most assist per game by a rookie nhl history

Peter Stastny has the most assists per game by a rookie, with 0.91 per game in 1980-81.

Interpreted as:

most assist per game with a minimum of 0.375 assists per team game by a player by a rookie NHL history

	NAME	A/GP	SEASON	TM	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	0.91	1980-81	QUE	70	77	39	109	+10	37	11	22	2	0	4		232	16.8
2	Joe Juneau J. Juneau	0.83	1992-93	BOS	70	84	32	102	+23	33	9	28	0	0	3	1	229	14.0
3	Neal Broten N. Broten	0.82	1981-82	MNS	60	73	38	98	+14	42	7	19	2	2	4		188	20.2
4	Gus Bodnar G. Bodnar	0.80	1943-44	TOR	40	50	22	62		18	1	3	0	0	2
5	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	0.79	1975-76	NYI	63	80	32	95	+27	21	11	30	1	0	5		178	18.0
6	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	0.78	1984-85	PIT	57	73	43	100	-33	54	11	22	0	0	2	1	209	20.6
7	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	0.78	2005-06	PIT	63	81	39	102	-1	110	16	31	0	2	5	3	278	14.0	534	1,174	45.5	66	43	36	57	20:08
8	Sergei Makarov S. Makarov	0.78	1989-90	CGY	62	80	24	86	+33	55	6	21	0	0	4	0	118	20.3
9	Mathew Barzal M. Barzal	0.77	2017-18	NYI	63	82	22	85	+1	30	5	22	0	0	4	1	170	12.9	355	834	42.6	21	31	65	88	17:46
10	Mike Rogers M. Rogers	0.76	1979-80	HFD	61	80	44	105	+28	10	3	19	2	0	0		229	19.2
11	Stefan Persson S. Persson	0.76	1977-78	NYI	50	66	6	56	+19	54	3	32	0	0	0		77	7.8
12	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	0.76	1981-82	STL	34	45	25	59	+11	4	10	11	0	0	3		141	17.7
13	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	0.75	1980-81	LAK	60	80	16	76	+16	79	5	27	1	3	0		153	10.5
14	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	0.74	1994-95	QUE	35	47	15	50	+17	16	3	12	0	1	3	0	86	17.4
15	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	0.74	1984-85	MTL	55	74	9	64	+10	87	2	30	1	3	0	0	200	4.5
16	Terry Ruskowski T. Ruskowski	0.74	1979-80	CHI	55	74	15	70	+7	252	6	16	1	1	3		88	17.0
17	Craig Janney C. Janney	0.74	1988-89	BOS	46	62	16	62	+20	12	2	18	0	0	2	0	95	16.8
18	Lane Hutson L. Hutson	0.73	2024-25	MTL	60	82	6	66	-2	34	1	25	0	0	0	0	91	6.6	0	0		40	123	56	109	22:44
19	Marian Stastny M. Stastny	0.73	1981-82	QUE	54	74	35	89	-5	27	13	17	0	0	3		174	20.1
20	Ron Francis R. Francis	0.73	1981-82	HFD	43	59	25	68	-15	51	12	14	0	0	1		163	15.3
21	Pelle Eklund P. Eklund	0.73	1985-86	PHI	51	70	15	66	-2	12	8	38	0	0	5	0	141	10.6
22	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	0.73	1981-82	WIN	58	80	45	103	-7	47	12	22	0	2	2		339	13.3
23	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	0.71	2015-16	EDM	32	45	16	48	-1	18	3	11	0	0	5	1	105	15.2	248	603	41.1	12	10	33	17	18:53
24	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0.71	1988-89	NYR	48	68	23	71	+8	50	8	23	3	1	1	0	268	8.6
25	Real Cloutier R. Cloutier	0.70	1979-80	QUE	47	67	42	89	-5	12	13	22	0	0	3		254	16.5

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