Most goals in a final NHL season
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Mike Bossy leads with 38 goals in 1986-87, his final season, first of 5,456 final seasons.
| # | Player and seasons | Value |
|---|---|---|
 Mike Bossy (1986-87 NYI)1986-87 | 38 | |
  Patrick Eaves (2016-17 DAL/ANA)2016-17 | 32 | |
 Frank Mahovlich (1973-74 MTL)1973-74 | 31 | |
 Bobby Bauer (1946-47 BOS)1946-47 | 30 | |
 Kenny Wharram (1968-69 CHI)1968-69 | 30 | |
 Vic Hadfield (1975-76 PIT)1975-76 | 30 | |
| Tom McCarthy (1986-87 BOS)1986-87 | 30 | |
| Gordie Drillon (1942-43 MTL)1942-43 | 28 | |
| Gerry Heffernan (1943-44 MTL)1943-44 | 28 | |
  Blaine Stoughton (1983-84 HFD/NYR)1983-84 | 28 | |
 Darcy Rota (1983-84 VAN)1983-84 | 28 | |
| Bobby Schmautz (1980-81 VAN)1980-81 | 27 | |
 Hakan Loob (1988-89 CGY)1988-89 | 27 | |
 Chris Kontos (1992-93 TBL)1992-93 | 27 | |
 Logan Couture (2022-23 SJS)2022-23 | 27 | |
| Patrice Bergeron (2022-23 BOS)2022-23 | 27 | |
| Joe Pavelski (2023-24 DAL)2023-24 | 27 | |
 Syl Apps (1947-48 TOR)1947-48 | 26 | |
 Ralph Backstrom (1972-73 LAK/CHI)1972-73 | 26 | |
| Cam Neely (1995-96 BOS)1995-96 | 26 | |
| Marian Hossa (2016-17 CHI)2016-17 | 26 | |
| Jean Beliveau (1970-71 MTL)1970-71 | 25 | |
 Yvon Lambert (1981-82 BUF)1981-82 | 25 | |
 Brett Hull (2003-04 DET)2003-04 | 25 | |
| Claude St. Sauveur (1975-76 AFM)1975-76 | 24 |
Method
- A career is over here two seasons after his last NHL game, or once he's said so, so a player who left for another league counts. Alex Ovechkin is in a farewell season, on the way. A final season is his last with 10 or more games, so a cameo at the end isn't one.