title: List of players with eight or more points in an NHL game
text: # List of players with eight or more points in an NHL game
  
  This is a list of players who have scored eight or more points in a National Hockey League game. Scoring eight or more points in a single game is considered a great feat and has happened only 16 times, by 13 players. Only one player, Darryl Sittler, scored more than eight points in a game, setting the NHL record with 10 while playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1976. Paul Coffey and Tom Bladon are the only defensemen to have scored eight points. The feat of scoring eight points in a game was mostly achieved in the 1980s, with 10 out of the 16 instances happening in that decade. Mario Lemieux has the most games with at least eight points, scoring eight points in three separate games (in one season). Wayne Gretzky is the only other player to attain the feat more than once (twice, in one season). The most recent player to do so was Sam Gagner of the Edmonton Oilers, who scored eight points against the Chicago Blackhawks on 2 February 2012; Gagner's 8-point night was also the first 8-point game for a player since the 1980s.
  
  ## Scorers
  
  ### Legend
  
  | Name | Team | Date | Goals | Assists | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Maurice Richard | Montreal Canadiens | 28 December 1944 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
  | Bert Olmstead | Montreal Canadiens | 9 January 1954 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
  | Darryl Sittler | Toronto Maple Leafs | 7 February 1976 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
  | Tom Bladon | Philadelphia Flyers | 11 December 1977 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
  | Bryan Trottier | New York Islanders | 23 December 1978 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
  | Peter Stastny | Quebec Nordiques | 22 February 1981 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
  | Anton Stastny | Quebec Nordiques | 22 February 1981 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
  | Wayne Gretzky | Edmonton Oilers | 19 November 1983 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
  | Wayne Gretzky | Edmonton Oilers | 4 January 1984 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
  | Paul Coffey | Edmonton Oilers | 14 March 1986 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
  | Patrik Sundstrom | New Jersey Devils | 22 April 1988 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
  | Mario Lemieux | Pittsburgh Penguins | 15 October 1988 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
  | Bernie Nicholls | Los Angeles Kings | 1 December 1988 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
  | Mario Lemieux | Pittsburgh Penguins | 31 December 1988 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
  | Mario Lemieux | Pittsburgh Penguins | 25 April 1989 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
  | Sam Gagner | Edmonton Oilers | 2 February 2012 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
  