most goals by a rookie defenseman first game

5 players had 5 goals. The first three are Joe Malone on December 19, 1917, on January 12, 1918 and on February 2, 1918, Harry Hyland on December 19, 1917 and Mickey Roach on March 6, 1920.

NAMEGDATETMOPPAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI
1Joe Malone
J. Malone
5
12/19/1917
MTL MTL
@
SEN
0
5
0
1
0
2Harry Hyland
H. Hyland
5
12/19/1917
MWN
vs
TAN TAN
0
5
0
0
0
3Joe Malone
J. Malone
5
1/12/1918
MTL MTL
vs
SEN
2
7
0
1
0
4Joe Malone
J. Malone
5
2/2/1918
MTL MTL
vs
TAN TAN
0
5
0
0
0
5Mickey Roach
M. Roach
5
3/6/1920
TSP TSP
vs
QBD
1
6
0
1
0
6Howie Meeker
H. Meeker
5
1/8/1947
TOR TOR
vs
CHI CHI
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7Don Murdoch
D. Murdoch
5
10/12/1976
NYR NYR
@
MNS MNS
0
5
+3
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
10
50.0
8Reg Noble
R. Noble
4
12/19/1917
TAN TAN
@
MWN
0
4
6
0
0
9Harry Cameron
H. Cameron
4
12/26/1917
TAN TAN
vs
MTL MTL
1
5
5
1
0
10Cy Denneny
C. Denneny
4
12/29/1917
SEN
vs
MWN
1
5
0
1
0
11Newsy Lalonde
N. Lalonde
4
12/29/1917
MTL MTL
vs
TAN TAN
0
4
0
0
0
12Joe Malone
J. Malone
4
1/30/1918
MTL MTL
@
SEN
0
4
6
1
0
13Joe Malone
J. Malone
4
2/16/1918
MTL MTL
vs
SEN
0
4
6
0
0
14Frank Nighbor
F. Nighbor
4
3/6/1918
SEN
vs
TAN TAN
0
4
0
1
0
15Odie Cleghorn
O. Cleghorn
4
2/1/1919
MTL MTL
vs
TAN TAN
0
4
0
0
0
16Cully Wilson
C. Wilson
4
2/11/1920
TSP TSP
vs
QBD
0
4
2
0
0
17Cully Wilson
C. Wilson
4
3/13/1920
TSP TSP
vs
MTL MTL
0
4
0
0
0
18Nels Stewart
N. Stewart
4
1/12/1926
MMR
vs
TSP TSP
0
4
2
0
0
19Hib Milks
H. Milks
4
3/4/1926
PIR
vs
TSP TSP
0
4
0
0
0
20Harry Oliver
H. Oliver
4
1/11/1927
BOS BOS
vs
CHI CHI
0
4
0
1
0
21Frank Fredrickson
F. Fredrickson
4
1/18/1927
BOS BOS
vs
NYR NYR
0
4
4
0
0
22Roy Conacher
R. Conacher
4
2/21/1939
BOS BOS
vs
CHI CHI
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
23Camille Henry
C. Henry
4
3/13/1954
NYR NYR
@
DET DET
0
4
0
4
0
0
0
1
0
24Pete Laframboise
P. Laframboise
4
1/3/1973
CGS
vs
VAN VAN
0
4
+3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
7
57.1
25Chris Oddleifson
C. Oddleifson
4
12/30/1973
BOS BOS
@
CGS
0
4
+4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
57.1

More Canadiens Stats

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.17

10th

GA/GP

3.50

29th

PP%

25.6

5th

PK%

77.6

25th

2025-26 Division Standings
TEAMWLOTLPTSDIFF
Bruins Bruins
19
13
0
38
8
Lightning Lightning
18
11
2
38
22
Red Wings Red Wings
17
12
3
37
-9
Canadiens Canadiens
16
11
3
35
-10
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
14
11
5
33
3
Senators Senators
14
12
4
32
-3
Panthers Panthers
15
13
2
32
-5
Sabres Sabres
13
14
4
30
-13
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/13
MTL MTL
@
NYR NYR
7:00 PM
Sun
12/14
EDM EDM
@
MTL MTL
7:00 PM
Tue
12/16
PHI PHI
@
MTL MTL
7:00 PM
Thu
12/18
CHI CHI
@
MTL MTL
7:00 PM
Sat
12/20
PIT PIT
@
MTL MTL
7:00 PM
Last Game
MTL Canadiens

16 - 11 - 3

4

Final

2

PIT Penguins

14 - 8 - 7

Thu 11 Dec 2025

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

NHL 2025-26 Betting

NHL 2025-26 Division Standings

Central DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Avalanche Avalanche
22
2
7
51
52
Stars Stars
21
6
5
47
26
Wild Wild
17
9
5
39
7
Pacific DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Golden Knights Golden Knights
15
6
9
39
5
Ducks Ducks
19
11
1
39
10
Kings Kings
14
8
8
36
2
Atlantic DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Lightning Lightning
18
11
2
38
22
Bruins Bruins
19
13
0
38
8
Red Wings Red Wings
17
12
3
37
-9
Metropolitan DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Hurricanes Hurricanes
19
9
2
40
16
Capitals Capitals
18
9
4
40
27
Islanders Islanders
18
11
3
39
6

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
11/14
PHI PHI
@
DAL DAL
1-5
Fri
11/14
SJS SJS
@
SEA SEA
1-4
Fri
11/14
WPG WPG
@
CGY CGY
4-3
Sat
11/15
NSH NSH
@
PIT PIT
0-4
Sat
11/15
VAN VAN
@
TBL TBL
6-2

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
12/12
CHI CHI
@
STL STL
8:00 PM
Fri
12/12
SEA SEA
@
UTA UTA
9:00 PM
Sat
12/13
ANA ANA
@
NJD NJD
12:30 PM
Sat
12/13
OTT OTT
@
MIN MIN
2:00 PM
Sat
12/13
SJS SJS
@
PIT PIT
3:00 PM