First NHL Goals/Wins - 2023–24

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For all the players who scored their first career goals this year!

Updated through May 1

Spoiler: List of Goal Scorers

.	dd/mm/yy - Player (For) vs. (Against)
01.	11/10/23 - Connor Bedard (CHI) vs. (BOS)
02.	12/10/23 - Brock Faber (MIN) vs. (FLA)
03.	12/10/23 - Brayden Pachal (VGK) vs. (SJS)
04.	14/10/23 - Marco Rossi (MIN) vs. (TOR)
05.	14/10/23 - David Jiricek (CBJ) vs. (NYR)
06.	14/10/23 - Matt Coronato (CGY) vs. (PIT)
07.	14/10/23 - Will Cuylle (NYR) vs. (CBJ)
08.	14/10/23 - Thomas Bordeleau (SJS) vs. (COL)
09.	15/10/23 - Pavel Mintyukov (ANA) vs. (CAR)
10.	16/10/23 - Matthew Phillips (WSH) vs. (CGY)
11.	17/10/23 - Egor Zamula (PHI) vs. (VAN)
12.	17/10/23 - Kaedan Korczak (VGK) vs. (DAL)
13.	19/10/23 - Leo Carlsson (ANA) vs. (DAL)
14.	19/10/23 - Tye Kartye* (SEA) vs. (CAR)
15.	21/10/23 - Matthew Knies** (TOR) vs. (TBL)
16.	21/10/23 - Adam Fantilli (CBJ) vs. (MIN)
17.	21/10/23 - Alex Laferriere (LAK) vs. (BOS)
18.	22/10/23 - Matthew Poitras (BOS) vs. (ANA)
19.	26/10/23 - Bobby Brink (PHI) vs. (MIN)
20.	29/10/23 - Vincent Desharnais (EDM) vs. (CGY)
21.	30/10/23 - Dmitri Voronkov (CBJ) vs. (DAL)
22.	31/10/23 - Andreas Englund (LAK) vs. (TOR)
23.	01/11/23 - Brandon Biro (BUF) vs. (PHI)
24.	01/11/23 - Connor Zary (CGY) vs. (DAL)
25.	01/11/23 - Logan Cooley (ARI) vs. (ANA)
26.	03/11/23 - Louie Belpedio (PHI) vs. (BUF)
27.	04/11/23 - Martin Pospisil (CGY) vs. (SEA)
28.	06/11/23 - John Beecher (BOS) vs. (DAL)
29.	06/11/23 - Mason Lohrei (BOS) vs. (DAL)
30.	09/11/23 - Kevin Korchinski (CHI) vs. (TBL)
31.	10/11/23 - Uvis Balinskis (FLA) vs. (CAR)
32.	18/11/23 - James Hamblin (EDM) vs. (TBL)
33.	22/11/23 - Zach Benson (BUF) vs. (WSH)
34.	22/11/23 - Alexander Alexeyev (WSH) vs. (BUF)
35.	24/11/23 - Spencer Stastney (NSH) vs. (STL)
36.	25/11/23 - Ty Emberson (SJS) vs. (VAN)
37.	30/11/23 - Tristan Jarry (PIT) vs. (TBL)
38.	30/11/23 - Tristan Luneau (ANA) vs. (WSH)
39.	07/12/23 - Jacob Bernard-Docker (OTT) vs. (TOR)
40.	07/12/23 - Simon Nemec (NJD) vs. (SEA)
41.	09/12/23 - Jayden Struble (MTL) vs. (BUF)
42.	11/12/23 - Michael Kesselring (ARI) vs. (BUF)
43.	13/12/23 - Sam Malinski (COL) vs. (BUF)
44.	15/12/23 - Adam Edstrom (NYR) vs. (ANA)
45.	16/12/23 - Bobby McMann (TOR) vs. (PIT)
46.	19/12/23 - Angus Crookshank (OTT) vs. (ARI)
47.	21/12/23 - Nick DeSimone (CGY) vs. (ANA)
48.	27/12/23 - Valtteri Puustinen (PIT) vs. (NYI)
49.	06/01/24 - Vasily Ponomarev (CAR) vs. (WSH)
50.	09/01/24 - Henry Thrun (SJS) vs. (TOR)
51.	16/01/24 - Jason Polin (COL) vs. (OTT)
52.	17/01/24 - Joshua Roy (MTL) vs. (NJD)
53.	18/01/24 - Waltteri Merela (TBL) vs. (MIN)
54.	20/01/24 - Jackson LaCombe (ANA) vs. (SJS)
55.	20/01/24 - Brendan Brisson (VGK) vs. (PIT)
56.	23/01/24 - Sheldon Rempal (VGK) vs. (NYI)
57.	25/01/24 - Urho Vaakanainen (ANA) vs. (DAL)
58.	25/01/24 - Mitchell Chaffee (TBL) vs. (ARI)
59.	31/01/24 - Alex Turcotte (LAK) vs. (NSH)
60.	05/02/24 - Kyle MacLean (NYI) vs. (TOR)
61.	13/02/24 - Brandon Gignac (MTL) vs. (ANA)
62.	14/02/24 - John Ludvig (PIT) vs. (FLA)
63.	17/02/24 - Brandt Clarke (LAK) vs. (BOS)
64.	17/02/24 - Declan Chisholm (MIN) vs. (BUF)
65.	19/02/24 - Justin Brazeau (BOS) vs. (DAL)
66.	19/02/24 - Mason Morelli (VGK) vs. (SJS)
67.	24/02/24 - Zack Bolduc (STL) vs. (DET)
68.	24/02/24 - Matt Rempe (NYR) vs. (PHI)
69.	26/02/24 - Logan Stankoven (DAL) vs. (NYI)
70.	02/03/24 - Jonathan Gruden (PIT) vs. (CGY)
71.	06/03/24 - Jean-Luc Foudy (COL) vs. (DET)
72.	07/03/24 - Ivan Miroshnichenko (WSH) vs. (PIT)
73.	07/03/24 - Jacob Moverare (LAK) vs. (OTT)
74.	22/03/24 - Ryker Evans (SEA) vs. (ARI)
75.	26/03/24 - Josh Doan (ARI) vs. (CBJ)
76.	31/03/24 - Olen Zellweger (ANA) vs. (VAN)
77.	04/04/24 - Ryan Shea (PIT) vs. (WSH)
78.	04/04/24 - Akil Thomas (LAK) vs. (SJS)
79.	06/04/24 - Olle Lycksell (PHI) vs. (CBJ)
80.	06/04/24 - Adam Ginning (PHI) vs. (CBJ)
81.	07/04/24 - Matthew Kessel (STL) vs. (ANA)
82.	10/04/24 - Landon Slaggert (CHI) vs. (STL)
83.	12/04/24 - Marat Khusnutdinov (MIN) vs. (VGK)
84.	12/04/24 - Sam Colangelo (ANA) vs. (CGY)
85.	13/04/24 - James Malatesta (CBJ) vs. (NSH)
86.	13/04/24 - Liam Ohgren (MIN) vs. (SJS)
87.	14/04/24 - Frank Nazar (CHI) vs. (CAR)
88.	16/04/24 - Luca Del Bel Belluz (CBJ) vs. (CAR)
89.	16/04/24 - Jiri Smejkal (OTT) vs. (BOS)
90.	18/04/24 - Adam Klapka (CGY) vs. (SJS)
91.	18/04/24 - Nikita Chibrikov (WPG) vs. (VAN)

