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Mike Gartner

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0    Weight: 187 lbs.
Born: October 29, 1959 in Ottawa, Ontario

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 2001

Drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1979 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 8:43AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #37. Doug Gilmour… #38. Mats Sundin… #39. MIKE GARTNER… #40. Alexander Mogilny… #41. Alex Delvecchio… 

NHL/WHA Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1978-79 19 CNS WHA 78 27 25 52 22 -18 123 18 9 0 227 11.9
1979-80 20 WSH NHL 77 36 32 68 29 15 66 32 4 0 3 228 15.8
1980-81 21 WSH NHL 80 48 46 94 39 -5 100 35 13 0 3 326 14.7
1981-82 22 WSH NHL 80 35 45 80 31 -11 121 28 5 2 5 300 11.7
1982-83 23 WSH NHL 73 38 38 76 31 -2 54 27 10 1 3 269 14.1
1983-84 24 WSH NHL 80 40 45 85 34 22 90 32 8 0 7 286 14.0
1984-85 25 WSH NHL 80 50 52 102 42 17 71 33 17 0 11 330 15.2
1985-86 26 WSH NHL 74 35 40 75 30 -5 63 22 11 2 4 279 12.5
1986-87 27 WSH NHL 78 41 32 73 31 1 61 30 5 6 10 317 12.9
1987-88 28 WSH NHL 80 48 33 81 35 20 73 29 19 0 7 316 15.2
1988-89 29 TOT NHL 69 33 36 69 28 11 73 24 9 0 1 223 14.8
1988-89 29 WSH NHL 56 26 29 55 22 8 71 20 6 0 1 190 13.7
1988-89 29 MNS NHL 13 7 7 14 6 3 2 4 3 0 0 33 21.2
1989-90 30 TOT NHL 79 45 41 86 36 -4 38 20 21 4 5 288 15.6
1989-90 30 MNS NHL 67 34 36 70 29 -8 32 15 15 4 2 240 14.2
1989-90 30 NYR NHL 12 11 5 16 7 4 6 5 6 0 3 48 22.9
1990-91 31 NYR NHL 79 49 20 69 32 -9 53 26 22 1 4 262 18.7
1991-92 32 NYR NHL 76 40 41 81 33 11 55 25 15 0 6 286 14.0
1992-93 33 NYR NHL 84 45 23 68 31 -4 59 32 13 0 3 323 13.9
1993-94 34 TOT NHL 81 34 30 64 27 20 62 18 11 5 4 275 12.4
1993-94 34 NYR NHL 71 28 24 52 22 11 58 13 10 5 4 245 11.4
1993-94 34 TOR NHL 10 6 6 12 5 9 4 5 1 0 0 30 20.0
1994-95 35 TOR NHL 38 12 8 20 9 0 6 9 2 1 1 91 13.2
1995-96 36 TOR NHL 82 35 19 54 25 5 52 20 15 0 4 275 12.7
1996-97 37 PHX NHL 82 32 31 63 26 -11 38 18 13 1 7 271 11.8
1997-98 38 PHX NHL 60 12 15 27 11 -4 24 8 4 0 2 145 8.3
Career NHL 1432 708 627 1335 560 67 1159 468 217 23 90 5090 13.9
Career WHA 78 27 25 52 22 -18 123 18 9 0 227 11.9

