best points per game by a rookie career since 2000

Since 1999-00, Alex Ovechkin has recorded the most points per game by a rookie, with 1.31 per game in 2005-06.

Interpreted as:

best points per game with a minimum of 0.625 points per team game by a rookie career since 2000

	NAME	P/GP	SEASON	TM	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	1.31	2005-06	WSH	106	81	52	54	+2	52	21	31	3	0	5	2	425	12.2	2	16	12.5	172	20	69	88	21:37
2	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	1.26	2005-06	PIT	102	81	39	63	-1	110	16	31	0	2	5	3	278	14.0	534	1,174	45.5	66	43	36	57	20:08
3	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	1.09	2006-07	PIT	85	78	33	52	+2	80	16	24	0	0	6	1	242	13.6	315	728	43.3	40	36	40	69	19:10
4	Mathew Barzal M. Barzal	1.04	2017-18	NYI	85	82	22	63	+1	30	5	22	0	0	4	1	170	12.9	355	834	42.6	21	31	65	88	17:46
5	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	0.96	2015-16	CHI	77	80	30	47	+8	32	8	16	0	0	7	1	187	16.0	0	0		46	14	29	35	18:31
6	Paul Stastny P. Stastny	0.95	2006-07	COL	78	82	28	50	+4	42	11	20	0	1	6	0	185	15.1	594	1,226	48.5	29	49	62	46	18:10
7	Elias Pettersson E. Pettersson	0.93	2018-19	VAN	66	71	28	38	+3	12	10	12	0	0	7	1	144	19.4	257	627	41.0	42	51	41	52	18:14
8	Kirill Kaprizov K. Kaprizov	0.93	2020-21	MIN	51	55	27	24	+10	16	8	5	0	0	3	2	157	17.2	3	24	12.5	29	18	27	35	18:18
9	Macklin Celebrini M. Celebrini	0.90	2024-25	SJS	63	70	25	38	-31	28	8	14	0	0	4	1	236	10.6	507	1,051	48.2	37	53	29	113	19:47
10	Connor Bedard C. Bedard	0.90	2023-24	CHI	61	68	22	39	-44	28	4	17	0	0	2	1	206	10.7	207	532	38.9	55	27	47	57	19:47
11	Bobby Ryan B. Ryan	0.89	2008-09	ANA	57	64	31	26	+13	33	12	11	0	0	3	0	174	17.8	6	13	46.2	78	10	22	39	15:26
12	Brock Boeser B. Boeser	0.89	2017-18	VAN	55	62	29	26	-5	16	10	13	0	0	4	0	179	16.2	10	39	25.6	29	24	26	28	17:30
13	Jason Robertson J. Robertson	0.88	2020-21	DAL	45	51	17	28	+13	16	1	5	0	0	3	1	127	13.4	5	7	71.4	28	13	19	28	16:53
14	Patrick Kane P. Kane	0.88	2007-08	CHI	72	82	21	51	-5	52	7	21	0	0	4	1	191	11.0	16	26	61.5	16	7	49	22	18:22
15	Cale Makar C. Makar	0.88	2019-20	COL	50	57	12	38	+12	12	4	15	0	0	4	0	121	9.9	0	0		45	47	34	40	21:00
16	Patrik Laine P. Laine	0.88	2016-17	WPG	64	73	36	28	+7	26	9	5	0	0	5	1	204	17.6	0	3	0.0	80	33	43	55	17:55
17	Scott Gomez S. Gomez	0.85	1999-00	NJD	70	82	19	51	+14	78	7	20	0	0	1	0	204	9.3	152	341	44.6	49	12	67	64	16:21
18	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	0.85	2006-07	LAK	61	72	20	41	-12	24	7	22	2	0	1	0	193	10.4	555	1,204	46.1	55	33	41	37	20:32
19	Jonathan Toews J. Toews	0.84	2007-08	CHI	54	64	24	30	+11	44	7	15	0	2	4	1	144	16.7	509	956	53.2	27	13	29	8	18:40
20	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	0.84	2016-17	TOR	69	82	40	29	+2	14	8	13	0	0	8	0	279	14.3	530	1,132	46.8	21	61	76	44	17:38
21	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	0.84	2007-08	WSH	69	82	14	55	+13	24	3	22	0	0	4	1	153	9.2	405	874	46.3	34	34	72	50	19:00
22	Brad Boyes B. Boyes	0.84	2005-06	BOS	69	82	26	43	+11	30	8	14	0	0	3	0	203	12.8	142	265	53.6	47	38	33	46	15:46
23	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins R. Nugent-Hopkins	0.84	2011-12	EDM	52	62	18	34	-2	16	3	20	0	0	2	0	134	13.4	227	605	37.5	38	33	34	32	17:36
24	Dany Heatley D. Heatley	0.82	2001-02	ATL	67	82	26	41	-19	56	7	11	0	1	4	2	202	12.9	38	116	32.8	62	21	53	81	19:53
25	Trevor Zegras T. Zegras	0.81	2021-22	ANA	61	75	23	38	-21	50	9	8	0	0	5	1	181	12.7	217	544	39.9	56	27	40	71	17:54