*This was Kartye's first regular season goal. He had previously scored his first NHL goal in the playoffs on April 26, 2023.
**This was Knies' first regular season goal. He had previously scored his first NHL goal in the playoffs on May 2, 2023.

Spoiler: Team Tallies

Team	For	Against	+/-
Anaheim	7	6	+1
Arizona	3	3	0
Boston	4	4	0
Buffalo	2	6	-4
Calgary	5	4	+1
Carolina	1	5	-4
Chicago	4	0	+4
Colorado	3	1	+2
Columbus	5	3	+2
Dallas	1	8	-7
Detroit	0	2	-2
Edmonton	2	0	+2
Florida	1	2	-1
Los Angeles	6	0	+6
Minnesota	5	3	+2
Montreal	3	0	+3
Nashville	1	2	-1
New Jersey	1	1	0
NY Islanders	1	3	-2
NY Rangers	3	1	+2
Ottawa	3	2	+1
Philadelphia	5	2	+3
Pittsburgh	5	4	+1
St. Louis	1	3	-2
San Jose	3	6	-3
Seattle	2	2	0
Tampa Bay	2	4	-2
Toronto	2	5	-3
Vancouver	0	4	-4
Vegas	5	1	+4
Washington	3	4	-1
Winnipeg	1	0	+1
TOTAL	91

