most game winning goals by a rookie in nhl history

Marek Svatos and Steve Larmer are tied for the most game-winning goals by a rookie, with 9 game-winners.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season game winning goals by a rookie in NHL history

	NAME	GWG	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Marek Svatos M. Svatos	9	2005-06	COL	61	32	18	50	0	60	12	10	0	0	0	165	19.4	1	5	20.0	35	13	30	26	13:45
2	Steve Larmer S. Larmer	9	1982-83	CHI	80	43	47	90	+44	28	13	20	0	0		195	22.1
3	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	8	2016-17	TOR	82	40	29	69	+2	14	8	13	0	0	1	279	14.3	530	1,132	46.8	21	61	76	44	17:38
4	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	8	1987-88	CGY	75	51	41	92	+20	23	31	14	3	2	0	212	24.1
5	Dick Gamble D. Gamble	8	1951-52	MTL	64	23	17	40		8	5	4	1	1
6	Howie Meeker H. Meeker	8	1946-47	TOR	55	27	18	45		76	5	1	0	0
7	Elias Pettersson E. Pettersson	7	2018-19	VAN	71	28	38	66	+3	12	10	12	0	0	1	144	19.4	257	627	41.0	42	51	41	52	18:14
8	Kyle Connor K. Connor	7	2017-18	WPG	76	31	26	57	+8	16	7	4	0	0	3	192	16.1	2	7	28.6	18	26	39	34	16:54
9	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	7	2015-16	CHI	80	30	47	77	+8	32	8	16	0	0	1	187	16.0	0	0		46	14	29	35	18:31
10	Jeff Carter J. Carter	7	2005-06	PHI	81	23	19	42	+10	40	6	7	2	0	0	189	12.2	329	683	48.2	55	20	30	34	12:04
11	Dion Phaneuf D. Phaneuf	7	2005-06	CGY	82	20	29	49	+5	93	16	17	0	1	1	242	8.3	0	0		203	97	35	51	21:44
12	Trent Hunter T. Hunter	7	2003-04	NYI	77	25	26	51	+23	16	4	6	0	0	0	187	13.4	7	19	36.8	218	24	40	41	15:39
13	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	7	1992-93	WIN	84	76	56	132	+8	45	24	25	0	0	0	387	19.6
14	David Volek D. Volek	7	1988-89	NYI	77	25	34	59	-11	24	9	17	0	0	0	229	10.9
15	Bob Sweeney B. Sweeney	7	1987-88	BOS	80	22	23	45	+11	73	6	3	0	0	1	118	18.6
16	Barry Pederson B. Pederson	7	1981-82	BOS	80	44	48	92	+27	53	13	17	4	1		197	22.3
17	Tim Kerr T. Kerr	7	1980-81	PHI	68	22	23	45	+3	84	6	9	0	0		95	23.2
18	Chuck Lefley C. Lefley	7	1972-73	MTL	65	21	25	46	+35	22	1	1	1	0		99	21.2
19	Camille Henry C. Henry	7	1953-54	NYR	66	24	15	39		10	20	12	0	0
20	Bernie Geoffrion B. Geoffrion	7	1951-52	MTL	67	30	24	54		66	10	5	1	0
21	Bill Cook B. Cook	7	1926-27	NYR	44	33	4	37		56					1
22	Nels Stewart N. Stewart	7	1925-26	MMR	36	34	8	42		121					1
23	Jimmy Vesey J. Vesey	6	2016-17	NYR	80	16	11	27	-13	26	5	3	0	0	0	116	13.8	2	7	28.6	64	37	44	34	13:38
24	Filip Forsberg F. Forsberg	6	2014-15	NSH	82	26	37	63	+15	24	6	13	0	0	2	237	11.0	3	7	42.9	108	28	50	57	17:20
25	Anders Lee A. Lee	6	2014-15	NYI	76	25	16	41	+9	33	5	1	0	0	0	197	12.7	1	1	100.0	169	29	23	23	14:24