NHL/WHA 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
1978-79 19 CNS WHA 78 0.35 0.32 0.67 0.28 1.58 2.91 -18
1979-80 20 WSH NHL 77 0.47 0.42 0.88 0.38 0.86 2.96 30 27 57 24 97 23 61 2 15 5.0 1.5 6.6
1980-81 21 WSH NHL 80 0.60 0.58 1.18 0.49 1.25 4.08 37 36 73 30 123 36 97 5 -5 6.9 1.0 7.9
1981-82 22 WSH NHL 80 0.44 0.56 1.00 0.39 1.51 3.75 25 33 58 23 122 29 113 9 -11 4.4 1.0 5.4
1982-83 23 WSH NHL 73 0.52 0.52 1.04 0.43 0.74 3.68 30 31 61 25 101 33 76 6 -2 5.2 1.0 6.2
1983-84 24 WSH NHL 80 0.50 0.56 1.06 0.42 1.13 3.58 31 36 67 27 119 39 60 2 22 5.5 1.9 7.4
1984-85 25 WSH NHL 80 0.63 0.65 1.28 0.52 0.89 4.13 40 41 81 33 143 54 74 2 17 7.6 1.5 9.1
1985-86 26 WSH NHL 74 0.47 0.54 1.01 0.41 0.85 3.77 27 31 58 23 112 48 79 10 -5 4.7 0.9 5.6
1986-87 27 WSH NHL 78 0.53 0.41 0.94 0.40 0.78 4.06 35 27 62 26 118 33 98 14 1 5.5 1.1 6.6
1987-88 28 WSH NHL 80 0.60 0.41 1.01 0.44 0.91 3.95 40 27 67 29 135 54 78 17 20 6.5 1.8 8.3
1988-89 29 TOT NHL 69 0.48 0.52 1.00 0.40 1.06 3.23 27 30 57 23 112 39 68 6 11 4.7 1.3 6.0
1988-89 29 WSH NHL 56 0.46 0.52 0.98 0.39 1.27 3.39 21 24 45 18 91 30 57 4 8 3.7 1.0 4.7
1988-89 29 MNS NHL 13 0.54 0.54 1.08 0.44 0.15 2.54 6 6 12 5 21 9 11 2 3 1.0 0.3 1.3
1989-90 30 TOT NHL 79 0.57 0.52 1.09 0.46 0.48 3.65 38 34 72 30 137 57 91 7 -4 6.7 1.1 7.8
1989-90 30 MNS NHL 67 0.51 0.54 1.04 0.43 0.48 3.58 29 30 59 24 115 47 83 7 -8 5.2 0.8 6.0
1989-90 30 NYR NHL 12 0.92 0.42 1.33 0.61 0.50 4.00 9 4 13 6 22 10 8 0 4 1.5 0.3 1.8
1990-91 31 NYR NHL 79 0.62 0.25 0.87 0.41 0.67 3.32 44 18 62 29 120 57 75 3 -9 6.4 0.7 7.1
1991-92 32 NYR NHL 76 0.53 0.54 1.07 0.44 0.72 3.76 36 36 72 29 115 46 61 3 11 6.6 1.1 7.7
1992-93 33 NYR NHL 84 0.54 0.27 0.81 0.37 0.70 3.85 37 18 55 25 113 44 77 4 -4 5.4 1.0 6.4
1993-94 34 TOT NHL 81 0.42 0.37 0.79 0.33 0.77 3.40 30 27 57 24 100 34 58 12 20 5.2 1.7 6.9
1993-94 34 NYR NHL 71 0.39 0.34 0.73 0.31 0.82 3.45 25 22 47 20 82 30 52 11 11 4.0 1.3 5.3
1993-94 34 TOR NHL 10 0.60 0.60 1.20 0.49 0.40 3.00 5 5 10 4 18 4 6 1 9 1.1 0.4 1.6
1994-95 35 TOR NHL 38 0.32 0.21 0.53 0.23 0.16 2.39 21 14 35 15 32 9 25 2 0 1.5 0.6 2.1
1995-96 36 TOR NHL 82 0.43 0.23 0.66 0.30 0.63 3.35 34 18 52 23 96 40 51 0 5 4.7 1.4 6.0
1996-97 37 PHX NHL 82 0.39 0.38 0.77 0.32 0.46 3.30 33 32 65 27 93 39 71 6 -11 5.7 0.8 6.5
1997-98 38 PHX NHL 60 0.20 0.25 0.45 0.18 0.40 2.42 14 17 31 12 41 12 37 4 -4 1.7 0.5 2.2
Career NHL 1432 0.49 0.44 0.93 0.39 0.81 3.55 609 533 1142 478 2029 726 1350 114 67 100.1 21.7 121.8
Career WHA 78 0.35 0.32 0.67 0.28 1.58 2.91 -18