Goal Watch!
Top 5 players without a goal, by GP:
-. Gustav Olofsson (D) - SEA - 63 GP
4. Casey Fitzgerald (D) - FLA - 63 GP
3. Scott Perunovich (D) - STL - 73 GP
2. Colton White (D) - ANA - 84 GP
1. William Lagesson (D) - ANA - 100 GP

The longest goal drought to start a career belongs to David Hale, who went 231 games before scoring a goal, back in 2008.
The most games in an NHL career without scoring a goal is Steven Halko, who played 155 games before calling it a career in 2003, without a single goal.

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Extra stats to track:

Spoiler: Hat Tricks

Hat tricks

dd/mm/yy - Player (For) vs. (Against)

30/10/23 - Michael Carcone (ARI) vs. (CHI)

09/11/23 - Charlie Coyle (BOS) vs. (NYI)

10/11/23 - Leo Carlsson (ANA) vs. (PHI)

24/11/23 - Jason Dickinson (CHI) vs. (TOR)

30/11/23 - Connor Dewar (MIN) vs. (NSH)

30/11/23 - Tom Wilson (WSH) vs. (ANA)

17/12/23 - Adam Henrique (ANA) vs. (NJD)

20/01/24 - Logan O'Connor (COL) vs. (PHI)

20/01/24 - Danton Heinen (BOS) vs. (MTL)

08/02/24 - Martin Necas (CAR) vs. (COL)

10/02/24 - MacKenzie Weegar (CGY) vs. (NYI)

13/02/24 - Bobby McMann (TOR) vs. (STL)

29/02/24 - Morgan Geekie (BOS) vs. (VGK)

02/03/24 - Cody Glass (NSH) vs. (COL)

04/03/24 - Alex Nylander (CBJ) vs. (VGK)

05/03/24 - Wyatt Johnston (DAL) vs. (SJS)

06/03/24 - Cale Makar (COL) vs. (DET)

10/03/24 - Colin Blackwell (CHI) vs. (ARI)

22/03/24 - Sonny Milano (WSH) vs. (CAR)

28/03/24 - Logan Cooley (ARI) vs. (NSH)

30/03/24 - Alexis Lafreniere (NYR) vs. (ARI)

04/04/24 - Gabe Vilardi (WPG) vs. (CGY)

06/04/24 - William Eklund (SJS) vs. (STL)

09/04/24 - Juraj Slafkovsky (MTL) vs. (PHI)

28/04/24 - Valeri Nichushkin (COL) vs. (WPG)

Spoiler: Wins

Wins

dd/mm/yy - Player (For) vs. (Against)

25/10/23 - Hunter Shepard (WSH) vs. (NJD)

07/11/23 - Matt Tomkins (TBL) vs. (MTL)

08/12/23 - Jet Greaves (CBJ) vs. (STL)

30/12/23 - Yaroslav Askarov (NSH) vs. (WSH)

09/03/24 - Magnus Chrona (SJS) vs. (OTT)

06/04/24 - Devin Cooley (SJS) vs. (STL)

07/04/24 - Jesper Wallstedt (MIN) vs. (CHI)

Spoiler: Shutouts

Shutouts

dd/mm/yy - Player (For) vs. (Against)

26/10/23 - Joel Hofer (STL) vs. (CGY)

29/10/23 - Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF) vs. (COL)

12/12/23 - Joey Daccord (SEA) vs. (FLA)

08/01/24 - Matt Murray (DAL) vs. (MIN)

13/02/24 - Cayden Primeau (MTL) vs. (ANA)

29/02/24 - Justus Annunen (COL) vs. (CHI)

21/03/24 - Lukas Dostal (ANA) vs. (CHI)

07/04/24 - Jesper Wallstedt (MIN) vs. (CHI)

