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Gaborik's big game

He became the first player in the team's seven seasons to record five goals in a game and was the first NHL player to record five goals in a game in more than 11 years. The most recent was Sergei Fedorov of the Red Wings, who scored five in a 5-4 Detroit victory over Washington on Dec. 12, 1996.

"It's an honor to be in that kind of company," Gaborik said.
A five-goal game is actually quite a bit more rare than I'd originally thought, as there have only been 42 in NHL history, quite a few of which took place in the league's early, early years.

Here's a look at five-goals games in the expansion era:

Six Goals

Red Berenson St. Louis 07-Nov-68
Darryl Sittler Toronto
07-Feb-76

Five Goals


Yvan Cournoyer Montreal 15-Feb-75
Don Murdoch NY Rangers 12-Oct-76
Ian Turnbull Toronto 02-Feb-77
Bryan Trottier NY Islanders 23-Dec-78
Tim Young Minnesota
15-Jan-79
John Tonelli NY Islanders 06-Jan-81
Wayne Gretzky Edmonton 18-Feb-81
Wayne Gretzky Edmonton 30-Dec-81
Grant Mulvey Chicago 03-Feb-82
Bryan Trottier NY Islanders 12-Feb-82
Willy Lindstrom Winnipeg 02-Mar-82
Mark Pavelich NY Rangers 23-Feb-83
Jari Kurri Edmonton 19-Nov-83
Bengt Gustafsson Washington 08-Jan-84
Pat Hughes Edmonton 03-Feb-84
Wayne Gretzky Edmonton 15-Dec-84
Dave Andreychuk Buffalo 06-Feb-86
Wayne Gretzky Edmonton 06-Dec-87
Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh 31-Dec-88
Joe Nieuwendyk Calgary 11-Jan-89
Mats Sundin Quebec
05-Mar-92
Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh 09-Apr-93
Peter Bondra Washington 05-Feb-94
Mike Ricci Quebec
17-Feb-94
Alexei Zhamnov Winnipeg 01-Apr-95
Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh 26-Mar-96
Sergei Fedorov Detroit 26-Dec-96
Marian Gaborik Minnesota 20-Dec-07

Joe Pelletier has the full list over on his blog.

Marian Gaborik now has scored .62 goals per game, the same pace he kept up last season when he potted 30 in 48 games.

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