Before 1940-41, Nels Stewart got the most goals in the regular-season and playoffs, with 339 scored.

most career goals by a player including playoffs before 1940-41

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG
1	Nels Stewart N. Stewart	339	704	204	543	1,018	27	32	0	1	74	12
2	Howie Morenz H. Morenz	292	597	217	509	628	5	15	2	0	51	12
3	Aurel Joliat A. Joliat	283	708	207	490	865	11	9	0	2	66	9
4	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	266	365	95	361	337					55	8
5	Bill Cook B. Cook	241	521	149	390	456	10	12	0	0	49	6
6	Charlie Conacher C. Conacher	234	464	175	409	542	24	39	1	0	45	5
7	Busher Jackson B. Jackson	215	534	182	397	412	21	18	1	5	37	6
8	Babe Dye B. Dye	214	285	50	264	233					32	4
9	Marty Barry M. Barry	209	550	211	420	265	24	18	0	1	29	4
10	Hooley Smith H. Smith	209	730	228	437	1,167	8	14	0	1	44	5
11	Dit Clapper D. Clapper	208	636	166	374	393	7	13	2	3	43	10
12	Cooney Weiland C. Weiland	185	554	172	357	163	12	20	4	2	41	4
13	Cecil Dillon C. Dillon	181	496	140	321	126	23	21	10	1	29	7
14	Johnny Gottselig J. Gottselig	177	565	183	360	194	26	35	4	4	31	4
15	Hec Kilrea H. Kilrea	174	681	137	311	474	5	8	0	2	35	5
16	Fred Cook F. Cook	173	523	149	322	517	6	14	1	0	32	4
17	Frank Boucher F. Boucher	172	597	274	446	120	7	19	1	0	31	7
18	Reg Noble R. Noble	171	542	110	281	980					15	2
19	Butch Keeling B. Keeling	169	572	75	244	375	8	2	0	0	32	8
20	Paul Thompson P. Thompson	164	630	189	353	396	25	32	1	2	35	5
21	Herbie Lewis H. Lewis	161	522	171	332	254	17	30	3	0	29	8
22	Larry Aurie L. Aurie	153	513	137	290	293	12	28	3	2	27	2
23	Jimmy Ward J. Ward	151	564	130	281	489	9	8	5	5	29	4
24	Pit Lepine P. Lepine	150	566	102	252	422	3	12	1	0	34	7
25	Joe Malone J. Malone	149	135	35	184	63					11	3