Gordie Howe goals

Gordie Howe's Goals per Arena

It goes without saying that Gordie Howe was one of the greatest players in the history of the NHL. Over 26 seasons, from 1946-47 to 1970-71 with the Detroit Red Wings and 1979-80 with the Hartford Whalers, he scored 801 regular-season goals. He second only to Wayne Gretzky in number of goals scored.

Where did he score all those goals? Here is a breakdown of the goals he scored at each NHL arena. He scored in 21 different arenas, playing for Detroit and Hartford, and against 14 opponents. The list does not include goals scored while playing for the Houston Aeros or New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association.

Arena Goals Notes
Olympia Stadium441All with Detroit Red Wings.
Chicago Stadium7572 with Detroit Red Wings, 3 with Hartford Whalers.
Boston Garden65All with Detroit Red Wings.
Montreal Forum59All with Detroit Red Wings.
Madison Square Garden (original)56All with Detroit Red Wings.
Maple Leaf Gardens5453 with Detroit Red Wings, 1 with Hartford Whalers.
Pittsburgh Civic Arena65 with Detroit Red Wings, 1 with Hartford Whalers.
Great Western Forum6All with Detroit Red Wings.
St. Louis Arena6All with Detroit Red Wings.
Madison Square Garden (new)5All with Detroit Red Wings.
Met Center5All with Detroit Red Wings.
Philadelphia Spectrum5All with Detroit Red Wings.
Hartford Civic Center4All with Hartford Whalers.
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum4All with Detroit Red Wings.
Springfield Civic Center4All with Hartford Whalers.
Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum1With Detroit Red Wings.
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium1With Detroit Red Wings.
Capital Centre1With Hartford Whalers.
Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum1With Detroit Red Wings.
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena1With Detroit Red Wings.
McNichols Sports Arena1With Hartford Whalers.


Howe was by far the highest scoring player at Olympia Stadium, the home arena of the Detroit Red Wings from 1927 to 1979. The next highest scorer at Olympia was Alex Delvecchio, who scored an impressive but far fewer 245 goals.

Howe scored at Olympia in his first game as a Red Wing, against Toronto, on October 16, 1946. All of his goals in Detroit were scored while playing with the Red Wings - by the time the Whalers made their first trip to Detroit, the Red Wings had moved into Joe Louis Arena, and Howe never scored there. His last goal, number 801, came against Detroit in his final game, in Hartford on April 6, 1980.

Most of his away goals were against the other Original Six teams, the only other teams in the league for the first 21 seasons of his career. He was most successful at Chicago Stadium, where he scored 73 goals with Detroit, and another 3 with Hartford. He scored 65 at Boston Garden, 59 at the Montreal Forum, 56 at the original Madison Square Garden, and 54 at Maple Leaf Gardens, the site of his first away goal in 1947.

He also scored 4 goals against the Chicago Blackhawks at Chicago's home games elsewhere in the Midwest in the early 1950s. He scored 2 at St. Louis Arena, 1 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, and 1 at Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum in Omaha, Nebraska.

In the expansion era, he scored 6 times at Los Angeles' Great Western Forum. The Kings also played home games at Long Beach Arena and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena early in the 1967 season. Howe scored one goal at the Memorial Sports Arena. He scored 5 at Pittsburgh's Civic Arena, and another 4 at St. Louis Arena against the Blues. Five of his goals came at the current Madison Square Garden, and another 5 each at Minnesota's Met Center and the Spectrum in Philadelphia.

During Hartford’s first NHL season in 1979-80, the Whalers played some of their home games at the Springfield Civic Center. The roof of the Hartford Civic Center had collapsed during the 1977-78 WHA season, and the arena was under repair until January, 1980. Of his 15 goals with Hartford, Howe scored 4 goals at each arena. Another 4 came against the Seals at Oakland Coliseum.

He scored one goal each at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Capital Centre (his final NHL goal on the road, in 1979), and McNichols Sports Arena against the Colorado Rockies.

