Matthew Schaefer is running out of precedents to break, and he is only 18.
Every night, the Islanders' rookie phenom seems to add another chapter to a history book normally reserved for names like Bobby Orr, Phil Housley, and Aaron Ekblad. The NHL has not seen a teenage defenseman arrive with this level of impact, consistency, and flair in decades, and Schaefer is somehow making it look routine.
Per NHL PR, with eight goals and 17 points in his first 25 NHL games, Schaefer has now done something no teenage defenseman had ever done before: he became the first in league history to score eight goals through his first 25 career games, breaking a tie with Orr, who had seven goals in his first 25.