nhl rookie time on ice per game leaders forwards

Alex Ovechkin has the most time on ice per game by a rookie forward, at 21:37 per game in 2005-06.

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NHL rookie time on ice per game with a minimum of 51.25 games played per 82 team games leaders forwards

	NAME	TOI/GP	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA
1	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	21:37	2005-06	WSH	81	52	54	106	+2	52	21	31	3	0	5	2	425	12.2	2	16	12.5	172	20	69	88
2	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	20:32	2006-07	LAK	72	20	41	61	-12	24	7	22	2	0	1	0	193	10.4	555	1,204	46.1	55	33	41	37
3	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	20:08	2005-06	PIT	81	39	63	102	-1	110	16	31	0	2	5	3	278	14.0	534	1,174	45.5	66	43	36	57
4	Dany Heatley D. Heatley	19:53	2001-02	ATL	82	26	41	67	-19	56	7	11	0	1	4	2	202	12.9	38	116	32.8	62	21	53	81
5	Macklin Celebrini M. Celebrini	19:47	2024-25	SJS	70	25	38	63	-31	28	8	14	0	0	4	1	236	10.6	507	1,051	48.2	37	53	29	113
6	Connor Bedard C. Bedard	19:47	2023-24	CHI	68	22	39	61	-44	28	4	17	0	0	2	1	206	10.7	207	532	38.9	55	27	47	57
7	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	19:10	2006-07	PIT	78	33	52	85	+2	80	16	24	0	0	6	1	242	13.6	315	728	43.3	40	36	40	69
8	Jack Eichel J. Eichel	19:07	2015-16	BUF	81	24	32	56	-16	22	8	13	0	0	5	1	238	10.1	402	980	41.0	43	25	43	49
9	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	19:00	2007-08	WSH	82	14	55	69	+13	24	3	22	0	0	4	1	153	9.2	405	874	46.3	34	34	72	50
10	Ryan Malone R. Malone	18:54	2003-04	PIT	81	22	21	43	-23	64	5	8	3	1	4	3	139	15.8	63	230	27.4	97	48	35	22
11	Tyler Johnson T. Johnson	18:47	2013-14	TBL	82	24	26	50	+23	26	5	5	5	1	4	0	181	13.3	614	1,275	48.2	55	37	23	41
12	Jonathan Toews J. Toews	18:40	2007-08	CHI	64	24	30	54	+11	44	7	15	0	2	4	1	144	16.7	509	956	53.2	27	13	29	8
13	Gabriel Landeskog G. Landeskog	18:37	2011-12	COL	82	22	30	52	+20	51	6	6	0	2	5	1	270	8.1	8	36	22.2	219	58	58	35
14	Ilya Kovalchuk I. Kovalchuk	18:32	2001-02	ATL	65	29	22	51	-19	28	7	8	0	0	4	1	184	15.8	1	6	16.7	34	11	16	86
15	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	18:31	2015-16	CHI	80	30	47	77	+8	32	8	16	0	0	7	1	187	16.0	0	0		46	14	29	35
16	Patrick Kane P. Kane	18:22	2007-08	CHI	82	21	51	72	-5	52	7	21	0	0	4	1	191	11.0	16	26	61.5	16	7	49	22
17	Victor Olofsson V. Olofsson	18:21	2019-20	BUF	54	20	22	42	-1	6	11	6	0	0	4	1	127	15.7	1	2	50.0	10	16	12	26
18	Kirill Kaprizov K. Kaprizov	18:18	2020-21	MIN	55	27	24	51	+10	16	8	5	0	0	3	2	157	17.2	3	24	12.5	29	18	27	35
19	Elias Pettersson E. Pettersson	18:14	2018-19	VAN	71	28	38	66	+3	12	10	12	0	0	7	1	144	19.4	257	627	41.0	42	51	41	52
20	Taylor Hall T. Hall	18:13	2010-11	EDM	65	22	20	42	-9	27	8	3	0	0	4	1	186	11.8	42	105	40.0	48	37	45	45
21	TJ Galiardi	18:11	2009-10	COL	70	15	24	39	+6	28	2	0	1	3	3	0	120	12.5	165	327	50.5	87	43	59	23
22	Paul Stastny P. Stastny	18:10	2006-07	COL	82	28	50	78	+4	42	11	20	0	1	6	0	185	15.1	594	1,226	48.5	29	49	62	46
23	Adam Henrique A. Henrique	18:10	2011-12	NJD	74	16	35	51	+8	7	0	8	4	3	3	1	130	12.3	501	1,026	48.8	83	57	49	25
24	Lucas Raymond L. Raymond	18:09	2021-22	DET	82	23	34	57	-32	16	5	13	0	0	2	2	184	12.5	12	31	38.7	62	24	26	36
25	Leo Carlsson L. Carlsson	18:07	2023-24	ANA	55	12	17	29	-11	16	4	5	0	0	0	0	109	11.0	195	561	34.8	28	25	41	34

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Team Leaders

32

Ovechkin

39

Strome

+/-

+20

Chychrun

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.18

15th

GA/GP

2.90

7th

PP%

17.8

25th

PK%

80.2

14th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	53	22	7	113	56
Flyers	43	27	12	98	7
Penguins	41	25	16	98	25
Capitals	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers	34	39	9	77	-12

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/2	WSH	@	CAR	7:00 PM
Sat 10/3	WSH	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/7	PIT	@	WSH	7:30 PM
Fri 10/9	NYR	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Sun 10/11	SEA	@	WSH	5:00 PM

Last Game

Capitals

43 - 30 - 9

Final

Blue Jackets

40 - 30 - 12

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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

Alex Ovechkin has the most time on ice per game by a rookie forward, at 21:37 per game in 2005-06.

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