Howe never scored 50 goals in a season, although he came close with 49 in 1952-53. He led the league in goals only five times: 1950-51, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1956-57, and 1962-63. However, he did led the Red Wings in goals 15 times: 11 seasons in a row from 1949-50 to 1959-60, another 3 seasons from 1961-62 to 1963-64, and 1967-68.

Playoffs



Arena Goals Notes
Olympia Stadium39All with Detroit Red Wings.
Chicago Stadium10All with Detroit Red Wings.
Montreal Forum98 with Detroit Red Wings, 1 with Hartford Whalers.
Maple Leaf Gardens8All with Detroit Red Wings.
Boston Garden1With Detroit Red Wings.
Madison Square Garden (old)1With Detroit Red Wings.


Howe only ever scored in the Original Six arenas during the playoffs, and only one of his 68 playoff goals was scored with the Whalers.

Barclays Center

Barclays Center

Location: New York City, New York
Dates: October 9, 2015-March 3, 2020
Total games: 155
Total goals: 942 by 328 players

New York Islanders (491 goals), Washington Capitals (28), Carolina Hurricanes (26), Pittsburgh Penguins (26), Philadelphia Flyers (25), Montreal Canadiens (24), Boston Bruins (22), Detroit Red Wings (21), Florida Panthers (20), Tampa Bay Lightning (20), Dallas Stars (19), Ottawa Senators (19), Columbus Blue Jackets (17), Nashville Predators (15), New Jersey Devils (14), New York Rangers (14), Toronto Maple Leafs (14), Buffalo Sabres (12), Minnesota Wild (12), Chicago Blackhawks (11), Colorado Avalanche (11), Vancouver Canucks (11), Winnipeg Jets (11), Los Angeles Kings (10), Anaheim Ducks (9), San Jose Sharks (9), Edmonton Oilers (8), Arizona Coyotes (7), St. Louis Blues (6), Vegas Golden Knights (6), Calgary Flames (4).

Barclays Centre was one of the home arenas of the New York Islanders, along with Nassau Coliseum, from 2015-2020.

