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50-Goal Seasons
 
50-Goal Seasons
 
Abbreviations: TGs - Total Goals; TG - Total Games; TG No. - Teams Game Number;
Gt - Goaltender; PG No. - Players Game Number; Date - Date of 50th goal;
Age - Age when 1st 50th scored (yrs and mths)
 
Player Team Date Score Goaltender PG No. TG No. TGs TG Age
1945  
Maurice Richard Mtl. 18-3-45 Mtl. 4 at Bos. 2 Harvey Bennett 50 50 50 50 23.7
 
1961  
Bernie Geoffrion Mtl. 16-3-61 Tor. 2 at Mtl. 5 Cesare Maniago 62 68 50 64 30.1
 
1962  
Bobby Hull Chi. 25-3-62 Chi. 1 at NYR 4 Gump Worsley 70 70 50 70 23.2
 
1966  
Bobby Hull Chi. 2-3-66 Det. 4 at Chi. 5 Hank Bassen 52 57 54 65  
 
1967  
Bobby Hull Chi. 18-3-67 Chi. 5 at Tor. 9 Bruce Gamble 63 66 52 66  
 
1969  
Bobby Hull Chi. 5-3-69 NYR 4 at Chi. 4 Ed Giacomin 64 66 58 74  
 
1971  
Phil Esposito Bos. 20-2-71 Bos. 4 at L.A. 5 Denis DeJordy 58 58 76 78 29.0
John Bucyk Bos. 16-3-71 Bos. 11 at Det. 4 Roy Edwards 69 69 51 78 35.10
 
1972  
Phil Esposito Bos. 20-2-72 Bos. 3 at Chi. 1 Tony Esposito 60 60 66 76  
Bobby Hull Chi. 2-4-72 Det. 1 at Chi. 6 Andy Brown 78 78 50 78  
Vic Hadfield NYR 2-4-72 Mtl. 6 at NYR 5 Denis DeJordy 78 78 50 78 31.6
 
1973  
Phil Esposito Bos. 25-3-73 Buf. 1 at Bos. 6 Roger Crozier 75 75 55 78  
Mickey Redmond Det. 27-3-73 Det. 8 at Tor. 1 Ron Low 73 75 52 76 25.3
Rick MacLeish Phi. 1-4-73 Phi. 4 at Pit. 5 Cam Newton 78 78 50 78 23.2
 
1974  
Phil Esposito Bos. 20-2-74 Bos. 5 at Min. 5 Cesare Maniago 56 56 68 78  
Mickey Redmond Det. 23-3-74 NYR 3 at Det. 5 Ed Giacomin 69 71 51 76  
Ken Hodge Bos. 6-4-74 Bos. 2 at Mtl. 6 Michel Larocque 75 77 50 76 29.10
Rick Martin Buf. 7-4-74 St.L. 2 at Buf. 5 Wayne Stephenson 78 78 52 78 22.9
 
1975  
Phil Esposito Bos. 8-2-75 Bos. 8 at Det. 5 Jim Rutherford 54 54 61 79  
Guy Lafleur Mtl. 29-3-75 K.C. 1 at Mtl. 4 Denis Herron 66 76 53 70 23.6
Danny Grant Det. 2-4-75 Wsh. 3 at Det. 8 John Adams 78 78 50 80 29.2
Rick Martin Buf. 3-4-75 Bos. 2 at Buf. 4 Ken Broderick 67 79 52 68  
 
1976  
Reggie Leach Phi. 14-3-76 Atl. 1 at Phi. 6 Dan Bouchard 69 69 61 80 25.11
Jean Pronovost Pit. 24-3-76 Bos. 5 at Pit. 5 Gilles Gilbert 74 74 52 80 30.3
Guy Lafleur Mtl. 27-3-76 K.C. 2 at Mtl. 8 Denis Herron 76 76 56 80  
Bill Barber Phi. 3-4-76 Buf. 2 at Phi. 5 Al Smith 79 79 50 80 23.9
Pierre Larouche Pit. 3-4-76 Wsh. 5 at Pit. 4 Ron Low 75 79 53 76 20.5
Danny Gare Buf. 4-4-76 Tor. 2 at Buf. 5 Gord McRea 79 80 50 79 21.11
 
1977  
Steve Shutt Mtl. 1-3-77 Mtl. 5 at NYI 4 Glenn Resch 65 65 60 80 24.8
Guy Lafleur Mtl. 6-3-77 Mtl. 1 at Buf. 4 Don Edwards 68 68 56 80  
Marcel Dionne L.A. 2-4-77 Min. 2 at L.A. 7 Pete LoPresti 79 79 53 80 25.8
 
1978  
Guy Lafleur Mtl. 8-3-78 Wsh. 3 at Mtl. 4 Jim Bedard 63 65 60 78  
Mike Bossy NYI 1-4-78 Wsh. 2 at NYI 3 Bernie Wolfe 69 76 53 73 21.2
 
1979  
Mike Bossy NYI 24-2-79 Det. 1 at NYI 3 Rogie Vachon 58 58 69 80  
Marcel Dionne L.A. 11-3-79 L.A. 3 at Phi. 6 Wayne Stephenson 68 68 59 80  
Guy Lefleur Mtl. 31-3-79 Pit. 3 at Mtl. 5 Denis Herron 76 76 52 80  
Guy Chouinard Atl. 6-4-79 NYR 2 at Atl. 9 John Davidson 79 79 50 80 22.5
 
1980  
Marcel Donne L.A. 12-3-80 L.A. 2 at Pit. 4 Nick Recci 70 70 53 80  
Mike Bossy NYI 16-3-80 NYI 6 at Chi. 1 Tony Esposito 68 71 51 75  
Charlie Simmer L.A. 19-3-80 Det. 3 at L.A. 4 Jim Rutherford 57 73 56 64 26.0
Pierre Larouche Mtl. 25-3-80 Chi. 4 at Mtl. 8 Tony Esposito 72 75 50 73  
Danny Gare Buf. 27-3-80 Det. 1 at Buf. 10 Jim Rutherford 71 75 56 76  
Blaine Stoughton Hfd. 28-3-80 Hfd. 4 at Van. 4 Glen Hanlon 75 75 56 80 27.0
Guy Lefleur Mtl. 2-4-80 Mtl. 7 at Det. 2 Rogie Vachon 72 78 50 74  
Wayne Gretzky Edm. 2-4-80 Min. 1 at Edm. 1 Gary Edwards 78 79 51 79 19.2
Reggie Leach Phi. 3-4-80 Wsh. 2 at Phi. 4 EN 75 79 50 76  
 
1981  
Mike Bossy NYI 24-1-81 Que. 3 at NYI 7 Ron Grahame 50 50 68 79  
Charlie Simmer L.A. 26-1-81 L.A. 7 at Que. 5 Michel Dion 51 51 56 65  
Marcel Dionne L.A. 8-3-81 L.A. 4 at Wpg. 1 Markus Mattsson 68 68 58 80  
Wayne Babych St.L. 12-3-81 St.L. 3 at Mtl. 4 Richard Sevigny 70 68 54 78 22.9
Wayne Gretzky Edm. 15-3-81 Edm. 3 at Cgy. 3 Pat Riggin 69 69 55 80  
Rick Kehoe Pit. 16-3-81 Pit. 7 at Edm. 6 Eddie Mio 70 70 55 80 29.7
Jacques Richard Que. 29-3-81 Mtl. 0 at Que. 4 Richard Sevigny 76 75 52 78 28.6
Dennis Maruk Wsh. 5-4-81 Det. 2 at Wsh. 7 Larry Lozinski 80 80 50 80 25.3