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Kelly Buchberger

Position: RW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: December 2, 1966 in Langenburg, Saskatchewan

Drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the 9th round (188th overall) of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.

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NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1987-88 21 EDM NHL 19 1 0 1 1 -1 81 1 0 0 0 10 10.0
1988-89 22 EDM NHL 66 5 9 14 5 -14 234 4 1 0 1 57 8.8
1989-90 23 EDM NHL 55 2 6 8 3 -8 168 2 0 0 2 35 5.7
1990-91 24 EDM NHL 64 3 1 4 2 -6 160 3 0 0 2 54 5.6
1991-92 25 EDM NHL 79 20 24 44 17 9 157 16 0 4 3 90 22.2
1992-93 26 EDM NHL 83 12 18 30 12 -27 133 9 1 2 3 92 13.0
1993-94 27 EDM NHL 84 3 18 21 7 -20 199 3 0 0 0 93 3.2
1994-95 28 EDM NHL 48 7 17 24 8 0 82 4 2 1 5 73 9.6
1995-96 29 EDM NHL 82 11 14 25 10 -20 184 9 0 2 3 119 9.2
1996-97 30 EDM NHL 81 8 30 38 13 4 159 8 0 0 3 78 10.3
1997-98 31 EDM NHL 82 6 17 23 8 -10 122 4 1 1 1 86 7.0
1998-99 32 EDM NHL 52 4 4 8 3 -6 68 2 0 2 1 29 13.8 614 11:49
1999-00 33 TOT NHL 81 7 13 20 7 -36 152 7 0 0 0 76 9.2 1303 16:05
1999-00 33 ATL NHL 68 5 12 17 6 -34 139 5 0 0 0 56 8.9 1112 16:21
1999-00 33 LAK NHL 13 2 1 3 1 -2 13 2 0 0 0 20 10.0 191 14:43
2000-01 34 LAK NHL 82 6 14 20 7 -10 75 6 0 0 1 66 9.1 1183 14:26
2001-02 35 LAK NHL 74 6 7 13 5 -13 105 6 0 0 1 39 15.4 765 10:21
2002-03 36 PHX NHL 79 3 9 12 4 0 109 2 0 1 0 32 9.4 788 9:59
2003-04 37 PIT NHL 71 1 3 4 1 -19 109 1 0 0 0 34 2.9 735 10:21
Career NHL 1182 105 204 309 113 -177 2297 87 5 13 26 1063 9.9 5390 12:17

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
1987-88 21 EDM NHL 19 0.05 0.00 0.05 0.03 4.26 0.53 1 0 1 1 4 0 5 0 -1 -0.6 0.1 -0.5
1988-89 22 EDM NHL 66 0.08 0.14 0.21 0.08 3.55 0.86 4 7 11 4 27 8 33 0 -14 -1.2 0.4 -0.8
1989-90 23 EDM NHL 55 0.04 0.11 0.15 0.05 3.05 0.64 2 5 7 2 12 0 20 0 -8 -1.4 0.4 -0.9
1990-91 24 EDM NHL 64 0.05 0.02 0.06 0.03 2.50 0.84 3 1 4 2 14 0 20 0 -6 -1.9 0.6 -1.3
1991-92 25 EDM NHL 79 0.25 0.30 0.56 0.22 1.99 1.14 18 21 39 16 52 2 74 33 9 2.0 1.0 3.0
1992-93 26 EDM NHL 83 0.14 0.22 0.36 0.14 1.60 1.11 10 14 24 9 42 4 113 48 -27 0.0 0.5 0.5
1993-94 27 EDM NHL 84 0.04 0.21 0.25 0.08 2.37 1.11 3 16 19 6 33 3 82 32 -20 -1.2 0.5 -0.7
1994-95 28 EDM NHL 48 0.15 0.35 0.50 0.17 1.71 1.52 12 29 41 14 37 3 67 33 0 1.0 0.7 1.6
1995-96 29 EDM NHL 82 0.13 0.17 0.30 0.12 2.24 1.45 11 13 24 10 44 3 104 43 -20 -0.1 0.6 0.5
1996-97 30 EDM NHL 81 0.10 0.37 0.47 0.16 1.96 0.96 8 31 39 13 51 1 70 24 4 1.2 1.2 2.4
1997-98 31 EDM NHL 82 0.07 0.21 0.28 0.10 1.49 1.05 7 19 26 9 37 3 79 35 -10 -0.1 0.8 0.7
1998-99 32 EDM NHL 52 0.08 0.08 0.15 0.06 1.31 0.56 5 5 10 4 11 0 32 15 -6 -0.4 0.3 -0.1
1999-00 33 TOT NHL 81 0.09 0.16 0.25 0.09 1.88 0.94 7 14 21 8 27 1 89 27 -36 -0.8 0.2 -0.6
1999-00 33 ATL NHL 68 0.07 0.18 0.25 0.09 2.04 0.82 5 13 18 6 24 1 81 24 -34 -0.8 0.1 -0.7
1999-00 33 LAK NHL 13 0.15 0.08 0.23 0.10 1.00 1.54 2 1 3 1 3 0 8 3 -2 0.0 0.1 0.1
2000-01 34 LAK NHL 82 0.07 0.17 0.24 0.09 0.91 0.80 7 15 22 8 28 0 68 30 -10 -0.6 0.7 0.0
2001-02 35 LAK NHL 74 0.08 0.09 0.18 0.07 1.42 0.53 7 8 15 6 15 2 45 19 -13 -0.1 0.5 0.4
2002-03 36 PHX NHL 79 0.04 0.11 0.15 0.05 1.38 0.41 3 10 13 4 20 0 46 26 0 -0.6 0.8 0.2
2003-04 37 PIT NHL 71 0.01 0.04 0.06 0.02 1.54 0.48 1 3 4 1 11 1 50 21 -19 -1.5 0.0 -1.4
Career NHL 1182 0.09 0.17 0.26 0.10 1.94 0.90 109 211 320 117 465 31 997 386 -177 -6.3 9.2 2.9

