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John Bucyk

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: May 12, 1935 in Edmonton, Alberta

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 1981

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:41AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #75. JOHN BUCYK… #75. Norm Ullman… #75. Michel Goulet… #75. Bill Barber… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1955-56 20 DET NHL 38 1 8 9 3 20
1956-57 21 DET NHL 66 10 11 21 9 41
1957-58 22 BOS NHL 68 21 31 52 20 57
1958-59 23 BOS NHL 69 24 36 60 23 36
1959-60 24 BOS NHL 56 16 36 52 18 26
1960-61 25 BOS NHL 70 19 20 39 16 48
1961-62 26 BOS NHL 67 20 40 60 22 32
1962-63 27 BOS NHL 69 27 39 66 25 36
1963-64 28 BOS NHL 62 18 36 54 19 36 17 1 0 2
1964-65 29 BOS NHL 68 26 29 55 23 24 19 7 0 2
1965-66 30 BOS NHL 63 27 30 57 23 12 24 3 0 5
1966-67 31 BOS NHL 59 18 30 48 18 12 14 4 0 1
1967-68 32 BOS NHL 72 30 39 69 27 18 8 23 6 1 4 172 17.4
1968-69 33 BOS NHL 70 24 42 66 25 -3 18 13 11 0 3 192 12.5
1969-70 34 BOS NHL 76 31 38 69 27 19 13 17 14 0 6 190 16.3
1970-71 35 BOS NHL 78 51 65 116 45 36 8 29 22 0 5 225 22.7
1971-72 36 BOS NHL 78 32 51 83 31 16 4 19 13 0 7 174 18.4
1972-73 37 BOS NHL 78 40 53 93 36 18 12 30 10 0 10 168 23.8
1973-74 38 BOS NHL 76 31 44 75 29 13 8 19 12 0 9 139 22.3
1974-75 39 BOS NHL 78 29 52 81 31 11 10 20 9 0 4 167 17.4
1975-76 40 BOS NHL 77 36 47 83 33 22 20 23 13 0 9 151 23.8
1976-77 41 BOS NHL 49 20 23 43 17 -2 12 14 6 0 2 98 20.4
1977-78 42 BOS NHL 53 5 13 18 6 -2 4 0 5 0 0 47 10.6
Career NHL 1540 556 813 1369 526 146 497 281 136 1 69 1723 19.1

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
1955-56 20 DET NHL 38 0.03 0.21 0.24 0.08 0.53 1 11 12 4 -0.6 0.7 0.1
1956-57 21 DET NHL 66 0.15 0.17 0.32 0.13 0.62 12 14 26 10 0.1 1.3 1.4
1957-58 22 BOS NHL 68 0.31 0.46 0.76 0.29 0.84 25 37 62 24 3.9 1.0 4.9
1958-59 23 BOS NHL 69 0.35 0.52 0.87 0.33 0.52 27 42 69 26 4.8 0.9 5.7
1959-60 24 BOS NHL 56 0.29 0.64 0.93 0.33 0.46 18 40 58 21 3.8 0.6 4.4
1960-61 25 BOS NHL 70 0.27 0.29 0.56 0.23 0.69 20 21 41 17 2.1 0.6 2.8
1961-62 26 BOS NHL 67 0.30 0.60 0.90 0.33 0.48 21 43 64 23 4.2 0.2 4.4
1962-63 27 BOS NHL 69 0.39 0.57 0.96 0.36 0.52 29 43 72 28 5.2 0.4 5.6
1963-64 28 BOS NHL 62 0.29 0.58 0.87 0.31 0.58 21 42 63 23 4.1 0.7 4.8
1964-65 29 BOS NHL 68 0.38 0.43 0.81 0.33 0.35 29 33 62 25 4.8 0.6 5.4
1965-66 30 BOS NHL 63 0.43 0.48 0.90 0.36 0.19 28 31 59 24 4.6 0.5 5.1
1966-67 31 BOS NHL 59 0.31 0.51 0.81 0.31 0.20 19 32 51 19 3.5 0.5 4.0
1967-68 32 BOS NHL 72 0.42 0.54 0.96 0.38 0.11 2.39 32 43 75 29 101 29 54 0 18 6.3 1.2 7.5
1968-69 33 BOS NHL 70 0.34 0.60 0.94 0.35 0.26 2.74 23 41 64 24 95 36 62 0 -3 5.1 0.3 5.4
1969-70 34 BOS NHL 76 0.41 0.50 0.91 0.36 0.17 2.50 31 39 70 28 116 61 38 2 19 6.0 1.2 7.2
1970-71 35 BOS NHL 78 0.65 0.83 1.49 0.57 0.10 2.88 46 60 106 41 154 70 48 0 36 11.0 1.2 12.2
1971-72 36 BOS NHL 78 0.41 0.65 1.06 0.40 0.05 2.23 31 52 83 31 123 65 42 0 16 6.8 1.1 7.9
1972-73 37 BOS NHL 78 0.51 0.68 1.19 0.46 0.15 2.15 37 49 86 34 133 53 62 0 18 7.5 1.3 8.8
1973-74 38 BOS NHL 76 0.41 0.58 0.99 0.38 0.11 1.83 29 42 71 27 115 47 55 0 13 5.9 0.7 6.6
1974-75 39 BOS NHL 78 0.37 0.67 1.04 0.39 0.13 2.14 25 45 70 26 133 63 60 1 11 5.6 1.1 6.7
1975-76 40 BOS NHL 77 0.47 0.61 1.08 0.43 0.26 1.96 31 41 72 28 129 56 51 0 22 6.4 1.6 7.9
1976-77 41 BOS NHL 49 0.41 0.47 0.88 0.35 0.24 2.00 18 21 39 16 58 21 39 0 -2 3.2 0.4 3.6
1977-78 42 BOS NHL 53 0.09 0.25 0.34 0.12 0.08 0.89 4 12 16 5 28 15 15 0 -2 -0.3 0.3 0.0
Career NHL 1540 0.36 0.53 0.89 0.34 0.32 2.19 557 834 1391 531 1185 516 526 3 146 104.0 18.3 122.3

