nhl most goals per game rookie season

Joe Malone has scored the most goals per game by a rookie, with 2.20 per game in 1917-18.

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NAMEG/GPSEASONTMGGPAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Joe Malone
J. Malone
2.20
1917-18
44
20
4
48
30
4
1
2Cy Denneny
C. Denneny
1.71
1917-18
36
21
10
46
80
2
0
3Newsy Lalonde
N. Lalonde
1.64
1917-18
23
14
7
30
51
0
0
4Reg Noble
R. Noble
1.45
1917-18
29
20
10
39
35
4
0
5Odie Cleghorn
O. Cleghorn
1.17
1918-19
21
18
6
27
30
1
0
6Frank Nighbor
F. Nighbor
1.10
1917-18
11
10
8
19
6
2
0
7Thomas McCarthy
T. McCarthy
1.00
1919-20
12
12
6
18
0
0
0
8Corb Denneny
C. Denneny
0.95
1917-18
20
21
10
30
14
1
0
9Nels Stewart
N. Stewart
0.94
1925-26
34
36
8
42
121
7
1
10Jack McDonald
J. McDonald
0.92
1917-18
TOT
12
13
2
14
15
2
1
11Teemu Selanne
T. Selanne
0.90
1992-93
76
84
56
132
+8
45
24
25
0
0
7
0
387
19.6
12Cully Wilson
C. Wilson
0.87
1919-20
20
23
7
27
86
0
0
13Didier Pitre
D. Pitre
0.85
1917-18
17
20
8
25
29
5
0
14Harry Hyland
H. Hyland
0.82
1917-18
TOT
14
17
2
16
65
2
0
15Harry Cameron
H. Cameron
0.81
1917-18
17
21
10
27
28
1
0
16Jack Darragh
J. Darragh
0.78
1917-18
14
18
5
19
23
1
0
17Bill Cook
B. Cook
0.75
1926-27
33
44
4
37
56
7
1
18Mike Bossy
M. Bossy
0.73
1977-78
53
73
38
91
+31
6
25
15
0
0
4
235
22.6
19Billy Boucher
B. Boucher
0.71
1921-22
17
24
5
22
18
3
0
20Joe Nieuwendyk
J. Nieuwendyk
0.68
1987-88
51
75
41
92
+20
23
31
14
3
2
8
0
212
24.1
21Eric Lindros
E. Lindros
0.67
1992-93
41
61
34
75
+28
147
8
10
1
0
5
0
180
22.8
22Eddie Gerard
E. Gerard
0.65
1917-18
13
20
8
21
26
0
0
23Alf Skinner
A. Skinner
0.65
1917-18
13
20
5
18
34
0
0
24Alex Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin
0.64
2005-06
52
81
54
106
+2
52
21
31
3
0
5
2
425
12.2
2
16
12.5
172
20
69
88
21:37
25Real Cloutier
R. Cloutier
0.63
1979-80
42
67
47
89
-5
12
13
22
0
0
3
254
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