best plus.minus by a rookie in nhl history

Al Sims has the highest plus/minus by a rookie, at +63 in 1973-74.

	NAME	+/-	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Al Sims A. Sims	+63	1973-74	BOS	77	3	9	12	22	0	0	0	0	1		111	2.7
2	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	+52	1979-80	BOS	80	17	48	65	73	3	24	2	0	1		185	9.2
3	Bill Hajt B. Hajt	+46	1974-75	BUF	76	3	26	29	68	1	1	0	2	0		107	2.8
4	Brian Propp B. Propp	+45	1979-80	PHI	80	34	41	75	54	4	11	0	0	3		209	16.3
5	Larry Goodenough L. Goodenough	+45	1975-76	PHI	77	8	34	42	83	5	15	0	0	2		149	5.4
6	Steve Larmer S. Larmer	+44	1982-83	CHI	80	43	47	90	28	13	20	0	0	9		195	22.1
7	Bill Nyrop B. Nyrop	+42	1976-77	MTL	74	3	19	22	21	0	0	0	0	1		49	6.1
8	Mike Busniuk M. Busniuk	+39	1979-80	PHI	71	2	18	20	93	0	0	0	0	1		56	3.6
9	Danny Gare D. Gare	+39	1974-75	BUF	78	31	31	62	75	5	4	0	0	2		270	11.5
10	Bob Murdoch B. Murdoch	+39	1972-73	MTL	69	2	22	24	55	0	2	0	0	2		54	3.7
11	Borje Salming B. Salming	+38	1973-74	TOR	76	5	34	39	48	3	8	0	0	0		130	3.8
12	Keith Magnuson K. Magnuson	+38	1969-70	CHI	76	0	24	24	213	0	1	0	1	0		77	0.0
13	Mike Krushelnyski M. Krushelnyski	+37	1982-83	BOS	79	23	42	65	43	4	1	2	1	1		153	15.0
14	Gregg Sheppard G. Sheppard	+37	1972-73	BOS	64	24	26	50	18	0	0	2	3	3		151	15.9
15	Blake Wheeler B. Wheeler	+36	2008-09	BOS	81	21	24	45	46	3	2	2	1	3	0	150	14.0	13	34	38.2	49	26	36	26	13:41
16	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	+36	1991-92	DET	80	11	49	60	22	5	26	0	1	1	0	168	6.5
17	Mats Naslund M. Naslund	+35	1982-83	MTL	74	26	45	71	10	1	11	0	0	6		122	21.3
18	Chuck Lefley C. Lefley	+35	1972-73	MTL	65	21	25	46	22	1	1	1	0	7		99	21.2
19	Steve Vickers S. Vickers	+35	1972-73	NYR	61	30	23	53	37	2	2	0	0	5		131	22.9
20	Yanni Gourde Y. Gourde	+34	2017-18	TBL	82	25	39	64	50	7	6	1	1	5	1	136	18.4	158	364	43.4	57	42	52	35	16:09
21	Andrej Meszaros A. Meszaros	+34	2005-06	OTT	82	10	29	39	61	5	19	0	1	2	0	137	7.3	0	1	0.0	128	124	24	46	18:11
22	Dixon Ward D. Ward	+34	1992-93	VAN	70	22	30	52	82	4	5	1	2	0	0	111	19.8
23	Greg Fox G. Fox	+34	1978-79	TOT	78	0	17	17	86	0	0	0	0	0		57	0.0
24	Anton Lundell A. Lundell	+33	2021-22	FLA	65	18	26	44	18	1	3	1	3	4	0	125	14.4	334	748	44.7	26	56	59	35	15:44
25	Sergei Makarov S. Makarov	+33	1989-90	CGY	80	24	62	86	55	6	21	0	0	4	0	118	20.3