Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers broke the 50-in-50 mark, less than a full year after Bossy tied Richard. In Gretzky's 38th game of the 1981-82 season, he scored four goals, giving him 45 on the season. In his very next game, on December 30, 1981, he scored a rare five goals in one game against the Philadelphia Flyers, the fifth being an empty-net goal with three seconds left in the game, to give him the record of 50 goals in 39 games. He had 50 goals before any other player had scored even 30, and finished with an NHL-record 92 goals on the season, having participated in all 80 of Edmonton's games.