Position: RW ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 5-11 ▪ Weight: 175 lbs.
Born: May 12, 1959 in Warroad, Minnesota
Draft: Winnipeg, 2nd round (40th overall), 1979 NHL Entry
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| Scoring Stats | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Age | Tm | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | SH | PP | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
| 1979-80 | 20 | WIN | NHL | 15 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 7 | -5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 23.5 | ||
| 1980-81 | 21 | WIN | NHL | 80 | 28 | 43 | 71 | 27 | -54 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 18 | 185 | 15.1 | ||
| 1981-82 | 22 | WIN | NHL | 80 | 25 | 51 | 76 | 28 | -41 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 23 | 218 | 11.5 | ||
| 1982-83 | 23 | WIN | NHL | 55 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 17 | -5 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 131 | 13.7 | ||
| 1983-84 | 24 | WSH | NHL | 80 | 29 | 52 | 81 | 30 | 26 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 15 | 164 | 17.7 | ||
| 1984-85 | 25 | WSH | NHL | 80 | 26 | 43 | 69 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 11 | 152 | 17.1 | ||
| 1985-86 | 26 | WSH | NHL | 80 | 41 | 42 | 83 | 34 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 16 | 218 | 18.8 | ||
| 1986-87 | 27 | WSH | NHL | 76 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 20 | -5 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 152 | 15.1 | ||
| 1987-88 | 28 | WSH | NHL | 80 | 37 | 21 | 58 | 26 | -14 | 26 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 187 | 19.8 | ||
| 1988-89 | 29 | WSH | NHL | 80 | 34 | 31 | 65 | 27 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 177 | 19.2 | ||
| 1989-90 | 30 | TOT | NHL | 78 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 15 | -8 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 153 | 9.8 | ||
| 1989-90 | 30 | WSH | NHL | 28 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | -12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 5.6 | ||
| 1989-90 | 30 | BOS | NHL | 50 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 99 | 12.1 | ||
| 1990-91 | 31 | BOS | NHL | 78 | 32 | 21 | 53 | 24 | 8 | 41 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 173 | 18.5 | ||
| 1991-92 | 32 | STL | NHL | 78 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 17 | 2 | 41 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 142 | 14.1 | ||
| 1992-93 | 33 | CHI | NHL | 60 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 75 | 5.3 | ||
| 1993-94 | 34 | CHI | NHL | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.0 | ||
| Career | NHL | 1009 | 340 | 433 | 773 | 305 | -65 | 284 | 230 | 102 | 8 | 35 | 274 | 10 | 149 | 2167 | 15.7 | ||||
| Per Game | Adjusted | Plus/Minus | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Age | Tm | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | PIM | S | G | A | PTS | GC | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1979-80 | 20 | WIN | NHL | 15 | 0.53 | 0.67 | 1.20 | 0.48 | 0.13 | 2.27 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 13 | 19 | 2 | -5 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| 1980-81 | 21 | WIN | NHL | 80 | 0.35 | 0.54 | 0.89 | 0.34 | 0.28 | 2.31 | 21 | 33 | 54 | 20 | 110 | 45 | 148 | 29 | -54 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| 1981-82 | 22 | WIN | NHL | 80 | 0.31 | 0.64 | 0.95 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 2.73 | 18 | 37 | 55 | 20 | 133 | 63 | 131 | 20 | -41 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| 1982-83 | 23 | WIN | NHL | 55 | 0.33 | 0.47 | 0.80 | 0.31 | 0.42 | 2.38 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 13 | 84 | 37 | 63 | 11 | -5 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 2.9 |
| 1983-84 | 24 | WSH | NHL | 80 | 0.36 | 0.65 | 1.01 | 0.37 | 0.35 | 2.05 | 23 | 41 | 64 | 24 | 121 | 38 | 58 | 1 | 26 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 6.4 |
| 1984-85 | 25 | WSH | NHL | 80 | 0.33 | 0.54 | 0.86 | 0.33 | 0.18 | 1.90 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 21 | 99 | 24 | 63 | 8 | 20 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 5.1 |
| 1985-86 | 26 | WSH | NHL | 80 | 0.51 | 0.53 | 1.04 | 0.43 | 0.19 | 2.73 | 32 | 33 | 65 | 26 | 119 | 52 | 92 | 28 | 3 | 5.5 | 1.2 | 6.7 |
| 1986-87 | 27 | WSH | NHL | 76 | 0.30 | 0.36 | 0.66 | 0.26 | 0.11 | 2.00 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 17 | 88 | 26 | 79 | 12 | -5 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 3.4 |
| 1987-88 | 28 | WSH | NHL | 80 | 0.46 | 0.26 | 0.73 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 2.34 | 31 | 17 | 48 | 22 | 90 | 40 | 73 | 9 | -14 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 4.8 |
| 1988-89 | 29 | WSH | NHL | 80 | 0.43 | 0.39 | 0.81 | 0.34 | 0.15 | 2.21 | 28 | 25 | 53 | 22 | 107 | 47 | 78 | 20 | 2 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 5.3 |
| 1989-90 | 30 | TOT | NHL | 78 | 0.19 | 0.32 | 0.51 | 0.19 | 0.15 | 1.96 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 13 | 75 | 19 | 73 | 9 | -8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 2.0 |
| 1989-90 | 30 | WSH | NHL | 28 | 0.11 | 0.29 | 0.39 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 1.93 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 7 | 37 | 8 | -12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1989-90 | 30 | BOS | NHL | 50 | 0.24 | 0.34 | 0.58 | 0.22 | 0.16 | 1.98 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 51 | 12 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 2.0 |
| 1990-91 | 31 | BOS | NHL | 78 | 0.41 | 0.27 | 0.68 | 0.30 | 0.53 | 2.22 | 29 | 19 | 48 | 21 | 87 | 26 | 70 | 17 | 8 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 5.0 |
| 1991-92 | 32 | STL | NHL | 78 | 0.26 | 0.31 | 0.56 | 0.22 | 0.53 | 1.82 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 16 | 73 | 17 | 66 | 12 | 2 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 1992-93 | 33 | CHI | NHL | 60 | 0.07 | 0.23 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 1.25 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 31 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 6 | -0.7 | 1.1 | 0.5 |
| 1993-94 | 34 | CHI | NHL | 9 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Career | NHL | 1009 | 0.34 | 0.43 | 0.77 | 0.30 | 0.28 | 2.15 | 277 | 347 | 624 | 246 | 1246 | 458 | 1037 | 184 | -65 | 41.2 | 13.1 | 54.4 | ||
