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Sylvain Cote

Position: D
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-11    Weight: 201 lbs.
Born: January 19, 1966 in Quebec, Quebec

Drafted by the Hartford Whalers in the 1st round (11th overall) of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:48AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #479. Mike Krushelnyski… #480. Bruce Driver… #481. SYLVAIN COTE… #481. Eric Weinrich… #483. Bob Murray… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1984-85 19 HAR NHL 67 3 9 12 4 -30 17 2 1 0 1 90 3.3
1985-86 20 HAR NHL 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986-87 21 HAR NHL 67 2 8 10 3 11 20 2 0 0 0 100 2.0
1987-88 22 HAR NHL 67 7 21 28 10 -8 30 6 0 1 0 142 4.9
1988-89 23 HAR NHL 78 8 9 17 7 -7 49 7 1 0 0 130 6.2
1989-90 24 HAR NHL 28 4 2 6 3 2 14 3 1 0 1 50 8.0
1990-91 25 HAR NHL 73 7 12 19 7 -17 17 6 1 0 0 154 4.5
1991-92 26 WSH NHL 78 11 29 40 14 7 31 5 6 0 2 151 7.3
1992-93 27 WSH NHL 77 21 29 50 19 28 34 11 8 2 3 206 10.2
1993-94 28 WSH NHL 84 16 35 51 18 30 66 11 3 2 2 212 7.5
1994-95 29 WSH NHL 47 5 14 19 6 2 53 4 1 0 2 124 4.0
1995-96 30 WSH NHL 81 5 33 38 12 5 40 2 3 0 2 212 2.4
1996-97 31 WSH NHL 57 6 18 24 8 11 28 4 2 0 0 131 4.6
1997-98 32 TOT NHL 71 4 21 25 8 -3 42 3 1 0 1 103 3.9
1997-98 32 WSH NHL 59 1 15 16 5 -5 36 1 0 0 0 83 1.2
1997-98 32 TOR NHL 12 3 6 9 3 2 6 2 1 0 1 20 15.0
1998-99 33 TOR NHL 79 5 24 29 9 22 28 5 0 0 1 119 4.2 1664 21:04
1999-00 34 TOT NHL 76 8 27 35 12 3 28 3 5 0 2 128 6.3 1625 21:23
1999-00 34 TOR NHL 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 65 21:40
1999-00 34 CHI NHL 45 6 18 24 8 -4 14 1 5 0 2 78 7.7 1051 23:22
1999-00 34 DAL NHL 28 2 8 10 3 6 14 2 0 0 0 47 4.3 509 18:10
2000-01 35 WSH NHL 68 7 11 18 7 -3 18 5 1 1 1 86 8.1 1210 17:47
2001-02 36 WSH NHL 70 3 11 14 5 -15 26 2 1 0 2 101 3.0 1381 19:44
2002-03 37 WSH NHL 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 4:12
Career NHL 1171 122 313 435 151 39 545 81 35 6 20 2239 5.4 5884 20:01

