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Matt Cullen

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 196 lbs.
Born: November 2, 1976 in Virginia, Minnesota

Drafted by the Anaheim Ducks in the 2nd round (35th overall) of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 4, 2012, 7:35AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #571. Chris Gratton… #572. Darcy Rota… #573. MATT CULLEN… #574. Greg Malone… #575. Mark Johnson… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1997-98 21 MDA NHL 61 6 21 27 9 -4 23 4 2 0 0 75 8.0
1998-99 22 MDA NHL 75 11 14 25 10 -12 47 5 5 1 1 112 9.8 1164 15:31
1999-00 23 MDA NHL 80 13 26 39 14 5 24 12 1 0 1 137 9.5 1352 16:54
2000-01 24 MDA NHL 82 10 30 40 13 -23 38 6 4 0 1 159 6.3 1496 18:15
2001-02 25 MDA NHL 79 18 30 48 18 -1 24 14 3 1 4 164 11.0 1344 17:01
2002-03 26 TOT NHL 80 13 20 33 12 -8 34 9 3 1 2 131 9.9 1157 14:28
2002-03 26 MDA NHL 50 7 14 21 7 -4 12 6 1 0 1 77 9.1 715 14:18
2002-03 26 FLA NHL 30 6 6 12 5 -4 22 3 2 1 1 54 11.1 442 14:43
2003-04 27 FLA NHL 56 6 13 19 7 -2 24 5 1 0 2 75 8.0 795 14:12
2005-06 29 CAR NHL 78 25 24 49 20 4 40 17 8 0 5 214 11.7 1282 16:26
2006-07 30 NYR NHL 80 16 25 41 15 0 52 11 2 3 2 217 7.4 1373 17:10
2007-08 31 CAR NHL 59 13 36 49 16 2 32 5 8 0 1 137 9.5 996 16:52
2008-09 32 CAR NHL 69 22 21 43 17 11 20 16 4 2 2 139 15.8 1159 16:48
2009-10 33 TOT NHL 81 16 32 48 17 -7 34 12 2 2 2 195 8.2 1519 18:45
2009-10 33 CAR NHL 60 12 28 40 14 0 26 9 1 2 1 137 8.8 1142 19:02
2009-10 33 OTT NHL 21 4 4 8 3 -7 8 3 1 0 1 58 6.9 378 17:59
2010-11 34 MIN NHL 78 12 27 39 14 -14 34 3 5 4 2 150 8.0 1406 18:02
2011-12 35 MIN NHL 50 11 18 29 11 -4 18 9 2 0 0 116 9.5 932 18:38
Career NHL 1008 192 337 529 194 -53 444 128 50 14 25 2021 9.5 15976 16:52

