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Erik Christensen

Position: C ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1 ▪ Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: December 17, 1983 in Edmonton, Alberta
Draft: Pittsburgh, 3rd round (69th overall), 2002 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
2005-06	22	PIT	NHL	33	6	7	13	5	-3	34	4	2	0	0	4	0	3	85	7.1	471	14:17
2006-07	23	PIT	NHL	61	18	15	33	14	-3	26	12	6	0	1	10	0	5	133	13.5	709	11:38
2007-08	24	TOT	NHL	59	11	13	24	9	-10	30	9	2	0	0	7	0	6	132	8.3	788	13:21
2007-08	24	PIT	NHL	49	9	11	20	8	-3	28	7	2	0	0	7	0	4	109	8.3	618	12:37
2007-08	24	ATL	NHL	10	2	2	4	2	-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	23	8.7	170	16:57
2008-09	25	TOT	NHL	64	7	21	28	9	-9	20	5	2	0	0	16	0	5	122	5.7	873	13:39
2008-09	25	ATL	NHL	47	5	14	19	7	-7	14	4	1	0	0	11	0	3	90	5.6	671	14:16
2008-09	25	ANA	NHL	17	2	7	9	3	-2	6	1	1	0	0	5	0	2	32	6.3	203	11:55
2009-10	26	TOT	NHL	58	8	18	26	9	11	26	7	1	0	1	15	0	3	86	9.3	861	14:51
2009-10	26	ANA	NHL	9	0	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	103	11:27
2009-10	26	NYR	NHL	49	8	18	26	9	14	24	7	1	0	1	15	0	3	77	10.4	758	15:28
2010-11	27	NYR	NHL	63	11	16	27	10	3	18	7	4	0	1	13	0	3	86	12.8	804	12:46
2011-12	28	TOT	NHL	49	7	5	12	5	-13	8	4	3	0	1	4	0	1	44	15.9	510	10:24
2011-12	28	NYR	NHL	20	1	4	5	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	10	10.0	162	8:07
2011-12	28	MIN	NHL	29	6	1	7	4	-13	6	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	34	17.6	347	11:59
Career			NHL	387	68	95	163	62	-24	162	48	20	0	4	69	0	26	688	9.9	5016	12:58

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
2005-06	22	PIT	NHL	33	0.18	0.21	0.39	0.15	1.03	2.58	6	7	13	5	26	8	22	1	-3	0.5	0.4	0.8
2006-07	23	PIT	NHL	61	0.30	0.25	0.54	0.22	0.43	2.18	19	15	34	14	42	16	29	0	-3	3.2	0.6	3.8
2007-08	24	TOT	NHL	59	0.19	0.22	0.41	0.16	0.51	2.24	12	14	26	10	37	13	36	2	-10	1.5	0.4	1.9
2007-08	24	PIT	NHL	49	0.18	0.22	0.41	0.16	0.57	2.22	10	12	22	9	29	10	24	2	-3	1.3	0.5	1.8
2007-08	24	ATL	NHL	10	0.20	0.20	0.40	0.17	0.20	2.30	2	2	4	2	8	3	12	0	-7	0.2	-0.1	0.1
2008-09	25	TOT	NHL	64	0.11	0.33	0.44	0.15	0.31	1.91	7	21	28	10	43	16	37	1	-9	1.2	0.4	1.6
2008-09	25	ATL	NHL	47	0.11	0.30	0.40	0.14	0.30	1.91	5	14	19	7	28	8	28	1	-7	0.6	0.3	0.9
2008-09	25	ANA	NHL	17	0.12	0.41	0.53	0.17	0.35	1.88	2	7	9	3	15	8	9	0	-2	0.6	0.1	0.7
2009-10	26	TOT	NHL	58	0.14	0.31	0.45	0.16	0.45	1.48	9	19	28	10	38	5	22	0	11	1.3	1.5	2.8
2009-10	26	ANA	NHL	9	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.22	1.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	-3	-0.3	0.0	-0.3
2009-10	26	NYR	NHL	49	0.16	0.37	0.53	0.19	0.49	1.57	9	19	28	10	38	5	19	0	14	1.6	1.5	3.1
2010-11	27	NYR	NHL	63	0.17	0.25	0.43	0.16	0.29	1.37	12	17	29	11	36	8	25	0	3	1.9	1.1	3.0
2011-12	28	TOT	NHL	49	0.14	0.10	0.24	0.10	0.16	0.90	8	5	13	6	17	7	23	0	-13	0.7	0.1	0.8
2011-12	28	NYR	NHL	20	0.05	0.20	0.25	0.08	0.10	0.50	1	4	5	2	7	2	5	0	0	0.2	0.2	0.4
2011-12	28	MIN	NHL	29	0.21	0.03	0.24	0.12	0.21	1.17	7	1	8	4	10	5	18	0	-13	0.5	-0.1	0.4
Career			NHL	387	0.18	0.25	0.42	0.16	0.42	1.78	73	98	171	67	239	73	194	4	-24	10.2	4.5	14.7

NHL Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
2006-07	23	PIT	NHL	4	0	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	33	8:15
2008-09	25	ANA	NHL	8	0	2	2	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	85	10:37
2010-11	27	NYR	NHL	5	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	10	10.0	65	13:04
Career			NHL	17	1	2	3	1	-2	8	0	1	0	0	26	3.8	183	10:47

