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Jimmy Carson

Position: C
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-1    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: July 20, 1968 in Southfield, Michigan

Drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1986 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:44AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #430. John Cullen… #430. Gaye Stewart… #432. Mike Ricci… #432. Tiger Williams… #432. JIMMY CARSON… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1986-87 18 LAK NHL 80 37 42 79 31 -5 22 19 18 0 2 215 17.2
1987-88 19 LAK NHL 80 55 52 107 44 -19 45 33 22 0 7 264 20.8
1988-89 20 EDM NHL 80 49 51 100 40 3 36 30 19 0 5 240 20.4
1989-90 21 TOT NHL 48 21 18 39 17 -8 8 10 11 0 1 138 15.2
1989-90 21 EDM NHL 4 1 2 3 1 -2 0 0 1 0 0 11 9.1
1989-90 21 DET NHL 44 20 16 36 15 -6 8 10 10 0 1 127 15.7
1990-91 22 DET NHL 64 21 25 46 18 3 28 15 5 1 4 175 12.0
1991-92 23 DET NHL 80 34 35 69 28 17 30 23 11 0 3 150 22.7
1992-93 24 TOT NHL 86 37 36 73 29 -2 32 20 17 0 5 189 19.6
1992-93 24 DET NHL 52 25 26 51 20 0 18 12 13 0 4 108 23.1
1992-93 24 LAK NHL 34 12 10 22 9 -2 14 8 4 0 1 81 14.8
1993-94 25 TOT NHL 59 11 17 28 11 -15 24 8 3 0 1 129 8.5
1993-94 25 LAK NHL 25 4 7 11 4 -2 2 3 1 0 0 47 8.5
1993-94 25 VAN NHL 34 7 10 17 7 -13 22 5 2 0 1 82 8.5
1994-95 26 HAR NHL 38 9 10 19 8 5 29 5 4 0 3 58 15.5
1995-96 27 HAR NHL 11 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 11.1
Career NHL 626 275 286 561 227 -20 254 164 110 1 31 1567 17.5

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
1986-87 18 LAK NHL 80 0.46 0.53 0.99 0.39 0.28 2.69 31 36 67 27 105 48 64 2 -5 5.4 0.8 6.2
1987-88 19 LAK NHL 80 0.69 0.65 1.34 0.55 0.56 3.30 46 43 89 37 141 68 94 2 -19 8.9 0.5 9.4
1988-89 20 EDM NHL 80 0.61 0.64 1.25 0.50 0.45 3.00 41 42 83 34 128 49 77 1 3 7.6 1.0 8.6
1989-90 21 TOT NHL 48 0.44 0.38 0.81 0.34 0.17 2.88 18 15 33 14 59 27 40 0 -8 2.6 0.3 2.9
1989-90 21 EDM NHL 4 0.25 0.50 0.75 0.27 0.00 2.75 1 2 3 1 4 3 3 0 -2 0.1 0.0 0.1
1989-90 21 DET NHL 44 0.45 0.36 0.82 0.35 0.18 2.89 17 13 30 13 55 24 37 0 -6 2.5 0.3 2.8
1990-91 22 DET NHL 64 0.33 0.39 0.72 0.28 0.44 2.73 19 22 41 16 67 21 44 1 3 2.8 0.8 3.6
1991-92 23 DET NHL 80 0.43 0.44 0.86 0.36 0.38 1.88 30 31 61 25 93 26 50 0 17 5.1 1.2 6.3
1992-93 24 TOT NHL 86 0.43 0.42 0.85 0.34 0.37 2.20 30 29 59 24 105 49 58 0 -2 4.8 0.8 5.6
1992-93 24 DET NHL 52 0.48 0.50 0.98 0.39 0.35 2.08 20 21 41 17 72 40 32 0 0 3.6 0.5 4.1
1992-93 24 LAK NHL 34 0.35 0.29 0.65 0.27 0.41 2.38 10 8 18 8 33 9 26 0 -2 1.2 0.2 1.4
1993-94 25 TOT NHL 59 0.19 0.29 0.47 0.18 0.41 2.19 10 15 25 10 43 13 46 1 -15 1.0 0.3 1.3
1993-94 25 LAK NHL 25 0.16 0.28 0.44 0.16 0.08 1.88 4 6 10 4 16 2 16 0 -2 0.3 0.2 0.5
1993-94 25 VAN NHL 34 0.21 0.29 0.50 0.19 0.65 2.41 6 9 15 6 27 11 30 1 -13 0.7 0.0 0.8
1994-95 26 HAR NHL 38 0.24 0.26 0.50 0.20 0.76 1.53 15 17 32 13 27 8 14 0 5 1.1 0.7 1.8
1995-96 27 HAR NHL 11 0.09 0.00 0.09 0.05 0.00 0.82 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 -0.3 0.2 -0.1
Career NHL 626 0.44 0.46 0.90 0.36 0.41 2.50 241 250 491 200 770 309 488 7 -20 39.1 6.5 45.6

