8 players are tied for the most games by a rookie, with 84 games. The first three are Marcus Pettersson in 2018-19 and Alexandre Daigle and Chris Gratton in 1993-94.

Interpreted as:

best rookie sideloader regular-season games

	NAME	GP	SEASON	TM	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Marcus Pettersson M. Pettersson	84	2018-19	TOT	2	23	25	+17	66	1	4	0	1	0	0	87	2.3	1	1	100.0	101	108	24	43	16:41
2	Alexandre Daigle A. Daigle	84	1993-94	OTT	20	31	51	-45	40	4	10	0	1	2	0	168	11.9
3	Chris Gratton C. Gratton	84	1993-94	TBL	13	29	42	-25	123	5	11	1	0	2	1	161	8.1
4	Joe Juneau J. Juneau	84	1992-93	BOS	32	70	102	+23	33	9	28	0	0	3	1	229	14.0
5	Shawn McEachern S. McEachern	84	1992-93	PIT	28	33	61	+21	46	7	7	0	1	6	0	196	14.3
6	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	84	1992-93	WIN	76	56	132	+8	45	24	25	0	0	7	0	387	19.6
7	Rob Zamuner R. Zamuner	84	1992-93	TBL	15	28	43	-25	74	1	11	0	0	0	0	183	8.2
8	Doug Zmolek D. Zmolek	84	1992-93	SJS	5	10	15	-50	229	2	3	0	0	0	0	94	5.3
9	Cody Hodgson C. Hodgson	83	2011-12	TOT	19	22	41	+1	10	7	7	0	0	3	0	154	12.3	329	710	46.3	37	29	34	26	13:49
10	Mikael Renberg M. Renberg	83	1993-94	PHI	38	44	82	+8	36	9	14	0	0	1	0	195	19.5
11	Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	83	1993-94	BOS	31	20	51	+4	82	4	4	3	1	5	0	179	17.3
12	Alexei Yashin A. Yashin	83	1993-94	OTT	30	49	79	-49	22	11	16	2	1	3	0	232	12.9
13	Keith Tkachuk K. Tkachuk	83	1992-93	WIN	28	23	51	-13	201	12	6	0	0	2	0	199	14.1
14	Lane Hutson L. Hutson	82	2024-25	MTL	6	60	66	-2	34	1	25	0	0	0	0	91	6.6	0	0		40	123	56	109	22:44
15	Cutter Gauthier C. Gauthier	82	2024-25	ANA	20	24	44	+8	20	2	4	0	0	3	2	190	10.5	21	56	37.5	68	51	22	81	14:09
16	Brock Faber B. Faber	82	2023-24	MIN	8	39	47	-1	26	3	13	0	0	1	0	136	5.9	0	0		65	150	15	35	24:58
17	Marco Rossi M. Rossi	82	2023-24	MIN	21	19	40	-4	47	2	4	0	0	2	1	167	12.6	335	749	44.7	35	37	33	21	16:44
18	Luke Hughes L. Hughes	82	2023-24	NJD	9	38	47	-25	28	4	21	0	0	1	1	135	6.7	0	0		24	55	42	69	21:28
19	Logan Cooley L. Cooley	82	2023-24	ARI	20	24	44	-13	18	3	10	1	0	2	1	151	13.2	262	689	38.0	50	27	31	52	15:49
20	Noah Cates N. Cates	82	2022-23	PHI	13	25	38	+3	12	3	5	1	1	5	0	107	12.1	416	1,054	39.5	86	65	60	13	17:46
21	Jack McBain J. McBain	82	2022-23	ARI	12	14	26	-8	64	0	0	0	0	2	0	85	14.1	370	840	44.0	304	51	26	30	13:59
22	Shane Pinto S. Pinto	82	2022-23	OTT	20	15	35	-21	18	5	4	0	0	2	0	158	12.7	449	862	52.1	71	49	38	32	15:59
23	Wyatt Johnston W. Johnston	82	2022-23	DAL	24	17	41	+6	20	3	4	0	0	3	0	160	15.0	145	335	43.3	22	31	47	55	15:29
24	Moritz Seider M. Seider	82	2021-22	DET	7	43	50	-9	34	2	19	0	2	4	2	187	3.7	0	0		151	161	41	48	23:02
25	Dawson Mercer D. Mercer	82	2021-22	NJD	17	25	42	-25	28	2	3	1	1	2	0	154	11.0	209	590	35.4	26	35	56	53	16:32