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Bob Carpenter

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: July 13, 1963 in Beverly, Massachusetts

Drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 8:21AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #366. Tomas Kaberle… #367. Petr Klima… #368. BOB CARPENTER… #369. J.P. Parise… #369. Ed Westfall… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 18 WSH NHL 80 32 35 67 27 -23 69 24 7 1 3 263 12.2
1982-83 19 WSH NHL 80 32 37 69 28 0 64 18 14 0 4 197 16.2
1983-84 20 WSH NHL 80 28 40 68 26 0 51 20 8 0 5 228 12.3
1984-85 21 WSH NHL 80 53 42 95 41 20 87 41 12 0 7 260 20.4
1985-86 22 WSH NHL 80 27 29 56 23 -12 105 20 7 0 3 205 13.2
1986-87 23 TOT NHL 60 9 18 27 10 -27 47 4 5 0 0 111 8.1
1986-87 23 WSH NHL 22 5 7 12 5 -7 21 1 4 0 0 47 10.6
1986-87 23 NYR NHL 28 2 8 10 3 -12 20 1 1 0 0 41 4.9
1986-87 23 LAK NHL 10 2 3 5 2 -8 6 2 0 0 0 23 8.7
1987-88 24 LAK NHL 71 19 33 52 19 -21 84 9 10 0 2 176 10.8
1988-89 25 TOT NHL 57 16 24 40 15 7 26 12 4 0 3 137 11.7
1988-89 25 LAK NHL 39 11 15 26 10 3 16 8 3 0 1 91 12.1
1988-89 25 BOS NHL 18 5 9 14 5 4 10 4 1 0 2 46 10.9
1989-90 26 BOS NHL 80 25 31 56 22 -3 97 20 5 0 5 220 11.4
1990-91 27 BOS NHL 29 8 8 16 7 2 22 6 2 0 0 54 14.8
1991-92 28 BOS NHL 60 25 23 48 20 -3 46 18 6 1 6 171 14.6
1992-93 29 WSH NHL 68 11 17 28 10 -16 65 9 2 0 0 141 7.8
1993-94 30 NJD NHL 76 10 23 33 12 7 51 8 0 2 1 125 8.0
1994-95 31 NJD NHL 41 5 11 16 6 -1 19 5 0 0 0 69 7.2
1995-96 32 NJD NHL 52 5 5 10 4 -10 14 4 0 1 0 63 7.9
1996-97 33 NJD NHL 62 4 15 19 6 6 14 3 0 1 0 76 5.3
1997-98 34 NJD NHL 66 9 9 18 7 -4 22 8 0 1 1 81 11.1
1998-99 35 NJD NHL 56 2 8 10 3 -3 36 2 0 0 0 69 2.9 856 15:17
Career NHL 1178 320 408 728 286 -81 919 231 82 7 40 2646 12.1 856 15:17