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
1984-85 19 HAR NHL 67 0.04 0.13 0.18 0.06 0.25 1.34 2 7 9 3 44 11 64 1 -30 -0.3 2.5 2.2
1985-86 20 HAR NHL 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 0.2 0.1
1986-87 21 HAR NHL 67 0.03 0.12 0.15 0.05 0.30 1.49 2 7 9 3 52 0 56 15 11 -0.5 4.2 3.7
1987-88 22 HAR NHL 67 0.10 0.31 0.42 0.14 0.45 2.12 6 17 23 8 65 11 77 15 -8 1.2 4.2 5.3
1988-89 23 HAR NHL 78 0.10 0.12 0.22 0.09 0.63 1.67 7 7 14 6 74 5 98 22 -7 0.3 3.8 4.1
1989-90 24 HAR NHL 28 0.14 0.07 0.21 0.10 0.50 1.79 3 2 5 2 24 1 32 11 2 0.2 1.8 1.9
1990-91 25 HAR NHL 73 0.10 0.16 0.26 0.10 0.23 2.11 6 11 17 6 69 14 111 39 -17 0.5 3.5 4.0
1991-92 26 WSH NHL 78 0.14 0.37 0.51 0.18 0.40 1.94 10 25 35 12 110 38 74 9 7 2.3 4.1 6.4
1992-93 27 WSH NHL 77 0.27 0.38 0.65 0.25 0.44 2.68 17 23 40 16 126 37 72 11 28 3.6 5.7 9.3
1993-94 28 WSH NHL 84 0.19 0.42 0.61 0.22 0.79 2.52 14 32 46 16 139 35 100 26 30 3.8 6.2 10.0
1994-95 29 WSH NHL 47 0.11 0.30 0.40 0.14 1.13 2.64 9 24 33 11 58 20 51 15 2 1.2 3.1 4.3
1995-96 30 WSH NHL 81 0.06 0.41 0.47 0.14 0.49 2.62 5 32 37 11 94 32 81 24 5 2.1 5.4 7.5
1996-97 31 WSH NHL 57 0.11 0.32 0.42 0.15 0.49 2.30 6 19 25 8 71 19 56 15 11 1.7 4.1 5.9
1997-98 32 TOT NHL 71 0.06 0.30 0.35 0.11 0.59 1.45 4 24 28 9 59 12 62 12 -3 1.5 3.7 5.2
1997-98 32 WSH NHL 59 0.02 0.25 0.27 0.08 0.61 1.41 1 17 18 5 43 6 51 9 -5 0.5 2.9 3.4
1997-98 32 TOR NHL 12 0.25 0.50 0.75 0.27 0.50 1.67 3 7 10 4 16 6 11 3 2 1.0 0.8 1.8
1998-99 33 TOR NHL 79 0.06 0.30 0.37 0.12 0.35 1.51 6 27 33 11 93 16 76 21 22 1.8 3.3 5.2
1999-00 34 TOT NHL 76 0.11 0.36 0.46 0.15 0.37 1.68 9 29 38 13 86 32 70 19 3 2.7 3.6 6.3
1999-00 34 TOR NHL 3 0.00 0.33 0.33 0.09 0.00 1.00 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 0.0 0.2 0.2
1999-00 34 CHI NHL 45 0.13 0.40 0.53 0.18 0.31 1.73 7 19 26 9 52 18 57 19 -4 2.0 1.5 3.5
1999-00 34 DAL NHL 28 0.07 0.29 0.36 0.11 0.50 1.68 2 9 11 4 31 12 13 0 6 0.7 1.9 2.5
2000-01 35 WSH NHL 68 0.10 0.16 0.26 0.10 0.26 1.26 8 12 20 8 52 12 60 17 -3 1.3 2.4 3.7
2001-02 36 WSH NHL 70 0.04 0.16 0.20 0.07 0.37 1.44 3 12 15 5 45 5 75 20 -15 0.4 1.3 1.7
2002-03 37 WSH NHL 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NHL 1171 0.10 0.27 0.37 0.13 0.47 1.91 117 310 427 148 1262 300 1215 292 39 23.7 62.8 86.6

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1986-87 21 HAR NHL 2 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1987-88 22 HAR NHL 6 1 1 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 9 11.1
1988-89 23 HAR NHL 3 0 1 1 -3 4 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1989-90 24 HAR NHL 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 0.0
1990-91 25 HAR NHL 6 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 10 0.0
1991-92 26 WSH NHL 7 1 2 3 4 4 1 0 0 0 13 7.7
1992-93 27 WSH NHL 6 1 1 2 -3 4 1 0 0 0 8 12.5
1993-94 28 WSH NHL 9 1 8 9 3 6 1 0 0 0 30 3.3
1994-95 29 WSH NHL 7 1 3 4 -9 2 1 0 0 0 16 6.3
1995-96 30 WSH NHL 6 2 0 2 -3 12 1 1 0 0 25 8.0
1998-99 33 TOR NHL 17 2 1 3 -3 10 2 0 0 0 19 10.5 337 19:49
1999-00 34 DAL NHL 23 2 1 3 0 8 0 2 0 0 24 8.3 389 16:54
2000-01 35 WSH NHL 5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 106 21:11
Career NHL 102 11 22 33 -9 62 7 4 0 0 172 6.4 831 18:28

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 16 Ste-Foy Gouverneurs QAAA 46 18 29 47 117
1982-83 17 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 66 10 24 34 50 6 3 1 2
1983-84 18 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 66 15 50 65 89 9 5 1 1
1983-84 18 Canada WJC-A 7 0 2 2 13
1984-85 19 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
1985-86 20 Binghamton Whalers AHL 12 2 4 6 0
1985-86 20 Canada WJC-A 7 1 4 5 4
1985-86 20 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 26 10 33 43 14 5 5 0 1
1996-97 31 Canada W-Cup 2 0 1 1 0
Career 1 Season AHL 12 2 4 6 0
Career 1 Season QAAA 46 18 29 47 117
Career 4 Seasons QMJHL 160 35 108 143 155 20 13 2 4
Career 1 Season W-Cup 2 0 1 1 0
Career 2 Seasons WJC-A 14 1 6 7 17

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 16 Ste-Foy Gouverneurs QAAA 5 0 3 3 8
1983-84 18 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 5 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
1985-86 20 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 13 6 28 34 22 2 4 0 1
1985-86 20 Hull Olympiques M-Cup 5 0 3 3 14
Career 1 Season M-Cup 5 0 3 3 14
Career 1 Season QAAA 5 0 3 3 8
Career 2 Seasons QMJHL 18 7 29 36 22 3 4 0 1

