nhl rookie scoring leaders last 15 years

Between July 21, 2011 and July 21, 2026, Auston Matthews has recorded the most goals by a rookie, with 40 scored in 2016-17.

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	Mark Stone M. Stone	26	2014-15	OTT	80	38	64	+21	14	5	8	1	0	6	2	157	16.6	7	18	38.9	49	53	98	43	17:01
14	Macklin Celebrini M. Celebrini	25	2024-25	SJS	70	38	63	-31	28	8	14	0	0	4	1	236	10.6	507	1,051	48.2	37	53	29	113	19:47
15	Yanni Gourde Y. Gourde	25	2017-18	TBL	82	39	64	+34	50	7	6	1	1	5	1	136	18.4	158	364	43.4	57	42	52	35	16:09
16	Anders Lee A. Lee	25	2014-15	NYI	76	16	41	+9	33	5	1	0	0	6	0	197	12.7	1	1	100.0	169	29	23	23	14:24
17	Wyatt Johnston W. Johnston	24	2022-23	DAL	82	17	41	+6	20	3	4	0	0	3	0	160	15.0	145	335	43.3	22	31	47	55	15:29
18	Matty Beniers M. Beniers	24	2022-23	SEA	80	33	57	+14	2	4	6	0	1	4	1	148	16.2	409	969	42.2	79	48	55	48	17:06
19	Tanner Jeannot T. Jeannot	24	2021-22	NSH	81	17	41	+2	130	2	1	1	0	5	1	124	19.4	10	24	41.7	318	64	32	32	15:59
20	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	24	2016-17	CAR	82	25	49	-1	26	6	11	1	1	4	1	214	11.2	17	35	48.6	51	14	40	57	16:47
21	Jack Eichel J. Eichel	24	2015-16	BUF	81	32	56	-16	22	8	13	0	0	5	1	238	10.1	402	980	41.0	43	25	43	49	19:07
22	Johnny Gaudreau J. Gaudreau	24	2014-15	CGY	80	40	64	+11	14	8	13	0	0	4	0	167	14.4	3	8	37.5	14	27	67	78	17:43
23	Tyler Johnson T. Johnson	24	2013-14	TBL	82	26	50	+23	26	5	5	5	1	4	0	181	13.3	614	1,275	48.2	55	37	23	41	18:47
24	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	24	2013-14	COL	82	39	63	+20	26	8	9	0	0	5	0	241	10.0	194	452	42.9	57	45	51	28	17:21
25	Matt Read M. Read	24	2011-12	PHI	79	23	47	+13	12	4	7	2	1	6	0	155	15.5	142	346	41.0	82	58	36	27	17:04

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Team Leaders

31

Tavares

49

Nylander

+/-

+8

Tanev

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.07

16th

GA/GP

3.60

31st

PP%

21.3

15th

PK%

81.2

8th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	50	23	9	109	47
Canadiens	48	24	10	106	27
Lightning	50	26	6	106	59
Bruins	45	27	10	100	22
Senators	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs	32	36	14	78	-46

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 9/29	MTL	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Wed 9/30	NYI	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Sat 10/3	OTT	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Tue 10/6	NSH	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Thu 10/8	TOR	@	VGK	10:00 PM

Last Game

Maple Leafs

32 - 36 - 14

Final

Senators

44 - 27 - 11

Wed 15 Apr 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

53

MacKinnon

51

Caufield

48

McDavid

Assists Leaders

90

McDavid

86

Kucherov

74

Bouchard

Points Leaders

138

McDavid

130

Kucherov

127

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

413

Trenin

339

Sherwood

302

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

190

McCabe

188

Dobson

185

Clarke

Wins Leaders

39

Vasilevskiy

38

Vejmelka

35

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.02

Wedgewood

2.31

Vasilevskiy

2.42

Vladar

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Wedgewood

.915

Wallstedt

.912

Thompson

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.63

3.55

3.54

Goals Against Rankings

2.40

2.71

2.79

Power Play Rankings

30.6

28.6

25.2

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.6

83.7

82.6

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

48-34

59-42

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

34-48

43-58

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 4/2	BOS	@	FLA	1-2
Thu 4/2	DET	@	PHI	4-2
Thu 4/2	WSH	@	NJD	3-7
Thu 4/2	VAN	@	MIN	2-5
Thu 4/2	WPG	@	DAL	0-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 9/29	FLA	@	CAR	5:00 PM
Tue 9/29	MTL	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Tue 9/29	NYR	@	BOS	8:00 PM
Tue 9/29	VAN	@	EDM	10:00 PM
Tue 9/29	CHI	@	VGK	10:30 PM

Between July 21, 2011 and July 21, 2026, Auston Matthews has recorded the most goals by a rookie, with 40 scored in 2016-17.

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