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
1981-82 18 WSH NHL 80 0.40 0.44 0.84 0.34 0.86 3.29 23 26 49 20 105 28 102 2 -23 3.3 0.6 4.0
1982-83 19 WSH NHL 80 0.40 0.46 0.86 0.35 0.80 2.46 26 30 56 22 110 44 68 2 0 4.1 1.1 5.2
1983-84 20 WSH NHL 80 0.35 0.50 0.85 0.33 0.64 2.85 22 32 54 21 93 31 63 1 0 3.5 1.3 4.8
1984-85 21 WSH NHL 80 0.66 0.53 1.19 0.51 1.09 3.25 42 33 75 32 139 51 76 8 20 7.3 1.5 8.9
1985-86 22 WSH NHL 80 0.34 0.36 0.70 0.29 1.31 2.56 21 23 44 18 94 28 92 14 -12 2.6 0.8 3.4
1986-87 23 TOT NHL 60 0.15 0.30 0.45 0.16 0.78 1.85 8 16 24 9 50 14 78 15 -27 0.4 0.0 0.4
1986-87 23 WSH NHL 22 0.23 0.32 0.55 0.21 0.95 2.14 4 6 10 4 23 10 28 8 -7 0.4 0.1 0.5
1986-87 23 NYR NHL 28 0.07 0.29 0.36 0.12 0.71 1.46 2 7 9 3 16 4 26 2 -12 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
1986-87 23 LAK NHL 10 0.20 0.30 0.50 0.19 0.60 2.30 2 3 5 2 11 0 24 5 -8 0.1 -0.1 0.0
1987-88 24 LAK NHL 71 0.27 0.46 0.73 0.27 1.18 2.48 16 27 43 16 82 28 107 32 -21 2.5 0.3 2.9
1988-89 25 TOT NHL 57 0.28 0.42 0.70 0.27 0.46 2.40 13 19 32 12 64 16 44 3 7 1.9 0.7 2.6
1988-89 25 LAK NHL 39 0.28 0.38 0.67 0.26 0.41 2.33 9 12 21 8 48 13 35 3 3 1.2 0.3 1.5
1988-89 25 BOS NHL 18 0.28 0.50 0.78 0.29 0.56 2.56 4 7 11 4 16 3 9 0 4 0.7 0.4 1.1
1989-90 26 BOS NHL 80 0.31 0.39 0.70 0.28 1.21 2.75 21 26 47 19 90 32 80 19 -3 2.9 1.1 4.0
1990-91 27 BOS NHL 29 0.28 0.28 0.55 0.23 0.76 1.86 7 7 14 6 28 10 30 14 2 0.8 0.4 1.2
1991-92 28 BOS NHL 60 0.42 0.38 0.80 0.33 0.77 2.85 22 20 42 17 72 21 69 15 -3 3.4 0.8 4.1
1992-93 29 WSH NHL 68 0.16 0.25 0.41 0.15 0.96 2.07 9 14 23 9 51 10 66 9 -16 0.3 0.5 0.7
1993-94 30 NJD NHL 76 0.13 0.30 0.43 0.15 0.67 1.64 9 21 30 11 50 2 76 35 7 0.7 0.8 1.5
1994-95 31 NJD NHL 41 0.12 0.27 0.39 0.14 0.46 1.68 9 19 28 10 26 0 40 13 -1 0.3 0.5 0.8
1995-96 32 NJD NHL 52 0.10 0.10 0.19 0.08 0.27 1.21 5 5 10 4 21 0 45 14 -10 -0.7 0.6 -0.1
1996-97 33 NJD NHL 62 0.06 0.24 0.31 0.10 0.23 1.23 4 16 20 7 30 0 44 20 6 -0.3 1.1 0.9
1997-98 34 NJD NHL 66 0.14 0.14 0.27 0.11 0.33 1.23 10 10 20 8 30 1 49 16 -4 0.2 0.8 1.1
1998-99 35 NJD NHL 56 0.04 0.14 0.18 0.06 0.64 1.23 2 9 11 4 25 1 46 19 -3 -1.0 0.7 -0.3
Career NHL 1178 0.27 0.35 0.62 0.24 0.78 2.25 269 353 622 243 1160 317 1175 251 -81 32.3 13.8 46.1

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 19 WSH NHL 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0
1983-84 20 WSH NHL 8 2 1 3 -2 25 1 1 0 0 15 13.3
1984-85 21 WSH NHL 5 1 4 5 0 8 1 0 0 0 15 6.7
1985-86 22 WSH NHL 9 5 4 9 4 12 3 2 0 1 24 20.8
1986-87 23 LAK NHL 5 1 2 3 -4 2 1 0 0 0 4 25.0
1987-88 24 LAK NHL 5 1 1 2 -7 0 1 0 0 0 13 7.7
1988-89 25 BOS NHL 8 1 1 2 -6 4 0 1 0 1 19 5.3
1989-90 26 BOS NHL 21 4 6 10 -3 39 2 2 0 1 41 9.8
1990-91 27 BOS NHL 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
1991-92 28 BOS NHL 8 0 1 1 -1 6 0 0 0 0 13 0.0
1992-93 29 WSH NHL 6 1 4 5 2 6 1 0 0 0 13 7.7
1993-94 30 NJD NHL 20 1 7 8 -1 20 1 0 0 0 39 2.6
1994-95 31 NJD NHL SC 17 1 4 5 -1 6 0 1 0 0 21 4.8
1996-97 33 NJD NHL 10 1 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 15 6.7
1997-98 34 NJD NHL 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 33.3
1998-99 35 NJD NHL 7 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 100 14:15
Career NHL 1 140 21 38 59 -17 136 14 7 0 3 243 8.2 100 14:15

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 16 St. John's Prep Eagles High-MA 33 28 37 65
1980-81 17 St. John's Prep Eagles High-MA 18 14 24 38
1980-81 17 United States WJC-A 5 5 4 9 6
1981-82 18 Washington Capitals DN-Cup 4 4 0 4 0
1984-85 21 United States Can-Cup 6 1 4 5 4
1986-87 23 United States WEC-A 10 2 2 4 8
1987-88 24 United States Can-Cup 5 1 2 3 4
Career 2 Seasons Can-Cup 11 2 6 8 8
Career 1 Season DN-Cup 4 4 0 4 0
Career 2 Seasons High-MA 51 42 61 103
Career 1 Season WEC-A 10 2 2 4 8
Career 1 Season WJC-A 5 5 4 9 6