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Spoiler: Playoff Goals

Playoff Goals

dd/mm/yy - Player (For) vs. (Against)

20/04/24 - Kyle MacLean (NYI) vs. (CAR)

20/04/24 - John Beecher (BOS) vs. (TOR)

20/04/24 - Trent Frederic (BOS) vs. (TOR)

21/04/24 - Matt Rempe (NYR) vs. (WSH)

21/04/24 - Martin Fehervary (WSH) vs. (NYR)

21/04/24 - Casey Mittelstadt (COL) vs. (WPG)

21/04/24 - Pius Suter (VAN) vs. (NSH)

21/04/24 - Dakota Joshua (VAN) vs. (NSH)

22/04/24 - Mikey Anderson (LAK) vs. (EDM)

23/04/24 - Connor McMichael (WSH) vs. (NYR)

23/04/24 - Jack Roslovic (NYR) vs. (WSH)

23/04/24 - David Gustafsson (WPG) vs. (COL)

23/04/24 - Kiefer Sherwood (NSH) vs. (VAN)

24/04/24 - Noah Hanifin (VGK) vs. (DAL)

24/04/24 - Dylan Holloway (EDM) vs. (LAK)

25/04/24 - Steven Lorentz (FLA) vs. (TBL)

26/04/24 - Luke Evangelista (NSH) vs. (VAN)

28/04/24 - Mark Jankowski (NSH) vs. (VAN)

28/04/24 - Hendrix Lapierre (WPG) vs. (NYR)

29/04/24 - Niko Mikkola (FLA) vs. (TBL)

30/04/24 - Jake McCabe (TOR) vs. (BOS)

30/04/24 - Mike Reilly (NYI) vs. (CAR)

30/04/24 - Jack Drury (CAR) vs. (NYI)

30/04/24 - Alexandre Carrier (NSH) vs. (VAN)

01/05/24 - Alex Laferriere (LAK) vs. (EDM)

01/05/24 - Blake Lizotte (LAK) vs. (EDM)

Spoiler: Playoff Hat Tricks

Playoff Hat tricks

dd/mm/yy - Player (For) vs. (Against)

22/04/24 - Zach Hyman (EDM) vs. (LAK)

28/04/24 - Valeri Nichushkin (COL) vs. (WPG)

28/04/24 - Brock Boeser (VAN) vs. (NSH)

Spoiler: Playoff Wins

Playoff Wins

dd/mm/yy - Player (For) vs. (Against)

22/04/24 - Logan Thompson (VGK) vs. (DAL)

26/04/24 - Casey DeSmith (VAN) vs. (NSH)

28/04/24 - Arturs Silovs (VAN) vs. (NSH)

Spoiler: Playoff Shutouts

Playoff Shutouts

dd/mm/yy - Player (For) vs. (Against)

28/04/24 - Stuart Skinner (EDM) vs. (LAK)

 

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Another year!

Will try to update each day - feel free to post videos or gifs of the goals.




Last year Montreal topped the League with 8 first-goals, while Buffalo had the most scored against them with 6.

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Update on the Goal Watch, to start the season:

We ended last season with a top 5 of​

5. Casey Fitzgerald (D) - FLA - 63 GP​

4. Carl Dahlstrom (D) - TOR - 67 GP​

3. Urho Vaakanainen (D) - ANA - 68 GP​

2. Andreas Englund (D) - CHI - 80 GP​

1. Colton White (D) - ANA - 84 GP​

And start this year with a top 5 of​

5. Gustav Olofsson (D) - SEA - 62 GP​

4. Casey Fitzgerald (D) - FLA - 63 GP​

3. Urho Vaakanainen (D) - ANA - 68 GP​

2. Andreas Englund (D) - LAK - 80 GP​

1. Colton White (D) - ANA - 84 GP​

Carl Dahlstrom signed with Farjsted BK of the SHL this off-season, so comes off our list with Seattle's Gustav Olofsson stepping into the top 5 instead. And Andreas Englund signed with Los Angeles as a free agent this season, leaving Chicago.

Of our starting Top 5, only Urho Vaakainen (ANA) and Andreas Englund (LAK) made their teams' opening night roster, so expect those two to either crack their goose egg or climb the list a little faster than the others.


