Mike Bossy put up the most goals by a rookie in 1977-78, with 53 scored.

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
1	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	53	1977-78	NYI	73	38	91	+31	6	25	15	0	0	4	235	22.6
2	Dale McCourt D. McCourt	33	1977-78	DET	76	39	72	+10	10	10	19	3	0	5	219	15.1
3	Ted Bulley T. Bulley	23	1977-78	CHI	79	28	51	+3	141	6	5	0	0	5	150	15.3
4	Jere Gillis J. Gillis	23	1977-78	VAN	79	18	41	-24	35	2	5	0	0	2	154	14.9
5	Barry Beck B. Beck	22	1977-78	CLR	75	38	60	-14	89	6	18	0	1	4	271	8.1
6	Lucien DeBlois L. DeBlois	22	1977-78	NYR	71	8	30	-9	27	1	1	0	0	3	111	19.8
7	Kris Manery K. Manery	22	1977-78	CLE	78	27	49	-15	14	7	4	0	0	1	188	11.7
8	Dave Taylor D. Taylor	22	1977-78	LAK	64	21	43	+14	47	4	3	0	0	3	128	17.2
9	Per-Olov Brasar P. Brasar	20	1977-78	MNS	77	37	57	-7	6	7	13	2	1	2	170	11.8
10	Ron Duguay R. Duguay	20	1977-78	NYR	71	20	40	-17	43	3	4	0	0	1	128	15.6
11	Bob Miller B. Miller	20	1977-78	BOS	76	20	40	+16	41	1	1	1	1	4	135	14.8
12	Reed Larson R. Larson	19	1977-78	DET	75	41	60	-8	95	7	23	1	2	4	240	7.9
13	Pierre Mondou P. Mondou	19	1977-78	MTL	71	30	49	+31	8	4	3	0	0	3	132	14.4
14	Ric Seiling R. Seiling	19	1977-78	BUF	80	19	38	+12	33	2	1	0	0	4	115	16.5
15	Paul Woods P. Woods	19	1977-78	DET	80	23	42	+17	52	3	4	2	1	4	107	17.8
16	Brad Maxwell B. Maxwell	18	1977-78	MNS	75	29	47	-56	100	12	13	0	0	0	207	8.7
17	Harold Phillipoff H. Phillipoff	17	1977-78	AFM	67	36	53	+27	128	2	3	0	0	2	132	12.9
18	John Wensink J. Wensink	16	1977-78	BOS	80	20	36	+24	181	1	0	0	0	3	131	12.2
19	Kent-Erik Andersson K. Andersson	15	1977-78	MNS	73	18	33	-16	4	3	4	0	1	1	122	12.3
20	Ron Zanussi R. Zanussi	15	1977-78	MNS	68	17	32	-20	89	4	5	0	0	2	96	15.6
21	Doug Wilson D. Wilson	14	1977-78	CHI	77	20	34	+12	72	5	7	0	1	2	204	6.9
22	Eddie Johnstone E. Johnstone	13	1977-78	NYR	53	13	26	-3	44	2	4	1	1	0	91	14.3
23	Mike Kaszycki M. Kaszycki	13	1977-78	NYI	58	29	42	+15	24	3	3	0	0	2	85	15.3
24	Tom Rowe T. Rowe	13	1977-78	WSH	63	8	21	-18	82	1	0	0	0	0	115	11.3
25	Joe Contini J. Contini	12	1977-78	CLR	37	9	21	-2	28	3	1	0	0	0	49	24.5