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Brian Bellows

Position: LW
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-11    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: September 1, 1964 in St. Catharines, Ontario

Drafted by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1982 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 8:10AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #137. Rene Robert… #137. Zdeno Chara… #139. Reggie Leach… #139. Steve Duchesne… #139. BRIAN BELLOWS… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1982-83 18 MNS NHL 78 35 30 65 27 -12 27 19 15 1 3 184 19.0
1983-84 19 MNS NHL 78 41 42 83 34 -2 66 22 14 5 5 236 17.4
1984-85 20 MNS NHL 78 26 36 62 24 -18 72 17 8 1 3 211 12.3
1985-86 21 MNS NHL 77 31 48 79 30 16 46 18 11 2 2 256 12.1
1986-87 22 MNS NHL 65 26 27 53 22 -13 34 17 8 1 2 200 13.0
1987-88 23 MNS NHL 77 40 41 81 33 -8 81 18 21 1 4 283 14.1
1988-89 24 MNS NHL 60 23 27 50 20 -14 55 16 7 0 4 196 11.7
1989-90 25 MNS NHL 80 55 44 99 42 -3 72 33 21 1 9 300 18.3
1990-91 26 MNS NHL 80 35 40 75 30 -13 43 18 17 0 4 296 11.8
1991-92 27 MNS NHL 80 30 45 75 28 -20 41 17 12 1 4 255 11.8
1992-93 28 MTL NHL 82 40 48 88 35 4 44 24 16 0 5 260 15.4
1993-94 29 MTL NHL 77 33 38 71 28 9 36 20 13 0 2 251 13.1
1994-95 30 MTL NHL 41 8 8 16 7 -7 8 7 1 0 1 110 7.3
1995-96 31 TBL NHL 79 23 26 49 20 -14 39 10 13 0 4 190 12.1
1996-97 32 TOT NHL 69 16 15 31 13 -15 22 8 8 0 1 168 9.5
1996-97 32 TBL NHL 7 1 2 3 1 -4 0 1 0 0 0 17 5.9
1996-97 32 MDA NHL 62 15 13 28 12 -11 22 7 8 0 1 151 9.9
1997-98 33 WSH NHL 11 6 3 9 4 -3 6 1 5 0 2 26 23.1
1998-99 34 WSH NHL 76 17 19 36 15 -12 26 9 8 0 3 166 10.2 1158 15:14
Career NHL 1188 485 537 1022 411 -125 718 274 198 13 58 3588 13.5 1158 15:14

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1982-83 18 MNS NHL 78 0.45 0.38 0.83 0.35 0.35 2.36 28 24 52 22 99 44 74 7 -12 4.0 0.8 4.8
1983-84 19 MNS NHL 78 0.53 0.54 1.06 0.43 0.85 3.03 32 33 65 26 115 41 104 28 -2 5.6 0.8 6.4
1984-85 20 MNS NHL 78 0.33 0.46 0.79 0.31 0.92 2.71 21 29 50 19 92 39 87 16 -18 3.1 0.7 3.8
1985-86 21 MNS NHL 77 0.40 0.62 1.03 0.39 0.60 3.32 24 38 62 23 112 36 78 18 16 4.5 1.4 5.9
1986-87 22 MNS NHL 65 0.40 0.42 0.82 0.34 0.52 3.08 22 23 45 18 78 30 84 23 -13 3.5 0.4 3.8
1987-88 23 MNS NHL 77 0.52 0.53 1.05 0.43 1.05 3.68 33 34 67 27 111 49 88 18 -8 5.9 1.0 6.9
1988-89 24 MNS NHL 60 0.38 0.45 0.83 0.33 0.92 3.27 19 22 41 16 75 40 55 6 -14 3.0 0.6 3.6
1989-90 25 MNS NHL 80 0.69 0.55 1.24 0.53 0.90 3.75 46 37 83 35 143 58 93 5 -3 8.4 1.1 9.5
1990-91 26 MNS NHL 80 0.44 0.50 0.94 0.37 0.54 3.70 31 35 66 26 111 56 71 3 -13 5.7 0.8 6.5
1991-92 27 MNS NHL 80 0.38 0.56 0.94 0.35 0.51 3.19 27 40 67 26 100 48 89 17 -20 5.1 0.7 5.8
1992-93 28 MTL NHL 82 0.49 0.59 1.07 0.42 0.54 3.17 32 39 71 28 127 55 71 3 4 6.4 1.0 7.4
1993-94 29 MTL NHL 77 0.43 0.49 0.92 0.37 0.47 3.26 30 34 64 26 110 49 53 1 9 5.8 1.2 7.0
1994-95 30 MTL NHL 41 0.20 0.20 0.39 0.16 0.20 2.68 14 14 28 11 34 9 32 0 -7 0.6 0.3 1.0
1995-96 31 TBL NHL 79 0.29 0.33 0.62 0.25 0.49 2.41 22 25 47 19 77 46 46 1 -14 3.2 0.8 4.1
1996-97 32 TOT NHL 69 0.23 0.22 0.45 0.18 0.32 2.43 16 15 31 13 49 20 45 1 -15 1.7 0.3 2.0
1996-97 32 TBL NHL 7 0.14 0.29 0.43 0.16 0.00 2.43 1 2 3 1 5 1 8 0 -4 0.1 0.0 0.1
1996-97 32 MDA NHL 62 0.24 0.21 0.45 0.19 0.35 2.44 15 13 28 12 44 19 37 1 -11 1.6 0.3 1.9
1997-98 33 WSH NHL 11 0.55 0.27 0.82 0.37 0.55 2.36 7 3 10 5 9 5 7 0 -3 1.1 0.0 1.2
1998-99 34 WSH NHL 76 0.22 0.25 0.47 0.19 0.34 2.18 19 21 40 16 56 22 46 0 -12 2.5 1.0 3.5
Career NHL 1188 0.41 0.45 0.86 0.35 0.60 3.02 423 466 889 358 1498 647 1123 147 -125 70.1 12.9 83.0

