Lucas Raymond becomes first NHL rookie to reach 40 points in 2021–22

Detroit Red Wings forward Lucas Raymond continued his excellent rookie season with a three-point outing against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. Raymond, 19, tallied a pair of goals and added an assist in Detroit’s wild 10–7 loss to Toronto. With his first goal of the night, Raymond became the first rookie to reach 40 points in the 2021–22 National Hockey League season. In the process, Raymond cemented his place alongside a certain “Nicklas Lidstrom” in the Red Wings’ history books. The 2020 fourth-overall pick now has 15 goals and 42 points in 53 games with the Red Wings this season. He trails only team captain Dylan Larkin (26 goals, 55 points) and winger Tyler Bertuzzi (23 goals, 44 points) on the Red Wings’ goals and points leaderboards. Raymond scored Detroit’s first and last goals in Saturday’s game, cutting an early Toronto lead to 2–1 at the 10:33 mark of the first period before tallying the fifth (and final) goal of Detroit’s exciting comeback effort in the third period. With a five-point outbur