Between the 1917-18 and 1945-46 seasons, Nels Stewart collected the most goals, with 324 scored.

NHL most career goals by a player 1917-18 to 1945-46

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG
1	Nels Stewart N. Stewart	324	650	191	515	955	27	28	0	1	70	12
2	Howie Morenz H. Morenz	271	550	205	476	562	5	15	1	0	45	10
3	Aurel Joliat A. Joliat	269	655	194	463	771	11	9	0	2	65	9
4	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	247	329	89	336	296					50	7
5	Busher Jackson B. Jackson	241	634	234	475	450	25	23	0	5	38	5
6	Syd Howe S. Howe	237	700	292	529	214	27	41	5	0	27	3
7	Dit Clapper D. Clapper	229	829	248	477	452	13	19	2	3	45	10
8	Bill Cook B. Cook	228	475	138	366	386	9	12	0	0	43	5
9	Charlie Conacher C. Conacher	224	461	172	396	523	19	35	1	0	41	5
10	Herb Cain H. Cain	206	572	192	398	177	17	21	4	3	27	2
11	Toe Blake T. Blake	205	485	250	455	272	32	46	2	0	26	4
12	Lorne Carr L. Carr	204	580	227	431	132	35	37	5	2	24	4
13	Babe Dye B. Dye	203	272	49	252	220					30	3
14	Sweeney Schriner S. Schriner	201	484	206	407	148	29	43	4	3	34	6
15	Hooley Smith H. Smith	200	717	226	426	1,062	8	14	0	1	43	5
16	Marty Barry M. Barry	194	507	193	387	231	20	15	0	1	25	2
17	Bill Cowley B. Cowley	182	498	329	511	127	23	23	0	0	31	1
18	Johnny Gottselig J. Gottselig	176	591	196	372	211	26	34	3	4	30	3
19	Cooney Weiland C. Weiland	173	509	162	335	149	12	20	4	2	38	3
20	Cecil Dillon C. Dillon	167	453	131	298	112	23	21	10	1	28	7
21	Reg Noble R. Noble	167	510	106	273	925					15	2
22	Hec Kilrea H. Kilrea	166	633	130	296	452	5	8	0	2	34	4
23	Frank Boucher F. Boucher	160	557	264	424	110	8	19	1	0	25	5
24	Bryan Hextall Sr. B. Hextall Sr.	159	346	156	315	191	19	23	5	6	19	4
25	Fred Cook F. Cook	158	477	146	304	458	6	14	1	0	31	3