best save percentage by a rookie in nhl history minimum 60 games

Tony Esposito has the highest save percentage by a rookie with 60+ games played, at .932 in 1969-70.

		NAME	SV%	GP	SEASON	TM	GS	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
1		Tony Esposito T. Esposito	.932	63	1969-70	CHI		38	17	8		1,995	1,859	136	2.17	15	3760
2		Ken Dryden K. Dryden	.930	64	1971-72	MTL		39	8	15		2,030	1,888	142	2.24	8	3798
3		Glenn Hall G. Hall	.925	70	1955-56	DET		30	24	16		1,952	1,805	147	2.10	12	4198
4		Jimmy Howard J. Howard	.924	63	2009-10	DET	61	37	15		10	1,849	1,708	141	2.26	3	3740
5		Steve Mason S. Mason	.916	61	2008-09	CBJ	61	33	20		7	1,658	1,518	140	2.29	10	3664
6		Evgeni Nabokov E. Nabokov	.915	66	2000-01	SJS	65	32	21	7		1,582	1,447	135	2.19	6	3700
7		Roger Crozier R. Crozier	.913	70	1964-65	DET		40	22	7		1,931	1,763	168	2.42	6	4165
8		Ed Belfour E. Belfour	.910	74	1990-91	CHI		43	19	7		1,883	1,713	170	2.47	4	4127
9		Ed Chadwick E. Chadwick	.905	70	1956-57	TOR		21	34	15		1,964	1,778	186	2.66	5	4196
10		Ron Hextall R. Hextall	.902	66	1986-87	PHI		37	21	6		1,929	1,739	190	3.01	1	3792
11		Gerry Desjardins G. Desjardins	.898	61	1968-69	LAK		19	29	9		1,845	1,656	189	3.24	4	3495
12		Mike Liut M. Liut	.895	64	1979-80	STL		32	23	9		1,854	1,660	194	3.18	2	3658
13		Sean Burke S. Burke	.873	62	1988-89	NJD		22	31	9		1,816	1,586	230	3.84	3	3590

StatMuse has season-level data for save percentage going back to the 1955-56 season.

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