Player Goals Notes
Anders Lee54All with New York Islanders.
John Tavares52All with New York Islanders.
Brock Nelson45All with New York Islanders.
Josh Bailey35All with New York Islanders.
Anthony Beauvillier26All with New York Islanders.
Casey Cizikas22All with New York Islanders.
Andrew Ladd21All with New York Islanders.
Mathew Barzal19All with New York Islanders.
Jordan Eberle19All with New York Islanders.
Cal Clutterbuck17All with New York Islanders.
Johnny Boychuk15All with New York Islanders.
Ryan Strome14All with New York Islanders.
Kyle Okposo1312 with New York Islanders, 1 with Buffalo Sabres.
Jason Chimera1110 with New York Islanders, 1 with Washington Capitals.
Nikolay Kulemin11All with New York Islanders.
Nick Leddy11All with New York Islanders.
Ryan Pulock11All with New York Islanders.
Scott Mayfield10All with New York Islanders.
Matt Martin9All with New York Islanders.
Frans Nielsen8All with New York Islanders.
Valtteri Filppula76 with New York Islanders, 1 with Tampa Bay Lightning.
Patrice Bergeron6All with Boston Bruins.
Calvin de Haan6With New York Islanders.
Mikhail Grabovski6All with New York Islanders.
Thomas Hickey6All with New York Islanders.
Alex Ovechkin6All with Washington Capitals.
Adam Pelech6All with New York Islanders.
Travis Hamonic5All with New York Islanders.
Evgeni Malkin5All with Pittsburgh Penguins.
Jaccob Slavin5All with Carolina Hurricanes.
Cam Atkinson4All with Columbus Blue Jackets.
Claude Giroux4All with Philadelphia Flyers.
Mike Green4All with Detroit Red Wings.
Alan Quine4All with New York Islanders.
Dennis Seidenberg4All with New York Islanders.
Justin Williams43 with Washington Capitals, 1 with Carolina Hurricanes.
Marek Zidlicky4All with New York Islanders.
Viktor Arvidsson3All with Nashville Predators.
Aleksander Barkov3All with Florida Panthers.
Paul Byron3All with Montreal Canadiens.
Logan Couture3All with San Jose Sharks.
Evgenii Dadonov3All with Florida Panthers.
Leon Draisaitl3All with Edmonton Oilers.
Kevin Fiala3All with Nashville Predators.
Alex Galchenyuk3All with Montreal Canadiens.
Brendan Gallagher3All with Montreal Canadiens.
Ron Hainsey3All with Carolina Hurricanes.
Taylor Hall3All with New Jersey Devils.
Patrick Kane3All with Chicago Blackhawks.
William Karlsson31 with Columbus Blue Jackets, 2 with Vegas Golden Knights.
Nikita Kucherov3All with Tampa Bay Lightning.
Tom Kuhnhackl31 with Pittsburgh Penguins, 2 with New York Islanders.
Hampus Lindholm3All with Anaheim Ducks.
Adam Lowry3All with Winnipeg Jets.
Anthony Mantha3All with Detroit Red Wings.
J.T. Miller32 with Tampa Bay Lightning, 1 with Vancouver Canucks.
Jeff Petry3All with Montreal Canadiens.
Alexander Radulov3All with Dallas Stars.
Bryan Rust3All with Pittsburgh Penguins.
Bobby Ryan3All with Ottawa Senators.
Zack Smith3All with Ottawa Senators.
Ryan Spooner3All with Boston Bruins.
Mark Stone3All with Ottawa Senators.
Keith Yandle3All with Florida Panthers.
Travis Zajac3All with New Jersey Devils.
Josh Anderson2All with Columbus Blue Jackets.
Artem Anisimov2All with Chicago Blackhawks.
Nicklas Backstrom2All with Washington Capitals.
Kieffer Bellows2All with New York Islanders.
Oliver Bjorkstrand2All with Columbus Blue Jackets.
Nick Bjugstad2All with Florida Panthers.
Derick Brassard21 with Ottawa Senators, 1 with new York islanders.
J.T. Brown2All with Tampa Bay Lightning.
Andre Burakovsky2All with Washington Capitals.
