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Paul Coffey

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: June 1, 1961 in Weston, Ontario

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 2004

Drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft.

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 16 North York Rangers OPJHL 50 14 33 47 0.94 64
1977-78 16 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 8 2 2 4 0.50 11
1978-79 17 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OMJHL 68 17 72 89 1.31 103
1979-80 18 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OMJHL 23 10 21 31 1.35 63
1979-80 18 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 52 19 52 71 1.37 130
1980-81 19 Edmonton Oilers NHL 74 9 23 32 0.43 11 0.15 97 21 78 6 4 130 7 2 0 0 113 1.53 8.0
1981-82 20 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 29 60 89 1.11 32 0.40 203 64 120 16 35 106 16 13 0 1 234 2.93 12.4
1982-83 21 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 29 67 96 1.20 35 0.44 219 69 117 19 52 87 19 9 1 2 259 3.24 11.2
1983-84 22 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 40 86 126 1.58 46 0.58 230 71 128 21 52 104 25 14 1 4 258 3.23 15.5
1984-85 23 Canada Can-Cup 8 3 8 11 1.38 4
1984-85 23 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 37 84 121 1.51 44 0.55 212 61 121 25 55 97 23 12 2 6 284 3.55 13.0
1985-86 24 Edmonton Oilers NHL 79 48 90 138 1.75 50 0.63 247 68 162 44 61 120 30 9 9 3 307 3.89 15.6
1986-87 25 Edmonton Oilers NHL 59 17 50 67 1.14 24 0.40 130 46 96 24 12 49 5 10 2 3 165 2.80 10.3
1987-88 26 Canada Can-Cup 9 2 4 6 0.67 0
1987-88 26 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 46 15 52 67 1.46 23 0.51 125 67 84 25 -1 93 7 6 2 2 193 4.20 7.8
1988-89 27 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 75 30 83 113 1.51 40 0.53 209 102 144 27 -10 195 19 11 0 2 342 4.56 8.8
1989-90 28 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 80 29 74 103 1.29 35 0.44 195 80 168 28 -25 95 19 10 0 3 324 4.05 9.0
1989-90 28 Canada WEC-A 10 1 6 7 0.70 10
1990-91 29 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 76 24 69 93 1.22 32 0.42 174 78 125 11 -18 128 16 8 0 3 240 3.16 10.0
1991-92 30 Canada Can-Cup 8 1 6 7 0.88 8
1991-92 30 2 Teams NHL 64 11 58 69 1.08 22 0.35 131 50 102 22 1 87 6 5 0 1 232 3.63 4.7
1991-92 30 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 54 10 54 64 1.19 21 0.38 120 45 91 20 4 62 5 5 0 1 207 3.83 4.8
1991-92 30 Los Angeles Kings NHL 10 1 4 5 0.50 2 0.17 11 5 11 2 -3 25 1 0 0 0 25 2.50 4.0
1992-93 31 2 Teams NHL 80 12 75 87 1.09 27 0.34 185 85 109 25 16 77 7 5 0 0 254 3.18 4.7
1992-93 31 Los Angeles Kings NHL 50 8 49 57 1.14 18 0.36 118 53 79 23 9 50 6 2 0 0 182 3.64 4.4
1992-93 31 Detroit Red Wings NHL 30 4 26 30 1.00 9 0.32 67 32 30 2 7 27 1 3 0 0 72 2.40 5.6
1993-94 32 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 14 63 77 0.96 26 0.32 169 57 105 21 28 106 9 5 0 3 278 3.48 5.0
1994-95 33 Detroit Red Wings NHL 45 14 44 58 1.29 20 0.44 108 47 54 11 18 72 9 4 1 2 181 4.02 7.7
1995-96 34 Detroit Red Wings NHL 76 14 60 74 0.97 25 0.32 133 58 68 12 19 90 10 3 1 3 234 3.08 6.0
1996-97 35 Canada W-Cup 8 0 7 7 0.88 12
1996-97 35 2 Teams NHL 57 9 25 34 0.60 12 0.21 82 22 64 15 11 38 7 1 1 2 110 1.93 8.2
1996-97 35 Hartford Whalers NHL 20 3 5 8 0.40 3 0.15 23 7 20 4 0 18 2 1 0 1 39 1.95 7.7
1996-97 35 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 37 6 20 26 0.70 9 0.24 59 15 44 11 11 20 5 0 1 1 71 1.92 8.5
1997-98 36 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 57 2 27 29 0.51 9 0.16 74 33 40 2 3 30 1 1 0 1 107 1.88 1.9
1998-99 37 2 Teams NHL 54 2 12 14 0.26 5 0.09 52 20 41 2 -7 28 1 1 0 0 87 1.61 2.3 1020 18:53
1998-99 37 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 10 0 4 4 0.40 1 0.12 8 6 8 0 -6 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.80 0.0 154 15:22
1998-99 37 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 44 2 8 10 0.23 3 0.08 44 14 33 2 -1 28 1 1 0 0 79 1.80 2.5 866 19:41
1999-00 38 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 69 11 29 40 0.58 14 0.20 101 42 71 6 -6 40 5 6 0 3 155 2.25 7.1 1558 22:35
2000-01 39 Boston Bruins NHL 18 0 4 4 0.22 1 0.07 19 6 21 2 -6 30 0 0 0 0 28 1.56 0.0 341 18:57
Career NHL 1409 396 1135 1531 1.09 533 0.38 3095 1147 2018 364 294 1802 241 135 20 44 4385 3.11 9.0 2919 20:42