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 18 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
Bob Carpenter 8.9 5.2 4.8 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.4 2.9 2.6 1.5 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.4 -0.1 -0.3
Peter Zezel 87.4 6.4 5.2 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.4 2.0 1.5 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.7
Stu Barnes 86.4 8.3 5.5 4.3 4.3 4.1 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.0 1.9 1.4 0.9
Tony McKegney 86.3 6.9 5.8 5.7 4.5 4.1 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.8 1.8 1.8 1.3 0.8
David Legwand 85.8 7.3 5.3 5.2 4.8 4.1 4.1 3.9 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.0 0.0
Brent Ashton 85.7 6.3 5.1 4.9 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.8 -0.6
Al MacAdam 85.3 9.4 5.5 5.0 4.9 3.7 3.4 2.7 2.3 1.6 1.4 0.7 -0.2
Wendel Clark 85.1 9.0 6.0 5.8 5.5 4.9 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.2 1.5 1.3 0.8 0.1
Terry O'Reilly 84.6 8.3 5.7 4.6 4.4 3.8 3.5 2.3 2.0 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.2
Michael Peca 84.6 7.2 6.1 5.1 4.9 4.2 3.9 3.5 2.7 1.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.6 -0.1
Troy Murray 84.5 8.5 5.4 4.6 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.6 1.9 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 -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 18
Bob Carpenter 8.9 5.2 4.8 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.4 2.9 2.6 1.5 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.4 -0.1 -0.3
Peter Zezel 87.4 6.4 5.2 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.4 2.0 1.5 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.7
Stu Barnes 86.4 8.3 5.5 4.3 4.3 4.1 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.0 1.9 1.4 0.9
Tony McKegney 86.3 6.9 5.8 5.7 4.5 4.1 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.8 1.8 1.8 1.3 0.8
David Legwand 85.8 7.3 5.3 5.2 4.8 4.1 4.1 3.9 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.0 0.0
Brent Ashton 85.7 6.3 5.1 4.9 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.8 -0.6
Al MacAdam 85.3 9.4 5.5 5.0 4.9 3.7 3.4 2.7 2.3 1.6 1.4 0.7 -0.2
Wendel Clark 85.1 9.0 6.0 5.8 5.5 4.9 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.2 1.5 1.3 0.8 0.1
Terry O'Reilly 84.6 8.3 5.7 4.6 4.4 3.8 3.5 2.3 2.0 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.2
Michael Peca 84.6 7.2 6.1 5.1 4.9 4.2 3.9 3.5 2.7 1.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.6 -0.1
Troy Murray 84.5 8.5 5.4 4.6 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.6 1.9 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1985 NHL

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1995 New Jersey Devils (NHL)

Games Played

1981-82 NHL 80 (4)
1982-83 NHL 80 (1)
 1983-84 NHL 80 (1)
 1984-85 NHL 80 (1)
 1985-86 NHL 80 (3)
1989-90 NHL 80 (1)

Goals

1984-85 NHL 53 (7)

Goals Created

1984-85 NHL 40.6 (10)

Even Strength Goals

1984-85 NHL 41 (3)

Game-Winning Goals

1984-85 NHL 7 (7)

Goals Per Game

1984-85 NHL 0.66 (7)

Adjusted Goals

1984-85 NHL 42 (7)
      

Transactions

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January 1, 1987: Traded to NY Rangers by Washington with Washington's 2nd round choice (Jason Prosofsky) in 1989 Entry Draft for Bob Crawford, Kelly Miller and Mike Ridley, January 1, 1987.

March 10, 1987: Traded to Los Angeles by NY Rangers with Tom Laidlaw for Jeff Crossman, Marcel Dionne and Los Angeles' 3rd round choice (later traded to Minnesota - Minnesota selected Murray Garbutt) in 1989 Entry Draft, March 10, 1987.

January 23, 1989: Traded to Boston by Los Angeles for Steve Kasper to complete transaction that sent Jay Miller to Los Angeles (January 22, 1989), January 23, 1989.

December 8, 1990: Missed majority of 1990-91 due to kneecap injury vs. Montreal, December 8, 1990.

June 30, 1992: Signed as a free agent by Washington, June 30, 1992.

September 30, 1993: Signed as a free agent by New Jersey, September 30, 1993.

August 16, 1999: Officially announced retirement, August 16, 1999.

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