Sergei Samsonov recorded the most goals by a rookie in 1997-98, with 22 scored.

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Sergei Samsonov S. Samsonov	22	1997-98	BOS	81	25	47	+9	8	7	8	0	0	3	0	159	13.8
2	Patrik Elias P. Elias	18	1997-98	NJD	74	19	37	+18	28	5	6	0	0	6	0	147	12.2
3	Richard Zednik R. Zednik	17	1997-98	WSH	65	9	26	-2	28	2	0	0	0	2	0	148	11.5
4	Mike Johnson M. Johnson	15	1997-98	TOR	82	32	47	-4	24	5	8	0	0	0	0	143	10.5
5	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	13	1997-98	SJS	74	19	32	+5	14	1	6	0	0	2	0	90	14.4
6	Aleksey Morozov A. Morozov	13	1997-98	PIT	76	13	26	-4	8	2	0	0	0	3	0	80	16.3
7	Dave Scatchard D. Scatchard	13	1997-98	VAN	76	11	24	-4	165	0	1	0	0	1	0	85	15.3
8	Colin Forbes C. Forbes	12	1997-98	PHI	63	7	19	+2	59	2	0	0	1	2	0	93	12.9
9	Scott Fraser S. Fraser	12	1997-98	EDM	29	11	23	+6	6	6	7	0	0	2	1	61	19.7
10	Magnus Arvedson M. Arvedson	11	1997-98	OTT	61	15	26	+2	36	0	1	1	0	0	0	90	12.2
11	Steve Washburn S. Washburn	11	1997-98	FLA	58	8	19	-6	32	4	2	0	1	2	0	61	18.0
12	Marco Sturm M. Sturm	10	1997-98	SJS	74	20	30	-2	40	2	4	0	0	3	0	118	8.5
13	Hnat Domenichelli H. Domenichelli	9	1997-98	CGY	31	7	16	+4	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	70	12.9
14	Brad Isbister B. Isbister	9	1997-98	PHX	66	8	17	+4	102	1	1	0	0	1	0	115	7.8
15	Josef Marha J. Marha	9	1997-98	TOT	23	9	18	+4	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	31	29.0
16	Derek Morris D. Morris	9	1997-98	CGY	82	20	29	+1	88	5	7	1	2	1	0	120	7.5
17	P.J. Axelsson	8	1997-98	BOS	82	19	27	-14	38	2	0	0	0	1	0	144	5.6
18	Anders Eriksson A. Eriksson	7	1997-98	DET	66	14	21	+21	32	1	4	0	0	2	0	91	7.7
19	Mike Knuble M. Knuble	7	1997-98	DET	53	6	13	+2	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	13.0
20	Dimitri Nabokov D. Nabokov	7	1997-98	CHI	25	4	11	-1	10	3	2	0	0	2	0	34	20.6
21	Mattias Ohlund M. Ohlund	7	1997-98	VAN	77	23	30	+3	76	1	8	0	4	0	0	172	4.1
22	Matt Cullen M. Cullen	6	1997-98	ANA	61	21	27	-4	23	2	4	0	0	0	0	75	8.0
23	Jean-Yves Leroux J. Leroux	6	1997-98	CHI	66	7	13	-2	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	57	10.5
24	Alyn McCauley A. McCauley	6	1997-98	TOR	60	10	16	-7	6	0	2	0	0	1	0	77	7.8
25	Vinny Prospal V. Prospal	6	1997-98	TOT	56	19	25	-11	21	4	8	0	0	0	0	88	6.8