Editing Goaltender (section)

===NHL===
{{Main|List of goalscoring NHL goaltenders}}

A goaltender scoring a goal in an NHL game is a very rare feat, having occurred only fifteen times in the history of the NHL, the first time occurring in 1979 after the league had been in existence for six decades. NHL rules forbid goaltenders from participating in play past the center line, so a goal by a goaltender is possible only under unusual circumstances. (If a goaltender does shoot the puck into the net from any location that is past the center line, the goal does not count.)

Eight of those fifteen goals resulted from the goaltender shooting into an empty net. The remaining seven goals were not actually shot into the net by the goaltender; rather the goaltender was awarded the goal because he was the last player on his team to touch the puck before the opposition scored on themselves. [[Martin Brodeur]] is the only NHL goaltender to be credited with three career goals (two in the regular season and one in the playoffs), [[Ron Hextall]] is the only goaltender who has scored two goals by shooting the puck into an empty net (once in the regular season and once in the playoffs). [[Damian Rhodes]] and [[José Théodore]] are the only goaltenders in NHL history to score a goal in which they also had a [[shutout]] game. [[Evgeni Nabokov]] of the [[San Jose Sharks]] was the first goaltender to score a power play goal.