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Bob Gainey

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: December 13, 1953 in Peterborough, Ontario

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 1992

Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1st round (8th overall) of the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft.

Coaching Record

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 8:42AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #215. Cy Denneny… #216. George Armstrong… #217. Milan Hejduk… #217. John MacLean… #217. BOB GAINEY… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 20 MTL NHL 66 3 7 10 4 -9 34 3 0 0 0 55 5.5
1974-75 21 MTL NHL 80 17 20 37 15 23 49 16 1 0 2 132 12.9
1975-76 22 MTL NHL 78 15 13 28 12 20 57 12 1 2 1 155 9.7
1976-77 23 MTL NHL 80 14 19 33 13 31 41 13 0 1 3 143 9.8
1977-78 24 MTL NHL 66 15 16 31 13 11 57 13 0 2 1 140 10.7
1978-79 25 MTL NHL 79 20 18 38 16 11 44 18 1 1 1 153 13.1
1979-80 26 MTL NHL 64 14 19 33 13 -2 32 9 4 1 3 153 9.2
1980-81 27 MTL NHL 78 23 24 47 20 13 36 15 5 3 3 181 12.7
1981-82 28 MTL NHL 79 21 24 45 18 37 24 17 1 3 1 172 12.2
1982-83 29 MTL NHL 80 12 18 30 12 7 43 11 0 1 3 150 8.0
1983-84 30 MTL NHL 77 17 22 39 16 10 41 17 0 0 3 125 13.6
1984-85 31 MTL NHL 79 19 13 32 14 13 40 16 0 3 3 166 11.4
1985-86 32 MTL NHL 80 20 23 43 17 10 20 18 0 2 4 135 14.8
1986-87 33 MTL NHL 47 8 8 16 7 0 19 7 0 1 3 73 11.0
1987-88 34 MTL NHL 78 11 11 22 9 8 14 11 0 0 1 101 10.9
1988-89 35 MTL NHL 49 10 7 17 7 13 34 9 1 0 2 65 15.4
Career NHL 1160 239 262 501 205 196 585 205 14 20 34 2099 11.4

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
1973-74 20 MTL NHL 66 0.05 0.11 0.15 0.06 0.52 0.83 3 7 10 4 19 0 28 0 -9 -1.7 0.3 -1.4
1974-75 21 MTL NHL 80 0.21 0.25 0.46 0.19 0.61 1.65 14 17 31 12 66 4 42 3 23 0.9 1.2 2.1
1975-76 22 MTL NHL 78 0.19 0.17 0.36 0.15 0.73 1.99 13 11 24 10 49 2 46 19 20 0.1 1.3 1.4
1976-77 23 MTL NHL 80 0.18 0.24 0.41 0.16 0.51 1.79 12 17 29 11 61 0 41 11 31 0.6 1.2 1.8
1977-78 24 MTL NHL 66 0.23 0.24 0.47 0.20 0.86 2.12 13 14 27 11 50 8 49 18 11 1.2 0.7 1.9
1978-79 25 MTL NHL 79 0.25 0.23 0.48 0.20 0.56 1.94 17 15 32 13 68 1 71 15 11 1.3 1.1 2.4
1979-80 26 MTL NHL 64 0.22 0.30 0.52 0.20 0.50 2.39 12 16 28 11 65 16 72 21 -2 1.1 0.7 1.7
1980-81 27 MTL NHL 78 0.29 0.31 0.60 0.25 0.46 2.32 17 19 36 14 86 15 87 29 13 1.9 1.4 3.2
1981-82 28 MTL NHL 79 0.27 0.30 0.57 0.23 0.30 2.18 15 18 33 13 76 4 67 32 37 1.2 1.8 3.0
1982-83 29 MTL NHL 80 0.15 0.23 0.38 0.15 0.54 1.88 10 15 25 10 63 0 92 36 7 -0.1 0.9 0.8
1983-84 30 MTL NHL 77 0.22 0.29 0.51 0.20 0.53 1.62 13 17 30 12 65 1 76 22 10 1.0 1.5 2.5
1984-85 31 MTL NHL 79 0.24 0.16 0.41 0.18 0.51 2.10 15 10 25 11 67 1 83 30 13 0.5 1.5 2.1
1985-86 32 MTL NHL 80 0.25 0.29 0.54 0.22 0.25 1.69 16 18 34 14 66 0 94 38 10 1.3 1.4 2.6
1986-87 33 MTL NHL 47 0.17 0.17 0.34 0.14 0.40 1.55 7 7 14 6 27 0 45 18 0 0.0 0.7 0.7
1987-88 34 MTL NHL 78 0.14 0.14 0.28 0.12 0.18 1.29 9 9 18 7 34 0 60 34 8 -0.5 1.2 0.7
1988-89 35 MTL NHL 49 0.20 0.14 0.35 0.15 0.69 1.33 8 6 14 6 35 1 39 18 13 0.1 1.0 1.1
Career NHL 1160 0.21 0.23 0.43 0.18 0.50 1.81 194 216 410 165 897 53 992 344 196 8.8 18.0 26.8