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
1997-98 21 MDA NHL 61 0.10 0.34 0.44 0.15 0.38 1.23 7 24 31 10 42 8 48 10 -4 1.2 0.6 1.8
1998-99 22 MDA NHL 75 0.15 0.19 0.33 0.13 0.63 1.49 13 16 29 11 40 11 51 10 -12 0.7 0.9 1.6
1999-00 23 MDA NHL 80 0.16 0.33 0.49 0.17 0.30 1.71 14 28 42 15 58 13 59 19 5 1.6 1.7 3.2
2000-01 24 MDA NHL 82 0.12 0.37 0.49 0.16 0.46 1.94 11 32 43 15 58 25 74 18 -23 0.9 1.1 2.1
2001-02 25 MDA NHL 79 0.23 0.38 0.61 0.23 0.30 2.08 21 34 55 21 60 14 53 6 -1 3.4 1.8 5.3
2002-03 26 TOT NHL 80 0.16 0.25 0.41 0.16 0.43 1.64 15 22 37 14 48 17 42 3 -8 1.7 1.2 2.9
2002-03 26 MDA NHL 50 0.14 0.28 0.42 0.15 0.24 1.54 8 15 23 8 33 14 24 1 -4 1.0 0.8 1.8
2002-03 26 FLA NHL 30 0.20 0.20 0.40 0.17 0.73 1.80 7 7 14 6 15 3 18 2 -4 0.7 0.4 1.1
2003-04 27 FLA NHL 56 0.11 0.23 0.34 0.12 0.43 1.34 7 15 22 8 26 2 35 9 -2 0.7 0.9 1.6
2005-06 29 CAR NHL 78 0.32 0.31 0.63 0.26 0.51 2.74 25 23 48 20 79 34 43 2 4 3.6 1.5 5.1
2006-07 30 NYR NHL 80 0.20 0.31 0.51 0.19 0.65 2.71 17 25 42 16 65 17 67 19 0 1.9 1.7 3.5
2007-08 31 CAR NHL 59 0.22 0.61 0.83 0.28 0.54 2.32 14 38 52 18 71 34 39 4 2 3.8 1.0 4.8
2008-09 32 CAR NHL 69 0.32 0.30 0.62 0.25 0.29 2.01 23 21 44 18 55 11 44 11 11 3.5 1.8 5.3
2009-10 33 TOT NHL 81 0.20 0.40 0.59 0.21 0.42 2.41 17 33 50 18 79 28 78 20 -7 2.6 1.4 4.0
2009-10 33 CAR NHL 60 0.20 0.47 0.67 0.23 0.43 2.28 13 29 42 15 58 16 56 14 0 2.4 1.2 3.6
2009-10 33 OTT NHL 21 0.19 0.19 0.38 0.15 0.38 2.76 4 4 8 3 21 12 22 6 -7 0.2 0.2 0.4
2010-11 34 MIN NHL 78 0.15 0.35 0.50 0.17 0.44 1.92 13 29 42 15 68 32 61 11 -14 1.5 1.2 2.7
2011-12 35 MIN NHL 50 0.22 0.36 0.58 0.22 0.36 2.32 20 31 51 19 -4 1.8 1.0 2.8
Career NHL 1008 0.19 0.33 0.52 0.19 0.44 2.00 217 371 588 220 749 246 694 142 -53 29.0 17.8 46.8

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1998-99 22 MDA NHL 4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 62 15:30
2005-06 29 CAR NHL SC 25 4 14 18 2 12 2 2 0 1 56 7.1 391 15:37
2006-07 30 NYR NHL 10 1 3 4 -2 6 1 0 0 1 23 4.3 169 16:55
2008-09 32 CAR NHL 18 3 3 6 0 14 2 0 1 0 29 10.3 300 16:41
2009-10 33 OTT NHL 6 3 5 8 -3 0 1 2 0 0 14 21.4 139 23:14
Career NHL 1 63 11 25 36 -5 32 6 4 1 2 128 8.6 1062 16:51

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1994-95 18 Moorhead Spuds High-MN 28 47 42 89 78
1995-96 19 St. Cloud State Huskies WCHA 39 12 29 41 28
1995-96 19 United States WJC-A 6 3 1 4 0
1996-97 20 St. Cloud State Huskies WCHA 36 15 30 45 70
1996-97 20 Baltimore Bandits AHL 6 3 3 6 7
1997-98 21 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 18 15 12 27 12 2 11 3 1 2 48 31.3
1997-98 21 United States WC-A 6 2 1 3
1998-99 22 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 3 1 2 3 1 8 1 0 0 0 8 12.5
1998-99 22 United States WC-A 6 1 6 7 4 1 0 0 0 12 8.3
2002-03 26 United States WC-A 6 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0
2003-04 27 United States WC-A 9 2 4 6 2 4 2 0 0 0
2004-05 28 SG Cortina Italy 36 27 33 60 64
Career 3 Seasons AHL 27 19 17 36 13 17 12 3 1 2 56 28.6
Career 1 Season High-MN 28 47 42 89 78
Career 1 Season Italy 36 27 33 60 64
Career 4 Seasons WC-A 27 6 12 18 3 10 4 0 0 0 12 8.3
Career 2 Seasons WCHA 75 27 59 86 98
Career 1 Season WJC-A 6 3 1 4 0