NHL/WHA 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 19 CNS WHA 3 0 0 0 -2 2 0
1982-83 23 WSH NHL 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
1983-84 24 WSH NHL 8 3 7 10 1 16 1 2 0 0 30 10.0
1984-85 25 WSH NHL 5 4 3 7 3 9 3 1 0 1 23 17.4
1985-86 26 WSH NHL 9 2 10 12 6 4 2 0 0 0 26 7.7
1986-87 27 WSH NHL 7 4 3 7 0 14 4 0 0 0 33 12.1
1987-88 28 WSH NHL 14 3 4 7 -7 14 2 1 0 0 45 6.7
1988-89 29 MNS NHL 5 0 0 0 -4 6 0 0 0 0 14 0.0
1989-90 30 NYR NHL 10 5 3 8 0 12 1 4 0 1 26 19.2
1990-91 31 NYR NHL 6 1 1 2 -4 0 0 1 0 0 22 4.5
1991-92 32 NYR NHL 13 8 8 16 3 4 5 3 0 1 66 12.1
1993-94 34 TOR NHL 18 5 6 11 3 14 4 1 0 3 53 9.4
1994-95 35 TOR NHL 5 2 2 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 10 20.0
1995-96 36 TOR NHL 6 4 1 5 -5 4 2 2 0 1 18 22.2
1996-97 37 PHX NHL 7 1 2 3 -1 4 1 0 0 0 17 5.9
1997-98 38 PHX NHL 5 1 0 1 -2 18 0 1 0 0 11 9.1
Career NHL 122 43 50 93 -3 125 27 16 0 7 394 10.9
Career WHA 3 0 0 0 -2 2 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
1975-76 16 Toronto Young Nationals MTHL 26 18 18 36 46
1975-76 16 St. Catharines Black Hawks OMJHL 3 1 3 4 0
1976-77 17 Niagara Falls Flyers OMJHL 62 33 42 75 125
1977-78 18 Niagara Falls Flyers OMJHL 64 41 49 90 56
1977-78 18 Canada WJC-A 6 3 3 6 4
1980-81 21 Canada WEC-A 8 4 0 4 8
1981-82 22 Washington Capitals DN-Cup 4 0 2 2
1981-82 22 Canada WEC-A 10 3 2 5 6
1982-83 23 Canada WEC-A 10 4 1 5 12
1984-85 25 Canada Can-Cup 8 3 2 5 10
1987-88 28 Canada Can-Cup 9 2 2 4 6
1992-93 33 Canada WC-A 7 3 4 7 12
Career 2 Seasons Can-Cup 17 5 4 9 16
Career 1 Season DN-Cup 4 0 2 2
Career 1 Season MTHL 26 18 18 36 46
Career 3 Seasons OMJHL 129 75 94 169 181
Career 1 Season WC-A 7 3 4 7 12
Career 3 Seasons WEC-A 28 11 3 14 26
Career 1 Season WJC-A 6 3 3 6 4

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1975-76 16 St. Catharines Black Hawks OMJHL 4 1 0 1 2
Career 1 Season OMJHL 4 1 0 1 2