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1982-83 18 MNS NHL 9 5 4 9 18 3 2 0 0
1983-84 19 MNS NHL 16 2 12 14 -2 6 1 0 1 0 33 6.1
1984-85 20 MNS NHL 9 2 4 6 -2 9 1 0 1 0 26 7.7
1985-86 21 MNS NHL 5 5 0 5 1 16 2 3 0 0 16 31.3
1988-89 24 MNS NHL 5 2 3 5 -5 8 0 2 0 0 15 13.3
1989-90 25 MNS NHL 7 4 3 7 -4 10 1 3 0 1 28 14.3
1990-91 26 MNS NHL 23 10 19 29 -6 30 4 6 0 1 68 14.7
1991-92 27 MNS NHL 7 4 4 8 -4 14 2 2 0 1 14 28.6
1992-93 28 MTL NHL SC 18 6 9 15 6 18 4 2 0 0 72 8.3
1993-94 29 MTL NHL 6 1 2 3 -2 2 1 0 0 0 16 6.3
1995-96 31 TBL NHL 6 2 0 2 -2 4 2 0 0 1 19 10.5
1996-97 32 MDA NHL 11 2 4 6 -7 2 1 1 0 0 36 5.6
1997-98 33 WSH NHL 21 6 7 13 6 6 4 2 0 1 62 9.7
Career NHL 1 143 51 71 122 -21 143 26 23 2 5 405 11.4

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 15 St. Catharines Falcons ON-Jr.B 44 50 80 130 26
1980-81 16 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 66 49 67 116 23
1981-82 17 Kitchener Rangers OHL 47 45 52 97 23
1984-85 20 Canada Can-Cup 5 0 1 1 0
1986-87 22 Canada WEC-A 10 1 3 4 8
1988-89 24 Canada WEC-A 10 8 6 14 2
1989-90 25 Canada WEC-A 8 3 6 9 8
1990-91 26 Minnesota North Stars Fr-Tour 4 1 2 3 22
1997-98 33 Berlin Capitals Germany 31 15 17 32 18
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 5 0 1 1 0
Career 1 Season Fr-Tour 4 1 2 3 22
Career 1 Season Germany 31 15 17 32 18
Career 1 Season OHL 47 45 52 97 23
Career 1 Season OMJHL 66 49 67 116 23
Career 1 Season ON-Jr.B 44 50 80 130 26
Career 3 Seasons WEC-A 28 12 15 27 18

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 16 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 16 14 13 27 13
1980-81 16 Kitchener Rangers M-Cup 5 6 0 6 4
1981-82 17 Kitchener Rangers OHL 15 16 13 29 11
1981-82 17 Kitchener Rangers M-Cup 5 6 6 12 4
Career 2 Seasons M-Cup 10 12 6 18 8
Career 1 Season OHL 15 16 13 29 11
Career 1 Season OMJHL 16 14 13 27 13

