NHL playoffs: Who has the most points, goals and assists all time in postseason play?

Every player enters the NHL playoffs with one goal — a Stanley Cup ring. 

That's the ultimate accomplishment for a player: to hoist the Stanley Cup above their shoulders and be a NHL champion. 

While the focus is on winning the Cup, there is also the chance to move up the NHL postseason records lists. Certain players have built their careers on being playoff performers and coming through in the clutch when their teams need them the most. 

Players like Sidney Crosby, who sits in the top 10 in both career playoff points and assists, can further burnish their historic careers by climbing further up the all-time lists. With three Stanley Cup wins and two Conn Smythe trophies, the Penguins captain has become synonymous with postseason success. 

A number of NHL legends have carried regular-season success over to the postseason. Here is a look at the top postseason performers in league history. 

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Who has the most playoff points in NHL history?

Wayne Gretzky holds the record for most playoff points. With 382, the Great One has nearly 100 more than the next closest player, Mark Messier. 

Gretzky and Messier are two of just five players in NHL history with 200 playoff points. Jari Kurri, Glenn Anderson and Jaromir Jagr are the other three. 

Crosby has a chance this year to climb up the leaderboard. He is just five points behind Paul Coffey and 10 behind Jagr. 

Who has the most playoff goals in NHL history?

Gretzky is also the all-time leader in playoff goals, but the gap is much closer. His 122 goals are 13 more than Messier. 

Only four players have more than 100 playoff goals: Gretzky, Messier, Kurri and Brett Hull. 

There are no active players in the top 10 in career playoff goals. 

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Who has the most playoff assists in NHL history?

Stop me if you heard this before — Gretzky and Messier sit at No. 1 and No. 2. 

The two greats own a large lead over the rest of the field, with more than 40 assists separating Messier from the next player and more than 70 assists separating Gretzky from Messier. 

As with the points list, Crosby has an opportunity to move up several spots in assists. If Crosby notches eight assists this postseason, he'd pass Jagr, Sergei Fedorov, Kurri, Doug Gilmour and Nicklas Lidstrom.