jaromir jagr scored the most points in an nhl season.
who scored the most points in an nhl season?
jaromir jagr
stevens played a few games with the penguins in the 1987–88 nhl season, then spent the 1988–89 nhl season jumping back and forth between the national hockey league (nhl) and the muskegon lumberjacks of the international hockey league (ihl). starting with the 1989–90 nhl season, stevens became one of the top left wingers and power forwards in the league. he had four consecutive seasons of at least 40 goals and 80 points from 1990–1994 and surpassed 50 goals and 100 points in 1991–92 and 1992–93. in the 1991–92 nhl season, stevens scored 2 points more than wayne gretzky (then in his 13th season), becoming only the third person in nhl history to outscore gretzky in the regular season, though he still finished second in points to teammate mario lemieux. his 123 points that year also set a record for the most points by an american-born player and a left wing in one season. during the pittsburgh penguins' back-to-back stanley cup seasons of 1990–91 and 1991–92, stevens was the only penguin to play in every regular season and playoff game. he is also one of four nhl players to have accumulated more than 50 goals and at least 200 pim in a season, the others are keith tkachuk, brendan shanahan and gary roberts. his 17 goals during the 1990–91 playoffs are tied for fourth all-time (only jari kurri and reggie leach with 19 and joe sakic with 18 have surpassed that mark). he scored 13 more in the 1991–92 postseason.
kevin stevens
kidd stepped in full-time with the flames in the 1993–94 nhl season, playing 31 games as backup to netminder mike vernon. he remained with the team through the 1996–97 nhl season. kidd was traded prior to the start of the 1997–98 nhl season to the carolina hurricanes for center andrew cassels and goaltender jean-sébastien giguère. two years in carolina followed; kidd played with sean burke. the following year, goalie arturs irbe joined the team and the hurricanes left kidd unprotected for the upcoming expansion draft. after being selected by the atlanta thrashers in the 1999 nhl expansion draft, kidd was immediately traded to the florida panthers. kidd started strong for the panthers in the first 11 games of the 1999-00 nhl season, but he was injured trying to make a save on a shot from teammate peter worrell during a league-mandated skills competition. this injury forced the panthers to trade forward radek dvorak to the new york rangers as part of a three-way deal with the san jose sharks for goaltender mike vernon, who left after the season for free agency. when kidd returned from injury his play was well below nhl quality, and he was never able to reestablish himself as the team's number one goaltender. the panthers had acquired young goaltender roberto luongo as well as forward olli jokinen from the new york islanders for forwards mark parrish and oleg kvasha, and luongo edged out kidd for the starter's role in the 2001–02 nhl season. he continued to fill the backup role for one more season before being released after clearing waivers before the 2002–03 nhl season.
trevor kidd