most goal in a season by rookie for montreal canadiens

Joe Malone has collected the most goals by a Canadiens rookie, with 44 scored in 1917-18.

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Joe Malone J. Malone	44	1917-18	MTL	20	4	48		30					4	1
2	Kjell Dahlin K. Dahlin	32	1985-86	MTL	77	39	71	+9	4	14	16	0	0	3	0	172	18.6
3	Bernie Geoffrion B. Geoffrion	30	1951-52	MTL	67	24	54		66	10	5	1	0	7
4	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	29	1971-72	MTL	73	35	64	+27	48	5	8	0	0	5		187	15.5
5	Mats Naslund M. Naslund	26	1982-83	MTL	74	45	71	+35	10	1	11	0	0	6		122	21.3
6	Michael Ryder M. Ryder	25	2003-04	MTL	81	38	63	+10	26	10	13	0	0	4	0	215	11.6	6	25	24.0	117	24	33	26	16:00
7	Paul Meger P. Meger	24	1951-52	MTL	69	18	42		44	1	4	1	0	2
8	Cole Caufield C. Caufield	23	2021-22	MTL	67	20	43	-24	10	5	8	0	0	3	2	188	12.2	5	10	50.0	18	7	32	27	16:41
9	Chris Higgins C. Higgins	23	2005-06	MTL	80	15	38	-1	26	7	5	3	0	3	0	148	15.5	23	45	51.1	67	41	48	19	14:25
10	Dick Gamble D. Gamble	23	1951-52	MTL	64	17	40		8	5	4	1	1	8
11	Newsy Lalonde N. Lalonde	23	1917-18	MTL	14	7	30		51					0	0
12	Valeri Bure V. Bure	22	1995-96	MTL	77	20	42	+10	28	5	8	0	0	1	0	143	15.4
13	Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	22	1967-68	MTL	69	20	42	+15	16	3	1	1	0	3		182	12.1
14	Gilbert Dionne G. Dionne	21	1991-92	MTL	39	13	34	+7	10	7	6	0	0	2	0	90	23.3
15	Stephane Richer S. Richer	21	1985-86	MTL	65	16	37	+1	50	5	7	0	0	2	0	112	18.8
16	Mario Tremblay M. Tremblay	21	1974-75	MTL	63	18	39	+23	108	0	0	0	0	1		128	16.4
17	Chuck Lefley C. Lefley	21	1972-73	MTL	65	25	46	+35	22	1	1	1	0	7		99	21.2
18	Bobby Rousseau B. Rousseau	21	1961-62	MTL	70	24	45	+24	26	0	3	4	1	3		198	10.6
19	Odie Cleghorn O. Cleghorn	21	1918-19	MTL	18	6	27		30					1	0
20	Saku Koivu S. Koivu	20	1995-96	MTL	82	25	45	-7	40	8	6	3	1	2	0	136	14.7
21	Fern Majeau F. Majeau	20	1943-44	MTL	44	18	38		39	6	2	0	0	3
22	Pierre Mondou P. Mondou	19	1977-78	MTL	71	30	49	+31	8	4	3	0	0	3		132	14.4
23	Marc Tardif M. Tardif	19	1970-71	MTL	76	30	49	+25	133	4	9	0	0	2		144	13.2
24	Henri Richard H. Richard	19	1955-56	MTL	64	21	40		46	2	3	0	0	5
25	Artturi Lehkonen A. Lehkonen	18	2016-17	MTL	73	10	28	-1	8	2	2	1	0	3	0	158	11.4	2	4	50.0	72	25	25	20	13:52