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Eric Desjardins

Position: D
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-1    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: June 14, 1969 in Rouyn, Quebec

Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2nd round (38th overall) of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:51AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #178. Guy Carbonneau… #179. Bill Guerin… #179. ERIC DESJARDINS… #179. Pat Verbeek… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1988-89 19 MTL NHL 36 2 12 14 4 9 26 1 1 0 0 39 5.1
1989-90 20 MTL NHL 55 3 13 16 5 1 51 2 1 0 0 48 6.3
1990-91 21 MTL NHL 62 7 18 25 9 7 27 7 0 0 1 114 6.1
1991-92 22 MTL NHL 77 6 32 38 12 17 50 2 4 0 2 141 4.3
1992-93 23 MTL NHL 82 13 32 45 16 20 98 6 7 0 1 163 8.0
1993-94 24 MTL NHL 84 12 23 35 13 -1 97 5 6 1 3 193 6.2
1994-95 25 TOT NHL 43 5 24 29 9 12 14 4 1 0 1 93 5.4
1994-95 25 MTL NHL 9 0 6 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 14 0.0
1994-95 25 PHI NHL 34 5 18 23 8 10 12 4 1 0 1 79 6.3
1995-96 26 PHI NHL 80 7 40 47 15 19 45 2 5 0 2 184 3.8
1996-97 27 PHI NHL 82 12 34 46 16 25 50 6 5 1 1 183 6.6
1997-98 28 PHI NHL 77 6 27 33 11 11 36 3 2 1 0 150 4.0
1998-99 29 PHI NHL 68 15 36 51 18 18 38 9 6 0 2 190 7.9 1754 25:48
1999-00 30 PHI NHL 81 14 41 55 19 20 32 6 8 0 4 207 6.8 2188 27:01
2000-01 31 PHI NHL 79 15 33 48 17 -3 50 8 6 1 4 187 8.0 2089 26:27
2001-02 32 PHI NHL 65 6 19 25 8 -1 24 3 2 1 0 117 5.1 1443 22:12
2002-03 33 PHI NHL 79 8 24 32 11 30 35 7 1 0 2 197 4.1 1810 22:55
2003-04 34 PHI NHL 48 1 11 12 3 11 28 1 0 0 0 92 1.1 1079 22:29
2005-06 36 PHI NHL 45 4 20 24 8 3 56 1 3 0 1 88 4.5 1062 23:36
Career NHL 1143 136 439 575 194 198 757 73 58 5 24 2386 5.7 11426 24:34

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
1988-89 19 MTL NHL 36 0.06 0.33 0.39 0.12 0.72 1.08 2 10 12 4 44 12 26 3 9 0.4 2.6 3.1
1989-90 20 MTL NHL 55 0.05 0.24 0.29 0.10 0.93 0.87 3 11 14 5 55 4 60 10 1 0.3 3.1 3.4
1990-91 21 MTL NHL 62 0.11 0.29 0.40 0.14 0.44 1.84 6 16 22 8 79 24 65 17 7 1.2 3.8 5.0
1991-92 22 MTL NHL 77 0.08 0.42 0.49 0.16 0.65 1.83 5 28 33 10 108 37 83 29 17 1.9 5.8 7.7
1992-93 23 MTL NHL 82 0.16 0.39 0.55 0.19 1.20 1.99 11 26 37 13 147 41 131 45 20 2.6 5.0 7.6
1993-94 24 MTL NHL 84 0.14 0.27 0.42 0.15 1.15 2.30 11 21 32 12 99 28 104 32 -1 2.2 4.2 6.4
1994-95 25 TOT NHL 43 0.12 0.56 0.67 0.22 0.33 2.16 9 41 50 16 64 19 53 20 12 2.2 3.0 5.2
1994-95 25 MTL NHL 9 0.00 0.67 0.67 0.18 0.22 1.56 0 10 10 3 11 4 11 6 2 0.4 0.6 1.0
1994-95 25 PHI NHL 34 0.15 0.53 0.68 0.23 0.35 2.32 9 31 40 13 53 15 42 14 10 1.9 2.4 4.3
1995-96 26 PHI NHL 80 0.09 0.50 0.59 0.18 0.56 2.30 7 38 45 14 130 55 95 39 19 3.1 5.6 8.7
1996-97 27 PHI NHL 82 0.15 0.41 0.56 0.19 0.61 2.23 12 35 47 16 121 31 83 18 25 3.8 5.5 9.3
1997-98 28 PHI NHL 77 0.08 0.35 0.43 0.14 0.47 1.95 7 31 38 12 95 30 74 20 11 2.4 4.8 7.1
1998-99 29 PHI NHL 68 0.22 0.53 0.75 0.26 0.56 2.79 17 41 58 20 108 40 65 15 18 5.0 5.1 10.1
1999-00 30 PHI NHL 81 0.17 0.51 0.68 0.23 0.40 2.56 15 44 59 20 135 52 82 19 20 4.9 7.1 12.0
2000-01 31 PHI NHL 79 0.19 0.42 0.61 0.22 0.63 2.37 16 35 51 18 111 42 101 29 -3 4.3 3.9 8.2
2001-02 32 PHI NHL 65 0.09 0.29 0.38 0.13 0.37 1.80 7 22 29 10 63 15 64 15 -1 1.9 2.6 4.4
2002-03 33 PHI NHL 79 0.10 0.30 0.41 0.14 0.44 2.49 9 27 36 12 76 13 57 24 30 2.5 6.7 9.2
2003-04 34 PHI NHL 48 0.02 0.23 0.25 0.07 0.58 1.92 1 13 14 4 43 9 38 15 11 0.2 3.1 3.4
2005-06 36 PHI NHL 45 0.09 0.44 0.53 0.17 1.24 1.96 4 19 23 7 59 26 60 30 3 1.6 2.1 3.6
Career NHL 1143 0.12 0.38 0.50 0.17 0.66 2.09 142 458 600 202 1537 478 1241 380 198 40.5 74.0 114.5

