Gagner has done something no other NHL player in the 21st century has accomplished: score eight points in one game. He scored four goals and assisted on four others for the Edmonton Oilers against the Chicago Blackhawks on Feb. 2, 2012, becoming the first NHL player since Mario Lemieux for the Pittsburgh Penguins (five goals, three assists against the New Jersey Devils on Dec. 31, 1988) to score eight points in one game. He also became the second player in NHL history (Lemieux) with eight points in a game when his team scored exactly eight goals.
The son of retired NHL forward Dave Gagner was the Oilers' first pick (No. 6) in the 2007 NHL Draft. Although Sam Gagner scored between 13 and 18 goals and 41 and 49 points in each of his first five seasons with the Oilers, he was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning, and one hour later to the Arizona Coyotes, on June 29, 2014.
Gagner has done something no other NHL player in the 21st century has accomplished: score eight points in one game. He scored four goals and assisted on four others for the Edmonton Oilers against the Chicago Blackhawks on Feb. 2, 2012, becoming the first NHL player since Mario Lemieux for the Pittsburgh Penguins (five goals, three assists against the New Jersey Devils on Dec. 31, 1988) to score eight points in one game. He also became the second player in NHL history (Lemieux) with eight points in a game when his team scored exactly eight goals.
The son of retired NHL forward Dave Gagner was the Oilers' first pick (No. 6) in the 2007 NHL Draft. Although Sam Gagner scored between 13 and 18 goals and 41 and 49 points in each of his first five seasons with the Oilers, he was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning, and one hour later to the Arizona Coyotes, on June 29, 2014.
Gagner played one season each for the Coyotes and Philadelphia Flyers before scoring 18 goals and an NHL career-high 50 points for the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2016-17. He signed a three-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks on July 1, 2017, was traded back to the Oilers on Feb. 16, 2019 and to the Detroit Red Wings on Feb. 24, 2020.
Gagner returned for his 16th NHL season by signing with the Winnipeg Jets on Sept. 2, 2022. He played his 1,000th NHL game Dec. 29, a 4-2 victory against the Vancouver Canucks in Winnipeg.
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- USHL All-Rookie Team (2006)
- OHL All-Rookie Team (2007)
- Signed as a free agent by Klagenfurt (Austria), October 15, 2012.
- Traded to Tampa Bay by Edmonton for Teddy Purcell, June 29, 2014.
- Traded to Arizona by Tampa Bay with B.J. Crombeen for Arizona's 6th round pick (Kristian Oldham) in 2015 NHL Draft, June 29, 2014.
- Traded to Philadelphia by Arizona with Arizona's 4th round pick (Otto Koivula) in 2016 NHL Draft for Nicklas Grossmann and Chris Pronger, June 27, 2015.
- Signed as a free agent by Columbus, August 1, 2016.
- Signed as a free agent by Vancouver, July 1, 2017.
- Traded to Edmonton by Vancouver for Ryan Spooner, February 16, 2019.
- Traded to Detroit by Edmonton with Edmonton's 2nd-round pick in 2020 NHL Draft and 2nd-round pick in 2021 NHL Draft for Andreas Athanasiou and Ryan Kuffner, February 24, 2020.
- Signed as a free agent by Winnipeg, September 2, 2022.