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
1977-78 16 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 5 0 0 0 0.00 0
1980-81 19 Edmonton Oilers NHL 9 4 3 7 0.78 22 3 1 0 0
1981-82 20 Edmonton Oilers NHL 5 1 1 2 0.40 6 0 1 0 0
1982-83 21 Edmonton Oilers NHL 16 7 7 14 0.88 14 3 2 2 0
1983-84 22 Edmonton Oilers NHL SC 19 8 14 22 1.16 21 21 6 2 0 1 66 3.47 12.1
1984-85 23 Edmonton Oilers NHL SC 18 12 25 37 2.06 26 44 8 3 1 4 66 3.67 18.2
1985-86 24 Edmonton Oilers NHL 10 1 9 10 1.00 0 30 0 1 0 0 33 3.30 3.0
1986-87 25 Edmonton Oilers NHL SC 17 3 8 11 0.65 7 30 2 1 0 1 43 2.53 7.0
1988-89 27 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 11 2 13 15 1.36 -7 31 0 2 0 1 48 4.36 4.2
1990-91 29 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL SC 12 2 9 11 0.92 -1 6 2 0 0 0 37 3.08 5.4
1991-92 30 Los Angeles Kings NHL 6 4 3 7 1.17 -5 2 1 3 0 0 28 4.67 14.3
1992-93 31 Detroit Red Wings NHL 7 2 9 11 1.57 -3 2 2 0 0 0 24 3.43 8.3
1993-94 32 Detroit Red Wings NHL 7 1 6 7 1.00 6 8 1 0 0 0 23 3.29 4.3
1994-95 33 Detroit Red Wings NHL 18 6 12 18 1.00 4 10 3 2 1 0 74 4.11 8.1
1995-96 34 Detroit Red Wings NHL 17 5 9 14 0.82 -3 30 0 3 2 1 49 2.88 10.2
1996-97 35 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 17 1 8 9 0.53 -3 6 1 0 0 0 37 2.18 2.7
1998-99 37 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 5 0 1 1 0.20 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 1.60 0.0 116 23:10
Career NHL 4 194 59 137 196 1.01 42 264 32 21 6 8 536 3.27 8.8 116 23:10

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1982 NHL
1983 NHL
1984 NHL
1985 NHL
1986 NHL
1988 NHL
1989 NHL
1990 NHL
1991 NHL
1992 NHL
1993 NHL
1994 NHL
1996 NHL
1997 NHL

Awards

1984-85 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy
1985-86 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy
1994-95 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy

Honors

1981-82 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1982-83 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1983-84 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1984-85 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1985-86 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1988-89 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1989-90 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1994-95 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)

Games Played

1981-82 NHL 80 (4)
1982-83 NHL 80 (1)
 1983-84 NHL 80 (1)
 1984-85 NHL 80 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 80 (1)
 Career NHL 1409 (27)

Goals

1985-86 NHL 48 (7)
Career NHL 396 (79)

Goals Per Game

1985-86 NHL 0.61 (9)

Assists

1982-83 NHL 67 (4)
1983-84 NHL 86 (2)
1984-85 NHL 84 (2)
1985-86 NHL 90 (3)
1988-89 NHL 83 (4)
1989-90 NHL 74 (5)
1990-91 NHL 69 (8)
1992-93 NHL 75 (10)
1994-95 NHL 44 (2)
Career NHL 1135 (5)

Assists Per Game

1982-83 NHL 0.84 (4)
1983-84 NHL 1.07 (2)
1984-85 NHL 1.05 (2)
1985-86 NHL 1.14 (3)
1986-87 NHL 0.85 (4)
1987-88 NHL 1.13 (3)
1988-89 NHL 1.11 (4)
1989-90 NHL 0.93 (5)
1990-91 NHL 0.91 (8)
1991-92 NHL 0.91 (8)
1992-93 NHL 0.94 (10)
1994-95 NHL 0.98 (2)
Career NHL 0.81 (7)