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 20 MTL NHL 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
1974-75 21 MTL NHL 11 2 4 6 4 2 0 0 1
1975-76 22 MTL NHL SC 13 1 3 4 20 1 0 0 0
1976-77 23 MTL NHL SC 14 4 1 5 25 3 0 1 1
1977-78 24 MTL NHL SC 15 2 7 9 14 1 0 1 0
1978-79 25 MTL NHL SC 16 6 10 16 10 6 0 0 1
1979-80 26 MTL NHL 10 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1
1980-81 27 MTL NHL 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1981-82 28 MTL NHL 5 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0
1982-83 29 MTL NHL 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
1983-84 30 MTL NHL 15 1 5 6 5 9 1 0 0 0 10 10.0
1984-85 31 MTL NHL 12 1 3 4 -7 13 1 0 0 0 15 6.7
1985-86 32 MTL NHL SC 20 5 5 10 3 12 4 0 1 3 36 13.9
1986-87 33 MTL NHL 17 1 3 4 -7 6 1 0 0 0 26 3.8
1987-88 34 MTL NHL 6 0 1 1 -4 6 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
1988-89 35 MTL NHL 16 1 4 5 0 8 1 0 0 0 14 7.1
Career NHL 5 182 25 48 73 -10 151 22 0 3 7 106 8.5

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1971-72 18 Peterborough Petes OHA-Jr. 4 2 1 3 33
1972-73 19 Peterborough Petes OHA-Jr. 52 22 21 43 99
1973-74 20 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 6 2 5 7 4
1976-77 23 Canada Can-Cup 5 2 0 2 2
1981-82 28 Canada Can-Cup 7 1 3 4 2
1981-82 28 Canada WEC-A 10 2 1 3 0
1982-83 29 Canada WEC-A 10 0 6 6 2
1989-90 36 Epinal Squirrels France-2 18 14 12 26 16
Career 1 Season AHL 6 2 5 7 4
Career 2 Seasons Can-Cup 12 3 3 6 4
Career 1 Season France-2 18 14 12 26 16
Career 2 Seasons OHA-Jr. 56 24 22 46 132
Career 2 Seasons WEC-A 20 2 7 9 2

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1970-71 17 Peterborough Petes OHA-Jr. 4 0 0 0 4
1971-72 18 Peterborough Lions ON-Jr.B 3 1 0 1 4
1989-90 36 Epinal Squirrels France-2 10 6 7 13 14
Career 1 Season France-2 10 6 7 13 14
Career 1 Season OHA-Jr. 4 0 0 0 4
Career 1 Season ON-Jr.B 3 1 0 1 4

Similarity Scores

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Thru 16 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Bob Gainey 3.2 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.7 -1.4
Craig MacTavish 84.5 3.4 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 -0.4
Mike Keane 81.8 4.3 3.3 3.3 3.0 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.0
Mike Grier 78.9 4.5 3.9 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.2 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.4
Stephane Matteau 78.6 3.4 3.4 3.3 2.9 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.1 -0.2
Doug Brown 77.3 4.7 4.5 2.5 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.3 1.0 0.5 0.1 -0.1
Ethan Moreau 76.8 3.9 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.4 0.9 0.7 0.3 -0.1 -0.1 -0.5
Gaetan Duchesne 76.5 3.8 3.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.1
Kelly Miller 75.2 4.3 3.6 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.5 1.4 0.7 0.3 0.0 -0.2
Murph Chamberlain 74.8 3.3 2.5 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5
Benoit Brunet 74.6 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.0
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
Bob Gainey 3.2 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.7 -1.4
Craig MacTavish 83.6 3.4 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 -0.4 -0.9
Mike Keane 81.8 4.3 3.3 3.3 3.0 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.0
Mike Grier 78.9 4.5 3.9 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.2 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.4
Stephane Matteau 78.6 3.4 3.4 3.3 2.9 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.1 -0.2
Doug Brown 77.3 4.7 4.5 2.5 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.3 1.0 0.5 0.1 -0.1
Ethan Moreau 76.8 3.9 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.4 0.9 0.7 0.3 -0.1 -0.1 -0.5
Gaetan Duchesne 76.5 3.8 3.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.1
Kelly Miller 75.2 4.3 3.6 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.5 1.4 0.7 0.3 0.0 -0.2
Murph Chamberlain 74.8 3.3 2.5 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5
Benoit Brunet 74.6 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1977 NHL
1978 NHL
1980 NHL
1981 NHL

Awards

1977-78 NHL Frank J. Selke Trophy
1978-79 NHL Conn Smythe Trophy
1978-79 NHL Frank J. Selke Trophy
1979-80 NHL Frank J. Selke Trophy
1980-81 NHL Frank J. Selke Trophy

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1976 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)
1977 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)
1978 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)
1979 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)
1986 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)

Games Played

1974-75 NHL 80 (1)
 1976-77 NHL 80 (1)
 1982-83 NHL 80 (1)
 1985-86 NHL 80 (3)

Plus/Minus

Career NHL 196 (64)

Short-Handed Goals

1977-78 NHL 2 (9)
1981-82 NHL 3 (10)
Career NHL 20 (61)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

Career NHL 344 (86)
  

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