+3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	7	57.1
11	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	8	12/23/1978	NYI	vs	NYR	5	3	+6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	62.5
12	Tom Bladon T. Bladon	8	12/11/1977	PHI	vs	CLE	4	4	+10	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	80.0
13	Bert Olmstead B. Olmstead	8	1/9/1954	MTL	vs	CHI	4	4		0	3	1	0	0	1	0
14	Maurice Richard M. Richard	8	12/28/1944	MTL	vs	DET	5	3		2	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Nick Schmaltz N. Schmaltz	7	3/5/2022	ARI	vs	OTT	2	5	+5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	40.0	2	8	25.0	0	0	3	5	20:19
16	Daniel Alfredsson D. Alfredsson	7	1/24/2008	OTT	@	TBL	3	4	+5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	75.0	0	0		1	1	0	1	21:41
17	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	7	1/11/2003	WSH	vs	FLA	3	4	+5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	42.9	0	0		0	0	0	0	14:05
18	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	7	12/30/1999	PIT	vs	NYI	3	4	+3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	9	33.3	0	0		0	0	0	3	19:57
19	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	7	2/26/1997	PHI	@	OTT	1	6	+5	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	16.7
20	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	7	3/26/1996	PIT	vs	STL	5	2	+3	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	7	71.4
21	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	7	11/1/1995	PIT	vs	TBL	1	6	+2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
22	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	7	12/5/1992	PIT	@	SJS	1	6	+2	2	1	4	0	1	0	0	9	11.1
23	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	7	3/5/1992	QUE	@	HFD	5	2	+4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	62.5
24	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	7	12/26/1991	PIT	vs	TOR	2	5	+6	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	6	33.3
25	Sergei Makarov S. Makarov	7	2/25/1990	CGY	vs	EDM	2	5	+2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	66.7