least games played by nhl first overall pick

Matthew Schaefer has the fewest career games by a #1 overall pick, with 35 games.

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least regular-season games played by NHL first overall pick
NAMEGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Matthew Schaefer
M. Schaefer
35
9
14
23
+7
18
5
5
0
0
2
1
95
9.5
0
0
14
49
17
45
23:44
2Macklin Celebrini
M. Celebrini
105
43
73
116
-18
56
12
25
0
0
8
3
346
12.4
763
1,588
48.0
59
72
46
168
20:02
3Connor Bedard
C. Bedard
181
64
108
172
-72
128
20
43
0
0
10
2
504
12.7
606
1,503
40.3
111
79
86
189
20:14
4Juraj Slafkovský
J. Slafkovský
234
51
80
131
-28
153
18
19
0
0
3
0
396
12.9
29
80
36.3
456
186
64
149
16:46
5Owen Power
O. Power
274
22
98
120
+2
74
1
19
0
4
2
1
433
5.1
0
0
115
347
88
198
22:25
6Michel Plasse
M. Plasse
298
0
9
9
52
56:11
7Gord Kluzak
G. Kluzak
299
25
98
123
+39
541
8
41
1
1
3
0
467
5.4
8Rick DiPietro
R. DiPietro
318
0
19
19
129
9
18
50.0
3
4
57:14
9Nail Yakupov
N. Yakupov
350
62
74
136
-89
142
19
17
0
0
6
1
650
9.5
0
10
0.0
348
103
125
170
13:36
10Greg Joly
G. Joly
365
21
76
97
-165
250
7
25
2
1
3
464
4.5
11Jack Hughes
J. Hughes
385
151
220
371
-32
62
36
88
1
1
24
9
1,338
11.3
1,090
3,027
36.0
65
144
305
465
19:30
12Alexis Lafreniere
A. Lafreniere
416
99
112
211
-13
164
8
10
0
0
20
3
749
13.2
88
278
31.7
544
134
171
178
15:44
13Patrik Stefan
P. Stefan
455
64
124
188
-36
158
9
20
4
7
9
1
605
10.6
2,688
6,059
44.4
196
179
252
173
15:06
14Brian Lawton
B. Lawton
483
112
154
266
-44
401
35
33
0
2
17
2
832
13.5
15Dale McCourt
D. McCourt
532
194
284
478
-67
124
62
102
13
5
19
0
1,352
14.3
16Rasmus Dahlin
R. Dahlin
539
86
300
386
-66
415
29
125
0
2
13
3
1,272
6.8
0
0
796
673
236
477
23:19
17Doug Wickenheiser
D. Wickenheiser
556
111
165
276
+36
286
17
22
6
6
16
1
992
11.2
18Nico Hischier
N. Hischier
561
181
267
448
+19
139
42
73
6
6
25
6
1,366
13.3
5,339
10,210
52.3
367
384
351
276
18:49
19Alexandre Daigle
A. Daigle
616
129
198
327
-176
186
35
78
1
1
20
1
1,085
11.9
230
447
51.5
39
33
58
119
12:56
20Bryan Berard
B. Berard
619
76
247
323
-98
500
41
121
1
1
13
4
1,372
5.5
0
0
260
357
118
274
20:20
21Rejean Houle
R. Houle
634
161
247
408
+179
395
27
51
2
4
22
1,101
14.6
22Auston Matthews
A. Matthews
657
415
335
750
+159
144
107
100
2
1
65
13
2,638
15.7
5,254
9,803
53.6
460
673
602
519
19:55
23Connor McDavid
C. McDavid
747
382
758
1,140
+169
290
93
295
9
10
73
16
2,518
15.2
4,111
8,606
47.8
544
294
675
708
21:46
24Garry Monahan
G. Monahan
748
116
169
285
-6
486
15
18
6
8
17
1,305
8.9
25Eric Lindros
E. Lindros
760
372
493
865
+215
1,398
111
152
7
2
46
6
2,312
16.1
2,758
5,016
55.0
519
107
171
225
19:06
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6
40
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14
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15
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37
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12/27
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12/28
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15

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24
2
7
55
56
Stars Stars
23
7
5
51
27
Wild Wild
21
9
5
47
20
Mammoth Mammoth
17
16
3
37
5
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13
15
8
34
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Jets Jets
15
16
2
32
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13
15
6
32
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13
16
4
30
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6
10
42
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Ducks Ducks
20
12
2
42
9
Oilers Oilers
17
12
6
40
0
Kings Kings
15
10
9
39
-2
Sharks Sharks
17
15
3
37
-13
Flames Flames
14
17
4
32
-14
Canucks Canucks
14
17
3
31
-17
Kraken Kraken
12
14
6
30
-23
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19
13
3
41
-7
Canadiens Canadiens
18
12
4
40
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Bruins Bruins
20
15
0
40
5
Lightning Lightning
18
13
3
39
17
Panthers Panthers
18
13
2
38
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Senators Senators
16
13
4
36
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15
13
5
35
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Sabres Sabres
15
14
4
34
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22
9
2
46
21
Capitals Capitals
19
11
4
42
22
Islanders Islanders
19
13
3
41
3
Flyers Flyers
17
10
6
40
5
Devils Devils
19
14
1
39
-5
Rangers Rangers
17
15
4
38
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Penguins Penguins
14
10
9
37
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14
14
6
34
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UTA UTA
2-3
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11/22
CAR CAR
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1-4
Sat
11/22
MIN MIN
@
WPG WPG
3-0
Sat
11/22
SEA SEA
@
NYI NYI
0-1
Sat
11/22
COL COL
@
CHI CHI
1-0

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DET DET
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WSH WSH
12:30 PM
Sat
12/20
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