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 18 LAK NHL 5 1 2 3 -6 6 1 0 0 0 11 9.1
1987-88 19 LAK NHL 5 5 3 8 -2 4 4 1 0 0 16 31.3
1988-89 20 EDM NHL 7 2 1 3 0 6 1 1 0 1 15 13.3
1990-91 22 DET NHL 7 2 1 3 -2 4 2 0 0 1 6 33.3
1991-92 23 DET NHL 11 2 3 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 10.0
1992-93 24 LAK NHL 18 5 4 9 1 2 3 2 0 0 30 16.7
1993-94 25 VAN NHL 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Career NHL 55 17 15 32 -8 22 13 4 0 2 100 17.0

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 15 Detroit Compuware MNHL 65 85 74 159
1984-85 16 Verdun Jr. Canadiens QMJHL 68 44 72 116 16 28 14 2 6
1985-86 17 Verdun Jr. Canadiens QMJHL 69 70 83 153 51 43 27 0 7
1985-86 17 United States WJC-A 7 4 1 5 0
1986-87 18 United States WEC-A 10 2 3 5 4
1995-96 27 Lausanne HC Swiss 13 3 4 7 14
1996-97 28 Detroit Vipers IHL 18 7 16 23 4
1997-98 29 Detroit Vipers IHL 49 10 28 38 7 34 4 6 0 3 110 9.1
Career 2 Seasons IHL 67 17 44 61 7 38 4 6 0 3 110 9.1
Career 1 Season MNHL 65 85 74 159
Career 2 Seasons QMJHL 137 114 155 269 67 71 41 2 13
Career 1 Season Swiss 13 3 4 7 14
Career 1 Season WEC-A 10 2 3 5 4
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 4 1 5 0

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1984-85 16 Verdun Jr. Canadiens QMJHL 14 9 17 26 2 6 3 0 1
1984-85 16 Verdun Jr. Canadiens M-Cup 3 0 1 1 4
1985-86 17 Verdun Jr. Canadiens QMJHL 5 2 6 8 0 2 0 0 0
1996-97 28 Detroit Vipers IHL 13 4 6 10 12
1997-98 29 Detroit Vipers IHL 9 3 4 7 6 1 2 0 0
Career 2 Seasons IHL 22 7 10 17 18 1 2 0 0
Career 1 Season M-Cup 3 0 1 1 4
Career 2 Seasons QMJHL 19 11 23 34 2 8 3 0 1

