most points in the first year by an nhl rookie in the last 30 years

Between November 2, 1996 and November 2, 2026, Alex Ovechkin collected the most points by a rookie in his first season, with 106 points in 2005-06.

	NAME	P	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	106	2005-06	WSH	81	52	54	+2	52	21	31	3	0	5	2	425	12.2	2	16	12.5	172	20	69	88	21:37
2	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	102	2005-06	PIT	81	39	63	-1	110	16	31	0	2	5	3	278	14.0	534	1,174	45.5	66	43	36	57	20:08
3	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	85	2006-07	PIT	78	33	52	+2	80	16	24	0	0	6	1	242	13.6	315	728	43.3	40	36	40	69	19:10
4	Paul Stastny P. Stastny	78	2006-07	COL	82	28	50	+4	42	11	20	0	1	6	0	185	15.1	594	1,226	48.5	29	49	62	46	18:10
5	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	77	2015-16	CHI	80	30	47	+8	32	8	16	0	0	7	1	187	16.0	0	0		46	14	29	35	18:31
6	Patrick Kane P. Kane	72	2007-08	CHI	82	21	51	-5	52	7	21	0	0	4	1	191	11.0	16	26	61.5	16	7	49	22	18:22
7	Scott Gomez S. Gomez	70	1999-00	NJD	82	19	51	+14	78	7	20	0	0	1	0	204	9.3	152	341	44.6	49	12	67	64	16:21
8	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	69	2016-17	TOR	82	40	29	+2	14	8	13	0	0	8	1	279	14.3	530	1,132	46.8	21	61	76	44	17:38
9	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	69	2007-08	WSH	82	14	55	+13	24	3	22	0	0	4	1	153	9.2	405	874	46.3	34	34	72	50	19:00
10	Dany Heatley D. Heatley	67	2001-02	ATL	82	26	41	-19	56	7	11	0	1	4	2	202	12.9	38	116	32.8	62	21	53	81	19:53
11	Elias Pettersson E. Pettersson	66	2018-19	VAN	71	28	38	+3	12	10	12	0	0	7	1	144	19.4	257	627	41.0	42	51	41	52	18:14
12	Patrik Laine P. Laine	64	2016-17	WPG	73	36	28	+7	26	9	5	0	0	5	1	204	17.6	0	3	0.0	80	33	43	55	17:55
13	Matvei Michkov M. Michkov	63	2024-25	PHI	80	26	37	-18	46	8	9	0	0	3	3	199	13.1	19	41	46.3	29	23	14	82	16:41
14	Macklin Celebrini M. Celebrini	63	2024-25	SJS	70	25	38	-31	28	8	14	0	0	4	1	236	10.6	507	1,051	48.2	37	53	29	113	19:47
15	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	63	2013-14	COL	82	24	39	+20	26	8	9	0	0	5	0	241	10.0	194	452	42.9	57	45	51	28	17:21
16	Jeff Skinner J. Skinner	63	2010-11	CAR	82	31	32	+3	46	6	12	0	0	2	0	215	14.4	58	157	36.9	70	28	63	31	16:44
17	Michael Ryder M. Ryder	63	2003-04	MTL	81	25	38	+10	26	10	13	0	0	4	0	215	11.6	6	25	24.0	117	24	33	26	16:00
18	Brad Richards B. Richards	62	2000-01	TBL	82	21	41	-10	14	7	19	0	0	3	1	179	11.7	395	955	41.4	14	28	42	99	16:54
19	Connor Bedard C. Bedard	61	2023-24	CHI	68	22	39	-44	28	4	17	0	0	2	1	206	10.7	207	532	38.9	54	27	47	57	19:47
20	Mitch Marner M. Marner	61	2016-17	TOR	77	19	42	0	38	4	17	0	0	5	0	176	10.8	14	37	37.8	41	39	67	62	16:49
21	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	61	2006-07	LAK	72	20	41	-12	24	7	22	2	0	1	0	193	10.4	555	1,204	46.1	55	33	41	37	20:32
22	Beckett Sennecke B. Sennecke	60	2025-26	ANA	82	23	37	-12	62	1	12	1	0	2	1	197	11.7	3	5	60.0	97	24	26	96	17:27
23	Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	59	2025-26	NYI	82	23	36	+13	38	8	10	0	0	4	2	222	10.4	0	0		40	111	38	90	24:41
24	Lucas Raymond L. Raymond	57	2021-22	DET	82	23	34	-32	16	5	13	0	0	2	2	184	12.5	12	31	38.7	62	24	26	36	18:09
25	Jack Eichel J. Eichel	56	2015-16	BUF	81	24	32	-16	22	8	13	0	0	5	1	238	10.1	402	980	41.0	43	25	43	49	19:07

