Hat tricks are fun. Five-goal games are better. Thursday night,Mika Zibanejad potted a whole handful of goals in the New York Rangers' 6-5 overtime win over the Washington Capitals. The performance wasquite an impre sive showon one of the biggest stages po sible on Broadwayin front of a rabid fan base, with a playoff spot inches away andagainst a big-time rival. While it hasn't been too long since the last five-goal game, it's always a big-time moment that is heralded around the league; after all, only 45 players have accomplished the feat a total of 61 times. Here are some interesting nuggets regarding the mythical games of five or moregoals. Who had the last five-goal game? Winnipeg Jets forward Patrik Laine scored five last season against the St. Louis Blues goalie tandem of Chad Johnson and Jake Allen. While that's a short time frame between big-goal games, it had been 24 years since a five-goal Nate Archibald Jersey game included the game-winner (Zibanejad's fifth came 33 seconds in OT).Detroit Red Wings starSergei Fedorov accomplished the feat in 1996 also against the Capitals.Zibanejad scored his five goals against one netminder,Ilya Samsonov. The last time a player victimized a single goalie 2007, when the Minnesota Wild's Marian Gaborik scored five against the Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist. There hasbeen one other five-goal game on March 5; in 1992, fellow Swede, Hall of Famer and then-Quebec Nordique Mats Sundin netted five against the Hartford Whalers in his team's 10-4 win. Most recent five-goal games DATE TEAM PLAYER GOALS Nov. 24, 2018 Winnipeg Jets Patrik Laine 5 Feb. 2, 2011 Detroit Red Wings Johan Franzen 5 Dec. 20, 2007 Minnesota Wild Marian Gaborik 5 Dec. 26, 1996 Detroit Red Wings Sergei Fedorov 5 March 26, 1996 Pittsburgh Penguins Mario Lemieux 5 Who has scored the most goals in a game? While it hasn't been that long since the last five-goal game, it hasbeen more than 44 years since Darryl Sittler famously scored six goals (and 10 points) for the Toronto Maple Leafs against the Boston Bruins. While six is a lot, it'snot the biggest number. Hall of Famer Joe Malone holds the record with seven for the Quebec Bulldogs against the Toronto St. Pats (now Maple Leafs) in 1920. DATE TEAM PLAYER GOALS Jan. 31, 1920 Quebec Bulldogs Joe Malone 7 Feb. 7, 1976 Toronto Maple Leafs Darryl Sittler 6 Nov. 7, 1968 St. Louis Blues Red Berenson 6 Feb. 3, 1944 Detroit Red Wings Syd Howe 6 March 7, 1921 Ottawa Senators Cy Denneny 6 Jan. 26, 1921 Toronto St. Patricks Corb Denneny 6 March 10, 1920 Quebec Bulldogs Joe Malone 6 Jan. 10, 1920 Montreal Canadiens Newsy Lalonde 6 Who has the most games of five or more goals? Malone also holds the record for most gamesof five-plus goals, with five. He finished his career with 143 goals in 126 games from 1917-24, a time when NHL teams played a maximum of 24 games in a season. PLAYER GAMES Joe Malone 5 Wayne Gretzky 4 Mario Lemieux 4 Newsy Lalonde 3 Babe Dye 2 Maurice Richard 2 Darryl Sittler* 2 Bryan Trottier 2 * Includes one playoff game. Buddy Hield Jersey