Auston Matthews got 40 goals in his rookie season in 2016-17.

players to score 40 or more goals in their rookie season

	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	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
3	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	41	1992-93	PHI	61	34	75	+28	147	8	10	1	0	5	0	180	22.8
4	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	76	1992-93	WIN	84	56	132	+8	45	24	25	0	0	7	0	387	19.6
5	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	51	1987-88	CGY	75	41	92	+20	23	31	14	3	2	8	0	212	24.1
6	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	45	1986-87	LAK	79	39	84	-19	28	18	16	0	0	3	0	199	22.6
7	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	43	1984-85	PIT	73	57	100	-33	54	11	22	0	0	2	1	209	20.6
8	Warren Young W. Young	40	1984-85	PIT	80	32	72	-18	174	9	8	0	0	3	0	131	30.5
9	Sylvain Turgeon S. Turgeon	40	1983-84	HFD	76	32	72	-11	55	18	8	0	0	3	0	238	16.8
10	Steve Larmer S. Larmer	43	1982-83	CHI	80	47	90	+44	28	13	20	0	0	9		195	22.1
11	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	45	1981-82	WIN	80	58	103	-7	47	12	22	0	2	2		339	13.3
12	Barry Pederson B. Pederson	44	1981-82	BOS	80	48	92	+27	53	13	17	4	1	7		197	22.3
13	Darryl Sutter D. Sutter	40	1980-81	CHI	76	22	62	0	86	14	3	0	0	4		179	22.3
14	Real Cloutier R. Cloutier	42	1979-80	QUE	67	47	89	-5	12	13	22	0	0	3		254	16.5
15	Blair MacDonald B. MacDonald	46	1979-80	EDM	80	48	94	0	6	13	15	2	1	6		266	17.3
16	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	40	1979-80	AFM	80	53	93	-3	10	14	22	0	0	3		217	18.4
17	Mike Rogers M. Rogers	44	1979-80	HFD	80	61	105	+28	10	3	19	2	0	0		229	19.2
18	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	53	1977-78	NYI	73	38	91	+31	6	25	15	0	0	4		235	22.6
19	Richard Martin R. Martin	44	1971-72	BUF	73	30	74	-39	36	19	13	0	0	5		266	16.5
20	Joe Malone J. Malone	44	1917-18	MTL	20	4	48		30					4	1