Most goals in a team's first 20 games of an NHL season
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Joe Malone leads with 44 goals through MTL's first 20 games of 1917-18, first of 47,626 player-seasons.
| # | Player and seasons | Value |
|---|---|---|
 Joe Malone (1917-18 MTL)1917-18 | 44 | |
| Cy Denneny (1917-18 SEN)1917-18 | 33 | |
| Joe Malone (1919-20 QBD)1919-20 | 30 | |
| Newsy Lalonde (1920-21 MTL)1920-21 | 29 | |
| Punch Broadbent (1921-22 SEN)1921-22 | 29 | |
 Reg Noble (1917-18 TAN)1917-18 | 29 | |
| Newsy Lalonde (1919-20 MTL)1919-20 | 28 | |
| Babe Dye (1924-25 TSP)1924-25 | 27 | |
| Babe Dye (1922-23 TSP)1922-23 | 26 | |
| Babe Dye (1921-22 TSP)1921-22 | 25 | |
| Joe Malone (1920-21 HAM)1920-21 | 25 | |
| Cy Denneny (1920-21 SEN)1920-21 | 24 | |
 Dino Ciccarelli (1986-87 MNS)1986-87 | 24 | |
 Mike Bossy (1984-85 NYI)1984-85 | 24 | |
 Wayne Gretzky (1983-84 EDM)1983-84 | 24 | |
 Bernie Nicholls (1988-89 LAK)1988-89 | 23 | |
| Corb Denneny (1919-20 TSP)1919-20 | 23 | |
 Mario Lemieux (1992-93 PIT)1992-93 | 23 | |
| Newsy Lalonde (1918-19 MTL)1918-19 | 23 | |
 Phil Esposito (1973-74 BOS)1973-74 | 23 | |
| Aurel Joliat (1924-25 MTL)1924-25 | 22 | |
| Cy Denneny (1921-22 SEN)1921-22 | 22 | |
| Cy Denneny (1924-25 SEN)1924-25 | 22 | |
| Mike Bossy (1980-81 NYI)1980-81 | 22 | |
| Nels Stewart (1929-30 MMR)1929-30 | 22 |
Method
- 18 player-seasons aren't here because a game in their window has no line recorded.