highest points per game by a rookie in a season nhl

Joe Malone has the most points per game by a rookie, with 2.40 per game in 1917-18.

Interpreted as:

highest points per game with a minimum of 0.625 points per team game by a rookie in a season NHL

	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	Joe Malone J. Malone	2.40	1917-18	MTL	48	20	44	4		30					4	1
2	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	2.19	1917-18	SEN	46	21	36	10		80					2	0
3	Newsy Lalonde N. Lalonde	2.14	1917-18	MTL	30	14	23	7		51					0	0
4	Reg Noble R. Noble	1.95	1917-18	TAN	39	20	29	10		35					4	0
5	Frank Nighbor F. Nighbor	1.90	1917-18	SEN	19	10	11	8		6					2	0
6	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	1.57	1992-93	WIN	132	84	76	56	+8	45	24	25	0	0	7	0	387	19.6
7	Thomas McCarthy T. McCarthy	1.50	1919-20	QBD	18	12	12	6		0					0	0
8	Odie Cleghorn O. Cleghorn	1.50	1918-19	MTL	27	18	21	6		30					1	0
9	Corb Denneny C. Denneny	1.43	1917-18	TAN	30	21	20	10		14					1	0
10	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	1.42	1980-81	QUE	109	77	39	70	+10	37	11	22	2	0	4		232	16.8
11	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1.37	1984-85	PIT	100	73	43	57	-33	54	11	22	0	0	2	1	209	20.6
12	Neal Broten N. Broten	1.34	1981-82	MNS	98	73	38	60	+14	42	7	19	2	2	4		188	20.2
13	Real Cloutier R. Cloutier	1.33	1979-80	QUE	89	67	42	47	-5	12	13	22	0	0	3		254	16.5
14	Mike Rogers M. Rogers	1.31	1979-80	HFD	105	80	44	61	+28	10	3	19	2	0	0		229	19.2
15	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	1.31	1981-82	STL	59	45	25	34	+11	4	10	11	0	0	3		141	17.7
16	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
17	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	1.29	1981-82	WIN	103	80	45	58	-7	47	12	22	0	2	2		339	13.3
18	Harry Cameron H. Cameron	1.29	1917-18	TAN	27	21	17	10		28					1	0
19	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
20	Didier Pitre D. Pitre	1.25	1917-18	MTL	25	20	17	8		29					5	0
21	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	1.25	1977-78	NYI	91	73	53	38	+31	6	25	15	0	0	4		235	22.6
22	Gus Bodnar G. Bodnar	1.24	1943-44	TOR	62	50	22	40		18	1	3	0	0	2
23	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	1.23	1992-93	PHI	75	61	41	34	+28	147	8	10	1	0	5	0	180	22.8
24	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	1.23	1987-88	CGY	92	75	51	41	+20	23	31	14	3	2	8	0	212	24.1
25	Joe Juneau J. Juneau	1.21	1992-93	BOS	102	84	32	70	+23	33	9	28	0	0	3	1	229	14.0