Filip Chytil2All with New York Rangers.
Brett Connolly21 with Boston Bruins, 1 with Washington Capitals.
Nick Cousins21 with Philadelphia Flyers, 1 with Arizona Coyotes.
Sidney Crosby2All with Pittsburgh Penguins.
Matt Cullen21 with Pittsburgh Penguins, 1 with Minnesota Wild.
Michael Dal Colle2Al with New York Islanders.
Trevor Daley21 with Pittsburgh Penguins, 1 with Detroit Red Wings.
Danny Dekeyser2All with Detroit Red Wings.
Brandon Dubinsky2All with Columbus Blue Jackets.
Ryan Dzingel2All with Ottawa Senators.
Justin Faulk2All with Carolina Hurricanes.
Nick Foligno2All with Columbus Blue Jackets.
Tanner Fritz2All with New York Islanders.
Martin Frk2All with Detroit Red Wings.
Brian Gionta2All with Buffalo Sabres.
Zemgus Girgensons2All with Buffalo Sabres.
Luke Glendening2All with Detroit Red Wings.
Kevin Hayes2All with New York Rangers.
Victor Hedman2All with Tampa Bay Lightning.
Josh Ho-Sang2All with New York Islanders.
Mike Hoffman21 with Ottawa Senators, 1 with Florida Panthers
Nick Holden21 with Colorado Avalanche, 1 with New York Rangers.
Patric Hornqvist2All with Pittsburgh Penguins.
Jonathan Huberdeau2All with Florida Panthers.
Quinn Hughes2All with Vancouver Canucks.
Ben Hutton21 with Vancouver Canucks, 1 with Los Angeles Kings.
Ryan Johansen2All with Nashville Predators.
Noah Juulsen2All with Montreal Canadiens.
Evander Kane2All with Buffalo Sabres.
Alexander Kerfoot2All with Colorado Avalanche.
Leo Komarov2All with New York Islanders.
Travis Konecny2All with Philadelphia Flyers.
Chris Kreider2All with New York Rangers.
Kris Letang2Allwith Pittsburgh Penguins.
Esa Lindell2All with Dallas Stars.
Bryan Little2All with Winnipeg Jets.
Milan Lucic21 with Los Angeles Kings, 1 with Edmonton Oilers.
Brad Marchand2All with Boston Bruins.
Mitchell Marner2All with Toronto Maple Leafs.
Auston Matthews2All with Toronto Maple Leafs.
Connor McDavid1With Edmonton Oilers.
Matt Moulson2All with Buffalo Sabres.
Riley Nash2All with Boston Bruins.
Valeri Nichushkin2All with Dallas Stars.
Nino Niederreiter2All with Minnesota Wild.
Matt Niskanen2All with Washington Capitals.
Dmitry Orlov2All with Washington Capitals.
T.J. Oshie2All with Washington Capitals.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau2All with Ottawa Senators.
Kyle Palmieri2All with New Jersey Devils.
Artemi Panarin2All with Chicago Blackhawks.
Zach Parise2All with Minnesota Wild.
Nolan Patrick2All with Philadelphia Flyers.
Joe Pavelski2All with San Jose Sharks.
Tyler Pitlick2All with Dallas Stars.
Shane Prince2All with New York Islanders.
Michael Raffl2All with Philadelphia Flyers.
Derek Ryan2All with Carolina Hurricanes.
Brandon Saad21 with Columbus Blue Jackets, 1 with Chicago Blackhawks.
Tim Schaller21 with Boston Bruins, 1 with Vancouver Canucks.
Damon Severson2All with New Jersey Devils.
Conor Sheary2All with Pittsburgh Penguins.
Wayne Simmonds2All with Philadelphia Flyers.
Jeff Skinner2All with Carolina Hurricanes.
Daniel Sprong2All with Pittsburgh Penguins.
Marc Staal2All with New York Rangers.
Lee Stempniak2All with Carolina Hurricanes.
Vladimir Tarasenko2All with St. Louis Blues.
Matthew Tkachuk2All with Calgary Flames.
Devon Toews2All with New York Islanders.
James van Riemsdyk2All with Toronto Maple Leafs.
Jimmy Vesey2All with New York Rangers.
Shea Weber2All with Montreal Canadiens.
Tom Wilson2All with Washington Capitals.
Miles Wood2All with New Jersey Devils.
