highest average ppg per game as a rookie

Joe Nieuwendyk has the most power-play goals per game by a rookie, with 0.41 per game in 1987-88.

Interpreted as:
highest average ppg per game with a minimum of 51.25 games played per 82 team games as a rookie
NAME PPG/GP 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 Joe Nieuwendyk
J. Nieuwendyk
0.41
1987-88
CGY CGY
75
51
41
92
+20
23
31
14
3
2
8
0
212
24.1
2 Mike Bossy
M. Bossy
0.34
1977-78
NYI NYI
73
53
38
91
+31
6
25
15
0
0
4
235
22.6
3 Camille Henry
C. Henry
0.30
1953-54
NYR NYR
66
24
15
39
10
20
12
0
0
7
4 Chris Valentine
C. Valentine
0.30
1981-82
WSH WSH
60
30
37
67
-17
92
18
18
0
0
5
154
19.5
5 Teemu Selanne
T. Selanne
0.29
1992-93
WIN WIN
84
76
56
132
+8
45
24
25
0
0
7
0
387
19.6
6 Richard Martin
R. Martin
0.26
1971-72
BUF BUF
73
44
30
74
-39
36
19
13
0
0
5
266
16.5
7 Alex Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin
0.26
2005-06
WSH WSH
81
52
54
106
+2
52
21
31
3
0
5
2
425
12.2
2
16
12.5
172
20
69
88
21:37
8 Rob Brown
R. Brown
0.25
1987-88
PIT PIT
51
24
20
44
+8
56
13
2
0
0
1
0
80
30.0
9 Sylvain Turgeon
S. Turgeon
0.24
1983-84
HFD HFD
76
40
32
72
-11
55
18
8
0
0
3
0
238
16.8
10 Petr Prucha
P. Prucha
0.24
2005-06
NYR NYR
68
30
17
47
+3
32
16
6
0
0
2
0
130
23.1
78
150
52.0
52
20
17
29
13:42
11 Luc Robitaille
L. Robitaille
0.23
1986-87
LAK LAK
79
45
39
84
-19
28
18
16
0
0
3
0
199
22.6
12 David Oliver
D. Oliver
0.23
1994-95
EDM EDM
44
16
14
30
-11
20
10
6
0
0
0
0
79
20.3
13 Jimmy Carson
J. Carson
0.23
1986-87
LAK LAK
80
37
42
79
-5
22
18
17
0
0
2
0
215
17.2
14 Evgeni Malkin
E. Malkin
0.21
2006-07
PIT PIT
78
33
52
85
+2
80
16
24
0
0
6
1
242
13.6
315
728
43.3
40
36
40
69
19:10
15 Victor Olofsson
V. Olofsson
0.20
2019-20
BUF BUF
54
20
22
42
-1
6
11
6
0
0
4
1
127
15.7
1
2
50.0
10
16
12
26
18:21
16 Dan Quinn
D. Quinn
0.20
1983-84
CGY CGY
54
19
33
52
-3
18
11
14
0
0
1
0
103
18.4
17 Ron Francis
R. Francis
0.20
1981-82
HFD HFD
59
25
43
68
-15
51
12
14
0
0
1
163
15.3
18 Ray Sheppard
R. Sheppard
0.20
1987-88
BUF BUF
74
38
27
65
-6
14
15
8
0
0
5
0
173
22.0
19 Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
0.20
2005-06
PIT PIT
81
39
63
102
-1
110
16
31
0
2
5
3
278
14.0
534
1,174
45.5
66
43
36
57
20:08
20 Marek Svatos
M. Svatos
0.20
2005-06
COL COL
61
32
18
50
0
60
12
10
0
0
9
0
165
19.4
1
5
20.0
35
13
30
26
13:45
21 Dion Phaneuf
D. Phaneuf
0.20
2005-06
CGY CGY
82
20
29
49
+5
93
16
17
0
1
7
1
242
8.3
0
0
203
97
35
51
21:44
22 Real Cloutier
R. Cloutier
0.19
1979-80
QUE QUE
67
42
47
89
-5
12
13
22
0
0
3
254
16.5
23 Brian Bellows
B. Bellows
0.19
1982-83
MNS MNS
78
35
30
65
-11
27
15
15
1
2
3
184
19.0
24 Bobby Ryan
B. Ryan
0.19
2008-09
ANA ANA
64
31
26
57
+13
33
12
11
0
0
3
0
174
17.8
6
13
46.2
78
10
22
39
15:26
25 Don Murdoch
D. Murdoch
0.19
1976-77
NYR NYR
59
32
24
56
+5
47
11
7
0
0
6
223
14.3
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TEAM W L OTL PTS DIFF
Golden Knights Golden Knights
50
22
10
110
56
Kings Kings
48
25
9
105
44
Oilers Oilers
48
29
5
101
23
Flames Flames
41
27
14
96
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Canucks Canucks
38
30
14
90
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35
37
10
80
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35
41
6
76
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20
50
12
52
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Central Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Jets Jets
56
22
4
116
86
Stars Stars
50
26
6
106
53
Avalanche Avalanche
49
29
4
102
43
Pacific Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Golden Knights Golden Knights
50
22
10
110
56
Kings Kings
48
25
9
105
44
Oilers Oilers
48
29
5
101
23
Atlantic Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
52
26
4
108
37
Lightning Lightning
47
27
8
102
75
Panthers Panthers
47
31
4
98
29
Metropolitan Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Capitals Capitals
51
22
9
111
56
Hurricanes Hurricanes
47
30
5
99
33
Devils Devils
42
33
7
91
20