Just off the board is Toronto's William Lagesson at 60GP, to start the season, though he did not make his team's opening roster. The player closest on deck and on an active NHL roster to start the season is Edmonton's 7th place Markus Niemelainen, with 43GP.

 

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Thanks for doing this, good to see every year.

 

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Thanks for doing this, good to see every year.

Not a problem!
Cool to see all the names go down on paper each year - whether it's a journeyman scoring his first goal in what may be his last NHL game, or a goal to kick off a 20 year career of a future hall of famer!

 

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11/10/23 - Connor Bedard (CHI) vs. (BOS)


Is there not a more appropriate start to the season than Connor Bedard kicking off our scoring???

 

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12/10/23 - Brock Faber (MIN) vs. (FLA)
12/10/23 - Brayden Pachal (VGK) vs. (SJS)

 

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14/10/23 - Marco Rossi (MIN) vs. (TOR)
14/10/23 - David Jiricek (CBJ) vs. (NYR)
14/10/23 - Matt Coronato (CGY) vs. (PIT)
14/10/23 - Will Cuylle (NYR) vs. (CBJ)
14/10/23 - Thomas Bordeleau (SJS) vs. (COL)

Busy night!

 

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15/10/23 - Pavel Mintyukov (ANA) vs. (CAR)

 

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16/10/23 - Matthew Phillips (WSH) vs. (CGY)

 

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17/10/23 - Egor Zamula (PHI) vs. (VAN)
17/10/23 - Kaedan Korczak (VGK) vs. (DAL)

 

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19/10/23 - Leo Carlsson (ANA) vs. (DAL)
19/10/23 - Tye Kartye* (SEA) vs. (CAR)
*This was Kartye's first regular season goal. He had previously scored his first NHL goal in the playoffs on April 26, 2023.



Also, Andreas Englund played in his 84th game, tying him for top spot without a goal.

 

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21/10/2023 - Matthew Knies* (TOR) vs. (TBL)
21/10/2023 - Adam Fantilli (CBJ) vs. (MIN)
21/10/2023 - Alex Laferriere (LAK) vs. (BOS)
*This was Knies' first regular season goal. He had previously scored his first NHL goal in the playoffs on May 2, 2023.



Andreas Englund takes the lead for most GP without a goal with his 85th goalless game.

 

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22/10/2023 - Matthew Poitras (BOS) vs. (ANA)

 

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25/10/23 - Hunter Shepard (WSH) vs. (NJD) W


Unless I missed something, that's our first First Win of the year!

 

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26/10/23 - Bobby Brink (PHI) vs. (MIN)



26/10/23 - Joel Hofer (STL) vs. (CGY) SO

 

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29/10/23 - Vincent Desharnais (EDM) vs. (CGY)



29/10/23 - Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF) vs. (COL) SO

 

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30/10/23 - Dmitri Voronkov (CBJ) vs. (DAL)

30/10/23 - Michael Carcone (ARI) vs. (CHI) HT

 

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31/10/23 - Andreas Englund (LAK) vs. (TOR)


Englund scores his first goal in his 89th game to knock himself off the top of our list, and making Anaheim's Colton White our games played leader once again!

Conveniently, in the same game last night, Toronto's William Lagesson played in his 62nd game to fill in the top 5, tied with Seattle's Gustav Olofsson.

In the wings (not hoping to crack the top 5) is Edmonton's Markus Niemelainen with 43GP, though he has yet to play this year.

 

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1/11/23 - Brandon Biro (BUF) vs. (PHI)
1/11/23 - Connor Zary (CGY) vs. (DAL)
1/11/23 - Logan Cooley (ARI) vs. (ANA)

 

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3/11/23 - Louie Belpedio (PHI) vs. (BUF)

 

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4/11/23 - Martin Pospisil (CGY) vs. (SEA)

 

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6/11/23 - John Beecher (BOS) vs. (DAL)
6/11/23 - Mason Lohrei (BOS) vs. (DAL)

 

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07/11/23 - Matt Tomkins (TBL) vs. (MTL) W


He doesn't go down as the goaltender on record for it, but stick tap to Magnus Hellberg who came in for relief of Tristan Jarry and held the shutout for what would've been the first of his career