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1986-87 20 EDM NHL SC 3 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
1989-90 23 EDM NHL SC 19 0 5 5 2 13 0 0 0 0 15 0.0
1990-91 24 EDM NHL 12 2 1 3 -3 25 2 0 0 0 12 16.7
1991-92 25 EDM NHL 16 1 4 5 2 32 1 0 0 0 12 8.3
1996-97 30 EDM NHL 12 5 2 7 -1 16 5 0 0 1 19 26.3
1997-98 31 EDM NHL 12 1 2 3 0 25 1 0 0 0 13 7.7
1998-99 32 EDM NHL 4 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 40 10:06
1999-00 33 LAK NHL 4 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 36 8:56
2000-01 34 LAK NHL 8 1 0 1 -1 2 1 0 0 0 5 20.0 80 9:58
2001-02 35 LAK NHL 7 0 0 0 -3 7 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 62 8:48
Career NHL 2 97 10 15 25 -9 129 10 0 0 1 82 12.2 217 9:27

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1983-84 17 Melville Millionaires SJHL 60 14 11 25 139
1984-85 18 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL 51 12 17 29 114
1985-86 19 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL 72 14 22 36 206
1986-87 20 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 70 12 20 32 257
1987-88 21 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 49 21 23 44 206
1992-93 26 Canada WC-A 8 0 2 2 6
1993-94 27 Canada WC-A 8 0 0 0 8
1995-96 29 Canada WC-A 4 0 0 0 6
Career 2 Seasons AHL 119 33 43 76 463
Career 1 Season SJHL 60 14 11 25 139
Career 3 Seasons WC-A 20 0 2 2 20
Career 2 Seasons WHL 123 26 39 65 320

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1985-86 19 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL 13 11 4 15 37
1986-87 20 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 5 0 1 1 23
1987-88 21 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 2 0 0 0 11
Career 2 Seasons AHL 7 0 1 1 34
Career 1 Season WHL 13 11 4 15 37

Similarity Scores

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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
Kelly Buchberger 3.0 2.4 1.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0.6 -0.7 -0.8 -0.9 -1.3 -1.4
Rene Corbet 61.9 3.0 2.8 2.2 1.4 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0
Dominic Moore 60.9 3.3 2.9 2.2 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.2
Gerry O'Flaherty 59.9 3.2 3.2 2.9 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.1 -0.1
Jean-Francois Sauve 57.2 3.3 2.7 2.3 1.5 0.8 0.1 0.1
Nick Foligno 56.2 3.1 2.7 2.6 0.8
Paul MacDermid 55.1 2.7 2.6 2.3 1.9 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 -0.7
Armand Mondou 54.4 2.2 1.9 1.6 1.6 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3
Marcus Nilson 54.2 3.5 2.8 2.4 1.8 1.3 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.1
Larry Regan 54.0 3.0 2.8 2.2 0.9 0.1
Turner Stevenson 53.6 3.3 2.9 2.4 1.9 1.8 0.8 0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.6
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
Kelly Buchberger 3.0 2.4 1.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0.6 -0.7 -0.8 -0.9 -1.3 -1.4
Rene Corbet 61.9 3.0 2.8 2.2 1.4 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0
Dominic Moore 60.9 3.3 2.9 2.2 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.2
Gerry O'Flaherty 59.9 3.2 3.2 2.9 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.1 -0.1
Jean-Francois Sauve 57.2 3.3 2.7 2.3 1.5 0.8 0.1 0.1
Nick Foligno 56.2 3.1 2.7 2.6 0.8
Paul MacDermid 55.1 2.7 2.6 2.3 1.9 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 -0.7
Armand Mondou 54.4 2.2 1.9 1.6 1.6 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3
Marcus Nilson 54.2 3.5 2.8 2.4 1.8 1.3 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.1
Larry Regan 54.0 3.0 2.8 2.2 0.9 0.1
Turner Stevenson 53.6 3.3 2.9 2.4 1.9 1.8 0.8 0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1987 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
1990 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)

Games Played

1993-94 NHL 84 (5)
1994-95 NHL 48 (5)
1995-96 NHL 82 (3)
1997-98 NHL 82 (2)
2000-01 NHL 82 (3)

Penalties in Minutes

Career NHL 2297 (33)

Short-Handed Goals

1991-92 NHL 4 (4)

Game-Winning Goals

1994-95 NHL 5 (7)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1994-95 NHL 67 (9)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1994-95 NHL 33 (1)
 1995-96 NHL 43 (6)
1997-98 NHL 35 (8)
Career NHL 386 (48)
  

Transactions

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June 25, 1999: Claimed by Atlanta from Edmonton in Expansion Draft, June 25, 1999.

March 13, 2000: Traded to Los Angeles by Atlanta with Nelson Emerson for Donald Audette and Frantisek Kaberle, March 13, 2000.

July 7, 2002: Signed as a free agent by Phoenix, July 7, 2002.

July 31, 2003: Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh, July 31, 2003.

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