 This was the highest scoring period in NHL history . It was led in the 1980s by the Edmonton Oilers and Wayne Gretzky , who scored 200 points or more four times , including a current league @-@ record 215 in 1985 – 86 . Gretzky 's 92 goals in 1981 – 82 also remains a league record . No other player in NHL history has scored 200 points , although Mario Lemieux came close in 1988 – 89 with 199 . 
