Toronto Maple Leaf Defenseman (Ian Turnbull scores 5)

Toronto Maple Leaf Defenseman

Forty-Five years ago on February 2, 1977, Ian Turnbull of the Toronto Maple Leafs made NHL history when he scored five goals in a 9-1 home win against the Detroit Red Wings. What made this night extra special for Turnbull is that he scored all five of his goals on five shots also an NHL record.

The first period was scoreless. Then at 1:55 of the second period, Turnbull scored the first goal of the game and the first of what proved to be history in the making. Turnbull scored his second of the game unassisted at 10:26 of the second period putting the Leafs up 5-0 heading into the final frame. At 4:58 of the third period, he scored again netting a second unassisted goal and a hat trick. At 16:18 Danny Grant scored for Detroit breaking the shutout bid. With 2:50 left in the game, Turnbull did what no other player has done in NHL history, he scored two more goals, one at 17:10, and capped off his history-making five-goal night with his fifth tally on five shots with a goal at 18:30 to seal a 9-1 victory. After the game, all he had to say was “It was one of those nights where things happened to click“. Turnbull”s victimized Ed Giacomin for two goals and continued his assault with three more tallies against Red Wings goaltender Jim Rutherford.

Scoring five goals in one game is a monumental task and extraordinarily impressive for a defenseman. The feat has been accomplished 63 times in NHL history, by 47 players. The first time it happened was on December 19, 1917, when Joe Malone of the Montreal Canadians turned the trick in the first NHL game ever played, Malone had company that night as Harry Hyland of the Montreal Wanderers scored the new league’s first hat trick that night and five goals in a game to match Malone’s effort in a 10-9 win over the Toronto Arenas. Hylan scored 8 goals in a game against the Quebec Bulldogs in 1912-13 before the NHL era. In addition to this Malone would go on to accomplish the feat four more times in his career, including an NHL record seven goals in a game. Overall Malone scored five in a game three times, one six-goal game, and one seven-goal game and he did it all in his first three NHL seasons. Malone is the only NHL player to score five goals in a game with two different teams, having done it three times with the Montreal Canadians and twice with the Quebec Bulldogs. The latest player to score five in a game is Timo Meier of the San Jose Sharks who joined the list on January 17, 2022, in a game against the Los Angeles Kings. Meier scored five goals by the end of the second period, narrowly missing an opportunity to equal or surpass the mark set by Darryl Sittler of six in a game. No player has scored six or more goals in a game since Darryl Sittler of the Toronto Maple Leafs did it in a game against the Boston Bruins on February 6, 1976. Mario Lemieux is the only player to have ever scored five goals in a game in five different ways. On December 31, 1988, in a game against the New Jersey Devils he scored an even-strength goal, a power-play goal, a short-handed goal, a penalty shot goal, and an empty-net goal. Wayne Gretzky’s most memorable five-goal game was when he scored five in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers to make NHL history by scoring 50 goals in 39 games.

Side Notes

Newsy Lalonde of the Montreal Canadians was the first player to score six goals in a game on January 10, 1920, he also had two five-goal games. Sergei Fedorov of the Detroit Red Wings scored all five goals for the Wings in a 5-4 overtime victory over his future team the Washington Capitals. On April 1, 1995, Alexei Zhamnov of the Winnipeg Jets scored five goals in a 7-7 tie with the Los Angeles Kings, he is the only player on the list whose team didn’t win.

Five players have scored five goals in a playoff game. Newsy Lalonde in 1919, Maurice Richard in 1944, Darryl Sittler and Reggie Leach in 1976, and Mario Lemieux in 1989.

