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William Nylander has been named the NHL’s rookie of the month for the month of October.

Nylander is the first Leaf skater to receive rookie of the month honours since Steve Sullivan, who won it following an 11-point month (14 games) during the 1996-97 season. Goaltender James Reimer was awarded rookie of the month when he first broke the league in 2012.

The honour is all the more impressive given it’s been the month of the rookie in the NHL, with stiff competition from Patrik Laine, Auston Matthews, Travis Konecny, Jimmy Vesey, Zach Werenski and Mitch Marner. 31 rookies have played eight or more games this season compared to 25 at this juncture of last season.

Here is the rundown of Nylander’s accomplishments in the month of October:

– His four multi-point games are tied for the most in the NHL with Jeff Skinner and Connor McDavid.

– His seven powerplay points are tied for first in the league (7).

– His 11 points place him in a tie for third in overall NHL points scoring.

– His three powerplay markers place him tied for third in the NHL in PP goals.

– He’s recorded at least a shot in every game so far and is 11th in the NHL in total shots on goal (31).

– Among rookies he is first in points (11), fourth in goals (4),  second in shots on goal (31), and second in powerplay goals (3).

With 22 points in his last 21 games dating back to the end of last season and 24 points in 31 NHL games total, Nylander leads the entire 2014 draft class in points-per-game production with a .77, significantly ahead of next-best (and fellow Swede) David Pastrnak’s .59 (of course, keep the smaller sample size in mind when comparing to Pastrnak, Leon Draisatl, Dylan Larkin, Nikolaj Ehlers, Sam Bennett, Sam Reinhart, Robby Fabri, etc).

2014 NHL Entry Draft Production

RoundNum.TeamPlayerPosGPGAPtsPIMPPG
18TorontoWilliam NylanderC3110142480.77
125BostonDavid PastrnakL104303161300.59
13EdmontonLeon DraisaitlC118234366240.56
115DetroitDylan LarkinC90262349470.54
19WinnipegNikolaj EhlersL81172542250.52
121St. LouisRobby FabbriC81182240310.49
12BuffaloSam ReinhartC96242347120.49
14CalgarySam BennettC88212243570.49
11FloridaAaron EkbladD168284876790.45
379Tampa BayBrayden PointC904400.44
258ArizonaChristian DvorakC703320.43
116ColumbusSonny MilanoL301100.33
4112NashvilleViktor ArvidssonR70121022370.31
124VancouverJared McCannC789918320.23
16VancouverJake VirtanenR627714470.23
127San JoseNikolay GoldobinL911200.22
120ChicagoNick SchmaltzF911220.22
111NashvilleKevin FialaC1430300.21
110AnaheimNick RitchieL42437450.17
366VancouverNikita TryamkinD13112100.15
5126VancouverGustav ForslingD701100.14