Dale Hawerchuk has scored the most goals by an 18-year-old player in a season, with 45 scored in his rookie season in 1981-82.

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most goals in a season 18 year old by a player NHL

	NAME	G	Age	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	45	18	1981-82	WIN	80	58	103	-7	47	12	22	0	2	2		339	13.3
2	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	39	18	2005-06	PIT	81	63	102	-1	110	16	31	0	2	5	3	278	14.0	534	1,174	45.5	66	43	36	57	20:08
3	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	39	18	1983-84	DET	80	48	87	-19	33	13	19	0	0	2	1	177	22.0
4	Jimmy Carson J. Carson	37	18	1986-87	LAK	80	42	79	-5	22	18	17	0	0	2	0	215	17.2
5	Patrik Laine P. Laine	36	18	2016-17	WPG	73	28	64	+7	26	9	5	0	0	5	1	204	17.6	0	3	0.0	80	33	43	55	17:55
6	Brian Bellows B. Bellows	35	18	1982-83	MNS	78	30	65	-11	27	15	15	1	2	3		184	19.0
7	Bobby Carpenter B. Carpenter	32	18	1981-82	WSH	80	35	67	-24	69	7	5	1	0	3		262	12.2
8	Jeff Skinner J. Skinner	31	18	2010-11	CAR	82	32	63	+3	46	6	12	0	0	2	0	215	14.4	58	157	36.9	70	28	63	31	16:44
9	Trevor Linden T. Linden	30	18	1988-89	VAN	80	29	59	-10	41	10	8	1	0	2	0	186	16.1
10	Jordan Staal J. Staal	29	18	2006-07	PIT	81	13	42	+16	24	4	2	7	2	4	1	131	22.1	142	383	37.1	33	42	37	27	14:56
11	Ilya Kovalchuk I. Kovalchuk	29	18	2001-02	ATL	65	22	51	-19	28	7	8	0	0	4	1	184	15.8	1	6	16.7	34	11	16	86	18:32
12	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	27	18	1990-91	PIT	80	30	57	-4	42	7	6	0	0	4	0	136	19.9
13	Macklin Celebrini M. Celebrini	25	18	2024-25	SJS	70	38	63	-31	28	8	14	0	0	4	1	236	10.6	507	1,051	48.2	37	53	29	113	19:47
14	Ron Francis R. Francis	25	18	1981-82	HFD	59	43	68	-15	51	12	14	0	0	1		163	15.3
15	Paul Gagne P. Gagne	25	18	1980-81	CLR	61	16	41	-25	12	9	9	0	0	2		99	25.3
16	Ted Kennedy T. Kennedy	25	18	1943-44	TOR	49	24	49		2	5	1	0	0	2
17	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	24	18	2013-14	COL	82	39	63	+20	26	8	9	0	0	5	0	241	10.0	194	452	42.9	57	45	51	28	17:21
18	Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	23	18	2025-26	NYI	82	36	59	+13	38	8	10	0	0	4	2	222	10.4	0	0		40	111	38	90	24:41
19	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	23	18	2008-09	TBL	79	23	46	-13	39	9	8	0	0	1	0	181	12.7	253	557	45.4	75	17	49	33	14:56
20	Connor Bedard C. Bedard	22	18	2023-24	CHI	68	39	61	-44	28	4	17	0	0	2	1	206	10.7	207	532	38.9	55	27	47	57	19:47
21	Mario Tremblay M. Tremblay	21	18	1974-75	MTL	63	18	39	+23	108	0	0	0	0	1		128	16.4
22	Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	20	18	2018-19	CAR	82	17	37	0	62	0	5	0	0	3	1	189	10.6	1	7	14.3	123	26	34	63	14:39
23	Alexandre Daigle A. Daigle	20	18	1993-94	OTT	84	31	51	-45	40	4	10	0	1	2	0	168	11.9
24	Eddie Olczyk E. Olczyk	20	18	1984-85	CHI	70	30	50	+10	67	1	1	1	0	2	0	134	14.9
25	Jack Hamilton J. Hamilton	20	18	1943-44	TOR	49	17	37		4	2	2	1	0	4

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Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
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Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
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