nhl rookie scoring leader every year since 2000

Since 1999-00, Alex Ovechkin has the most goals by a rookie, with 52 scored in 2005-06.

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	52	2005-06	WSH	81	54	106	+2	52	21	31	3	0	5	2	425	12.2	2	16	12.5	172	20	69	88	21:37
2	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	40	2016-17	TOR	82	29	69	+2	14	8	13	0	0	8	0	279	14.3	530	1,132	46.8	21	61	76	44	17:38
3	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	39	2005-06	PIT	81	63	102	-1	110	16	31	0	2	5	3	278	14.0	534	1,174	45.5	66	43	36	57	20:08
4	Patrik Laine P. Laine	36	2016-17	WPG	73	28	64	+7	26	9	5	0	0	5	1	204	17.6	0	3	0.0	80	33	43	55	17:55
5	Michael Grabner M. Grabner	34	2010-11	NYI	76	18	52	+13	10	2	2	6	1	3	1	228	14.9	2	6	33.3	22	26	69	30	15:05
6	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	33	2006-07	PIT	78	52	85	+2	80	16	24	0	0	6	1	242	13.6	315	728	43.3	40	36	40	69	19:10
7	Logan Couture L. Couture	32	2010-11	SJS	79	24	56	+18	41	10	4	0	0	8	1	253	12.6	474	888	53.4	60	66	49	25	17:49
8	Marek Svatos M. Svatos	32	2005-06	COL	61	18	50	0	60	12	10	0	0	9	0	165	19.4	1	5	20.0	35	13	30	26	13:45
9	Kyle Connor K. Connor	31	2017-18	WPG	76	26	57	+8	16	7	4	0	0	7	3	192	16.1	2	7	28.6	18	26	39	34	16:54
10	Jeff Skinner J. Skinner	31	2010-11	CAR	82	32	63	+3	46	6	12	0	0	2	0	215	14.4	58	157	36.9	70	28	63	31	16:44
11	Bobby Ryan B. Ryan	31	2008-09	ANA	64	26	57	+13	33	12	11	0	0	3	0	174	17.8	6	13	46.2	78	10	22	39	15:26
12	Dominik Kubalik D. Kubalik	30	2019-20	CHI	68	16	46	+2	16	4	4	0	0	3	0	157	19.1	6	19	31.6	79	17	23	25	14:22
13	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	30	2015-16	CHI	80	47	77	+8	32	8	16	0	0	7	1	187	16.0	0	0		46	14	29	35	18:31
14	Petr Prucha P. Prucha	30	2005-06	NYR	68	17	47	+3	32	16	6	0	0	2	0	130	23.1	78	150	52.0	52	20	17	29	13:42
15	Brock Boeser B. Boeser	29	2017-18	VAN	62	26	55	-5	16	10	13	0	0	4	0	179	16.2	10	39	25.6	29	24	26	28	17:30
16	Dustin Penner D. Penner	29	2006-07	ANA	82	16	45	-2	58	9	7	0	0	5	0	204	14.2	27	58	46.6	97	18	36	49	13:59
17	Jordan Staal J. Staal	29	2006-07	PIT	81	13	42	+16	24	4	2	7	2	4	1	131	22.1	142	383	37.1	33	42	37	27	14:56
18	Ilya Kovalchuk I. Kovalchuk	29	2001-02	ATL	65	22	51	-19	28	7	8	0	0	4	1	184	15.8	1	6	16.7	34	11	16	86	18:32
19	Elias Pettersson E. Pettersson	28	2018-19	VAN	71	38	66	+3	12	10	12	0	0	7	1	144	19.4	257	627	41.0	42	51	41	52	18:14
20	Alex DeBrincat A. DeBrincat	28	2017-18	CHI	82	24	52	+6	6	6	6	0	0	1	0	181	15.5	25	59	42.4	40	25	33	25	14:48
21	Paul Stastny P. Stastny	28	2006-07	COL	82	50	78	+4	42	11	20	0	1	6	0	185	15.1	594	1,226	48.5	29	49	62	46	18:10
22	Kirill Kaprizov K. Kaprizov	27	2020-21	MIN	55	24	51	+10	16	8	5	0	0	3	2	157	17.2	3	24	12.5	29	18	27	35	18:18
23	Mike Hoffman M. Hoffman	27	2014-15	OTT	79	21	48	+16	14	1	2	0	0	4	1	199	13.6	7	14	50.0	40	33	57	45	14:33
24	Matvei Michkov M. Michkov	26	2024-25	PHI	80	37	63	-18	46	8	9	0	0	3	3	199	13.1	19	41	46.3	29	23	14	82	16:41
25	Filip Forsberg F. Forsberg	26	2014-15	NSH	82	37	63	+15	24	6	13	0	0	6	2	237	11.0	3	7	42.9	108	28	50	57	17:20

