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Erik Christensen

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: December 17, 1983 in Edmonton, Alberta

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 3rd round (69th overall) of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

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NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2005-06 22 PIT NHL 33 6 7 13 5 -3 34 4 2 0 0 85 7.1 471 14:17
2006-07 23 PIT NHL 61 18 15 33 14 -3 26 12 6 0 1 133 13.5 709 11:38
2007-08 24 TOT NHL 59 11 13 24 9 -10 30 9 2 0 0 132 8.3 788 13:21
2007-08 24 PIT NHL 49 9 11 20 8 -3 28 7 2 0 0 109 8.3 618 12:37
2007-08 24 ATL NHL 10 2 2 4 2 -7 2 2 0 0 0 23 8.7 170 16:57
2008-09 25 TOT NHL 64 7 21 28 9 -9 20 5 2 0 0 122 5.7 873 13:39
2008-09 25 ATL NHL 47 5 14 19 7 -7 14 4 1 0 0 90 5.6 671 14:16
2008-09 25 ANA NHL 17 2 7 9 3 -2 6 1 1 0 0 32 6.3 203 11:55
2009-10 26 TOT NHL 58 8 18 26 9 11 26 7 1 0 1 86 9.3 861 14:51
2009-10 26 ANA NHL 9 0 0 0 0 -3 2 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 77 10.4 758 15:28
2010-11 27 NYR NHL 63 11 16 27 10 3 18 7 4 0 1 86 12.8 804 12:46
2011-12 28 TOT NHL 24 1 4 5 2 -2 4 0 1 0 0 14 7.1 216 9:00
2011-12 28 NYR NHL 20 1 4 5 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 10 10.0 162 8:07
2011-12 28 MIN NHL 4 0 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 54 13:25
Career NHL 362 62 94 156 58 -13 158 44 18 0 3 658 9.4 4722 13:03

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 24 0.04 0.17 0.21 0.07 0.17 0.58 2 7 9 3 -2 0.1 0.2 0.2
2011-12 28 NYR NHL 20 0.05 0.20 0.25 0.08 0.10 0.50 2 7 9 3 0 0.2 0.2 0.4
2011-12 28 MIN NHL 4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.50 1.00 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
Career NHL 362 0.17 0.26 0.43 0.16 0.44 1.82 67 100 167 64 222 66 171 4 -13 9.6 4.5 14.1

NHL Playoffs

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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 -1 6 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 33 8:15
2008-09 25 ANA NHL 8 0 2 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.0 85 10:37
2010-11 27 NYR NHL 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 10 10.0 65 13:04
Career NHL 17 1 2 3 -2 8 0 1 0 0 26 3.8 183 10:47

Other Standard

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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
Career 4 Seasons AHL 147 52 47 99 18 91 29 22 1 10
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

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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

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Thru 6 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6
Erik Christensen 3.8 3.0 2.8 1.9 1.6 0.8
Jan Bulis 92.9 4.1 3.1 2.5 1.8 1.7 0.8
Brian Skrudland 91.7 3.0 2.9 2.7 1.9 1.6 0.6
Hank Goldup 90.2 2.8 2.5 2.1 1.9 1.2 0.5
Patrick Eaves 89.9 3.7 2.8 2.3 2.0 1.1 1.0
Andrei Nikolishin 89.9 4.1 2.7 2.0 1.9 1.6 1.4
Patrik Stefan 89.8 3.5 2.7 2.4 1.7 1.6 0.7
Chris Kelly 89.6 3.9 2.8 2.8 2.0 1.3 -0.2
Pat Flatley 89.5 3.9 3.2 2.5 1.5 1.4 0.4
Bill Clement 89.4 3.5 3.0 3.0 1.5 1.2 0.7
Mush March 89.2 2.7 2.3 2.3 1.4 1.2 0.3
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Erik Christensen 3.8 3.0 2.8 1.9 1.6 0.8
Pierre Jarry 93.9 3.8 3.1 2.3 1.8 1.7 1.0 0.0
Mike Eaves 90.4 3.5 3.1 2.6 2.0 1.5 1.4 -0.1
Hank Goldup 90.1 2.8 2.5 2.1 1.9 1.2 0.5
Chris Kelly 89.9 3.9 2.8 2.8 2.1 2.0 1.3 -0.2
Patrick Eaves 89.8 3.7 2.8 2.3 2.0 1.1 1.0
Blair Chapman 89.7 4.2 3.3 3.1 1.9 1.1 0.6 0.0
Inge Hammarstrom 87.8 3.9 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.2 1.5
Kevin LaVallee 87.2 3.9 2.4 2.4 2.2 1.7 1.2 0.0
Gerry Ehman 86.9 4.2 3.6 2.3 1.8 1.6 1.2 0.2 0.2 -0.1
Kyle Wellwood 86.5 4.0 3.6 2.9 2.4 1.5 1.2 -0.1

Transactions

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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.

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