fewest games by a player to reach 20 points in an nhl season

Newsy Lalonde has the fewest games with more than 0 games played and 20+ points in a season, with 14 games in his rookie season in 1917-18.

Interpreted as:
fewest games by a player to reach 20 or more points in an NHL season
NAMEGPPSEASONTMGA+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Newsy Lalonde
N. Lalonde
14
30
1917-18
MTL MTL
23
7
51
0
0
2Steven Stamkos
S. Stamkos
17
20
2016-17
TBL TBL
9
11
+3
14
3
4
0
0
1
0
58
15.5
106
198
53.5
21
3
15
6
17:53
3Marian Gaborik
M. Gaborik
17
23
2008-09
MIN MIN
13
10
+3
2
2
5
1
0
2
0
68
19.1
0
5
0.0
15
5
11
11
20:00
4Newsy Lalonde
N. Lalonde
17
32
1918-19
MTL MTL
23
9
42
2
0
5Odie Cleghorn
O. Cleghorn
18
27
1918-19
MTL MTL
21
6
30
1
0
6Cy Denneny
C. Denneny
18
24
1918-19
SEN
18
6
55
2
0
7Frank Nighbor
F. Nighbor
18
28
1918-19
SEN
19
9
30
2
0
8Petr Nedved
P. Nedved
19
20
1993-94
STL STL
6
14
+2
8
2
5
0
0
0
0
63
9.5
9Terry O'Reilly
T. O'Reilly
19
20
1982-83
BOS BOS
6
14
+17
40
0
1
1
1
1
0
23
26.1
10Babe Dye
B. Dye
19
21
1923-24
TSP TSP
17
4
23
3
0
11Tyler Seguin
T. Seguin
20
21
2024-25
DAL DAL
9
12
+15
4
3
0
0
0
2
0
46
19.6
92
174
52.9
5
6
4
13
16:09
12Bobby Orr
B. Orr
20
23
1976-77
CHI CHI
4
19
+6
25
2
12
0
0
0
0
55
7.3
13Joe Malone
J. Malone
20
37
1920-21
HAM
28
9
6
1
1
14Corb Denneny
C. Denneny
20
26
1920-21
TSP TSP
19
7
29
1
1
15Eddie Gerard
E. Gerard
20
21
1917-18
SEN
13
8
26
0
0
16Joe Malone
J. Malone
20
48
1917-18
MTL MTL
44
4
30
4
1
17Reg Noble
R. Noble
20
39
1917-18
TAN TAN
29
10
35
4
0
18Didier Pitre
D. Pitre
20
25
1917-18
MTL MTL
17
8
29
5
0
19Pierre Jarry
P. Jarry
21
21
1976-77
MNS MNS
8
13
-6
2
4
4
0
0
1
0
52
15.4
20George Boucher
G. Boucher
21
22
1923-24
SEN
13
9
42
2
0
21Odie Cleghorn
O. Cleghorn
21
24
1919-20
MTL MTL
20
4
30
3
0
22Punch Broadbent
P. Broadbent
21
25
1919-20
SEN
19
6
38
2
0
23Sprague Cleghorn
S. Cleghorn
21
21
1919-20
SEN
16
5
83
2
0
24Harry Cameron
H. Cameron
21
27
1917-18
TAN TAN
17
10
28
1
0
25Corb Denneny
C. Denneny
21
30
1917-18
TAN TAN
20
10
14
1
0

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14th

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23.3

10th

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75.0

18th

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TEAMWLOTLPTSDIFF
Canadiens Canadiens
7
3
0
14
6
Red Wings Red Wings
6
3
0
12
1
Panthers Panthers
5
5
0
10
-3
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
4
4
1
9
-2
Sabres Sabres
4
4
1
9
0
Senators Senators
4
4
1
9
-4
Bruins Bruins
4
6
0
8
-3
Lightning Lightning
3
4
2
8
-4
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
10/28
MTL MTL
@
SEA SEA
10:30 PM
Sat
11/1
OTT OTT
@
MTL MTL
7:00 PM
Tue
11/4
PHI PHI
@
MTL MTL
7:00 PM
Thu
11/6
MTL MTL
@
NJD NJD
7:00 PM
Sat
11/8
UTA UTA
@
MTL MTL
7:00 PM
Last Game
MTL Canadiens

7 - 3 - 0

4

Final

3

VAN Canucks

4 - 5 - 0

Sat 25 Oct 2025

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NHL 2025-26 Rankings

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NHL 2025-26 Division Standings

Atlantic DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Canadiens Canadiens
7
3
0
14
6
Red Wings Red Wings
6
3
0
12
1
Panthers Panthers
5
5
0
10
-3
Metropolitan DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Devils Devils
8
1
0
16
13
Penguins Penguins
7
2
1
15
11
Hurricanes Hurricanes
6
2
0
12
9
Central DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Mammoth Mammoth
8
2
0
16
13
Avalanche Avalanche
5
1
4
14
7
Jets Jets
6
3
0
12
8
Pacific DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Golden Knights Golden Knights
5
1
3
13
6
Kraken Kraken
5
2
2
12
0
Kings Kings
4
3
3
11
-4

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
10/6
CHI CHI
@
FLA FLA
2-3
Mon
10/6
PIT PIT
@
NYR NYR
3-0
Mon
10/6
COL COL
@
LAK LAK
4-1
Tue
10/7
MTL MTL
@
TOR TOR
2-5
Tue
10/7
BOS BOS
@
WSH WSH
3-1

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
10/28
PIT PIT
@
PHI PHI
6:00 PM
Tue
10/28
CGY CGY
@
TOR TOR
6:00 PM
Tue
10/28
VGK VGK
@
CAR CAR
6:30 PM
Tue
10/28
CBJ CBJ
@
BUF BUF
6:45 PM
Tue
10/28
ANA ANA
@
FLA FLA
7:00 PM