Bill Durnan has the best record by a rookie, with a record of 38-5-7 in 1943-44.

most rookie catches single game record with a minimum of 25.625 games played per 82 team games

	NAME	REC	SEASON	TM	PTS	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	FOW	FO	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Bill Durnan B. Durnan	38-5-7	1943-44	MTL	0	50	0	0	0		2														60:00
2	Pete Peeters P. Peeters	29-5-5	1979-80	PHI	0	40	0	0	0		13														59:16
3	Frank Brimsek F. Brimsek	33-9-1	1938-39	BOS	0	43	0	0	0		0														60:56
4	Jordan Binnington J. Binnington	24-5-1	2018-19	STL	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	58:38
5	Ron Grahame R. Grahame	26-6-7	1977-78	BOS	1	40	0	1	1		0														58:13
6	Al Rollins A. Rollins	26-6-7	1950-51	TOR	0	40	0	0	0		0														59:10
7	Grant Fuhr G. Fuhr	28-5-14	1981-82	EDM	6	48	0	6	6		6														59:13
8	Ken Dryden K. Dryden	39-8-15	1971-72	MTL	3	64	0	3	3		4														59:20
9	Terry Sawchuk T. Sawchuk	44-13-13	1950-51	DET	0	70	0	0	0		2														60:00
10	Bob Froese B. Froese	17-4-2	1982-83	PHI	2	25	0	2	2		2														56:12
11	Alex Nedeljkovic A. Nedeljkovic	15-5-3	2020-21	CAR	1	23	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	60:31
12	Frederik Andersen F. Andersen	20-5-0	2013-14	ANA	1	28	0	1	1		0														56:03
13	Gilles Villemure G. Villemure	22-8-4	1970-71	NYR	0	34	0	0	0		0														59:54
14	Jacques Plante J. Plante	33-12-7	1954-55	MTL	0	52	0	0	0		2														59:13
15	Rick Wamsley R. Wamsley	23-7-7	1981-82	MTL	2	38	0	2	2		4														58:01
16	Jim Carey J. Carey	18-6-3	1994-95	WSH	0	28	0	0	0		0														57:16
17	Roland Melanson R. Melanson	22-7-6	1981-82	NYI	0	36	0	0	0		14														58:40
18	Matt Murray M. Murray	32-10-4	2016-17	PIT	2	49	0	2	2		0					0									56:27
19	Semyon Varlamov S. Varlamov	15-4-6	2009-10	WSH	1	26	0	1	1		0														58:45
20	Connie Dion C. Dion	17-7-2	1943-44	DET	0	26	0	0	0		0														60:00
21	Don Edwards D. Edwards	16-7-2	1976-77	BUF	1	25	0	1	1		2														59:03
22	Kaapo Kahkonen K. Kahkonen	16-8-0	2020-21	MIN	0	24	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	58:56
23	Jimmy Howard J. Howard	37-15-10	2009-10	DET	2	63	0	2	2		2														59:22
24	Tony Esposito T. Esposito	38-17-8	1969-70	CHI	2	63	0	2	2		2														59:41
25	Lorne Chabot L. Chabot	22-9-5	1926-27	NYR	0	37	0	0	0		0														63:26