For Reference: 2 = Brace, 3 = Hat-Trick, 4 = Haul, 5 = Glut, 6 = Double Hat-Trick, 7 = Haul-Trick. What Is Five Goals in Hockey Called? This Is a List of...
This is a list of players who have scored five or more goals in a National Hockey League (NHL) game. Scoring five or more goals in a single game is considered a great feat, as it has only been accomplished 63 times, by 47 players, in the history of the league.
Mario Lemieux is the only player in history to score five goals in five different ways during a game. On December 31, 1988, he scored an even-strength goal, a power-play goal, a short handed goal, a penalty shot goal and an empty net goal.