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1996-97 20 Baltimore Bandits AHL 3 0 2 2 0
2004-05 28 SG Cortina Italy 18 8 14 22 32
Career 1 Season AHL 3 0 2 2 0
Career 1 Season Italy 18 8 14 22 32

Similarity Scores

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Thru 13 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Matt Cullen 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.0 3.5 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.1 1.8 1.6 1.6
Doug Mohns 94.2 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.4 3.8 3.6 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.3 1.9 1.1 0.8
Butch Keeling 90.9 4.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 2.8 2.7 2.3 1.8 1.8 1.5
Mario Tremblay 89.3 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.3 4.7 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.3 1.1 0.8
Dick Duff 89.2 5.8 5.2 4.7 4.2 4.0 3.7 3.6 2.8 2.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 -0.1
Dainius Zubrus 89.1 5.3 5.0 4.3 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.5 2.9 2.0 2.0 0.9 0.5
Don Lever 88.7 5.8 5.8 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.2 3.4 2.8 2.6 2.6 1.3 1.2 -0.3
Bob Pulford 88.7 5.6 5.1 4.7 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.4 2.7 2.1 1.5 1.4
Tom Fergus 88.7 5.6 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.6 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.5 0.6 0.4
Tony McKegney 88.2 6.9 5.8 5.7 4.5 4.1 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.8 1.8 1.8 1.3 0.8
Ryan Walter 88.2 6.3 5.5 4.9 4.6 4.2 3.2 3.0 2.5 2.4 1.9 1.8 0.7 -0.6
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
Matt Cullen 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.0 3.5 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.1 1.8 1.6 1.6
Butch Keeling 90.2 4.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 2.8 2.7 2.3 1.8 1.8 1.5
Dainius Zubrus 88.9 5.3 5.0 4.3 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.5 2.9 2.6 2.0 2.0 0.9 0.5
Peter Zezel 88.9 6.4 5.2 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.4 2.0 1.5 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.7
Don Lever 88.7 5.8 5.8 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.2 3.4 2.8 2.6 2.6 1.3 1.2 0.2 0.2 -0.3
Mario Tremblay 88.6 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.3 4.7 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.3 1.1 0.8
Don Marshall 88.1 5.0 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.1 2.7 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.5 1.4 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.0 -0.6
Tom Fergus 88.0 5.6 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.6 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.5 0.6 0.4
Mike Ricci 87.8 6.0 5.6 4.9 4.5 4.3 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.0 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.0 0.0 -0.1
Ryan Walter 87.6 6.3 5.5 4.9 4.6 4.2 3.2 3.0 2.5 2.4 1.9 1.8 0.7 0.3 -0.4 -0.6
Ron Murphy 87.6 4.8 4.2 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.0 0.2 0.1 -0.3 -0.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Championships

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2006 Carolina Hurricanes (NHL)

Games Played

2000-01 NHL 82 (3)

Short-Handed Goals

2006-07 NHL 3 (10)
2010-11 NHL 4 (5)

Transactions

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January 30, 2003: Traded to Florida by Anaheim with Pavel Trnka and Anaheim's 4th round choice (James Pemberton) in 2003 Entry Draft for Sandis Ozolinsh and Lance Ward, January 30, 2003.

August 5, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Carolina, August 5, 2004.

September 18, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Cortina (Italy), September 18, 2004.

July 1, 2006: Signed as a free agent by NY Rangers, July 1, 2006.

July 17, 2007: Traded to Carolina by NY Rangers for Andrew Hutchinson, Joe Barnes and Carolina's 3rd round choice (Evgeny Grachev) in 2008 Entry Draft, July 17, 2007.

February 12, 2010: Traded to Ottawa by Carolina for Alexandre Picard and Ottawa's 2nd round choice (later traded to Edmonton - Edmonton selected Martin Marincin) in 2010 Entry Draft, February 12, 2010.

July 1, 2010: Signed as a free agent by Minnesota, July 1, 2010.

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