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 17 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Brian Bellows 9.5 7.4 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.9 5.8 4.8 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.5 2.0 1.2 1.0
Rick Tocchet 92.3 10.2 7.9 7.5 7.0 6.2 6.2 5.5 5.5 5.4 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.5 2.9 2.6 1.8 1.7
Brian Rolston 92.0 9.4 7.6 7.6 6.9 6.2 6.1 5.6 5.2 4.2 4.1 3.7 3.2 3.2 2.3 2.1 1.4
Steve Thomas 92.0 8.3 7.5 7.3 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.5 4.3 3.5 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.7 2.2 1.8 -0.5
Tomas Sandstrom 91.2 9.2 7.0 7.0 6.5 5.4 5.1 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.0 -0.2
Dave Keon 90.5 8.9 7.4 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.8 2.9 1.3
Cory Stillman 90.4 9.7 7.5 6.8 6.8 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.1 5.1 4.0 3.7 2.5 1.9 1.7 1.5 -0.1
Bobby Smith 89.9 8.7 7.4 7.2 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.1 5.9 5.1 4.7 3.3 2.9 2.1 1.4 0.0
Pat Verbeek 89.7 9.5 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.7 6.9 6.7 4.5 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.5 1.0 0.4
Gary Roberts 89.3 10.0 9.7 8.1 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.0 4.0 3.4 3.3 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.3
Geoff Courtnall 89.2 7.9 7.2 6.9 6.6 6.4 6.2 6.1 5.0 4.3 3.8 3.5 2.4 1.8 1.2 1.1 0.6 -0.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Brian Bellows 9.5 7.4 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.9 5.8 4.8 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.5 2.0 1.2 1.0
Rick Tocchet 92.3 10.2 7.9 7.5 7.0 6.2 6.2 5.5 5.5 5.4 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.5 2.9 2.6 1.8 1.7 -0.1
Brian Rolston 92.0 9.4 7.6 7.6 6.9 6.2 6.1 5.6 5.2 4.2 4.1 3.7 3.2 3.2 2.3 2.1 1.4
Steve Thomas 91.3 8.3 7.5 7.3 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.5 4.3 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.2 1.8 1.7 -0.5
Tomas Sandstrom 91.2 9.2 7.0 7.0 6.5 5.4 5.1 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.0 -0.2
Gary Roberts 90.7 10.0 9.7 8.1 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.0 4.1 4.0 3.6 3.4 3.3 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.3 0.1
Cory Stillman 90.4 9.7 7.5 6.8 6.8 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.1 5.1 4.0 3.7 2.5 1.9 1.7 1.5 -0.1
Dave Keon 90.3 8.9 7.4 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.8 2.9 1.3 -0.9
Bobby Smith 89.9 8.7 7.4 7.2 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.1 5.9 5.1 4.7 3.3 2.9 2.1 1.4 0.0
Geoff Courtnall 89.2 7.9 7.2 6.9 6.6 6.4 6.2 6.1 5.0 4.3 3.8 3.5 2.4 1.8 1.2 1.1 0.6 -0.1
Vyacheslav Kozlov 89.1 8.6 8.2 7.5 7.4 7.1 7.1 6.8 6.2 5.2 4.9 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.3 2.5 1.4 0.2 -0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1984 NHL
1988 NHL
1992 NHL

Honors

1989-90 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1993 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)

Games Played

1989-90 NHL 80 (1)
 1990-91 NHL 80 (3)
1991-92 NHL 80 (3)
Career NHL 1188 (98)

Goals

1989-90 NHL 55 (3)
Career NHL 485 (46)

Points

Career NHL 1022 (72)

Goals Created

1989-90 NHL 42.5 (7)
Career NHL 411.1 (61)

Even Strength Goals

1989-90 NHL 33 (7)
Career NHL 274 (75)

Power Play Goals

1982-83 NHL 15 (9)
1987-88 NHL 21 (8)
1989-90 NHL 21 (3)
1990-91 NHL 17 (8)
Career NHL 198 (17)

Short-Handed Goals

1983-84 NHL 5 (4)

Game-Winning Goals

1989-90 NHL 9 (5)
Career NHL 58 (70)

Shots

1987-88 NHL 283 (6)
1989-90 NHL 300 (8)
1990-91 NHL 296 (5)
Career NHL 3588 (37)

Goals Per Game

1989-90 NHL 0.69 (6)
Career NHL 0.41 (92)

Goals Created Per Game

1989-90 NHL 0.53 (7)

Adjusted Goals

1989-90 NHL 46 (3)
Career NHL 423 (69)

Adjusted Goals Created

1989-90 NHL 35.2 (7)
Career NHL 357.8 (95)

Total Goals On-Ice For

Career NHL 1498 (90)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

Career NHL 647 (49)

Offensive Point Shares

1989-90 NHL 8.4 (7)
  

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

August 31, 1992: Traded to Montreal by Minnesota for Russ Courtnall, August 31, 1992.

June 30, 1995: Traded to Tampa Bay by Montreal for Marc Bureau, June 30, 1995.

November 19, 1996: Traded to Anaheim by Tampa Bay for Anaheim's 6th round choice (Andrei Skopintsev) in 1997 Entry Draft, November 19, 1996.

March 21, 1998: Signed as a free agent by Washington, March 21, 1998.

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