Lucas Raymond becomes third NHL rookie to score 20 goals in 2021–22

Detroit Red Wings forward Lucas Raymond became the third NHL rookie to reach the 20-goal plateau in 2021–22 with a one-time tally early in the second period against the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday. Raymond, 19, set up at the left circle in the offensive zone with the Red Wings in possession and hammered a Dylan Larkin pass by Flyers goaltender Carter Hart to give his team a 3–0 lead. Larkin and Gustav Lindstrom picked up the helpers on Raymond’s 20th National Hockey League goal, which came at the 1:07 mark of the second period against Philadelphia. Raymond, who the Red Wings selected with the fourth-overall pick at the 2020 NHL Draft, now has 48 points (20 goals, 28 assists) in 63 games this season. He joined Toronto’s Michael Bunting and Nashville’s Tanner Jeannot on the list of rookies with 20 goals in 2021–22. In addition, Raymond became the fourth Red Wings rookie to score 20 goals since 1990. The other three members of that club are all pretty good: Larkin, Henrik Zetterberg, and Nicklas Lidstrom. Fi