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1955-56 20 DET NHL 10 1 1 2 8
1956-57 21 DET NHL 5 0 1 1 0
1957-58 22 BOS NHL 12 0 4 4 16
1958-59 23 BOS NHL 7 2 4 6 6
1967-68 32 BOS NHL 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
1968-69 33 BOS NHL 10 5 6 11 0 3 2 0 1
1969-70 34 BOS NHL SC 14 11 8 19 2 7 4 0 1
1970-71 35 BOS NHL 7 2 5 7 0 2 0 0 0
1971-72 36 BOS NHL SC 15 9 11 20 6 4 5 0 0
1972-73 37 BOS NHL 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
1973-74 38 BOS NHL 16 8 10 18 4 5 3 0 1
1974-75 39 BOS NHL 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1975-76 40 BOS NHL 12 2 7 9 0 0 2 0 0
1976-77 41 BOS NHL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career NHL 2 124 41 62 103 42 22 16 0 3

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1952-53 17 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 39 19 12 31 24
1953-54 18 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 33 29 38 67 38
1953-54 18 Edmonton Flyers WHL 2 2 0 2 2
1954-55 19 Edmonton Flyers WHL 70 30 58 88 57
1955-56 20 Edmonton Flyers WHL 6 0 0 0 9
Career 2 Seasons WCJHL 72 48 50 98 62
Career 3 Seasons WHL 78 32 58 90 68

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1951-52 16 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 1 0 0 0 0
1952-53 17 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 12 5 1 6 14
1953-54 18 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 21 28 17 45 30
1953-54 18 Edmonton Oil Kings M-Cup 14 14 10 24 10
1954-55 19 Edmonton Flyers WHL 9 1 6 7 7
1954-55 19 Edmonton Flyers Ed-Cup 7 2 3 5 22
Career 1 Season Ed-Cup 7 2 3 5 22
Career 1 Season M-Cup 14 14 10 24 10
Career 3 Seasons WCJHL 34 33 18 51 44
Career 1 Season WHL 9 1 6 7 7

