which rookie goalie has the most wins all-time

Terry Sawchuk has the most wins by a rookie goalie, with 44 wins in 1950-51.

Interpreted as:
Which rookie goalie has the most regular-season wins all-time?
NAME W SEASON TM GP GS L T OTL SA SV SV% GA GAA SHO MIN
1 Terry Sawchuk
T. Sawchuk
44
1950-51
DET DET
70
13
13
138
1.97
11
4200
2 Ed Belfour
E. Belfour
43
1990-91
CHI CHI
74
19
7
1,883
1,713
.910
170
2.47
4
4127
3 Roger Crozier
R. Crozier
40
1964-65
DET DET
70
22
7
1,931
1,763
.913
168
2.42
6
4165
4 Ken Dryden
K. Dryden
39
1971-72
MTL MTL
64
8
15
2,030
1,888
.930
142
2.24
8
3798
5 Don Edwards
D. Edwards
38
1977-78
BUF BUF
72
16
17
1,970
1,785
.906
185
2.64
5
4206
6 Tony Esposito
T. Esposito
38
1969-70
CHI CHI
63
17
8
1,995
1,859
.932
136
2.17
15
3760
7 Bill Durnan
B. Durnan
38
1943-44
MTL MTL
50
5
7
109
2.18
2
3000
8 Jimmy Howard
J. Howard
37
2009-10
DET DET
63
61
15
10
1,849
1,708
.924
141
2.26
3
3740
9 Ron Hextall
R. Hextall
37
1986-87
PHI PHI
66
21
6
1,929
1,739
.902
190
3.01
1
3792
10 Corey Crawford
C. Crawford
33
2010-11
CHI CHI
57
55
18
6
1,545
1,417
.917
128
2.30
4
3337
11 Steve Mason
S. Mason
33
2008-09
CBJ CBJ
61
61
20
7
1,658
1,518
.916
140
2.29
10
3664
12 Jacques Plante
J. Plante
33
1954-55
MTL MTL
52
12
7
109
2.12
5
3079
13 Frank Brimsek
F. Brimsek
33
1938-39
BOS BOS
43
9
1
68
1.56
10
2620
14 Matt Murray
M. Murray
32
2016-17
PIT PIT
49
47
10
0
4
1,450
1,339
.923
111
2.41
4
2766
15 Evgeni Nabokov
E. Nabokov
32
2000-01
SJS SJS
66
65
21
7
1,582
1,447
.915
135
2.19
6
3700
16 Mike Liut
M. Liut
32
1979-80
STL STL
64
23
9
1,854
1,660
.895
194
3.18
2
3658
17 Henrik Lundqvist
H. Lundqvist
30
2005-06
NYR NYR
53
50
12
9
1,485
1,369
.922
116
2.24
2
3112
18 Ryan Miller
R. Miller
30
2005-06
BUF BUF
48
48
14
3
1,440
1,316
.914
124
2.60
1
2862
19 Mike Vernon
M. Vernon
30
1986-87
CGY CGY
55
22
1
1,562
1,380
.883
182
3.62
1
3014
20 Glenn Hall
G. Hall
30
1955-56
DET DET
70
24
16
1,952
1,805
.925
147
2.10
12
4198
21 Dustin Wolf
D. Wolf
29
2024-25
CGY CGY
53
53
16
0
8
1,549
1,409
.910
140
2.64
3
3182
22 Stuart Skinner
S. Skinner
29
2022-23
EDM EDM
50
48
14
0
5
1,536
1,403
.913
133
2.75
1
2903
23 Pekka Rinne
P. Rinne
29
2008-09
NSH NSH
52
49
15
4
1,435
1,316
.917
119
2.38
7
2999
24 Andrew Raycroft
A. Raycroft
29
2003-04
BOS BOS
57
55
18
9
1,586
1,469
.926
117
2.05
3
3420
25 Pete Peeters
P. Peeters
29
1979-80
PHI PHI
40
5
5
1,061
953
.898
108
2.73
1
2370

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0
0
4
3
Panthers Panthers
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0
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4
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1
0
2
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2
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1
0
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1
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10/11
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DET DET
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2:00 PM
Wed
10/15
FLA FLA
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
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10/17
TBL TBL
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7:00 PM
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10/19
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0
0
4
2
Bruins Bruins
2
0
0
4
3
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
1
0
0
2
3
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2
0
0
4
4
Hurricanes Hurricanes
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0
0
2
3
Rangers Rangers
1
1
0
2
1
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0
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4
4
Wild Wild
1
0
0
2
5
Stars Stars
1
0
0
2
1
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1
3
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Canucks Canucks
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0
0
2
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Mon
10/6
COL COL
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7:00 PM
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NYI NYI
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10/11
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10/11
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BOS BOS
7:00 PM