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1988-89 19 MTL NHL 14 1 1 2 0 6 0 1 0 0 21 4.8
1989-90 20 MTL NHL 6 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 15 0.0
1990-91 21 MTL NHL 13 1 4 5 5 8 0 1 0 0 23 4.3
1991-92 22 MTL NHL 11 3 3 6 0 4 2 1 0 0 28 10.7
1992-93 23 MTL NHL SC 20 4 10 14 2 23 3 1 0 1 47 8.5
1993-94 24 MTL NHL 7 0 2 2 -1 4 0 0 0 0 9 0.0
1994-95 25 PHI NHL 15 4 4 8 13 10 3 1 0 2 35 11.4
1995-96 26 PHI NHL 12 0 6 6 -5 2 0 0 0 0 26 0.0
1996-97 27 PHI NHL 19 2 8 10 9 12 2 0 0 0 49 4.1
1997-98 28 PHI NHL 5 0 1 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0 17 0.0
1998-99 29 PHI NHL 6 2 2 4 1 4 1 1 0 1 21 9.5 160 26:40
1999-00 30 PHI NHL 18 2 10 12 1 2 1 1 0 1 31 6.5 504 28:00
2000-01 31 PHI NHL 6 1 1 2 -2 0 1 0 0 0 10 10.0 167 27:49
2001-02 32 PHI NHL 5 0 1 1 -3 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 112 22:30
2002-03 33 PHI NHL 5 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 16 12.5 138 27:38
2005-06 36 PHI NHL 6 1 3 4 -3 6 1 0 0 0 10 10.0 150 24:60
Career NHL 1 168 23 57 80 16 93 16 7 0 5 364 6.3 1232 26:46

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1985-86 16 Laval-Laurentides QAAA 42 6 30 36 54
1986-87 17 Granby Bisons QMJHL 66 14 24 38 75 9 5 0 1
1987-88 18 Granby Bisons QMJHL 62 18 49 67 138 2 16 0 0
1987-88 18 Canada WJC-A 7 0 0 0 6
1987-88 18 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 3 0 0 0 6
1988-89 19 Canada WJC-A 7 1 4 5 6
1990-91 21 Montreal Canadiens Fr-Tour 2 0 0 0 0
1991-92 22 Canada Can-Cup 8 1 2 3 6
1996-97 27 Canada W-Cup 8 1 2 3 4
1997-98 28 Canada Olympics 6 0 0 0 2
Career 1 Season AHL 3 0 0 0 6
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 8 1 2 3 6
Career 1 Season Fr-Tour 2 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season Olympics 6 0 0 0 2
Career 1 Season QAAA 42 6 30 36 54
Career 2 Seasons QMJHL 128 32 73 105 213 11 21 0 1
Career 1 Season W-Cup 8 1 2 3 4
Career 2 Seasons WJC-A 14 1 4 5 12

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1985-86 16 Laval-Laurentides QAAA 8 2 10 12 14
1986-87 17 Granby Bisons QMJHL 8 3 2 5 10 1 2 0 0
1987-88 18 Granby Bisons QMJHL 5 0 3 3 10 0 0 0 0
1987-88 18 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 4 0 2 2 2
Career 1 Season AHL 4 0 2 2 2
Career 1 Season QAAA 8 2 10 12 14
Career 2 Seasons QMJHL 13 3 5 8 20 1 2 0 0