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 19 Years 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 19
Sylvain Cote 10.0 9.3 7.5 6.4 6.3 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.2 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.7 3.7 2.2 1.9 1.7 0.1 0.0
Carol Vadnais 94.1 10.0 9.5 8.5 7.9 6.9 6.5 6.4 6.1 5.7 5.6 4.6 4.5 4.0 2.6 1.3 1.2 0.7
Derian Hatcher 92.7 9.3 8.6 7.3 7.0 6.5 5.7 5.6 5.2 4.8 3.7 3.4 3.2 2.7 2.1 1.5 1.0
Glen Wesley 91.4 9.8 9.0 7.1 6.9 6.5 6.3 6.1 5.9 5.6 5.2 5.2 5.0 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.4 3.3 2.8 2.5
Dave Babych 90.9 8.2 8.2 8.1 6.7 6.0 5.8 5.5 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.2 3.1 3.0 2.8 1.7 1.7 1.0 0.6
Jyrki Lumme 90.9 8.3 8.2 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.0 5.8 5.5 4.7 4.6 4.5 3.4 3.2 3.1 1.4
Tom Johnson 90.9 8.8 7.1 6.7 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.5 5.4 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.1 3.3 1.6 0.0
Alexei Zhitnik 90.8 9.6 7.3 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.1 5.7 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.1 3.0 2.4 1.5
Marcel Pronovost 90.6 9.2 8.5 7.6 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.0 5.8 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.2 4.2 3.8 3.5 3.2 1.4
Garry Galley 90.6 8.3 7.7 7.4 6.4 6.3 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.1 4.6 3.8 3.3 2.8 2.8
Bill Gadsby 90.6 8.9 8.2 7.7 6.3 6.2 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.3 4.1 3.6 2.9 2.3 2.3 1.2
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 19 20
Sylvain Cote 10.0 9.3 7.5 6.4 6.3 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.2 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.7 3.7 2.2 1.9 1.7 0.1 0.0
Carol Vadnais 94.1 10.0 9.5 8.5 7.9 6.9 6.5 6.4 6.1 5.7 5.6 4.6 4.5 4.0 2.6 1.3 1.2 0.7
Derian Hatcher 92.7 9.3 8.6 7.3 7.0 6.5 5.7 5.6 5.2 4.8 3.7 3.4 3.2 2.7 2.1 1.5 1.0
Glen Wesley 91.3 9.8 9.0 7.1 6.9 6.5 6.3 6.1 5.9 5.6 5.2 5.2 5.0 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.4 3.3 2.8 2.5 1.4
Dave Babych 90.9 8.2 8.2 8.1 6.7 6.0 5.8 5.5 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.2 3.1 3.0 2.8 1.7 1.7 1.0 0.6
Tom Johnson 90.9 8.8 7.1 6.7 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.5 5.4 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.1 3.3 1.6 0.0
Jyrki Lumme 90.9 8.3 8.2 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.0 5.8 5.5 4.7 4.6 4.5 3.4 3.2 3.1 1.4
Alexei Zhitnik 90.8 9.6 7.3 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.1 5.7 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.1 3.0 2.4 1.5
Garry Galley 90.6 8.3 7.7 7.4 6.4 6.3 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.1 4.6 3.8 3.3 2.8 2.8
Marcel Pronovost 90.5 9.2 8.5 7.6 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.0 5.8 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.2 4.2 3.8 3.5 3.2 1.4 0.7
Fredrik Olausson 90.4 10.8 7.8 7.7 7.4 7.0 6.9 6.6 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.3 3.4 3.3 2.9 2.1 1.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

1993-94 NHL 84 (5)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

Career NHL 1215 (95)

Defensive Point Shares

1992-93 NHL 5.7 (8)
1993-94 NHL 6.2 (6)
Career NHL 62.8 (43)

Transactions

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September 8, 1991: Traded to Washington by Hartford for Washington's 2nd round choice (Andrei Nikolishin) in 1992 Entry Draft, September 8, 1991.

March 24, 1998: Traded to Toronto by Washington for Jeff Brown, March 24, 1998.

October 8, 1999: Traded to Chicago by Toronto for Chicago's 2nd round choice (Karel Pilar) in 2001 Entry Draft, October 8, 1999.

February 8, 2000: Traded to Dallas by Chicago with Dave Manson for Kevin Dean, Derek Plante and Dallas' 2nd round choice (Matt Keith) in 2001 Entry Draft, February 8, 2000.

July 7, 2000: Signed as a free agent by Washington, July 7, 2000.

November 12, 2002: Released by Washington, November 12, 2002.

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