Similarity Scores

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Thru 10 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Jimmy Carson 9.4 8.6 6.3 6.2 5.6 3.6 2.9 1.8 1.3 -0.1
Andy McDonald 91.5 10.2 8.9 6.5 6.1 4.4 4.3 2.7 2.0 1.9 -0.1
Kristian Huselius 88.7 9.4 7.8 6.6 5.6 5.1 4.6 4.5 2.8 2.1
Elmer Lach 88.6 7.8 7.5 5.6 4.8 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.5 1.5 0.1
Eric Daze 88.5 9.7 7.2 6.0 5.7 5.3 4.1 3.9 3.8 0.8 0.2
Frank Nighbor 88.3 5.2 4.7 3.7 3.7 3.3 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.5 1.0
Cory Stillman 88.3 9.7 7.5 6.8 5.8 5.7 5.1 2.5 1.9 1.5 -0.1
Martin Straka 87.7 9.3 9.0 6.2 5.7 4.3 2.5 2.3 1.2 0.9 0.3
Ken Randall 87.7 6.4 4.4 3.8 3.5 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.0 1.0 0.1
Gary Roberts 87.1 10.0 9.7 8.1 6.9 5.3 4.0 3.3 1.3 0.8 0.3
Bill Thoms 87.1 7.3 6.5 4.4 3.6 2.9 2.8 2.1 2.0 1.5 1.0
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Jimmy Carson 9.4 8.6 6.3 6.2 5.6 3.6 2.9 1.8 1.3 -0.1
Andy McDonald 91.2 10.2 8.9 6.5 6.1 4.4 4.3 2.7 2.0 1.9 -0.1
Kristian Huselius 88.7 9.4 7.8 6.6 5.6 5.1 4.6 4.5 2.8 2.1
Eric Daze 88.4 9.7 7.2 6.0 5.7 5.3 4.1 3.9 3.8 0.8 0.2 -0.1
Ken Randall 87.7 6.4 4.4 3.8 3.5 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.0 1.0 0.1
Bryan Hextall 87.5 6.0 5.8 5.6 4.6 4.2 3.1 3.0 2.8 1.5 0.0 0.0
Michael Cammalleri 86.2 9.8 9.1 6.5 5.4 4.8 4.5 2.0 0.6
Kent Nilsson 86.1 10.9 8.9 8.2 7.0 5.3 4.7 3.8 3.7 -0.1
Harry Oliver 86.1 9.6 6.2 5.5 4.9 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.7 0.7 0.7 -0.3
Sid Smith 86.1 8.1 7.0 6.8 5.5 4.9 4.7 3.8 1.5 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Guy Chouinard 85.7 10.3 7.1 6.6 5.2 5.0 3.4 2.9 2.0 0.1 -0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1989 NHL

Honors

1986-87 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)

Games Played

1986-87 NHL 80 (3)
1987-88 NHL 80 (1)
 1988-89 NHL 80 (1)
 1991-92 NHL 80 (3)
1992-93 NHL 86 (1)

Goals

1987-88 NHL 55 (3)
1988-89 NHL 49 (7)

Points

1987-88 NHL 107 (8)
1988-89 NHL 100 (9)

Goals Created

1987-88 NHL 44.4 (6)
1988-89 NHL 40.0 (7)

Even Strength Goals

1987-88 NHL 33 (6)
1988-89 NHL 30 (7)

Power Play Goals

1986-87 NHL 18 (5)
1987-88 NHL 22 (3)
1988-89 NHL 19 (7)

Game-Winning Goals

1987-88 NHL 7 (6)

Shots

1987-88 NHL 264 (8)

Shooting Percentage

1991-92 NHL 22.7 (8)
Career NHL 17.5 (46)

Goals Per Game

1987-88 NHL 0.69 (5)
1988-89 NHL 0.61 (10)
Career NHL 0.44 (64)

Points Per Game

1987-88 NHL 1.34 (10)

Goals Created Per Game

1987-88 NHL 0.55 (7)
Career NHL 0.36 (91)

Adjusted Goals

1987-88 NHL 46 (3)
1988-89 NHL 41 (7)

Adjusted Points

1987-88 NHL 89 (8)
1988-89 NHL 83 (9)

Adjusted Goals Created

1987-88 NHL 36.8 (6)
1988-89 NHL 33.8 (7)

Offensive Point Shares

1987-88 NHL 8.9 (6)
1988-89 NHL 7.6 (8)
    

Transactions

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August 9, 1988: Traded to Edmonton by Los Angeles with Martin Gelinas, Los Angeles' 1st round choices in 1989 (later traded to New Jersey - New Jersey selected Jason Miller), 1991 (Martin Rucinsky) and 1993 (Nick Stajduhar) Entry Drafts and cash for Wayne Gretzky, Mike Krushelnyski and Marty McSorley, August 9, 1988.

November 2, 1989: Traded to Detroit by Edmonton with Kevin McClelland and Edmonton's 5th round choice (later traded to Montreal - Montreal selected Brad Layzell) in 1991 Entry Draft for Petr Klima, Joe Murphy, Adam Graves and Jeff Sharples, November 2, 1989.

January 29, 1993: Traded to Los Angeles by Detroit with Marc Potvin and Gary Shuchuk for Paul Coffey, Sylvain Couturier and Jim Hiller, January 29, 1993.

January 8, 1994: Traded to Vancouver by Los Angeles for Dixon Ward, January 8, 1994.

July 15, 1994: Signed as a free agent by Hartford, July 15, 1994.

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