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Team Leaders

10

Tuch

9

Strome

+/-

+9

Desharnais

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.38

12th

GA/GP

3.23

17th

PP%

17.6

22nd

PK%

77.3

16th

2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	12	2	2	26	27
Devils	9	5	0	18	8
Islanders	7	5	2	16	1
Capitals	8	5	0	16	2
Rangers	7	7	1	15	-1
Flyers	4	8	4	12	-19
Penguins	5	7	2	12	-2
Blue Jackets	5	7	0	10	-10

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 11/3	DAL	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Sat 11/7	FLA	@	WSH	12:30 PM
Tue 11/10	WSH	@	OTT	7:00 PM
Thu 11/12	WSH	@	NJD	7:00 PM
Sat 11/14	NJD	@	WSH	7:00 PM

Last Game

Wild

10 - 3 - 3

Final

Capitals

8 - 5 - 0

Sun 1 Nov 2026

NHL 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

15

Kaprizov

12

Draisaitl

12

Lehkonen

Assists Leaders

30

McDavid

18

Bouchard

17

Carlsson

Points Leaders

39

McDavid

28

Draisaitl

26

Bouchard

Hits Leaders

81

Sherwood

70

Trenin

65

Pospisil

Blocks Leaders

43

Kleven

40

Weegar

39

Seider

Wins Leaders

10

Kochetkov

9

Wallstedt

7

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

1.33

Ullmark

1.49

Kochetkov

1.63

Oettinger

Save Percentage Leaders

.945

Ullmark

.932

Fowler

.929

Kochetkov

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

4.21

4.20

3.94

Goals Against Rankings

2.14

2.19

2.25

Power Play Rankings

34.6

34.0

33.3

Penalty Kill Rankings

93.6

91.1

89.1

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Best Record ATS

11-4

10-5

9-5

10-6

Worst Record ATS

5-10

4-8

5-9

6-10

5-8

NHL 2026-27 Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	10	4	1	21	19
Canadiens	9	3	2	20	6
Senators	9	6	1	19	1
Lightning	8	3	2	18	5
Panthers	8	4	2	18	5
Maple Leafs	8	6	2	18	7
Sabres	7	4	3	17	-6
Red Wings	6	5	3	15	-2
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	12	2	2	26	27
Devils	9	5	0	18	8
Capitals	8	5	0	16	2
Islanders	7	5	2	16	1
Rangers	7	7	1	15	-1
Penguins	5	7	2	12	-2
Flyers	4	8	4	12	-19
Blue Jackets	5	7	0	10	-10

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Wild	10	3	3	23	16
Mammoth	9	6	0	18	2
Avalanche	8	5	1	17	15
Stars	8	5	1	17	7
Blues	7	6	1	15	2
Predators	5	4	5	15	-5
Jets	4	8	3	11	-20
Blackhawks	4	9	1	9	-22
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	11	2	2	24	20
Golden Knights	9	5	1	19	9
Kraken	8	5	1	17	0
Sharks	7	7	1	15	-11
Ducks	6	7	1	13	-4
Flames	6	8	0	12	-16
Kings	4	7	2	10	-9
Canucks	3	12	1	7	-25