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Team Leaders

24

Ovechkin

36

Carlson

+/-

+16

Protas

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.10

18th

GA/GP

2.90

9th

PP%

16.3

29th

PK%

79.4

14th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	42	19	6	90	38
Penguins	34	18	15	83	26
Islanders	39	24	5	83	8
Blue Jackets	35	21	11	81	8
Flyers	31	23	12	74	-14
Capitals	33	27	8	74	9
Devils	34	31	2	70	-24
Rangers	28	31	8	64	-19

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 3/18	OTT	@	WSH	7:30 PM
Fri 3/20	NJD	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Sun 3/22	COL	@	WSH	12:30 PM
Tue 3/24	WSH	@	STL	8:00 PM
Thu 3/26	WSH	@	UTA	9:00 PM

Last Game

Bruins

37 - 23 - 6

Final

Capitals

33 - 27 - 8

Sat 14 Mar 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

45

MacKinnon

40

Caufield

38

Kaprizov

Assists Leaders

78

McDavid

74

Kucherov

65

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

115

McDavid

111

Kucherov

110

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

346

Trenin

270

Sherwood

247

Klapka

Blocks Leaders

165

McCabe

159

Dobson

151

Weegar

Wins Leaders

31

Vasilevskiy

30

Vejmelka

28

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.23

Wedgewood

2.30

Vasilevskiy

2.40

DeSmith

Save Percentage Leaders

.915

Wedgewood

.914

Sorokin

.914

Cooley

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.73

3.53

3.52

Goals Against Rankings

2.50

2.69

2.75

Power Play Rankings

31.8

29.6

25.1

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.6

84.5

83.2

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

43-24

43-25

42-25

41-25

40-27

Worst Record ATS

22-45

23-44

25-42

26-41

27-42

27-41

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	44	13	9	97	79
Stars	42	15	10	94	51
Wild	39	18	12	90	31
Mammoth	35	27	6	76	23
Predators	30	28	9	69	-29
Jets	28	28	11	67	-15
Blues	27	30	10	64	-45
Blackhawks	25	30	12	62	-39
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Ducks	37	27	3	77	-10
Oilers	34	26	9	77	8
Golden Knights	31	23	14	76	9
Kraken	31	27	9	71	-12
Kings	28	24	15	71	-21
Sharks	32	28	6	70	-27
Flames	26	34	7	59	-45
Canucks	21	38	8	50	-72

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	42	20	6	90	37
Lightning	41	21	4	86	53
Canadiens	37	20	10	84	14
Bruins	37	23	8	82	10
Red Wings	37	23	8	82	-3
Senators	34	23	9	77	20
Maple Leafs	29	28	12	70	-25
Panthers	33	31	3	69	-24
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	42	19	6	90	38
Penguins	34	18	15	83	26
Islanders	39	24	5	83	8
Blue Jackets	35	21	11	81	8
Flyers	31	23	12	74	-14
Capitals	33	27	8	74	9
Devils	34	31	2	70	-24
Rangers	28	31	8	64	-19