| Scoring Stats | Goals | Ice Time | |||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Age | Tm | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | |
| 1981-82 | 22 | WIN | NHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1982-83 | 23 | WIN | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1983-84 | 24 | WSH | NHL | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | -1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 33.3 | |||
| 1984-85 | 25 | WSH | NHL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | |||
| 1985-86 | 26 | WSH | NHL | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 15.4 | |||
| 1986-87 | 27 | WSH | NHL | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4.8 | |||
| 1987-88 | 28 | WSH | NHL | 14 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12.5 | |||
| 1988-89 | 29 | WSH | NHL | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | |||
| 1989-90 | 30 | BOS | NHL | 21 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 10.8 | |||
| 1990-91 | 31 | BOS | NHL | 19 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 6 | -2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 20.5 | |||
| 1991-92 | 32 | STL | NHL | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 75.0 | |||
| 1992-93 | 33 | CHI | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |||
| 1993-94 | 34 | CHI | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Career | NHL | 102 | 32 | 25 | 57 | 24 | -2 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 213 | 15.0 | |||||
| Scoring Stats | Goals | Ice Time | ||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Age | Team | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
| 1977-78 | 18 | University of North Dakota | WCHA | 38 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 14 | ||||||||||
| 1978-79 | 19 | University of North Dakota | WCHA | 40 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 22 | ||||||||||
| 1978-79 | 19 | United States | WJC-A | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1979-80 | 20 | United States | Nat-Tm | 59 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 26 | ||||||||||
| 1979-80 | 20 | United States | Olympics | 7 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1980-81 | 21 | United States | WEC-A | 8 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1981-82 | 22 | United States | Can-Cup | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 1984-85 | 25 | United States | Can-Cup | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1988-89 | 29 | United States | WEC-A | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1989-90 | 30 | Washington Capitals | Fr-Tour | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1991-92 | 32 | United States | Can-Cup | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1993-94 | 34 | Indianapolis Ice | IHL | 40 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1994-95 | 35 | Minnesota Moose | IHL | 81 | 38 | 42 | 80 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 1995-96 | 36 | Minnesota Moose | IHL | 69 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Career | 3 Seasons | Can-Cup | 19 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | Fr-Tour | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 3 Seasons | IHL | 190 | 67 | 85 | 152 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | Nat-Tm | 59 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | Olympics | 7 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | WCHA | 78 | 30 | 40 | 70 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | WEC-A | 14 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | WJC-A | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Scoring Stats | Goals | Ice Time | ||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Age | Team | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
| 1994-95 | 35 | Minnesota Moose | IHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | IHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Thru 15 Years | Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst) | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |
| Dave Christian | 6.7 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
| Igor Larionov | 93.7 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.6 | |
| Murray Craven | 93.2 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Tomas Holmstrom | 92.9 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.4 | -0.1 |
| Claude Provost | 92.8 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Scott Mellanby | 92.7 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | -0.1 |
| Marco Sturm | 92.3 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.8 | -0.6 | |
| Thomas Steen | 92.2 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 0.5 | |
| Derek King | 91.8 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.6 | -0.1 | |
| Bill Mosienko | 91.5 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.2 | |
| Mike Foligno | 91.5 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| 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 | |
| Dave Christian | 6.7 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | ||||
| Igor Larionov | 93.7 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.6 | ||||
| Tomas Holmstrom | 92.9 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.4 | -0.1 | |||
| Claude Provost | 92.8 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | |||
| Marco Sturm | 92.3 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.8 | -0.6 | ||||
| Murray Craven | 92.2 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Thomas Steen | 92.2 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 0.5 | ||||
| Derek King | 91.8 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.6 | -0.1 | ||||
| Mike Foligno | 91.5 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | |||
| Bill Mosienko | 91.5 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.2 | ||||
| Herb Cain | 90.2 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | |||||
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All-Star Games
1991 NHL |
Games Played 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 |
Power Play Goals On-Ice For |
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.
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