Oliver Kapanen and Matthew Schaefer are tied for the most goals by a rookie this season, with 8 scored.

Interpreted as:

What rookie leads the NHL in goals this regular 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	Oliver Kapanen O. Kapanen	8	2025-26	MTL	26	6	14	+3	8	0	0	1	0	1	0	38	21.1	99	203	48.8	14	19	5	12	13:31
2	Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	8	2025-26	NYI	28	12	20	+9	12	4	5	0	0	2	1	77	10.4	0	0		12	35	11	36	23:27
3	Matthew Wood M. Wood	7	2025-26	NSH	20	4	11	-5	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	39	17.9	3	14	21.4	14	8	1	9	12:58
4	Ryan Leonard R. Leonard	7	2025-26	WSH	28	11	18	+7	12	1	4	0	0	2	0	60	11.7	5	9	55.6	43	9	8	30	13:38
5	Beckett Sennecke B. Sennecke	7	2025-26	ANA	27	13	20	+4	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	46	15.2	1	2	50.0	24	10	8	27	16:42
6	Ben Kindel B. Kindel	7	2025-26	PIT	23	3	10	-8	6	4	3	0	0	0	0	49	14.3	66	144	45.8	10	25	4	26	15:23
7	Alex Steeves A. Steeves	6	2025-26	BOS	13	2	8	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	21	28.6	0	2	0.0	48	13	3	13	12:48
8	Ivan Demidov I. Demidov	6	2025-26	MTL	26	14	20	+2	12	1	5	0	0	2	0	33	18.2	0	0		11	13	9	22	14:38
9	Arseny Gritsyuk A. Gritsyuk	6	2025-26	NJD	27	7	13	-3	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	66	9.1	4	8	50.0	29	8	9	16	14:50
10	Linus Karlsson L. Karlsson	5	2025-26	VAN	24	4	9	-3	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	38	13.2	5	17	29.4	27	5	3	14	10:12
11	Jimmy Snuggerud J. Snuggerud	5	2025-26	STL	26	6	11	-2	6	2	2	0	0	2	0	47	10.6	2	2	100.0	25	16	10	13	15:27
12	Matt Savoie M. Savoie	5	2025-26	EDM	28	4	9	-4	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	39	12.8	8	20	40.0	4	11	9	20	14:18
13	Emmitt Finnie E. Finnie	5	2025-26	DET	28	8	13	+4	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	48	10.4	7	22	31.8	56	18	11	29	16:31
14	Braeden Bowman B. Bowman	5	2025-26	VGK	11	4	9	-2	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	23	21.7	1	1	100.0	1	6	2	3	16:51
15	Jani Nyman J. Nyman	4	2025-26	SEA	16	0	4	+2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	20.0	2	5	40.0	15	2	1	8	10:22
16	Ryan Greene R. Greene	4	2025-26	CHI	27	5	9	+7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	32	12.5	109	240	45.4	13	11	6	14	15:55
17	Noah Laba N. Laba	4	2025-26	NYR	29	4	8	+5	12	0	1	0	0	1	0	31	12.9	120	233	51.5	30	18	4	13	13:02
18	Gavin Brindley G. Brindley	4	2025-26	COL	18	3	7	+3	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	22	18.2	2	7	28.6	19	4	3	7	9:17
19	Alexander Nikishin A. Nikishin	3	2025-26	CAR	25	6	9	+13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	6.5	0	0		56	33	7	26	19:32
20	Justin Sourdif J. Sourdif	3	2025-26	WSH	27	3	6	+6	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	9.4	86	174	49.4	38	8	5	14	12:46
21	Colton Dach C. Dach	3	2025-26	CHI	27	3	6	-11	32	1	1	0	0	1	0	35	8.6	15	43	34.9	103	16	10	14	12:19
22	Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	3	2025-26	BUF	19	3	6	+2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	15.0	32	126	25.4	1	12	3	8	12:52
23	Danila Yurov D. Yurov	3	2025-26	MIN	21	4	7	-3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	26	11.5	61	161	37.9	14	14	5	14	11:33
24	Fraser Minten F. Minten	3	2025-26	BOS	29	5	8	+1	12	0	0	0	1	1	1	37	8.1	133	259	51.4	62	22	9	12	14:21
25	Oliver Moore O. Moore	3	2025-26	CHI	15	5	8	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	18	16.7	6	12	50.0	7	9	6	11	13:07