Longest Goal Droughts in terms of TIME (not GP)?

[NyQuil]

Just popping in to say that this is a pretty interesting thread that I can’t remember seeing before, thanks for all the responses, and well done OP.

 

[Jeremy Hronek]

Nichuskin didn't score from March 5th 2016 to November 23rd 2019.

 

[NyQuil]

Nichuskin didn't score from March 5th 2016 to November 23rd 2019.

1,358 days.

 

[1989]

Cool trivia in the thread so far but it would be more interesting if the player in question played consecutively throughout the drought in the NHL as opposed to hiatus, injury, retirement, or playing in other leagues.

I liked the Brodeur one even though it's almost too obvious that it was a goalie record.

 

[LuckyDay]

The Lemieux record makes me think of the great player who came back after retirement: Lafleur.
What is his count?

And, of course there's the WHA counts, Bobby Hull comes to mind. Did he score in his return to the NHL?

Other records would be players who have returned from long term injury and holdouts: Pavel Bure who was probably both; Jimmy Carson was at least a year. Igor Larionov played a season in Switzerland after the Canucks only to sign with the Sharks when he came back. There's not any scoring forwards like Sean Burke who became a free agent in his long term holdout.

There's also cases of players who became career minor leaguers, especially defensemen, who were called up early in their careers and came back to the NHL after almost a decade and being forgotten.

 

[Twinsmagic]

Interesting thread, what about in terms of games played instead of days?

 

[TheAngryHank]

Not the longest but Scott Gomez had a 369 days goal scoring drought.

Considering he was a #2C at the time still, it was quite the drought. There was also a website made to track the progress, didscottgomezscore

That was hilarious

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

I thought this was a Connor Brown thread

 

[thewookie1]

Ville Leino scored zero goals 1 entire season and then left the league altogether. The season prior, he played a mere 8 games in March and had 2 goals in one game which also was his last game that season. So the last time he scored an NHL goal was 3/30/13 against the Capitals.

While not exactly what the thread was referring too, it’s truly a baffling stat.

 

[JianYang]

Not the longest but Scott Gomez had a 369 days goal scoring drought.

Considering he was a #2C at the time still, it was quite the drought. There was also a website made to track the progress, didscottgomezscore

Yep, it's a wonder he scored over 30 goals in a season. His shot was an absolute muffin.

 

[njdevils1982]

where is david hale?

 

[alko]

Guy Lafleur

Oct 25, 84 - Oct 16, 88 => 1452 days

Mikhail Grigorenko

Apr 4, 17 - Jan 23, 21 => 1390 days

Alexander Radulov

Apr 14, 08 - Mar 22, 12 => 1438 days

Apr 20, 12 - Oct 18, 16 => 1642 days

 

[BB79]

Ville Leino scored zero goals 1 entire season and then left the league altogether. The season prior, he played a mere 8 games in March and had 2 goals in one game which also was his last game that season. So the last time he scored an NHL goal was 3/30/13 against the Capitals.

While not exactly what the thread was referring too, it’s truly a baffling stat.

That guy had such a weird career in the NHL. He had that one good year (10-11, not even the year they went to the Final) with the Flyers and that's really it. Despite that, he has a few NHL playoff records:

• NHL – Most points in the Stanley Cup playoffs by a rookie, 21 (2010) (tied with Dino Ciccarelli and Jake Guentzel)
• NHL – most assists in the Stanley Cup playoffs by a rookie, 14 (2010)
• NHL – most assists in the Stanley Cup Finals by a rookie, 6 (2010)

 

[pnep]

Does anyone know who had the longest goal drought in terms of days passed between goals,

Fred Hucul Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Salary, Title | Hockey-Reference.com

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11	1953-01-11	CBH	@	BOS	2	16:57	EV	Goal by Fred Hucul, assisted by Bill Mosienko and Cal Gardner

2	1967-10-18	STL		PHI	2	05:58	PP	Goal by Fred Hucul, assisted by Gerry Melnyk and Ron Stewart

 

[NyQuil]

Fred Hucul Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Salary, Title | Hockey-Reference.com

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11	1953-01-11	CBH	@	BOS	2	16:57	EV	Goal by Fred Hucul, assisted by Bill Mosienko and Cal Gardner

2	1967-10-18	STL		PHI	2	05:58	PP	Goal by Fred Hucul, assisted by Gerry Melnyk and Ron Stewart

That's 5,393 days.

 

[Brodeur]

I feel like Daneyko has to be in there somewhere unless we're counting that one time he scored in the playoffs

HOCKEY;N.H.L.'s New Game: Beating The Devils (Published 1995)

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I wish I could find video of it, but I'm always reminded when Daneyko scored a rare beautiful goal only to have it not count.

Daneyko managed a rueful smile when asked about a goal he scored that was disallowed. It came on a strange sequence that proved ominous.

It began at 8:40 of the first period, when Thomas fired a slap shot that beat goalie Guy Hebert on the glove side. After the twine billowed and the puck ended up behind the net, it seemed as if the puck must have hit the side of the net.

Play continued for more than a minute, with the Devils scoring at 9:59. Daneyko put the puck over the line with a backhanded shot that was partially stopped but not controlled by the goalie.

The play was a thing of beauty, a skating and passing weave fashioned by Esa Tikkanen and Stephane Richer. But after the goal stopped the clock, the video-review judge looked at the tape of Thomas's shot and decided it had gone in.

That meant that the clock was rolled back and the Daneyko goal nullified. It would have been his second of the season and the 30th of a National Hockey League career that began in 1983-84.

"Story of my life," Daneyko said of the unfortunate ruling.

 

[Fig]

Someone like Orpik in the realm of what is being asked for the active player component?

Brooks Orpik - Wikipedia

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3 goals in the 15-16 season. 0 goals in the 15-16 playoffs.
0 goals in next two seasons. 0 goals in 16-17 playoffs.
1 goal in 17-18 playoffs.

No idea how many actual days in between goals scored, but he was fully active during that time.

 

[Doomhammer]

Bruce Boudreau went from 80-81 to 85-86

 

[Dr Pepper]

Nichuskin didn't score from March 5th 2016 to November 23rd 2019.

First guy I thought of, I was so happy for Nuke when that drought finally ended.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

I thought this was a Connor Brown thread

As mentioned in the first post of the thread, yes.

Unrelated - I still can't believe that Tyler Wright played 61 NHL games as a forward and went pointless (no goals or asssists) - 74 games if you count the playoffs.

Then broke 20 points/season each of the next four.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

I knew @pnep would have the answer

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Not the most but Kovalchuk immediately came to mind. 1993 days between goals for him

 

[mrhockey193195]

Rich Pilon comes to mind. I remember when he joined the Rangers in 00-01, he scored a goal and they made a huge deal about it. Just looking quickly, his last one before that was in 96-97.

EDIT: hit drought lasted from 2/23/1997 until 1/24/2001, almost 4 entire years. Lo and behold, he then scored again a week later on 1/31/2001.

 

[Voight]

Ilya Lyubushkin made his NHL debut on October 6, 2018.

He remained in the NHL from that point forward, tho between that date and April 14, 2022 he scored one goal.

So in a span of 1, 286 days he scored one goal.

 

[Chairman Maouth]

Fred Hucul. 13 years. Scored for the Hawks in 1954. Next NHL goal was with the Blues in 1967.

Wrap it up.

Fred Hucul (b.1931) Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com

Statistics and Records of Fred Hucul, a hockey player and coach from Tubrose, SASK born Dec 3 1931 who was active from 1949 to 1969.

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