highest points per game by a rookie in a season nhl since 1980

Since 1979-80, Teemu Selanne has the most points per game by a rookie, with 1.57 per game in 1992-93.

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	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	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	1.57	1992-93	WIN	132	84	76	56	+8	45	24	25	0	0	7	0	387	19.6
2	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	1.42	1980-81	QUE	109	77	39	70	+10	37	11	22	2	0	4		232	16.8
3	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1.37	1984-85	PIT	100	73	43	57	-33	54	11	22	0	0	2	1	209	20.6
4	Neal Broten N. Broten	1.34	1981-82	MNS	98	73	38	60	+14	42	7	19	2	2	4		188	20.2
5	Real Cloutier R. Cloutier	1.33	1979-80	QUE	89	67	42	47	-5	12	13	22	0	0	3		254	16.5
6	Mike Rogers M. Rogers	1.31	1979-80	HFD	105	80	44	61	+28	10	3	19	2	0	0		229	19.2
7	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	1.31	1981-82	STL	59	45	25	34	+11	4	10	11	0	0	3		141	17.7
8	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
9	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	1.29	1981-82	WIN	103	80	45	58	-7	47	12	22	0	2	2		339	13.3
10	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
11	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	1.23	1992-93	PHI	75	61	41	34	+28	147	8	10	1	0	5	0	180	22.8
12	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	1.23	1987-88	CGY	92	75	51	41	+20	23	31	14	3	2	8	0	212	24.1
13	Joe Juneau J. Juneau	1.21	1992-93	BOS	102	84	32	70	+23	33	9	28	0	0	3	1	229	14.0
14	Marian Stastny M. Stastny	1.20	1981-82	QUE	89	74	35	54	-5	27	13	17	0	0	3		174	20.1
15	Jorgen Pettersson J. Pettersson	1.18	1980-81	STL	73	62	37	36	+14	24	8	9	0	0	5		172	21.5
16	Blair MacDonald B. MacDonald	1.18	1979-80	EDM	94	80	46	48	0	6	13	15	2	1	6		266	17.3
17	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	1.16	1979-80	AFM	93	80	40	53	-3	10	14	22	0	0	3		217	18.4
18	Ron Francis R. Francis	1.15	1981-82	HFD	68	59	25	43	-15	51	12	14	0	0	1		163	15.3
19	Barry Pederson B. Pederson	1.15	1981-82	BOS	92	80	44	48	+27	53	13	17	4	1	7		197	22.3
20	Steve Larmer S. Larmer	1.13	1982-83	CHI	90	80	43	47	+44	28	13	20	0	0	9		195	22.1
21	Chris Valentine C. Valentine	1.12	1981-82	WSH	67	60	30	37	-17	92	18	18	0	0	5		154	19.5
22	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
23	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	1.09	1983-84	DET	87	80	39	48	-19	33	13	19	0	0	2	1	177	22.0
24	Sergei Makarov S. Makarov	1.08	1989-90	CGY	86	80	24	62	+33	55	6	21	0	0	4	0	118	20.3
25	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	1.06	1994-95	QUE	50	47	15	35	+17	16	3	12	0	1	3	0	86	17.4

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Caufield

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Assists Leaders

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Points Leaders

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Hits Leaders

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Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
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Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
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Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

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Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
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Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12