most hits in first 3 years from 1850 to 2025

From 1849-50 through 2024-25, Darius Kasparaitis made the most hits in his first 3 seasons, with 985 hits.

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Data note: Hits: player season data complete from 1999-00

	NAME	HIT	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Darius Kasparaitis D. Kasparaitis	985	230	8	40	48	-1	399	2	1	0	3	1	0	238	3.4	0	1	0.0	396	48	155	19:18
2	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	981	222	14	29	43	-24	370	4	1	2	5	3	1	235	6.0	0	0		299	103	205	22:28
3	Robert Svehla R. Svehla	837	246	22	84	106	-4	227	6	30	0	1	1	0	383	5.7	0	3	0.0	431	155	224	25:21
4	Dan McGillis D. McGillis	802	225	23	63	86	+46	187	9	29	0	2	6	2	482	4.8	0	1	0.0	265	150	245	21:37
5	Derian Hatcher D. Hatcher	759	217	8	64	72	+23	232	2	15	0	5	2	1	298	2.7	0	0		307	91	327	26:37
6	Jason Smith J. Smith	734	236	13	39	52	+44	283	1	1	2	1	2	1	321	4.0	1	2	50.0	538	87	221	21:19
7	Brady Tkachuk B. Tkachuk	725	198	60	65	125	-41	250	11	17	0	0	9	3	693	8.7	335	710	47.2	92	90	116	17:42
8	Leo Komarov L. Komarov	709	171	31	40	71	-13	76	4	4	2	2	6	0	265	11.7	186	376	49.5	76	109	49	15:44
9	Brendan Witt B. Witt	697	217	7	17	24	+6	293	0	1	0	0	0	0	232	3.0	3	4	75.0	303	60	189	20:34
10	Matt Martin M. Martin	688	153	12	18	30	-31	294	0	2	0	3	2	0	200	6.0	20	50	40.0	93	62	35	11:40
11	Shane Doan S. Doan	685	238	72	91	163	+17	216	13	25	2	0	12	2	646	11.1	38	92	41.3	44	185	125	18:09
12	Cal Clutterbuck C. Clutterbuck	678	154	24	15	39	-13	128	2	0	2	0	2	1	272	8.8	6	28	21.4	69	37	32	13:32
13	Richard Matvichuk R. Matvichuk	678	230	17	49	66	+23	156	6	11	0	2	4	2	267	6.4	1	2	50.0	464	99	210	23:41
14	Mattias Norstrom M. Norstrom	667	243	3	40	43	+30	164	0	0	0	1	0	0	163	1.8	0	2	0.0	404	112	207	22:13
15	Tanner Jeannot T. Jeannot	661	172	35	31	66	+1	239	2	1	2	2	6	1	254	13.8	21	50	42.0	133	61	67	14:53
16	Adam Lowry A. Lowry	660	236	33	36	69	-7	151	5	7	1	1	5	0	299	11.0	1,451	2,991	48.5	136	87	56	14:38
17	Tom Wilson T. Wilson	655	231	14	36	50	+3	486	1	1	0	1	1	0	241	5.8	10	28	35.7	85	53	41	10:34
18	Martin Lapointe M. Lapointe	648	232	60	78	138	+32	349	18	22	1	1	12	1	449	13.4	520	970	53.6	65	71	148	15:59
19	Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	648	243	28	69	97	+24	391	13	34	0	0	5	1	435	6.4	0	2	0.0	341	33	271	23:56
20	Bob Boughner B. Boughner	643	210	6	11	17	+16	483	1	1	0	1	1	0	144	4.2	0	0		245	28	117	17:36
21	Michael Pezzetta M. Pezzetta	637	175	15	23	38	-7	217	0	1	0	0	1	0	161	9.3	20	45	44.4	65	10	58	8:21
22	Luke Schenn L. Schenn	630	231	12	41	53	-17	155	1	0	0	1	1	0	331	3.6	0	0		403	93	210	20:14
23	Vitaly Vishnevski V. Vishnevski	629	181	2	14	16	-11	185	1	0	0	2	0	0	120	1.7	0	0		152	74	75	18:07
24	Don Sweeney D. Sweeney	627	234	6	38	44	+7	109	2	4	0	0	1	0	212	2.8	0	1	0.0	268	101	98	20:13
25	Denis Gauthier D. Gauthier	614	167	8	15	23	+8	219	0	0	1	4	2	0	138	5.8	0	0		226	34	93	18:19

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Robertson

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Hurricanes	9	2	2	20	18
Rangers	7	5	1	15	5
Devils	7	4	0	14	4
Islanders	5	3	2	12	6
Capitals	6	4	0	12	2
Penguins	5	6	1	11	0
Flyers	3	7	3	9	-18
Blue Jackets	4	5	0	8	-8

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Thu 10/29	UTA	@	PIT	7:00 PM
Sat 10/31	PIT	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Tue 11/3	VGK	@	PIT	7:00 PM
Thu 11/5	BOS	@	PIT	7:00 PM
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Kaprizov

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Swayman

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Bruins	9	2	1	19	22
Senators	8	4	0	16	4
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Lightning	7	3	1	15	4
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Devils	7	4	0	14	4
Capitals	6	4	0	12	2
Islanders	5	3	2	12	6
Penguins	5	6	1	11	0
Flyers	3	7	3	9	-18
Blue Jackets	4	5	0	8	-8

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Wild	7	3	2	16	9
Stars	6	3	1	13	9
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Jets	4	3	3	11	-3
Blues	5	5	1	11	0
Predators	3	3	4	10	-8
Blackhawks	3	7	0	6	-18
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Sharks	6	5	1	13	-6
Ducks	5	6	0	10	-5
Flames	4	6	0	8	-16
Kings	2	5	2	6	-11
Canucks	2	9	1	5	-21