most points per game from nhl rookies

Joe Malone has recorded the most points per game by a rookie, with 2.40 per game in 1917-18.

Interpreted as:
most points per game with a minimum of 0.625 points per team game from NHL rookies
NAMEP/GPSEASONTMPGPGA+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Joe Malone
J. Malone
2.40
1917-18
48
20
44
4
30
4
1
2Cy Denneny
C. Denneny
2.19
1917-18
46
21
36
10
80
2
0
3Newsy Lalonde
N. Lalonde
2.14
1917-18
30
14
23
7
51
0
0
4Reg Noble
R. Noble
1.95
1917-18
39
20
29
10
35
4
0
5Frank Nighbor
F. Nighbor
1.90
1917-18
19
10
11
8
6
2
0
6Teemu Selanne
T. Selanne
1.57
1992-93
132
84
76
56
+8
45
24
25
0
0
7
0
387
19.6
7Thomas McCarthy
T. McCarthy
1.50
1919-20
18
12
12
6
0
0
0
8Odie Cleghorn
O. Cleghorn
1.50
1918-19
27
18
21
6
30
1
0
9Corb Denneny
C. Denneny
1.43
1917-18
30
21
20
10
14
1
0
10Peter Stastny
P. Stastny
1.42
1980-81
109
77
39
70
+10
37
11
22
2
0
4
232
16.8
11Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
1.37
1984-85
100
73
43
57
-33
54
11
22
0
0
2
1
209
20.6
12Neal Broten
N. Broten
1.34
1981-82
98
73
38
60
+14
42
7
19
2
2
4
188
20.2
13Real Cloutier
R. Cloutier
1.33
1979-80
89
67
42
47
-5
12
13
22
0
0
3
254
16.5
14Mike Rogers
M. Rogers
1.31
1979-80
105
80
44
61
+28
10
3
19
2
0
0
229
19.2
15Joe Mullen
J. Mullen
1.31
1981-82
59
45
25
34
+11
4
10
11
0
0
3
141
17.7
16Alex Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin
1.31
2005-06
106
81
52
54
+2
52
21
31
3
0
5
2
425
12.2
2
16
12.5
172
20
69
88
21:37
17Dale Hawerchuk
D. Hawerchuk
1.29
1981-82
103
80
45
58
-7
47
12
22
0
2
2
339
13.3
18Harry Cameron
H. Cameron
1.29
1917-18
27
21
17
10
28
1
0
19Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
1.26
2005-06
102
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
20Didier Pitre
D. Pitre
1.25
1917-18
25
20
17
8
29
5
0
21Mike Bossy
M. Bossy
1.25
1977-78
91
73
53
38
+31
6
25
15
0
0
4
235
22.6
22Gus Bodnar
G. Bodnar
1.24
1943-44
62
50
22
40
18
1
3
0
0
2
23Eric Lindros
E. Lindros
1.23
1992-93
75
61
41
34
+28
147
8
10
1
0
5
0
180
22.8
24Joe Nieuwendyk
J. Nieuwendyk
1.23
1987-88
92
75
51
41
+20
23
31
14
3
2
8
0
212
24.1
25Joe Juneau
J. Juneau
1.21
1992-93
102
84
32
70
+23
33
9
28
0
0
3
1
229
14.0

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