the player who scored the most goals in a single nhl game was 7.
what player scored the most goals in a single nhl game?
7
matthews made his nhl debut in the maple leafs' first game of the season on october 12, 2016, against the ottawa senators. he scored four goals in the game, all against craig anderson. this was the first time in modern nhl history a player scored four goals in his debut; previously, joe malone and harry hyland scored five goals each in their nhl debuts on december 19, 1917 (the first game in the history of the nhl). four others had scored three goals since then. matthews' jersey would go on sale following his debut, where it quickly became the highest-selling jersey in the nhl. two months later, in the nhl centennial classic against the detroit red wings, matthews scored the game-winning goal in overtime, securing a 5–4 victory for the maple leafs. he was named nhl's rookie of the month for december after leading all rookies with 8 goals and 12 points in 12 games. on january 10, 2017, matthews was the only leafs player selected to participate in the 2017 nhl all-star game. on march 28, 2017, matthews scored his 35th goal of the season, surpassing wendel clark's previous record for most goals in a season (34) by a leafs' rookie. april 3 saw matthews score his 39th goal and 67th point, breaking the franchise record for most points in a season, as well as the record for most goals by an american-born rookie. a few days later, he scored his 40th goal of the season, becoming the second rookie since the 2004–05 lockout to reach the milestone and the fourth teenager in nhl history to do so. he finished the year with 40 goals, second-most in the nhl. matthews' play assisted the maple leafs in making the stanley cup playoffs for the first time in a full season since 2004, where the team played the top-seeded washington capitals in the first round. after going pointless in the first two games of the series, matthews scored in each of the last four games as the team was eliminated in six games by the capitals. his four consecutive games with a goal marked the first time since 1986 where a teenager scored in four straight playoff games, when wendel clark did it, also with toronto. matthews was also the only nhl rookie since teemu selänne in 1992–93 to record at least one shot on goal in all 82 regular season games. in recognition for his historic accomplishments throughout the year, matthews was awarded the calder memorial trophy as the nhl's top rookie, with 164 of 167 first-place votes. he was the first maple leafs' rookie to receive the trophy in 50 years after brit selby in 1966.
auston matthews
the heritage classic was an outdoor ice hockey game played on november 22, 2003, in edmonton between the edmonton oilers and the montreal canadiens. it was the second nhl outdoor game and the first regular season outdoor game in the history of the nhl, and was modeled after the success of the "cold war" game between the university of michigan and michigan state university in 2001. the first nhl game to be played outdoors was in 1991 when the los angeles kings played the new york rangers in an exhibition game outside caesars palace in las vegas. the event took place in edmonton's commonwealth stadium in front of a crowd of 57,167, the largest number of people to ever watch a live nhl game, despite temperatures of close to -18 °c, -30 °c (-22 °f) with wind chill. it was held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the edmonton oilers joining the nhl in 1979. the canadian broadcasting corporation television broadcast also set the record for most viewers of a single nhl game with 2.747 million nationwide. this was the first nhl game broadcast in hdtv on cbc.
2003–04 edmonton oilers season