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Paul Gardner

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: March 5, 1956 in Toronto, Ontario

Drafted by the Kansas City Scouts in the 1st round (11th overall) of the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 8:49AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #580. Kent Douglas… #581. PAUL GARDNER… #582. Chris Gratton… #583. Anson Carter… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1976-77 20 CLR NHL 60 30 29 59 25 -28 25 19 11 0 0 191 15.7
1977-78 21 CLR NHL 46 30 22 52 22 -17 29 17 13 0 3 133 22.6
1978-79 22 TOT NHL 75 30 28 58 24 -25 32 14 16 0 1 190 15.8
1978-79 22 CLR NHL 64 23 26 49 20 -25 32 9 14 0 0 170 13.5
1978-79 22 TOR NHL 11 7 2 9 4 0 0 5 2 0 1 20 35.0
1979-80 23 TOR NHL 45 11 13 24 10 -8 10 7 4 0 1 74 14.9
1980-81 24 PIT NHL 62 34 40 74 30 -5 59 16 18 0 1 183 18.6
1981-82 25 PIT NHL 59 36 33 69 29 -7 28 15 21 0 2 157 22.9
1982-83 26 PIT NHL 70 28 27 55 23 -23 12 8 20 0 1 155 18.1
1983-84 27 PIT NHL 16 0 5 5 1 -4 6 0 0 0 0 21 0.0
1984-85 28 WSH NHL 12 2 4 6 2 -1 6 0 2 0 0 17 11.8
1985-86 29 BUF NHL 2 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
Career NHL 447 201 201 402 166 -121 207 96 105 0 9 1125 17.9

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
1976-77 20 CLR NHL 60 0.50 0.48 0.98 0.41 0.42 3.18 26 26 52 21 71 25 74 0 -28 5.0 0.1 5.1
1977-78 21 CLR NHL 46 0.65 0.48 1.13 0.48 0.63 2.89 27 20 47 20 73 34 56 0 -17 4.9 0.2 5.0
1978-79 22 TOT NHL 75 0.40 0.37 0.77 0.33 0.43 2.53 25 24 49 20 78 41 62 0 -25 3.9 0.8 4.7
1978-79 22 CLR NHL 64 0.36 0.41 0.77 0.31 0.50 2.66 19 22 41 16 67 36 56 0 -25 3.1 0.6 3.7
1978-79 22 TOR NHL 11 0.64 0.18 0.82 0.40 0.00 1.82 6 2 8 4 11 5 6 0 0 0.8 0.1 1.0
1979-80 23 TOR NHL 45 0.24 0.29 0.53 0.21 0.22 1.64 9 11 20 8 36 15 29 0 -8 0.9 0.3 1.2
1980-81 24 PIT NHL 62 0.55 0.65 1.19 0.48 0.95 2.95 26 31 57 23 92 45 52 0 -5 5.1 0.7 5.9
1981-82 25 PIT NHL 59 0.61 0.56 1.17 0.49 0.47 2.66 26 24 50 21 99 62 45 1 -7 4.7 0.7 5.4
1982-83 26 PIT NHL 70 0.40 0.39 0.79 0.32 0.17 2.21 22 22 44 18 82 53 52 0 -23 3.1 0.5 3.6
1983-84 27 PIT NHL 16 0.00 0.31 0.31 0.09 0.38 1.31 0 4 4 1 8 6 6 0 -4 -0.3 0.2 -0.1
1984-85 28 WSH NHL 12 0.17 0.33 0.50 0.18 0.50 1.42 2 3 5 2 11 6 6 0 -1 0.1 0.1 0.2
1985-86 29 BUF NHL 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 -3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
Career NHL 447 0.45 0.45 0.90 0.37 0.46 2.52 163 165 328 134 551 288 385 1 -121 27.3 3.6 31.0

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1978-79 22 TOR NHL 6 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
1980-81 24 PIT NHL 5 1 0 1 8 0 1 0 0
1981-82 25 PIT NHL 5 1 5 6 2 0 1 0 0
Career NHL 16 2 6 8 14 0 2 0 0