Points

1983-84 NHL 126 (2)
1984-85 NHL 121 (5)
1985-86 NHL 138 (3)
1988-89 NHL 113 (6)
1989-90 NHL 103 (9)
1994-95 NHL 58 (6)
Career NHL 1531 (12)

Points Per Game

1983-84 NHL 1.57 (6)
1984-85 NHL 1.51 (6)
1985-86 NHL 1.75 (3)
1987-88 NHL 1.46 (7)
1988-89 NHL 1.51 (6)
1989-90 NHL 1.29 (10)
1994-95 NHL 1.29 (6)
Career NHL 1.09 (25)

Goals Created

1983-84 NHL 46.1 (4)
1984-85 NHL 43.7 (6)
1985-86 NHL 50.0 (4)
1988-89 NHL 39.7 (7)
Career NHL 533.5 (17)

Goals Created Per Game

1983-84 NHL 0.58 (6)
1984-85 NHL 0.55 (8)
1985-86 NHL 0.63 (4)
1988-89 NHL 0.53 (7)
1994-95 NHL 0.44 (10)
Career NHL 0.38 (65)

Total Goals For

1981-82 NHL 203 (2)
1982-83 NHL 219 (2)
1983-84 NHL 230 (2)
1984-85 NHL 212 (2)
1985-86 NHL 247 (2)
1988-89 NHL 209 (3)
1989-90 NHL 195 (1)
 1990-91 NHL 174 (4)
1992-93 NHL 185 (7)
1993-94 NHL 169 (5)
1994-95 NHL 108 (1)
 Career NHL 3095 (3)

Power Play Goals For

1981-82 NHL 64 (8)
1982-83 NHL 69 (3)
1983-84 NHL 71 (2)
1984-85 NHL 61 (4)
1988-89 NHL 102 (2)
1989-90 NHL 80 (3)
1990-91 NHL 78 (3)
1992-93 NHL 85 (4)
1994-95 NHL 47 (1)
 Career NHL 1147 (5)

Total Goals Against

1985-86 NHL 162 (5)
1988-89 NHL 144 (6)
1989-90 NHL 168 (1)
 1990-91 NHL 125 (9)
Career NHL 2018 (4)

Power Play Goals Against

Career NHL 364 (62)

Plus/Minus

1982-83 NHL 52 (3)
1983-84 NHL 52 (6)
1984-85 NHL 55 (4)
1985-86 NHL 61 (4)
Career NHL 294 (29)

Penalties in Minutes

Career NHL 1802 (68)

Power Play Goals

Career NHL 135 (56)

Short-Handed Goals

1985-86 NHL 9 (1)
 Career NHL 20 (55)

Shots on Goal

1984-85 NHL 284 (9)
1985-86 NHL 307 (4)
1988-89 NHL 342 (3)
1989-90 NHL 324 (3)
1994-95 NHL 181 (7)
Career NHL 4385 (13)
      

Transactions

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November 24, 1987: Traded to Pittsburgh by Edmonton with Dave Hunter and Wayne Van Dorp for Craig Simpson, Dave Hannan, Moe Mantha and Chris Joseph, November 24, 1987.

February 19, 1992: Traded to Los Angeles by Pittsburgh for Brian Benning, Jeff Chychrun and Los Angeles' 1st round choice (later traded to Philadelphia - Philadelphia selected Jason Bowen) in 1992 Entry Draft, February 19, 1992.

January 29, 1993: Traded to Detroit by Los Angeles with Sylvain Couturier and Jim Hiller for Jimmy Carson, Marc Potvin and Gary Shuchuk, January 29, 1993.

October 9, 1996: Traded to Hartford by Detroit with Keith Primeau and Detroit's 1st round choice (Nikos Tselios) in 1997 Entry Draft for Brendan Shanahan and Brian Glynn, October 9, 1996.

December 15, 1996: Traded to Philadelphia by Hartford with Hartford's 3rd round choice (Kris Mallette) in 1997 Entry Draft for Kevin Haller, Philadelphia's 1st round choice (later traded to San Jose - San Jose selected Scott Hannan) in 1997 Entry Draft and Hartford's 7th round choice (previously acquired, Carolina selected Andrew Merrick) in 1997 Entry Draft, December 15, 1996.

June 27, 1998: Traded to Chicago by Philadelphia for NY Islanders' 5th round choice (previously acquired, Philadelphia selected Francis Belanger) in 1998 Entry Draft, June 27, 1998.

December 29, 1998: Traded to Carolina by Chicago for Nelson Emerson, December 29, 1998.

July 13, 2000: Signed as a free agent by Boston, July 13, 2000.

December 15, 2000: Released by Boston, December 15, 2000.