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 17 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
Eric Desjardins 12.0 10.1 9.3 9.2 8.7 8.2 7.7 7.6 7.1 6.4 5.2 5.0 4.4 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.1
Steve Duchesne 95.2 10.4 9.9 9.7 9.0 8.6 8.0 7.6 7.0 6.9 6.6 5.7 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.7 3.5
Rob Blake 94.5 12.2 9.8 9.5 9.5 8.8 8.5 8.4 8.1 7.6 6.4 6.1 4.6 3.7 3.2 0.8 0.5 0.1
Kevin Hatcher 92.9 10.6 10.2 9.0 8.6 8.2 7.9 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.0 5.7 5.3 5.0 4.7 4.1 3.4 0.3
Doug Wilson 91.6 10.4 10.0 9.7 9.5 8.6 8.3 8.0 7.5 7.4 7.0 6.7 6.7 4.6 2.7 2.1 1.4
Mathieu Schneider 90.1 11.9 9.8 9.3 9.2 8.0 7.0 6.8 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.3 4.1 3.8 2.5 0.1
Doug Harvey 89.8 9.9 9.7 9.6 9.0 8.9 8.1 7.5 7.2 7.0 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.9 2.8 0.4
Gary Suter 89.6 11.1 10.0 9.9 9.4 9.2 8.9 8.3 8.1 7.1 6.9 6.5 6.5 6.4 5.7 5.3 2.4 0.0
Sergei Gonchar 88.2 11.5 11.1 11.1 10.6 10.4 9.8 9.6 8.8 7.4 7.1 7.0 5.6 5.3 5.0 3.4 2.4
Scott Stevens 87.9 13.2 10.3 10.0 9.2 9.2 8.6 8.6 8.3 7.9 7.7 7.5 7.5 7.5 6.9 5.9 5.8 4.2
Borje Salming 87.7 12.0 11.8 11.8 9.7 9.0 8.3 6.8 6.7 5.8 5.7 4.3 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.1 2.6
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 20 21
Eric Desjardins 12.0 10.1 9.3 9.2 8.7 8.2 7.7 7.6 7.1 6.4 5.2 5.0 4.4 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.1
Steve Duchesne 95.2 10.4 9.9 9.7 9.0 8.6 8.0 7.6 7.0 6.9 6.6 5.7 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.7 3.5
Rob Blake 94.9 12.2 9.8 9.5 9.5 9.0 8.8 8.5 8.4 8.1 7.6 6.4 6.3 6.1 4.6 4.3 3.7 3.2 0.8 0.5 0.1
Kevin Hatcher 92.9 10.6 10.2 9.0 8.6 8.2 7.9 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.0 5.7 5.3 5.0 4.7 4.1 3.4 0.3
Mathieu Schneider 92.6 11.9 9.8 9.3 9.3 9.2 9.1 8.0 7.0 6.8 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.3 4.2 4.1 3.8 2.5 1.9 0.1
Doug Wilson 91.6 10.4 10.0 9.7 9.5 8.6 8.3 8.0 7.5 7.4 7.0 6.7 6.7 4.6 2.7 2.1 1.4
Doug Harvey 89.6 9.9 9.7 9.6 9.0 8.9 8.1 7.5 7.2 7.0 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.9 2.8 0.4 0.0
Gary Suter 89.6 11.1 10.0 9.9 9.4 9.2 8.9 8.3 8.1 7.1 6.9 6.5 6.5 6.4 5.7 5.3 2.4 0.0
Sergei Gonchar 88.2 11.5 11.1 11.1 10.6 10.4 9.8 9.6 8.8 7.4 7.1 7.0 5.6 5.3 5.0 3.4 2.4
Borje Salming 87.7 12.0 11.8 11.8 9.7 9.0 8.3 6.8 6.7 5.8 5.7 4.3 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.1 2.6
Pierre Pilote 87.5 10.6 9.6 9.1 8.3 7.5 7.4 6.7 6.1 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.0 3.4 1.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1992 NHL
1996 NHL
2000 NHL

Honors

1998-99 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1999-00 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1993 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)

Games Played

1993-94 NHL 84 (5)
1996-97 NHL 82 (1)

Plus/Minus

2002-03 NHL 30 (8)
Career NHL 198 (61)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1999-00 NHL 135 (3)
Career NHL 1537 (80)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1999-00 NHL 52 (3)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1992-93 NHL 131 (9)
2000-01 NHL 101 (9)
Career NHL 1241 (83)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

Career NHL 380 (54)

Defensive Point Shares

1991-92 NHL 5.8 (5)
1999-00 NHL 7.1 (3)
2002-03 NHL 6.7 (4)
Career NHL 74.0 (21)

Point Shares

Career NHL 114.5 (90)
  

Transactions

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February 9, 1995: Traded to Philadelphia by Montreal with Gilbert Dionne and John LeClair for Mark Recchi and Philadelphia's 3rd round choice (Martin Hohenberger) in 1995 Entry Draft, February 9, 1995.

August 10, 2006: Officially announced his retirement, August 10, 2006.

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