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Dave Christian

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-11    Weight: 175 lbs.
Born: May 12, 1959 in Warroad, Minnesota

Drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in the 2nd round (40th overall) of the 1979 NHL Entry Draft.

NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1979-80 20 Winnipeg Jets NHL 15 8 10 18 1.20 7 0.48 25 13 19 2 -5 2 5 3 0 0 34 2.27 23.5
1980-81 21 Winnipeg Jets NHL 80 28 43 71 0.89 27 0.33 110 45 148 29 -54 22 18 9 1 0 185 2.31 15.1
1981-82 22 Winnipeg Jets NHL 80 25 51 76 0.95 28 0.35 133 63 131 20 -41 28 18 6 1 3 218 2.73 11.5
1982-83 23 Winnipeg Jets NHL 55 18 26 44 0.80 17 0.31 84 37 63 11 -5 23 14 4 0 2 131 2.38 13.7
1983-84 24 Washington Capitals NHL 80 29 52 81 1.01 30 0.37 121 38 58 1 26 28 20 9 0 6 164 2.05 17.7
1984-85 25 Washington Capitals NHL 80 26 43 69 0.86 26 0.33 99 24 63 8 20 14 21 5 0 2 152 1.90 17.1
1985-86 26 Washington Capitals NHL 80 41 42 83 1.04 33 0.42 119 52 92 28 3 15 21 18 2 4 218 2.73 18.8
1986-87 27 Washington Capitals NHL 76 23 27 50 0.66 20 0.26 88 26 79 12 -5 8 18 5 0 2 152 2.00 15.1
1987-88 28 Washington Capitals NHL 80 37 21 58 0.73 25 0.31 90 40 73 9 -14 26 23 14 0 5 187 2.34 19.8
1988-89 29 Washington Capitals NHL 80 34 31 65 0.81 26 0.33 107 47 78 20 2 12 17 16 1 1 177 2.21 19.2
1989-90 30 2 Teams NHL 78 15 25 40 0.51 15 0.19 75 19 73 9 -8 12 13 2 0 4 153 1.96 9.8
1989-90 30 Washington Capitals NHL 28 3 8 11 0.39 4 0.14 24 7 37 8 -12 4 3 0 0 1 54 1.93 5.6
1989-90 30 Boston Bruins NHL 50 12 17 29 0.58 11 0.22 51 12 36 1 4 8 10 2 0 3 99 1.98 12.1
1990-91 31 Boston Bruins NHL 78 32 21 53 0.68 23 0.29 87 26 70 17 8 41 23 9 0 2 173 2.22 18.5
1991-92 32 St. Louis Blues NHL 78 20 24 44 0.56 17 0.22 73 17 66 12 2 41 16 1 3 3 142 1.82 14.1
1992-93 33 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 60 4 14 18 0.30 6 0.10 31 10 20 5 6 12 3 1 0 1 75 1.25 5.3
1993-94 34 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 9 0 3 3 0.33 1 0.10 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.67 0.0
Career NHL 1009 340 433 773 0.77 301 0.30 1246 458 1037 184 -65 284 230 102 8 35 2167 2.15 15.7

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1981-82 22 Winnipeg Jets NHL 4 0 1 1 0.25 2 0 0 0 0
1982-83 23 Winnipeg Jets NHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
1983-84 24 Washington Capitals NHL 8 5 4 9 1.13 -1 5 4 1 0 0 15 1.88 33.3
1984-85 25 Washington Capitals NHL 5 1 1 2 0.40 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1.80 11.1
1985-86 26 Washington Capitals NHL 9 4 4 8 0.89 1 0 3 1 0 0 26 2.89 15.4
1986-87 27 Washington Capitals NHL 7 1 3 4 0.57 1 6 1 0 0 1 21 3.00 4.8
1987-88 28 Washington Capitals NHL 14 5 6 11 0.79 9 6 4 1 0 0 40 2.86 12.5
1988-89 29 Washington Capitals NHL 6 1 1 2 0.33 -3 0 0 1 0 0 21 3.50 4.8
1989-90 30 Boston Bruins NHL 21 4 1 5 0.24 -6 4 3 1 0 0 37 1.76 10.8
1990-91 31 Boston Bruins NHL 19 8 4 12 0.63 -2 4 8 0 0 2 39 2.05 20.5
1991-92 32 St. Louis Blues NHL 4 3 0 3 0.75 -1 0 3 0 0 0 4 1.00 75.0
1992-93 33 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 0.0
1993-94 34 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Career NHL 102 32 25 57 0.56 -2 27 27 5 0 3 213 2.24 15.0

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1977-78 18 University of North Dakota WCHA 38 8 16 24 0.63 14
1978-79 19 University of North Dakota WCHA 40 22 24 46 1.15 22
1978-79 19 United States WJC-A 5 2 1 3 0.60 0
1979-80 20 United States Nat-Tm 59 10 20 30 0.51 26
1979-80 20 United States Olympics 7 0 8 8 1.14 6
1980-81 21 United States WEC-A 8 8 3 11 1.38 6
1981-82 22 United States Can-Cup 6 1 0 1 0.17 4
1984-85 25 United States Can-Cup 6 2 1 3 0.50 2
1988-89 29 United States WEC-A 6 4 3 7 1.17 2
1989-90 30 Washington Capitals Fr-Tour 4 1 2 3 0.75 0
1991-92 32 United States Can-Cup 7 1 1 2 0.29 0
1993-94 34 Indianapolis Ice IHL 40 8 18 26 0.65 6
1994-95 35 Minnesota Moose IHL 81 38 42 80 0.99 16
1995-96 36 Minnesota Moose IHL 69 21 25 46 0.67 8
Career Can-Cup 19 4 2 6 0.32 6
Career Fr-Tour 4 1 2 3 0.75 0
Career IHL 190 67 85 152 0.80 30
Career Nat-Tm 59 10 20 30 0.51 26
Career Olympics 7 0 8 8 1.14 6
Career WCHA 78 30 40 70 0.90 36
Career WEC-A 14 12 6 18 1.29 8
Career WJC-A 5 2 1 3 0.60 0

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1994-95 35 Minnesota Moose IHL 3 0 1 1 0.33 0
Career IHL 3 0 1 1 0.33 0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1991 NHL

Games Played

1980-81 NHL 80 (2)
1981-82 NHL 80 (4)
1983-84 NHL 80 (1)
 1984-85 NHL 80 (1)
 1985-86 NHL 80 (3)
1987-88 NHL 80 (1)
 1988-89 NHL 80 (1)

Power Play Goals For

1981-82 NHL 63 (10)

Power Play Goals

1985-86 NHL 18 (9)

Transactions

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June 8, 1983: Traded to Washington by Winnipeg for Washington's 1st round choice (Bobby Dollas) in 1983 Entry Draft, June 8, 1983.

December 13, 1989: Traded to Boston by Washington for Bob Joyce, December 13, 1989.

July 30, 1991: Transferred to St. Louis by Boston with Boston's 3rd round choice (Vitali Prokhorov) and 7th round choice (Lance Burns) in 1992 Entry Draft as compensation for Boston's signing of free agents Glen Featherstone and Dave Thomlinson, July 30, 1991.

October 4, 1992: Claimed by Chicago from St. Louis in Waiver Draft, October 4, 1992.