Between the 1899-00 and 2020-21 seasons, Joe Malone collected the most goals in a day, with 7 scored on January 31, 1920.

league most goals by a player in one day, 1899-00 to 2020-21, NHL

	NAME	G	DAY	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Joe Malone J. Malone	7	1/31/1920	0	7		2					0	0
2	Darryl Sittler D. Sittler	6	2/7/1976	4	10	+7	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	10	60.0
3	Red Berenson R. Berenson	6	11/7/1968	1	7	+7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	60.0
4	Syd Howe S. Howe	6	2/3/1944	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	6	3/7/1921	1	7		0					0	0
6	Corb Denneny C. Denneny	6	1/26/1921	1	7		0					0	0
7	Joe Malone J. Malone	6	3/10/1920	0	6		2					1	0
8	Newsy Lalonde N. Lalonde	6	1/10/1920	1	7		0					0	0
9	Mika Zibanejad M. Zibanejad	5	3/5/2020	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	8	62.5	8	20	40.0	1	1	0	2	24:56
10	Patrik Laine P. Laine	5	11/24/2018	0	5	+2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	100.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	1	0	18:43
11	Johan Franzen J. Franzen	5	2/2/2011	0	5	+3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	10	50.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	18:28
12	Marian Gaborik M. Gaborik	5	12/20/2007	1	6	+2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	10	50.0	0	0		0	0	1	1	20:36
13	Sergei Fedorov S. Fedorov	5	12/26/1996	0	5	+4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	71.4
14	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	5	3/26/1996	2	7	+3	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	7	71.4
15	Alexei Zhamnov A. Zhamnov	5	4/1/1995	0	5	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	83.3
16	Mike Ricci M. Ricci	5	2/17/1994	0	5	+4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	9	55.6
17	Peter Bondra P. Bondra	5	2/5/1994	0	5	+3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	71.4
18	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	5	4/9/1993	0	5	+5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	8	62.5
19	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	5	3/5/1992	2	7	+4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	62.5
20	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	5	1/11/1989	0	5	+4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	12	41.7
21	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	5	12/31/1988	3	8	+2	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	8	62.5
22	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	5	12/6/1987	1	6	+4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	13	38.5
23	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	5	2/6/1986	1	6	+1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	7	71.4
24	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	5	12/15/1984	1	6	+6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	100.0
25	Pat Hughes P. Hughes	5	2/3/1984	0	5	+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	50.0