highest points per game for a rookie nhl since 2000

Since 1999-00, Alex Ovechkin has collected the most points per game by a rookie, with 1.31 per game in 2005-06.

Interpreted as:
highest points per game with a minimum of 0.625 points per team game for a rookie NHL since 2000
NAMEP/GPSEASONTMPGPGA+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Alex Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin
1.31
2005-06
WSH 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
2Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
1.26
2005-06
PIT 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
3Evgeni Malkin
E. Malkin
1.09
2006-07
PIT 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
4Mathew Barzal
M. Barzal
1.04
2017-18
NYI NYI
85
82
22
63
+1
30
5
22
0
0
4
1
170
12.9
355
834
42.6
21
31
65
88
17:46
5Artemi Panarin
A. Panarin
0.96
2015-16
CHI CHI
77
80
30
47
+8
32
8
16
0
0
7
1
187
16.0
0
0
46
14
29
35
18:31
6Paul Stastny
P. Stastny
0.95
2006-07
COL COL
78
82
28
50
+4
42
11
20
0
1
6
0
185
15.1
594
1,226
48.5
29
49
62
46
18:10
7Elias Pettersson
E. Pettersson
0.93
2018-19
VAN VAN
66
71
28
38
+3
12
10
12
0
0
7
1
144
19.4
257
627
41.0
42
51
41
52
18:14
8Kirill Kaprizov
K. Kaprizov
0.93
2020-21
MIN MIN
51
55
27
24
+10
16
8
5
0
0
3
2
157
17.2
3
24
12.5
29
18
27
35
18:18
9Macklin Celebrini
M. Celebrini
0.90
2024-25
SJS SJS
63
70
25
38
-31
28
8
14
0
0
4
1
236
10.6
507
1,051
48.2
37
53
29
113
19:47
10Connor Bedard
C. Bedard
0.90
2023-24
CHI CHI
61
68
22
39
-44
28
4
17
0
0
2
1
206
10.7
207
532
38.9
55
27
47
57
19:47
11Bobby Ryan
B. Ryan
0.89
2008-09
ANA ANA
57
64
31
26
+13
33
12
11
0
0
3
0
174
17.8
6
13
46.2
78
10
22
39
15:26
12Brock Boeser
B. Boeser
0.89
2017-18
VAN VAN
55
62
29
26
-5
16
10
13
0
0
4
0
179
16.2
10
39
25.6
29
24
26
28
17:30
13Jason Robertson
J. Robertson
0.88
2020-21
DAL DAL
45
51
17
28
+13
16
1
5
0
0
3
1
127
13.4
5
7
71.4
28
13
19
28
16:53
14Patrick Kane
P. Kane
0.88
2007-08
CHI CHI
72
82
21
51
-5
52
7
21
0
0
4
1
191
11.0
16
26
61.5
16
7
49
22
18:22
15Cale Makar
C. Makar
0.88
2019-20
COL COL
50
57
12
38
+12
12
4
15
0
0
4
0
121
9.9
0
0
45
47
34
40
21:00
16Patrik Laine
P. Laine
0.88
2016-17
WPG WPG
64
73
36
28
+7
26
9
5
0
0
5
1
204
17.6
0
3
0.0
80
33
43
55
17:55
17Scott Gomez
S. Gomez
0.85
1999-00
NJD NJD
70
82
19
51
+14
78
7
20
0
0
1
0
204
9.3
152
341
44.6
49
12
67
64
16:21
18Anze Kopitar
A. Kopitar
0.85
2006-07
LAK LAK
61
72
20
41
-12
24
7
22
2
0
1
0
193
10.4
555
1,204
46.1
55
33
41
37
20:32
19Jonathan Toews
J. Toews
0.84
2007-08
CHI CHI
54
64
24
30
+11
44
7
15
0
2
4
1
144
16.7
509
956
53.2
27
13
29
8
18:40
20Auston Matthews
A. Matthews
0.84
2016-17
TOR TOR
69
82
40
29
+2
14
8
13
0
0
8
0
279
14.3
530
1,132
46.8
21
61
76
44
17:38
21Nicklas Backstrom
N. Backstrom
0.84
2007-08
WSH WSH
69
82
14
55
+13
24
3
22
0
0
4
1
153
9.2
405
874
46.3
34
34
72
50
19:00
22Brad Boyes
B. Boyes
0.84
2005-06
BOS BOS
69
82
26
43
+11
30
8
14
0
0
3
0
203
12.8
142
265
53.6
47
38
33
46
15:46
23Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
R. Nugent-Hopkins
0.84
2011-12
EDM EDM
52
62
18
34
-2
16
3
20
0
0
2
0
134
13.4
227
605
37.5
38
33
34
32
17:36
24Ivan Demidov
I. Demidov
0.82
2025-26
MTL MTL
45
55
11
34
+7
24
3
9
0
0
2
0
80
13.8
0
0
23
20
16
51
15:27
25Dany Heatley
D. Heatley
0.82
2001-02
ATL ATL
67
82
26
41
-19
56
7
11
0
1
4
2
202
12.9
38
116
32.8
62
21
53
81
19:53
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