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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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NHL/WHA Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1986-87 18 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 37 42 79 -5 22 19 18 0 2 215 17.2
1987-88 19 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 55 52 107 -19 45 33 22 0 7 264 20.8
1988-89 20 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 49 51 100 3 36 30 19 0 5 240 20.4
1989-90 21 2 Teams NHL 48 21 18 39 -8 8 10 11 0 1 138 15.2
1989-90 21 Edmonton Oilers NHL 4 1 2 3 -2 0 0 1 0 0 11 9.1
1989-90 21 Detroit Red Wings NHL 44 20 16 36 -6 8 10 10 0 1 127 15.7
1990-91 22 Detroit Red Wings NHL 64 21 25 46 3 28 15 5 1 4 175 12.0
1991-92 23 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 34 35 69 17 30 23 11 0 3 150 22.7
1992-93 24 2 Teams NHL 86 37 36 73 -2 32 20 17 0 5 189 19.6
1992-93 24 Detroit Red Wings NHL 52 25 26 51 0 18 12 13 0 4 108 23.1
1992-93 24 Los Angeles Kings NHL 34 12 10 22 -2 14 8 4 0 1 81 14.8
1993-94 25 2 Teams NHL 59 11 17 28 -15 24 8 3 0 1 129 8.5
1993-94 25 Los Angeles Kings NHL 25 4 7 11 -2 2 3 1 0 0 47 8.5
1993-94 25 Vancouver Canucks NHL 34 7 10 17 -13 22 5 2 0 1 82 8.5
1994-95 26 Hartford Whalers NHL 38 9 10 19 5 29 5 4 0 3 58 15.5
1995-96 27 Hartford Whalers NHL 11 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 11.1
Career 10 Seasons NHL 626 275 286 561 -20 254 164 110 1 31 1567 17.5

NHL/WHA Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM SOG G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/-
1986-87 18 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 0.46 0.53 0.99 0.39 -0.06 0.28 2.69 31 36 67 27 105 48 64 2 -5
1987-88 19 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 0.69 0.65 1.34 0.55 -0.24 0.56 3.30 46 43 89 37 141 68 94 2 -19
1988-89 20 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 0.61 0.64 1.25 0.50 0.04 0.45 3.00 41 42 83 34 128 49 77 1 3
1989-90 21 2 Teams NHL 48 0.44 0.38 0.81 0.34 -0.17 0.17 2.88 18 15 33 14 59 27 40 0 -8
1989-90 21 Edmonton Oilers NHL 4 0.25 0.50 0.75 0.27 -0.50 0.00 2.75 1 2 3 1 4 3 3 0 -2
1989-90 21 Detroit Red Wings NHL 44 0.45 0.36 0.82 0.35 -0.14 0.18 2.89 17 13 30 13 55 24 37 0 -6
1990-91 22 Detroit Red Wings NHL 64 0.33 0.39 0.72 0.28 0.05 0.44 2.73 19 22 41 16 67 21 44 1 3
1991-92 23 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 0.43 0.44 0.86 0.36 0.21 0.38 1.88 30 31 61 25 93 26 50 0 17
1992-93 24 2 Teams NHL 86 0.43 0.42 0.85 0.34 -0.02 0.37 2.20 30 29 59 24 105 49 58 0 -2
1992-93 24 Detroit Red Wings NHL 52 0.48 0.50 0.98 0.39 0.00 0.35 2.08 20 21 41 17 72 40 32 0 0
1992-93 24 Los Angeles Kings NHL 34 0.35 0.29 0.65 0.27 -0.06 0.41 2.38 10 8 18 8 33 9 26 0 -2
1993-94 25 2 Teams NHL 59 0.19 0.29 0.47 0.18 -0.25 0.41 2.19 10 15 25 10 43 13 46 1 -15
1993-94 25 Los Angeles Kings NHL 25 0.16 0.28 0.44 0.16 -0.08 0.08 1.88 4 6 10 4 16 2 16 0 -2
1993-94 25 Vancouver Canucks NHL 34 0.21 0.29 0.50 0.19 -0.38 0.65 2.41 6 9 15 6 27 11 30 1 -13
1994-95 26 Hartford Whalers NHL 38 0.24 0.26 0.50 0.20 0.13 0.76 1.53 15 17 32 13 27 8 14 0 5
1995-96 27 Hartford Whalers NHL 11 0.09 0.00 0.09 0.05 0.09 0.00 0.82 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1
Career 10 Seasons NHL 626 0.44 0.46 0.90 0.36 -0.03 0.41 2.50 241 250 491 200 770 309 488 7 -20

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1986-87 18 Los Angeles Kings NHL 5 1 2 3 -6 6 1 0 0 0 11 9.1
1987-88 19 Los Angeles Kings NHL 5 5 3 8 -2 4 4 1 0 0 16 31.3
1988-89 20 Edmonton Oilers NHL 7 2 1 3 0 6 1 1 0 1 15 13.3
1990-91 22 Detroit Red Wings NHL 7 2 1 3 -2 4 2 0 0 1 6 33.3
1991-92 23 Detroit Red Wings NHL 11 2 3 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 10.0
1992-93 24 Los Angeles Kings NHL 18 5 4 9 1 2 3 2 0 0 30 16.7
1993-94 25 Vancouver Canucks NHL 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Career 7 Seasons 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 +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1983-84 15 Detroit Compuware MNHL 65 85 74 159
1984-85 16 Verdun Jr. Canadiens QMJHL 68 44 72 116 12
1985-86 17 Verdun Jr. Canadiens QMJHL 69 70 83 153 46
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 58
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 +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1984-85 16 Verdun Jr. Canadiens M-Cup 3 0 1 1 4
1984-85 16 Verdun Jr. Canadiens QMJHL 14 9 17 26 12
1985-86 17 Verdun Jr. Canadiens QMJHL 5 2 6 8 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 12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary ▪ Rate Statistic Requirements

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)

Adjusted Goals

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

Goals Per Game

1987-88 NHL 0.69 (5)
1988-89 NHL 0.61 (10)
Career NHL 0.44 (63)

Points

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

Adjusted Points

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

Points Per Game

1987-88 NHL 1.34 (10)

Goals Created

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

Adjusted Goals Created

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

Goals Created Per Game

1987-88 NHL 0.55 (7)
Career NHL 0.36 (92)

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 on Goal

1987-88 NHL 264 (8)

Shooting Percentage

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

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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