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 23 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 18 19 20 21 22 23
John Bucyk 12.2 8.8 7.9 7.9 7.5 7.2 6.7 6.6 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.4 4.0 3.6 2.8 1.4 0.1 0.0
Dave Andreychuk 95.1 11.4 9.5 8.2 7.5 7.4 6.9 6.8 6.7 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.3 4.9 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.7 0.9
Norm Ullman 95.1 10.2 9.1 8.6 8.0 7.1 6.8 6.8 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.0 1.2 0.7
Vincent Damphousse 93.4 9.6 8.8 7.9 7.9 7.4 7.2 6.8 6.3 5.8 5.8 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.6 3.9 3.3 3.0 2.5
Rod Brind'Amour 92.0 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.2 7.3 6.8 6.8 6.5 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.1 4.9 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 1.4 0.0
Jason Arnott 91.6 8.8 8.6 7.8 7.5 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.5 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.1 4.8 3.6 3.2 1.9
Dino Ciccarelli 91.3 9.8 9.2 8.2 7.4 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.4 5.4 5.4 4.5 4.3 3.1 3.0 2.7 1.8 1.0
Alex Delvecchio 90.6 9.0 7.2 7.0 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.0 0.0
Mike Gartner 90.1 9.1 8.3 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.4 7.1 6.9 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.0 6.0 5.6 5.4 2.2 2.1
Joe Mullen 89.4 11.0 8.3 8.0 7.4 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.2 5.7 4.8 3.8 3.2 3.2 1.1 0.9
Rod Gilbert 89.1 11.6 8.5 8.4 8.1 7.7 7.6 6.8 6.5 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.1 4.3 1.8 1.5 0.1 0.1 0.0
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 22 23 24
John Bucyk 12.2 8.8 7.9 7.9 7.5 7.2 6.7 6.6 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.4 4.0 3.6 2.8 1.4 0.1 0.0
Dave Andreychuk 95.1 11.4 9.5 8.2 7.5 7.4 6.9 6.8 6.7 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.3 4.9 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.7 0.9
Norm Ullman 95.1 10.2 9.1 8.6 8.0 7.1 6.8 6.8 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.0 1.2 0.7
Vincent Damphousse 93.4 9.6 8.8 7.9 7.9 7.4 7.2 6.8 6.3 5.8 5.8 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.6 3.9 3.3 3.0 2.5
Rod Brind'Amour 92.0 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.2 7.3 6.8 6.8 6.5 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.1 4.9 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 1.4 0.0
Jason Arnott 91.6 8.8 8.6 7.8 7.5 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.5 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.1 4.8 3.6 3.2 1.9
Dino Ciccarelli 91.3 9.8 9.2 8.2 7.4 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.4 5.4 5.4 4.5 4.3 3.1 3.0 2.7 1.8 1.0
Alex Delvecchio 90.6 9.0 7.2 7.0 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.0 0.0 -0.2
Mike Gartner 90.1 9.1 8.3 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.4 7.1 6.9 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.0 6.0 5.6 5.4 2.2 2.1
Joe Mullen 89.4 11.0 8.3 8.0 7.4 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.2 5.7 4.8 3.8 3.2 3.2 1.1 0.9
Rod Gilbert 89.1 11.6 8.5 8.4 8.1 7.7 7.6 6.8 6.5 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.1 4.3 1.8 1.5 0.1 0.1 0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1955 NHL
1963 NHL
1964 NHL
1965 NHL
1968 NHL
1970 NHL
1971 NHL

Awards

1970-71 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
1973-74 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Honors

1967-68 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1970-71 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1970 Boston Bruins (NHL)
1972 Boston Bruins (NHL)

Games Played

1960-61 NHL 70 (1)
 1969-70 NHL 76 (1)
 1970-71 NHL 78 (3)
1971-72 NHL 78 (4)
1972-73 NHL 78 (3)
Career NHL 1540 (12)

Goals

1962-63 NHL 27 (9)
1964-65 NHL 26 (6)
1967-68 NHL 30 (9)
1970-71 NHL 51 (2)
1972-73 NHL 40 (9)
Career NHL 556 (25)

Assists

1958-59 NHL 36 (9)
1961-62 NHL 40 (7)
1962-63 NHL 39 (10)
1970-71 NHL 65 (3)
1971-72 NHL 51 (8)
Career NHL 813 (27)

Points

1962-63 NHL 66 (7)
1964-65 NHL 55 (9)
1967-68 NHL 69 (9)
1970-71 NHL 116 (3)
1971-72 NHL 83 (8)
1972-73 NHL 93 (7)
Career NHL 1369 (24)