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1998-99	15	Leduc Oil Kings	AMBHL	36	34	42	76			70
1999-00	16	Kamloops Blazers	WHL	66	9	5	14		-14	39	7	2	0	2
2000-01	17	Kamloops Blazers	WHL	72	21	23	44		-2	36	14	7	0	1
2001-02	18	Kamloops Blazers	WHL	70	22	36	58		-4	68	12	10	0	4
2002-03	19	Kamloops Blazers	WHL	67	54	54	108		26	60	34	18	2	10
2003-04	20	2 Teams	WHL	63	27	35	62		22	60	17	9	1	3
2003-04	20	Kamloops Blazers	WHL	29	10	14	24		17	40	8	2	0	0
2003-04	20	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	34	17	21	38		5	20	9	7	1	3
2004-05	21	Wilkes-Barre Penguins	AHL	77	14	13	27		-1	33	10	4	0	3
2005-06	22	Wilkes-Barre Penguins	AHL	48	24	22	46		10	50	12	11	1	4
2006-07	23	Wilkes-Barre Penguins	AHL	16	12	12	24		7	8	5	7	0	3
2009-10	26	Manitoba Moose	AHL	6	2	0	2		2	0	2	0	0	0
2011-12	28	Connecticut Whale	AHL	5	2	1	3		0	8	2	0	0	0	11	18.2
Career		5 Seasons	AHL	152	54	48	102		18	99	31	22	1	10	11	18.2
Career		1 Season	AMBHL	36	34	42	76			70
Career		5 Seasons	WHL	338	133	153	286		28	263	84	46	3	20

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1999-00	16	Kamloops Blazers	WHL	4	0	0	0		1	2	0	0	0	0
2000-01	17	Kamloops Blazers	WHL	4	1	1	2		-4	0	0	1	0	0
2001-02	18	Kamloops Blazers	WHL	4	0	0	0		-2	4	0	0	0	0
2002-03	19	Kamloops Blazers	WHL	6	1	7	8		2	14	1	0	0	1
2003-04	20	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	11	8	4	12		-2	8	2	6	0	1
2004-05	21	Wilkes-Barre Penguins	AHL	11	1	6	7		-1	4	1	0	0	0
2005-06	22	Wilkes-Barre Penguins	AHL	11	2	2	4		-4	2	1	1	0	0
Career		2 Seasons	AHL	22	3	8	11		-5	6	2	1	0	0
Career		5 Seasons	WHL	29	10	12	22		-5	28	3	7	0	2

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 7 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Erik Christensen		3.8	3.0	2.8	1.9	1.6	0.8	0.8
Tim Higgins	92.3	4.2	2.9	2.4	2.0	1.5	0.7	0.7
Trevor Letowski	91.2	3.7	3.2	2.4	1.9	1.3	0.8	0.5
Pierre Jarry	89.6	3.8	3.1	2.3	1.8	1.7	1.0	0.0
Patrik Stefan	88.7	3.5	2.7	2.4	1.7	1.6	1.1	0.7
Doug Mohns	88.6	3.8	2.9	2.7	2.3	1.9	1.1	0.8
Brian Bradley	87.8	3.6	2.9	2.4	1.9	1.8	0.5	-0.2
Rem Murray	87.7	4.2	3.1	2.4	2.2	1.7	1.2	1.0
Chad LaRose	87.3	3.4	3.4	2.6	2.3	1.9	1.0	0.7
Mike Eaves	86.2	3.5	3.1	2.6	2.0	1.5	1.4	-0.1
Chris Kelly	86.1	3.9	2.8	2.8	2.1	2.0	1.3	-0.2

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Erik Christensen		3.8	3.0	2.8	1.9	1.6	0.8	0.8
Pierre Jarry	89.6	3.8	3.1	2.3	1.8	1.7	1.0	0.0
Patrik Stefan	88.7	3.5	2.7	2.4	1.7	1.6	1.1	0.7
Trevor Letowski	88.1	3.7	3.2	2.4	1.9	1.3	1.0	0.8	0.5	-0.3
Grant Marshall	87.8	3.9	3.1	2.7	2.3	1.5	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.1
Chad LaRose	87.3	3.4	3.4	2.6	2.3	1.9	1.0	0.7	-0.5
Vitali Yachmenev	86.7	4.0	3.6	2.9	2.2	1.5	1.4	0.6	0.0
Mike Eaves	86.2	3.5	3.1	2.6	2.0	1.5	1.4	-0.1
Hank Goldup	86.0	2.8	2.5	2.1	1.9	1.2	0.5
Blair Chapman	85.5	4.2	3.3	3.1	1.9	1.1	0.6	0.0
Ernie Hicke	85.2	3.7	3.1	2.7	2.3	2.0	1.9	0.9	-0.3

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

February 26, 2008: Traded to Atlanta by Pittsburgh with Colby Armstrong, Angelo Esposito and Pittsburgh's 1st round choice (Daultan Leveille) in 2008 Entry Draft for Marian Hossa and Pascal Dupuis, February 26, 2008.

March 4, 2009: Traded to Anaheim by Atlanta for Eric O'Dell, March 4, 2009.

December 2, 2009: Claimed on waivers by NY Rangers from Anaheim, December 2, 2009.

June 5, 2012: Signed as a free agent by Poprad (KHL), June 5, 2012.

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