Henrik Zetterberg2All with Detroit Red Wings.
Jason Zucker2All with Minnesota Wild.
Justin Abdelkader1With Detroit Red Wings.
Noel Acciari1With Boston Bruins.
Sebastian Aho1With Carolina Hurricanes.
Sebastian Aho (2)1With New York Islanders.
Joel Armia1With Montreal Canadiens.
Cole Bardeau1With New York Islanders.
Nathan Beaulieu1With Montreal Canadiens.
Jamie Benn1With Dallas Stars.
Steve Bernier1With New York Islanders.
Joseph Blandisi1With New Jersey Devil.
Mikkel Boedker1With Arizona Coyotes.
Brian Boyle1With Tampa Bay Lightning.
Tyler Bozak1With Toronto Maple Leafs.
Kyle Brodziak1With St. Louis Blues.
Dustin Byfuglien1With Winnipeg Jets.
Ryan Callahan1With Tampa Bay Lightning.
John Carlson1With Washington Capitals.
Jeff Carter1With Los Angeles Kings.
Cody Ceci1With Ottawa Senators.
Thomas Chabot1With Ottawa Senators.
Anthony Cirelli1With Tampa Bay Lightning.
Fredrik Claesson1With New York Rangers.
Kyle Clifford1With Los Angeles Kings.
Joe Colborne1With Colorado Avalanche.
Blake Comeau1With Colorado Avalanche.
J.T. Compher1With Colorado Avalanche.
Sean Couturier1With Philadelphia Flyers.
Charlie Coyle1With Minnesota Wild.
Phillip Danault1With Montreal Canadiens.
Pavel Datsyuk1With Detroit Red Wings.
Jake DeBrusk1With Boston Bruins.
Jason Demers1With Florida Panthers.
Jason Dickinson1With Dallas Stars.
Max Domi1With Montreal Canadiens.
Drew Doughty1With Los Angeles Kings.
Nick Dowd1With Washington Capitals.
Jonathan Drouin1With Montreal Canadiens.
Pierre-Luc Dubois1With Columbus Blue Jackets.
Matt Duchene1With Ottawa Senators.
Anthony Duclair1With Arizona Coyotes.
Nikolaj Ehlers1With Winnipeg Jets.
Jack Eichel1With Buffalo Sabres.
Aaron Ekblad1With Florida Panthers.
Mattias Ekholm1With Nashville Predators.
Remi Elie1With Dallas Stars.
Lars Eller1With Washington Capitals.
Tyler Ennis1With Minnesota Wild.
Joel Eriksson Ek1With Minnesota Wild.
Robby Fabbri1With St. Louis Blues.
Oscar Fantenberg1With Los Angeles Kings.
Vernon Fiddler1With Dallas Stars.
Tomas Fleischmann1With Montreal Canadiens.
Filip Forsberg1With Nashville Predators.
Cam Fowler1With Anaheim Ducks.
Sam Gagner1With Philadelphia Flyers.
Jake Gardiner1With Toronto Maple Leafs.
Ryan Getzlaf1With Anaheim Ducks.
Stephen Gionta1With New York Islanders.
Nikolay Goldobin1With San Jose Sharks.
Shayne Gostisbehere1With Philadelphia Flyers.
Michael Grabner1With Toronto Maple Leafs.
Markus Granlund1With Vancouver Canucks.
Mikael Granlund1With Minnesota Wild.
Denis Gurianov1With Dallas Stars.
Carl Hagelin1With Anaheim Ducks.
Robert Hagg1With Philadelphia Flyers.
Noah Hanifin1With Carolina Hurricanes.
Martin Hanzal1With Arizona Coyotes.
Danton Heinen1With Boston Bruins.
Darren Helm1With Detroit Red Wings.
Adam Henrique1With New Jersey Devil.
Tomas Hertl1With San Jose Sharks.
Roope Hintz1With Dallas Stars.
Bo Horvat1With Vancouver Canucks.
Marian Hossa1With Chicago Blackhawks.
Charles Hudon1With Montreal Canadiens.
Zach Hyman1With Toronto Maple Leafs.
Alex Iafallo1With Los Angeles Kings.
Jarome Iginla1With Colorado Avalanche.
Mark Jankowski1With Calgary Flames.
Calle Jarnkrok1With Nashville Predators.
Boone Jenner1With Columbus Blue Jackets.
Erik Johnson1With Colorado Avalanche.
Tyler Johnson1With Tampa Bay Lightning.
Ross Johnston1With New York Islanders.
Roman Josi1With Nashville Predators.
Nazem Kadri1With Toronto Maple Leafs.
Melker Karlsson1With San Jose Sharks.
Ondrej Kase1With Anaheim Ducks.
