Most Goals In NHL History In A Game By A Team
David Osborn
Updated on February 02, 2026
Most objectives in NHL history in a game by a group is 16 objectives scored by the Montreal Canadiens on Walk 3, 1920. They won 16-3 against the Quebec Bulldogs.
The extraordinary conflict between the Canadiens and Bulldogs happened just three seasons after the commencement of the NHL in 1917.
Yet, even a century after the fact, no group has figured out how to outperform the record set by Montreal with the most objectives scored in a solitary game. The Minnesota North Stars and Detroit Red Wings came close on isolated events yet missed the mark by one objective, as each got 15 objectives in a game.
Likewise, the Boston Bruins have likewise come to the rundown of most objectives scored in a game, as they enrolled 14 objectives against the New York Officers in the 1944-45 season.
- Boston Bruins 2022/23 – 135 points
- Montreal Canadiens 1976/77 -132 points
- Detroit Red Wings 1995/96 – 131 points
- Montreal Canadiens 1977/78 -129 points
- Tampa Bay Lightning 2018/19 -128 points
- Montreal Canadiens 1975/76 – 127 points
- Detroit Red Wings 2005/06 – 124 points
- Florida Panthers 2021/22 – 122 points
- Boston Bruins 1970/71 – 121 points
- Washington Capitals 2009/10 – 121 points
Besides, the Bruins, motivated by the club skipper Patrice Bergeron walked on to establish another NHL record in the 2023 season for the most places in a season with 133, from 81 games.
The following is the rundown of 8 groups that have scored the most objectives in a solitary NHL game.
Montreal Canadiens holds the record for the most objectives in NHL history by a group in one game. The Canadiens stowed 16 objectives in a game against Quebec Bulldogs.
During the 1919/20 mission, Montreal whipped the Bulldogs in a staggering presentation of hostile ability by mesh 16 objectives against 3.
On the final part season game played on Walk 3, 1920, the Canadiens overwhelmed the Bulldogs and gave them the most embarrassing loss in the archives of NHL history.
The record has stayed immaculate for more than a hundred years, a steady indication of the remarkable accomplishment and the waiting aggravation of misfortune that actually reverberates through Quebec’s changing area.
The 16-3 surprise came three months after the Bulldogs experienced a 12-5 loss because of the Canadiens. With 8 dominates out of 12 matches and scoring 62 objectives, Montreal completed second in the primary portion of the association, while Quebec Sports were at the base with only four places.
Moreover, in the mission’s final part, Montreal got the third spot, though Quebec stayed finally with only two successes and four focuses. Detroit Red Wings comes next in the rundown with the most objectives in a solitary game by one group. The Red Wings crushed New York Officers by 15 objectives to nothing.
During the conflict between the two groups on January 23, 1944, at Olympia Arena in Detroit, Michigan, the Officers were surprised as Detroit gave them their most awful loss in association history.
The night was one for the set of experiences books, as Detroit cut out a spot in NHL legend with their resonating 15-0 triumph, which likewise marked the most elevated winning edge at any point kept in the association.
The Red Wings’ striker Syd Howe scored three objectives and gave two helps, and won the MVP. With 26 successes and 58 focuses, Detroit completed the 1943-44 season in the second position.
Simultaneously, the New York Officers were 6th in the association rankings as they simply figured out how to get 6 successes and misfortunes in 39 games. The Officers likewise lost to the Canadiens by 11-2 and to the Maple Leafs by 8-0.
Minnesota North Stars scored 15 objectives in a solitary game to rise to the Red Wings’ count in 1981. Minnesota dominated the match against the Winnipeg Planes by 15-2.
One more casualty in the NHL to be beaten by terrific quantities of objectives was the Planes. On November 11, 1981, the North Stars enrolled a pounding triumph against the Planes by 15-2.
The game at Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, stays one of the most disproportionate triumphs in NHL history.
Minnesota forward Bobby Smith won man of the coordinate with four objectives and three helps. In the mean time, his linemate Steve Payne scored one objective and gave numerous helps.
As per Statmuse, the North Stars finished the 1981-82 season with 94 focuses getting first spot in the Norris division. Be that as it may, the sizzling beginning to the mission was stopped by the Chicago Dark Falcons in the primary season finisher round.
In the mean time, the Planes figured out how to get the second place position in their division. In any case, their process reached an unexpected conclusion in the division elimination rounds, as they were crushed by St. Louis by a score of 3-1 in a firmly challenged match.
Toronto Maple Leafs kept the biggest win in their set of experiences in 1957. The Maple Leafs outmatched the New York Officers with a devastating 14-1 triumph.
At the Maple Leaf Nurseries in Toronto, Ontario, the game between the two NHL monsters will stand out forever as a total and complete control, as Toronto destroyed their rivals with 14 objectives to one.
On Walk 16, 1957, Toronto’s forward Sid Smith had a stunning game in a 5-star show as he scored three and gave two. Additionally, Brian Cullen likewise got three objectives and one help.
Shockingly, the Officers completed above Toronto in the association standings with 66 places in the fourth and qualified for the end of the season games yet lost to Montreal.
In spite of their ordering triumph over the Officers, the Maple Leafs couldn’t advance to the semi-finals, having finished the season in fifth spot with 21 successes and 57 focuses to their count.
Bison Sabers scored beyond 14 objectives against the Washington Capitals in 1975. It was the biggest triumph in the club’s set of experiences.
In the mean time, the Capitals experienced their most humiliating misfortune ever in the opposition. The December 21, 1975 game among Bison and Washington finished in a strange scoreline that a great many people couldn’t ever have expected.
The Sabers conveyed a shining presentation that left the Capitals afterward, scoring a stunning 14 objectives while permitting their rivals to score just two times against their imposing goaltender.
Sabers’ Rick Martin was relentless on the ice, as he turned in a staggering showcase stowing four objectives and giving a help, while Fred Stanfield was in excellent condition, scoring two objectives and setting up three more to assist their group with getting a resonating triumph.
Bison had a general decent season completing second in the Adams Division with 105 places and arriving at the quarterfinals of the end of the season games. Then again, the Washington Capitals had an extraordinary mission completing lower part of the Norris Division with only 32 places. The 2022-23 NHL season Atlantic Division champion Boston Bruins partook in an overwhelming execution against the Officers in 1945.
In a seventeen objectives thrill ride, the Bruins scored 14 while the New York Officers got back three objectives. On January 21, 1945, Boston crushed New York by a score of 14-3 at Boston Nursery in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Bruins were in finished order of the game that saw them score a noteworthy four objectives in only one and a half minutes toward the beginning of the last part.
The triumph was a snapshot of happiness for the Earthy colored Bear, though it was Officers’ second humiliating misfortune in two years, as the loss came a year after a 15-0 accident to Detroit.
In the last association remaining of the 1944-45 season, the Bruins came to the elimination rounds in the wake of meeting all requirements for the end of the season games. They completed fourth in the positioning with 36 places.
In the interim, the Officers were getting through a sweltering season, as they wound up attached to the lower part of the table with 32 places, four focuses hapless of the Bruins. Bison Sabers is the second group to have scored 14 objectives in a solitary game two times in NHL history.
Six years in the wake of overcoming the Washington Capitals in a 14-2 design, the Sabers accomplished a comparative accomplishment once more on Walk 19, 1981, against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The victors put on a showcase of going after football that will live lengthy in the memory as they flooded to a resonating triumph over Tortona with a dazzling count of 14 objectives, leaving their rivals shell-stunned and dealt with a pitiful four accordingly.
The game at Bison Commemoration Assembly room in midtown Bison, New York was totally uneven, the conflict between the top and lower part of the association positioning.