At 26 years and 20 days, Maxim Tysplakov is the oldest rookie on the National Hockey League’s premiere squad. We know he’s no ordinary rookie, even though he’s Calder Trophy eligible this season and wasn’t treated as such in his debut.

Accordingly MSG Networks statistician Eric Hornick In The thin oneTsyplakov played 20:46, the most time by an Islander in his first NHL game in the real-time era. And if that wasn’t impressive enough, only seven rookie forwards in the league have played more in their debut.

The TOI (Time On Ice), playing on the second line Brock Nelson And Kyle Palmieri, speaks to the head coach of the Early Trust Patrick Roy has in the Russian winger. Although he didn’t play a perfect game, Tysplakov showed why he went from being a player fighting for a place in the squad to being a top-six scorer. With the Islanders and Utah Hockey Club The score was tied late in the third period, with Palmieri, Nelson and Tyspkakov coming in on an add-man rush. Nelson hit Tysplakov as a trailer and he fired a shot past Connor Ingram for a 4-3 lead.

He became the 22nd Islander to score in his first NHL game and the first to do so since Aatu Raty did so while wearing the retro Fisherman jersey on December 23, 2022. “He was great, made some really good wall plays and had a lot of composure with the puck.” Ryan Pulock sHelp from Tsyplakov. “Of course it was a great shot at the goal. I think we’ll see how he continues to grow.”

Oh, and he also led the team with six goals. It was quite a debut and it adds even more excitement to find out what his ceiling could be for the rest of this season and beyond.