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 17 St. Michael's Buzzers ON-Jr.B 44 87 44 131
1974-75 18 Oshawa Generals OMJHL 64 27 36 63 54
1975-76 19 Oshawa Generals OMJHL 65 69 75 144 75
1976-77 20 Rhode Island Reds AHL 14 10 4 14 12
1979-80 23 New Brunswick Hawks AHL 20 11 16 27 14
1980-81 24 Springfield Indians AHL 14 9 12 21 6
1983-84 27 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 54 32 48 80 14
1984-85 28 Binghamton Whalers AHL 64 51 79 130 10
1985-86 29 Rochester Americans AHL 71 61 51 112 16
Career 6 Seasons AHL 237 174 210 384 72
Career 2 Seasons OMJHL 129 96 111 207 129
Career 1 Season ON-Jr.B 44 87 44 131

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1974-75 18 Oshawa Generals OMJHL 5 0 0 0 9
1975-76 19 Oshawa Generals OMJHL 4 2 3 5 2
1979-80 23 New Brunswick Hawks AHL 15 10 5 15 12
1983-84 27 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 10 12 10 22 0
1984-85 28 Binghamton Whalers AHL 5 3 9 12 0
Career 3 Seasons AHL 30 25 24 49 12
Career 2 Seasons OMJHL 9 2 3 5 11

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 10 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Paul Gardner 5.9 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.7 3.6 1.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.1
Derek Sanderson 91.7 6.2 5.6 5.4 4.8 4.1 3.9 1.8 1.1 -0.1 -0.1
Grant Warwick 90.7 4.6 4.4 4.2 3.8 3.3 2.9 1.6 0.9 0.3
Dave Creighton 89.6 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.6 3.3 2.8 1.4 0.7 0.1 -0.3
Jude Drouin 88.8 6.1 5.7 4.9 4.7 4.5 3.3 3.1 0.8 -0.2 -0.2
Marc Tardif 88.4 5.9 5.8 4.7 4.6 4.2 3.6 2.7 0.2
Bill Hay 88.3 5.9 4.9 4.9 4.5 4.4 3.3 2.8 1.5
Alexei Ponikarovsky 88.1 6.4 5.2 4.6 4.3 3.8 3.1 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.1
Brent Ashton 87.4 6.3 5.1 4.9 4.1 4.0 3.3 1.2 1.0 0.8 -0.6
Claude Lemieux 86.6 6.8 6.4 5.3 4.5 4.1 3.8 0.7 0.1 0.0 -0.1
Anders Hedberg 86.4 6.6 6.1 5.2 4.8 4.2 3.0 -0.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Paul Gardner 5.9 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.7 3.6 1.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.1
Grant Warwick 90.7 4.6 4.4 4.2 3.8 3.3 2.9 1.6 0.9 0.3
Marc Tardif 88.4 5.9 5.8 4.7 4.6 4.2 3.6 2.7 0.2
Bill Hay 88.3 5.9 4.9 4.9 4.5 4.4 3.3 2.8 1.5
Andre Boudrias 88.2 6.1 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.1 4.7 1.2 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0
Jude Drouin 88.1 6.1 5.7 4.9 4.7 4.5 3.3 3.1 0.8 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2
Alexei Ponikarovsky 87.8 6.4 5.2 4.6 4.3 3.8 3.1 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.1
Dave Creighton 87.7 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.6 3.3 2.8 1.4 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.1 -0.3
Anders Hedberg 86.4 6.6 6.1 5.2 4.8 4.2 3.0 -0.1
Stephen Weiss 86.0 6.4 6.1 4.9 4.5 4.3 2.9 1.7 0.7 0.1
Billy Taylor 85.4 5.5 4.4 4.3 3.7 3.2 1.2 0.7

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Power Play Goals

1977-78 NHL 13 (7)
1978-79 NHL 16 (3)
1980-81 NHL 18 (6)
1981-82 NHL 21 (1)
 1982-83 NHL 20 (1)

Shooting Percentage

1977-78 NHL 22.6 (3)
1981-82 NHL 22.9 (10)
Career NHL 17.9 (32)

Goals Per Game

1977-78 NHL 0.65 (3)
Career NHL 0.45 (55)

Points Per Game

1977-78 NHL 1.13 (10)

Goals Created Per Game

1977-78 NHL 0.48 (7)
      

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

July 15, 1976: Rights transferred to Colorado after Kansas City relocated, July 15, 1976.

March 13, 1979: Traded to Toronto by Colorado for Don Ashby and Trevor Johansen, March 13, 1979.

November 18, 1980: Traded to Pittsburgh by Toronto with Dave Burrows for Kim Davis and Paul Marshall, November 18, 1980.

July 17, 1984: Signed as a free agent by Washington, July 17, 1984.

July 31, 1985: Signed as a free agent by Buffalo, July 31, 1985.

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