Mario Kempe1With Arizona Coyotes.
Joonas Kemppainen1With Boston Bruins.
Phil Kessel1With Pittsburgh Penguins.
Alex Killorn1With Tampa Bay Lightning.
John Klingberg1With Dallas Stars.
Anze Kopitar1With Los Angeles Kings.
David Krejci1With Boston Bruins.
Evgeny Kuznetsov1With Washington Capitals.
Gabriel Landeskog1With Colorado Avalanche.
Scott Laughton1With Philadelphia Flyers.
Taylor Leier1With Philadelphia Flyers.
Brendan Leipsic1With Vancouver Canucks.
Trevor Lewis1With Los Angeles Kings.
Elias Lindholm1With Carolina Hurricanes.
Nathan MacKinnon1With Colorado Avalanche.
Brandon Manning1With Philadelphia Flyers.
Josh Manson1With Anaheim Ducks.
Jonathan Marchessault1With Vegas Golden Knights.
Patrick Maroon1With Edmonton Oilers.
Mike Matheson1With Florida Panthers.
Jared McCann1With Pittsburgh Penguins.
Ryan McDonagh1With Tampa Bay Lightning.
Brock McGinn1With Carolina Hurricanes.
Evgeny Medvedev1With Philadelphia Flyers.
Colin Miller1With Vegas Golden Knights.
Sean Monahan1With Calgary Flames.
John Moore1With Boston Bruins.
Vladislav Namestnikov1With Tampa Bay Lightning.
James Neal1With Nashville Predators.
Joakim Nordstrom1With Carolina Hurricanes.
Tomas Nosek1With Vegas Golden Knights.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins1With Edmonton Oilers.
William Nylander1With Toronto Maple Leafs.
Gustav Nyquist1With Detroit Red Wings.
Richard Panik1With Chicago Blackhawks.
David Pastrnak1With Boston Bruins.
Mathieu Perreault1With Winnipeg Jets.
David Perron1With St. Louis Blues.
Brayden Point1With Tampa Bay Lightning.
Jason Pominville1With Minnesota Wild.
Tucker Poolman1With Winnipeg Jets.
Ivan Provorov1With Philadelphia Flyers.
Tom Pyatt1With Ottawa Senators.
Rickard Rakell1With Anaheim Ducks.
Victor Rask1With Carolina Hurricanes.
Matt Read1With Philadelphia Flyers.
Sam Reinhart1With Buffalo Sabres.
Brad Richards1With Detroit Red Wings.
Brad Richardson1With Arizona Coyotes.
Evan Rodrigues1With Buffalo Sabres.
David Savard1With Columbus Blue Jackets.
Mark Scheifele1With Winnipeg Jets.
Nate Schmidt1With Washington Capitals.
Justin Schultz1With Pittsburgh Penguins.
Brent Seabrook1With Chicago Blackhawks.
Daniel Sedin1With Vancouver Canucks.
Tyler Seguin1With Dallas Stars.
Mikhail Sergachev1With Tampa Bay Lightning.
Patrick Sharp1With Dallas Stars.
Kevin Shattenkirk1With St. Louis Blues.
Dominik Simon1With Pittsburgh Penguins.
Craig Smith1With Nashville Predators.
Reilly Smith1With Florida Panthers.
Carl Soderberg1With Colorado Avalanche.
Nikita Soshnikov1With Toronto Maple Leafs.
Jason Spezza1With Dallas Stars.
Viktor Stalberg1With New York Rangers.
Steven Stamkos1With Tampa Bay Lightning.
Brian Strait1With New York Islanders.
Oskar Sundqvist1With Pittsburgh Penguins.
Teuvo Teravainen1With Carolina Hurricanes.
Chris Terry1With Carolina Hurricanes.
Tyler Toffoli1With Los Angeles Kings.
Vincent Trocheck1With Florida Panthers.
Jacob Trouba1With Winnipeg Jets.
Alex Tuch1With Vegas Golden Knights.
R.J. Umberger1With Philadelphia Flyers.
Trevor van Riemsdyk1With Carolina Hurricanes.
Thomas Vanek1With Vancouver Canucks.
Frank Vatrano1With Florida Panthers.
Jake Virtanen1With Vancouver Canucks.
Jakub Voracek1With Philadelphia Flyers.
Radim Vrbata1With Arizona Coyotes.
Joel Ward1With San Jose Sharks.
Austin Watson1With Nashville Predators.
JordanWeal1With Montreal Canadiens.
Nikita Zaitsev1With Toronto Maple Leafs.
Mats Zuccarello1With New York Rangers.