which rookie leads the nhl in hits this season

Colton Dach made the most hits by a rookie in 2025-26, with 219 hits.

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	NAME	HIT	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Colton Dach C. Dach	219	2025-26	TOT	61	5	8	13	-15	52	1	1	0	0	1	0	58	8.6	26	71	36.6	29	14	31	11:29
2	Jacob Melanson J. Melanson	188	2025-26	SEA	36	2	3	5	-9	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	6.1	1	1	100.0	13	4	15	9:22
3	Alex Steeves A. Steeves	144	2025-26	BOS	43	9	7	16	+6	34	1	2	1	0	0	0	55	16.4	3	7	42.9	27	9	23	11:56
4	Fraser Minten F. Minten	142	2025-26	BOS	82	17	18	35	+21	20	1	2	0	1	2	2	116	14.7	414	839	49.3	51	27	40	15:33
5	Alexander Nikishin A. Nikishin	132	2025-26	CAR	81	11	22	33	+18	33	4	6	1	0	1	1	122	9.0	0	0		94	26	87	18:11
6	Emmitt Finnie E. Finnie	131	2025-26	DET	82	13	17	30	-10	6	4	4	0	0	1	0	120	10.8	48	109	44.0	41	24	74	15:30
7	Cole Reinhardt C. Reinhardt	129	2025-26	TOT	59	9	6	15	-2	21	0	0	0	0	2	0	49	18.4	7	11	63.6	16	5	28	10:39
8	Ryan Leonard R. Leonard	124	2025-26	WSH	75	20	25	45	+2	47	4	10	0	0	3	0	153	13.1	6	11	54.5	25	14	72	14:25
9	Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	120	2025-26	BUF	46	2	4	6	-1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	30	6.7	187	387	48.3	37	12	29	11:17
10	Justin Hryckowian J. Hryckowian	119	2025-26	DAL	81	14	16	30	+1	43	2	3	0	0	1	0	83	16.9	189	343	55.1	44	26	25	13:18
11	Noah Laba N. Laba	110	2025-26	NYR	74	9	15	24	+2	31	3	2	0	0	1	0	73	12.3	331	652	50.8	43	12	39	13:28
12	Reid Schaefer R. Schaefer	108	2025-26	NSH	47	6	2	8	-12	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	39	15.4	1	8	12.5	30	5	19	9:38
13	Matthew Robertson M. Robertson	107	2025-26	NYR	72	6	12	18	-1	38	0	0	0	0	2	1	79	7.6	0	0		80	9	52	17:24
14	Ozzy Wiesblatt O. Wiesblatt	100	2025-26	NSH	40	1	4	5	-6	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	4.0	2	7	28.6	18	7	15	10:11
15	Justin Sourdif J. Sourdif	98	2025-26	WSH	78	15	20	35	+17	35	3	0	0	0	1	1	108	13.9	316	688	45.9	40	21	55	14:44
16	Artyom Levshunov A. Levshunov	98	2025-26	CHI	68	2	22	24	-41	44	1	10	0	0	0	0	84	2.4	0	0		75	16	88	19:35
17	Beckett Sennecke B. Sennecke	97	2025-26	ANA	82	23	37	60	-12	62	1	12	1	0	2	1	197	11.7	3	5	60.0	24	26	96	17:27
18	Logan Mailloux L. Mailloux	93	2025-26	STL	67	5	8	13	-10	48	0	2	0	0	1	0	81	6.2	0	0		56	18	68	16:46
19	Tim Washe T. Washe	91	2025-26	ANA	39	2	3	5	-6	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	6.1	225	388	58.0	25	12	11	12:03
20	Nikita Grebenkin N. Grebenkin	86	2025-26	PHI	55	4	10	14	-7	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	12.5	4	6	66.7	17	13	35	11:17
21	Linus Karlsson L. Karlsson	83	2025-26	VAN	79	15	20	35	-28	42	2	2	0	0	1	0	116	12.9	15	51	29.4	22	15	49	12:31
22	Yan Kuznetsov Y. Kuznetsov	79	2025-26	CGY	57	4	8	12	-8	28	0	0	0	2	1	0	64	6.3	0	0		102	9	61	20:05
23	Donovan Sebrango D. Sebrango	77	2025-26	TOT	42	0	8	8	-5	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	0.0	0	0		32	5	27	15:06
24	Dalibor Dvorsky D. Dvorsky	77	2025-26	STL	71	12	9	21	-6	26	5	2	0	0	0	0	93	12.9	335	729	46.0	24	9	45	14:20
25	Jack Finley J. Finley	75	2025-26	TOT	44	2	3	5	+2	38	0	0	0	0	1	0	26	7.7	201	395	50.9	9	1	12	9:43

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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