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+/-

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GA/GP

2.68

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PP%

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PK%

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2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	23	11	3	49	18
Islanders	21	13	4	46	5
Flyers	19	10	7	45	9
Capitals	20	13	5	45	15
Rangers	19	17	4	42	-3
Devils	20	16	2	42	-8
Penguins	15	12	9	39	-9
Blue Jackets	15	15	6	36	-17

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 12/29	WSH	@	FLA	7:00 PM
Wed 12/31	NYR	@	WSH	12:30 PM
Thu 1/1	WSH	@	OTT	1:00 PM
Sat 1/3	CHI	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Mon 1/5	ANA	@	WSH	7:00 PM

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Final

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20 - 16 - 2

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Goals Leaders

31

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25

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Assists Leaders

44

McDavid

39

Rantanen

37

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Points Leaders

68

McDavid

64

MacKinnon

57

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Hits Leaders

189

Trenin

169

Sherwood

136

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

94

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92

McNabb

91

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Wins Leaders

17

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16

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Goals Against Leaders

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Wedgewood

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Save Percentage Leaders

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Goals Rankings

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Goals Against Rankings

2.19

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Power Play Rankings

34.3

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Penalty Kill Rankings

85.8

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NHL 2025-26 Betting

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25-11

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25-14

24-14

Worst Record ATS

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NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	28	2	7	63	63
Stars	25	7	7	57	34
Wild	23	10	6	52	19
Mammoth	18	18	3	39	4
Blues	15	16	8	38	-35
Predators	16	17	4	36	-19
Jets	15	17	4	34	-5
Blackhawks	14	17	6	34	-14
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	17	8	11	45	5
Ducks	21	15	2	44	-2
Oilers	19	14	6	44	1
Kings	16	12	9	41	0
Sharks	18	17	3	39	-17
Kraken	15	14	6	36	-18
Flames	16	18	4	36	-14
Canucks	15	19	3	33	-22

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Red Wings	22	14	3	47	-5
Lightning	21	13	3	45	24
Canadiens	20	12	5	45	-1
Panthers	20	15	2	42	1
Sabres	19	14	4	42	-2
Senators	18	14	5	41	4
Bruins	20	18	1	41	-7
Maple Leafs	17	15	5	39	-4
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	23	11	3	49	18
Islanders	21	13	4	46	5
Flyers	19	10	7	45	9
Capitals	20	13	5	45	15
Devils	20	16	2	42	-8
Rangers	19	17	4	42	-3
Penguins	15	12	9	39	-9
Blue Jackets	15	15	6	36	-17

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 11/28	UTA	@	STL	0-1
Sat 11/29	WSH	@	NYI	4-1
Sat 11/29	ANA	@	CHI	3-5
Sat 11/29	CGY	@	CAR	0-1
Sat 11/29	OTT	@	DAL	1-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 12/28	MTL	@	TBL	5:00 PM
Sun 12/28	NYI	@	CBJ	5:00 PM
Sun 12/28	TOR	@	DET	7:00 PM
Sun 12/28	PIT	@	CHI	7:00 PM
Sun 12/28	PHI	@	SEA	8:00 PM

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