most goals in a season under 20 year old nhl rookie

Dale Hawerchuk has recorded the most goals by a rookie younger than 20, with 45 scored in 1981-82.

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	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	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	43	19	1984-85	PIT	73	57	100	-33	54	11	22	0	0	2	1	209	20.6
3	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	41	19	1992-93	PHI	61	34	75	+28	147	8	10	1	0	5	0	180	22.8
4	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	40	19	2016-17	TOR	82	29	69	+2	14	8	13	0	0	8	0	279	14.3	530	1,132	46.8	21	61	76	44	17:38
5	Sylvain Turgeon S. Turgeon	40	19	1983-84	HFD	76	32	72	-11	55	18	8	0	0	3	0	238	16.8
6	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
7	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	39	18	1983-84	DET	80	48	87	-19	33	13	19	0	0	2	1	177	22.0
8	Jimmy Carson J. Carson	37	18	1986-87	LAK	80	42	79	-5	22	18	17	0	0	2	0	215	17.2
9	Patrik Laine P. Laine	36	18	2016-17	WPG	73	28	64	+7	26	9	5	0	0	5	0	204	17.6	0	3	0.0	80	33	43	55	17:55
10	Brian Bellows B. Bellows	35	18	1982-83	MNS	78	30	65	-11	27	15	15	1	2	3		184	19.0
11	Wendel Clark W. Clark	34	19	1985-86	TOR	66	11	45	-27	227	4	2	0	0	3	0	164	20.7
12	Jason Arnott J. Arnott	33	19	1993-94	EDM	78	35	68	+1	104	10	13	0	0	4	1	194	17.0
13	Bobby Carpenter B. Carpenter	32	18	1981-82	WSH	80	35	67	-24	69	7	5	1	0	3		262	12.2
14	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	32	19	1975-76	NYI	80	63	95	+27	21	11	30	1	0	5		178	18.0
15	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
16	Pierre Larouche P. Larouche	31	19	1974-75	PIT	79	37	68	+2	52	5	7	0	0	4		177	17.5
17	Trevor Linden T. Linden	30	18	1988-89	VAN	80	29	59	-10	41	10	8	1	0	2	0	186	16.1
18	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
19	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
20	Mike Modano M. Modano	29	19	1989-90	MNS	80	46	75	-7	63	12	17	0	0	2	0	172	16.9
21	Denis Savard D. Savard	28	19	1980-81	CHI	76	47	75	+27	47	4	10	0	0	3		159	17.6
22	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	27	18	1990-91	PIT	80	30	57	-4	42	7	6	0	0	4	0	136	19.9
23	Rod Brind'Amour R. Brind'Amour	26	19	1989-90	STL	79	35	61	+23	46	10	8	0	0	1	0	160	16.3
24	Mike Allison M. Allison	26	19	1980-81	NYR	75	38	64	+12	83	4	12	0	0	2		122	21.3
25	Wilf Paiement W. Paiement	26	19	1974-75	KCS	78	13	39	-42	101	6	2	0	0	3		195	13.3

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Kaprizov

8

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7

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Points Leaders

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Hits Leaders

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37

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28

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1.20

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Save Percentage Leaders

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4.43

3.89

Goals Against Rankings

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NHL 2026-27 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Mammoth	6	2	0	12	10
Avalanche	5	2	1	11	12
Wild	5	2	1	11	6
Jets	4	1	2	10	0
Blues	3	3	1	7	2
Stars	3	3	1	7	3
Predators	2	2	3	7	-4
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Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
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Sharks	4	3	0	8	-6
Canucks	2	6	1	5	-13
Kings	0	3	2	2	-10
Flames	1	6	0	2	-21

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	6	2	0	12	12
Senators	6	2	0	12	3
Lightning	5	2	0	10	2
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Canadiens	3	3	1	7	-4
Red Wings	2	3	2	6	-5
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	6	1	1	13	12
Rangers	6	3	0	12	7
Capitals	5	3	0	10	4
Devils	4	4	0	8	-2
Islanders	3	3	1	7	3
Penguins	3	4	1	7	0
Blue Jackets	2	3	0	4	-5
Flyers	0	6	3	3	-22