It was a record that stood nearly 30 years. Joe Malone scored 44 goals for the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL's inaugural season of 1917–18-a season with a twenty-game schedule. Since 1969–70, there have been four completed 82-game NHL seasons (the first being 1998–99) in which no player scored fifty goals, in addition to no player scoring fifty goals in any of the four seasons of play shortened by lockouts or the COVID-19 pandemic.Īs of completion of the 2022–23 season, 96 different players have scored 50 goals in an NHL season one or more times in their career, doing so a combined 205 times. After this, offence declined across the league and the schedule was reduced back to the present 82 games, and with these developments the number of players to reach the total declined. A record fourteen players exceeded 50 goals in 1992–93, when the schedule was extended to 84 games. He also shares the record for most 50-goal seasons with Mike Bossy and Alexander Ovechkin, each having reached the milestone nine times in their careers. Wayne Gretzky scored his 50th goal in his 39th game in 1981–82, the fastest any player has done so. By 1980, it had been reached 24 times in NHL history the plateau was reached 76 times in the 1980s alone. Fifty-goal seasons increased in frequency during the 1970s and 1980s as the schedule was extended to 80 games and offense increased across the league. Bernie Geoffrion became the second player to reach the milestone 16 years later in 1960–61. In 1944–45, Maurice Richard became the first player to score 50 goals in a season.

Scoring 50 goals in one season is one of the most celebrated individual achievements in the National Hockey League (NHL). This tied Wayne Gretzky and Mike Bossy for the record of most all-time seasons. Alexander Ovechkin scored 50 goals for a ninth time in his career during the 2021–22 season.

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