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Joe Malone has scored the most goals per game in a season, with 2.20 per game in his rookie season in 1917-18.

season with the highest goals per game in the nhl
Interpreted as:
season with the highest goals per game with a minimum of 0.25 goals per team game by a player in the NHL
1917-18Malone1917-18Denneny1917-18Lalonde1919-20Malone1919-20Lalonde1920-21Dye1917-18Noble1920-21Denneny1920-21Malone1920-21Lalonde1918-19Lalonde1924-25Dye1921-22Broadbent1921-22Dye1921-22Denneny1922-23Dye1924-25Joliat1983-84Gretzky1918-19Cleghorn1992-93Lemieux1981-82Gretzky1919-20Nighbor2.201.711.641.631.611.461.451.421.401.381.351.311.291.291.271.231.201.181.171.151.151.13
NAMEG/GPSEASONTMGGPAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
Joe MaloneJoe Malone2.201917-18
MTLMTL
44204483041
Cy DennenyCy Denneny1.711917-18
SEN
362110468020
Newsy LalondeNewsy Lalonde1.641917-18
MTLMTL
23147305100
Joe MaloneJoe Malone1.631919-20
QBD
392410491221
Newsy LalondeNewsy Lalonde1.611919-20
MTLMTL
372310473451
Babe DyeBabe Dye1.461920-21
TOT
35245403260
Reg NobleReg Noble1.451917-18
TANTAN
292010393540
Cy DennenyCy Denneny1.421920-21
SEN
34247411040
Joe MaloneJoe Malone1.401920-21
HAM
2820937611
Newsy LalondeNewsy Lalonde1.381920-21
MTLMTL
332410433660
Newsy LalondeNewsy Lalonde1.351918-19
MTLMTL
23179324220
Babe DyeBabe Dye1.311924-25
TSPTSP
38298463880
Punch BroadbentPunch Broadbent1.291921-22
SEN
312414452852
Babe DyeBabe Dye1.291921-22
TSPTSP
31247383950
Cy DennenyCy Denneny1.271921-22
SEN
282212402020
Babe DyeBabe Dye1.231922-23
TSPTSP
272212392152
Aurel JoliatAurel Joliat1.201924-25
MTLMTL
302512428161
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky1.181983-84
EDMEDM
8774118205+78392027121111032626.7
Odie CleghornOdie Cleghorn1.171918-19
MTLMTL
21186273010
Mario LemieuxMario Lemieux1.151992-93
PITPIT
696091160+553816396310028624.1
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky1.151981-82
EDMEDM
9280120212+80261839621237024.9
Frank NighborFrank Nighbor1.131919-20
SEN
262316422061
Mario LemieuxMario Lemieux1.121988-89
PITPIT
8576114199+4110031481358131327.2
Brett HullBrett Hull1.101990-91
STLSTL
867845131+232229160011138922.1
Frank NighborFrank Nighbor1.101917-18
SEN
1110819620
Frank NighborFrank Nighbor
Cam NeelyCam Neely
Maurice RichardMaurice Richard
Cy DennenyCy Denneny
Joe MaloneJoe Malone
Jack DarraghJack Darragh
Corb DennenyCorb Denneny
Thomas McCarthyThomas McCarthy
Reg NobleReg Noble
Cy DennenyCy Denneny
Alexander MogilnyAlexander Mogilny
Mario LemieuxMario Lemieux
Cooney WeilandCooney Weiland
Phil EspositoPhil Esposito
Jari KurriJari Kurri
Brett HullBrett Hull
Billy BoucherBilly Boucher
Amos ArbourAmos Arbour
Odie CleghornOdie Cleghorn
Corb DennenyCorb Denneny
Corb DennenyCorb Denneny
Nels StewartNels Stewart
Dit ClapperDit Clapper
Cy DennenyCy Denneny
Jack McDonaldJack McDonald

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