Goals Created

1962-63 NHL 25.1 (9)
1964-65 NHL 22.6 (8)
1967-68 NHL 27.1 (9)
1970-71 NHL 44.6 (3)
1972-73 NHL 36.0 (9)
Career NHL 525.5 (24)

Even Strength Goals

1963-64 NHL 17 (10)
1964-65 NHL 19 (5)
1965-66 NHL 24 (2)
1967-68 NHL 23 (9)
1970-71 NHL 29 (5)
1972-73 NHL 30 (10)
Career NHL 281 (69)

Power Play Goals

1964-65 NHL 7 (10)
1968-69 NHL 11 (5)
1969-70 NHL 14 (4)
1970-71 NHL 22 (2)
1971-72 NHL 13 (7)
1973-74 NHL 12 (6)
Career NHL 136 (58)

Game-Winning Goals

1965-66 NHL 5 (10)
1969-70 NHL 6 (6)
1970-71 NHL 5 (10)
1971-72 NHL 7 (4)
1972-73 NHL 10 (2)
1973-74 NHL 9 (2)
1975-76 NHL 9 (5)
Career NHL 69 (40)

Shooting Percentage

1967-68 NHL 17.4 (4)
1969-70 NHL 16.3 (8)
1970-71 NHL 22.7 (1)
 1971-72 NHL 18.4 (6)
1972-73 NHL 23.8 (1)
 1973-74 NHL 22.3 (1)
 1975-76 NHL 23.8 (2)
1976-77 NHL 20.4 (6)
Career NHL 19.1 (15)

Goals Per Game

1964-65 NHL 0.38 (8)
1965-66 NHL 0.43 (7)
1970-71 NHL 0.65 (2)

Assists Per Game

1959-60 NHL 0.64 (6)
1961-62 NHL 0.60 (7)
1962-63 NHL 0.57 (10)
1963-64 NHL 0.58 (10)
1970-71 NHL 0.83 (3)

Points Per Game

1962-63 NHL 0.96 (8)
1963-64 NHL 0.87 (10)
1965-66 NHL 0.90 (9)
1967-68 NHL 0.96 (9)
1970-71 NHL 1.49 (3)
1971-72 NHL 1.06 (9)
1972-73 NHL 1.19 (10)

Goals Created Per Game

1962-63 NHL 0.36 (9)
1964-65 NHL 0.33 (10)
1965-66 NHL 0.36 (9)
1967-68 NHL 0.38 (10)
1970-71 NHL 0.57 (3)

Adjusted Goals

1962-63 NHL 29 (9)
1964-65 NHL 29 (6)
1967-68 NHL 32 (9)
1970-71 NHL 46 (2)
1972-73 NHL 37 (9)
Career NHL 557 (26)

Adjusted Assists

1958-59 NHL 42 (9)
1961-62 NHL 43 (7)
1962-63 NHL 43 (10)
1970-71 NHL 60 (3)
1971-72 NHL 52 (8)
Career NHL 834 (23)

Adjusted Points

1962-63 NHL 72 (7)
1964-65 NHL 62 (9)
1967-68 NHL 75 (9)
1970-71 NHL 106 (3)
1971-72 NHL 83 (8)
1972-73 NHL 86 (7)
Career NHL 1391 (19)

Adjusted Goals Created

1962-63 NHL 27.6 (8)
1964-65 NHL 24.8 (8)
1965-66 NHL 23.7 (10)
1967-68 NHL 29.2 (8)
1970-71 NHL 41.5 (3)
1972-73 NHL 33.5 (7)
Career NHL 531.3 (20)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1969-70 NHL 116 (7)
1970-71 NHL 154 (4)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1968-69 NHL 36 (10)
1969-70 NHL 61 (4)
1970-71 NHL 70 (4)
1971-72 NHL 65 (3)
1972-73 NHL 53 (5)
1973-74 NHL 47 (7)
1974-75 NHL 63 (8)
Career NHL 516 (93)

Offensive Point Shares

1962-63 NHL 5.2 (9)
1964-65 NHL 4.8 (10)
1965-66 NHL 4.6 (10)
1967-68 NHL 6.3 (9)
1970-71 NHL 11.0 (3)
Career NHL 104.0 (27)

Point Shares

1970-71 NHL 12.2 (4)
Career NHL 122.3 (74)
      

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

June 10, 1957: Traded to Boston by Detroit with cash for Terry Sawchuk, June 10, 1957.

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