Scores List

Name	Team	Date	Goals
Joe Malone	Montreal Canadiens	December 19, 1917	5
Harry Hyland	Montreal Wanderers	December 19, 1917	5
Joe Malone	Montreal Canadiens	January 12, 1918	5
Joe Malone	Montreal Canadiens	February 2, 1918	5
Newsy Lalonde	Montreal Canadiens	March 1, 1919	5
Newsy Lalonde	Montreal Canadiens	January 10, 1920	6
Joe Malone	Quebec Bulldogs	January 31, 1920	7
Mickey Roach	Toronto St. Pats	March 6, 1920	5
Joe Malone	Quebec Bulldogs	March 10, 1920	6
Corb Denneny	Toronto St. Pats	January 26, 1921	6
Newsy Lalonde	Montreal Canadiens	February 16, 1921	5
Cy Denneny	Ottawa Senators	March 7, 1921	6
Babe Dye	Toronto St. Pats	December 16, 1922	5
Red Green	Hamilton Tigers	December 5, 1924	5
Babe Dye	Toronto St. Pats	December 22, 1924	5
Punch Broadbent	Montreal Maroons	January 7, 1925	5
Pit Lepine	Montreal Canadiens	December 14, 1929	5
Howie Morenz	Montreal Canadiens	March 18, 1930	5
Charlie Conacher	Toronto Maple Leafs	January 19, 1932	5
Ray Getliffe	Montreal Canadiens	February 6, 1943	5
Syd Howe	Detroit Red Wings	February 3, 1944	6
Maurice Richard	Montreal Canadiens	March 23, 1944	5
Maurice Richard	Montreal Canadiens	December 28, 1944	5
Howie Meeker	Toronto Maple Leafs	January 8, 1947	5
Bernie Geoffrion	Montreal Canadiens	February 19, 1955	5
Bobby Rousseau	Montreal Canadiens	February 1, 1964	5
Red Berenson	St. Louis Blues	November 7, 1968	6
Yvan Cournoyer	Montreal Canadiens	February 15, 1975	5
Darryl Sittler	Toronto Maple Leafs	February 7, 1976	6
Darryl Sittler	Toronto Maple Leafs	April 22, 1976	5
Reggie Leach	Philadelphia Flyers	May 6, 1976	5
Don Murdoch	New York Rangers	October 12, 1976	5
Ian Turnbull (D)	Toronto Maple Leafs	February 2, 1977	5
Bryan Trottier	New York Islanders	December 23, 1978	5
Tim Young	Minnesota North Stars	January 15, 1979	5
John Tonelli	New York Islanders	January 6, 1981	5
Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	February 18, 1981	5
Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	December 30, 1981	5
Grant Mulvey	Chicago Black Hawks	February 3, 1982	5
Bryan Trottier	New York Islanders	February 13, 1982	5
Willy Lindstrom	Winnipeg Jets	March 2, 1982	5
Mark Pavelich	New York Rangers	February 23, 1983	5
Jari Kurri	Edmonton Oilers	November 19, 1983	5
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	Washington Capitals	January 8, 1984	5
Pat Hughes	Edmonton Oilers	February 3, 1984	5
Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	December 15, 1984	5
Dave Andreychuk	Buffalo Sabres	February 6, 1986	5
Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	December 6, 1987	5
Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	December 31, 1988	5
Joe Nieuwendyk	Calgary Flames	January 11, 1989	5
Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	April 25, 1989	5
Mats Sundin	Quebec Nordiques	March 5, 1992	5
Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	April 9, 1993	5
Peter Bondra	Washington Capitals	February 5, 1994	5
Mike Ricci	Quebec Nordiques	February 17, 1994	5
Alexei Zhamnov	Winnipeg Jets	April 1, 1995	5
Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	March 26, 1996	5
Sergei Fedorov	Detroit Red Wings	December 26, 1996	5
Marian Gaborik	Minnesota Wild	December 20, 2007	5
Johan Franzen	Detroit Red Wings	February 2, 2011	5
Patrik Laine	Winnipeg Jets	November 24, 2018	5
Mika Zibanejad	New York Rangers	March 5, 2020	5
Timo Meier	San Jose Sharks	January 17, 2022	5

Players who scored five or more goals in multiple games

Name	Nationality	Total
Joe Malone	Canada	5
Wayne Gretzky	Canada	4
Mario Lemieux	Canada	4
Newsy Lalonde	Canada	3
Babe Dye	Canada	2
Maurice Richard	Canada	2
Darryl Sittler	Canada	2
Bryan Trottier	Canada	2

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