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 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

3

Bouchard

2

Nylander

2

Podkolzin

Assists Leaders

2

Bouchard

2

Hronek

2

McDavid

Points Leaders

5

Bouchard

3

Eichel

2

Hronek

Hits Leaders

8

Svechnikov

8

Zadorov

8

Gatcomb

Blocks Leaders

5

Pettersson

4

Murphy

3

Bouchard

Wins Leaders

1

Markstrom

1

Swayman

1

Dobes

Goals Against Leaders

0.00

Markstrom

0.00

Swayman

0.92

Bussi

Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

Markstrom

1.000

Swayman

.950

Bussi

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

6.00

5.00

Goals Against Rankings

0.00

1.00

Power Play Rankings

50.0

33.3

25.0

Penalty Kill Rankings

100.0

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

1-0

NHL 2026-27 Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	1	0	0	2	3
Canadiens	1	0	0	2	1
Panthers	1	0	0	2	1
Sabres	0	0	0	0	0
Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
Senators	0	0	0	0	0
Lightning	0	0	0	0	0
Maple Leafs	0	1	0	0	-1
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	0	0	1	1	-1
Blue Jackets	0	0	0	0	0
Devils	0	0	0	0	0
Islanders	0	0	0	0	0
Flyers	0	0	0	0	0
Penguins	0	0	0	0	0
Capitals	0	0	0	0	0
Rangers	0	1	0	0	-3

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	0	0	0	0	0
Stars	0	0	0	0	0
Wild	0	0	0	0	0
Predators	0	0	0	0	0
Blues	0	0	0	0	0
Mammoth	0	0	0	0	0
Jets	0	0	0	0	0
Blackhawks	0	1	0	0	-3
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	1	0	0	2	3
Canucks	1	0	0	2	1
Oilers	0	0	1	1	-1
Ducks	0	0	0	0	0
Flames	0	0	0	0	0
Kings	0	0	0	0	0
Sharks	0	0	0	0	0
Kraken	0	0	0	0	0