nhl rookie scoring leaders by year since 2000

Since 1999-00, Alex Ovechkin has gotten 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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G/GP

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GA/GP

2.55

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PK%

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2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	21	9	2	44	18
Islanders	19	12	3	41	6
Flyers	17	9	6	40	7
Capitals	18	11	4	40	18
Penguins	14	9	9	37	1
Devils	18	14	1	37	-6
Rangers	16	15	4	36	-6
Blue Jackets	14	13	6	34	-15

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 12/18	TOR	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Sat 12/20	DET	@	WSH	12:30 PM
Sun 12/21	WSH	@	DET	1:00 PM
Tue 12/23	NYR	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Sat 12/27	WSH	@	NJD	7:00 PM

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Final

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20 - 9 - 5

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Goals Leaders

28

MacKinnon

24

Geekie

21

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Assists Leaders

36

McDavid

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Celebrini

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Points Leaders

58

MacKinnon

56

McDavid

51

Celebrini

Hits Leaders

164

Trenin

146

Sherwood

121

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

82

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McCabe

82

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Wins Leaders

14

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Goals Against Leaders

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Save Percentage Leaders

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NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

4.03

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Goals Against Rankings

2.21

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Power Play Rankings

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Penalty Kill Rankings

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NHL 2025-26 Betting

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25-9

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Worst Record ATS

8-23

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NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	24	2	7	55	56
Stars	22	7	5	49	25
Wild	20	9	5	45	17
Mammoth	16	16	3	35	2
Jets	15	15	2	32	-1
Blackhawks	13	14	6	32	-8
Blues	12	15	7	31	-37
Predators	13	15	4	30	-19
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Ducks	20	12	2	42	9
Golden Knights	16	6	9	41	6
Oilers	16	12	6	38	-2
Kings	14	9	9	37	-2
Sharks	17	14	3	37	-11
Kraken	12	13	6	30	-21
Flames	13	17	4	30	-16
Canucks	13	17	3	29	-20

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Red Wings	19	12	3	41	-4
Bruins	20	14	0	40	7
Lightning	18	12	3	39	18
Canadiens	17	12	4	38	-11
Panthers	17	13	2	36	2
Maple Leafs	15	12	5	35	1
Senators	15	13	4	34	-3
Sabres	14	14	4	32	-11
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	21	9	2	44	18
Islanders	19	12	3	41	6
Flyers	17	9	6	40	7
Capitals	18	11	4	40	18
Penguins	14	9	9	37	1
Devils	18	14	1	37	-6
Rangers	16	15	4	36	-6
Blue Jackets	14	13	6	34	-15

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 11/19	VGK	@	UTA	4-1
Wed 11/19	OTT	@	ANA	3-2
Thu 11/20	MIN	@	PIT	5-0
Thu 11/20	CHI	@	BUF	3-9
Thu 11/20	CAR	@	WPG	4-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 12/17	LAK	@	FLA	7:00 PM
Wed 12/17	UTA	@	DET	7:30 PM
Wed 12/17	WPG	@	STL	8:00 PM
Wed 12/17	CAR	@	NSH	8:00 PM
Wed 12/17	NJD	@	VGK	10:00 PM

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

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