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
Mike Gartner 9.1 8.3 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.4 7.1 6.9 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.0 6.0 5.6 5.4 2.2 2.1
Norm Ullman 93.9 10.2 9.1 8.6 8.0 7.1 6.8 6.8 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.0 1.2
Vincent Damphousse 92.2 9.6 8.8 7.9 7.9 7.4 7.2 6.8 6.3 5.8 5.8 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.6 3.9 3.3 3.0 2.5
Dino Ciccarelli 92.0 9.8 9.2 8.2 7.4 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.4 5.4 5.4 4.5 4.3 3.1 3.0 2.7 1.8 1.0
Rod Brind'Amour 90.7 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.2 7.3 6.8 6.8 6.5 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.1 4.9 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 1.4
Dave Andreychuk 90.2 11.4 9.5 8.2 7.5 7.4 6.9 6.8 6.7 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.3 4.9 4.4 4.2 4.1 3.1 2.7 2.7
Ron Francis 90.1 10.5 9.8 8.6 8.2 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.0 6.6 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.0 4.6 4.6 3.5
Jason Arnott 90.0 8.8 8.6 7.8 7.5 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.5 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.1 4.8 3.6 3.2 1.9
Joe Nieuwendyk 89.8 10.0 9.0 8.7 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.5 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.4 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.0 4.1 3.9 2.2 0.6
Doug Gilmour 89.0 11.0 10.4 9.0 7.9 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.4 5.7 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.8
Gilbert Perreault 88.0 10.7 9.9 9.2 9.2 8.6 8.0 7.2 7.0 6.4 6.4 6.1 5.8 5.3 4.4 4.2 3.7 1.3
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 22 23 24
Mike Gartner 9.1 8.3 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.4 7.1 6.9 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.0 6.0 5.6 5.4 2.2 2.1
Norm Ullman 93.8 10.2 9.1 8.6 8.0 7.1 6.8 6.8 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.0 1.2 0.7
Vincent Damphousse 92.2 9.6 8.8 7.9 7.9 7.4 7.2 6.8 6.3 5.8 5.8 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.6 3.9 3.3 3.0 2.5
Dino Ciccarelli 92.0 9.8 9.2 8.2 7.4 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.4 5.4 5.4 4.5 4.3 3.1 3.0 2.7 1.8 1.0
Rod Brind'Amour 90.7 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.2 7.3 6.8 6.8 6.5 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.1 4.9 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 1.4 0.0
Dave Andreychuk 90.3 11.4 9.5 8.2 7.5 7.4 6.9 6.8 6.7 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.3 4.9 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.7 0.9
John Bucyk 90.1 12.2 8.8 7.9 7.9 7.5 7.2 6.7 6.6 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.4 4.0 3.6 2.8 1.4 0.1 0.0
Jason Arnott 90.0 8.8 8.6 7.8 7.5 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.5 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.1 4.8 3.6 3.2 1.9
Alex Delvecchio 89.8 9.0 7.2 7.0 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.0 0.0 -0.2
Joe Nieuwendyk 89.8 10.0 9.0 8.7 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.5 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.4 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.0 4.1 3.9 2.2 0.8 0.6
Doug Gilmour 88.9 11.0 10.4 9.0 7.9 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.4 5.7 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1981 NHL
1985 NHL
1986 NHL
1988 NHL
1990 NHL
1993 NHL
1996 NHL

Games Played

1980-81 NHL 80 (2)
1981-82 NHL 80 (4)
1983-84 NHL 80 (1)
 1984-85 NHL 80 (1)
 1987-88 NHL 80 (1)
 1992-93 NHL 84 (2)
1995-96 NHL 82 (3)
1996-97 NHL 82 (1)
 Career NHL 1432 (22)

Goals

1980-81 NHL 48 (10)
1984-85 NHL 50 (9)
1987-88 NHL 48 (9)
1989-90 NHL 45 (9)
1990-91 NHL 49 (5)
Career NHL 708 (6)

Assists

Career NHL 627 (68)

Points

1984-85 NHL 102 (10)
Career NHL 1335 (30)

Goals Created

1984-85 NHL 41.7 (8)
Career NHL 560.4 (13)

Even Strength Goals

1980-81 NHL 35 (5)
1983-84 NHL 32 (10)
1984-85 NHL 33 (7)
1986-87 NHL 30 (10)
Career NHL 468 (3)

Power Play Goals

1984-85 NHL 17 (2)
1989-90 NHL 21 (3)
1990-91 NHL 22 (2)
1996-97 NHL 13 (7)
Career NHL 217 (10)

Short-Handed Goals

1986-87 NHL 6 (2)
1989-90 NHL 4 (5)
1993-94 NHL 5 (2)
Career NHL 23 (46)

Game-Winning Goals

1983-84 NHL 7 (5)
1984-85 NHL 11 (2)
1986-87 NHL 10 (2)
1987-88 NHL 7 (6)
1996-97 NHL 7 (7)
Career NHL 90 (16)

Shots

1980-81 NHL 326 (2)
1981-82 NHL 300 (8)
1982-83 NHL 269 (9)
1983-84 NHL 286 (5)
1984-85 NHL 330 (3)
1985-86 NHL 279 (10)
1986-87 NHL 317 (2)
1987-88 NHL 316 (3)
1989-90 NHL 288 (10)
1991-92 NHL 286 (9)
1992-93 NHL 323 (8)
Career NHL 5090 (4)

Goals Per Game

1984-85 NHL 0.62 (9)
1990-91 NHL 0.62 (6)
Career NHL 0.49 (25)

Points Per Game

Career NHL 0.93 (88)

Goals Created Per Game

Career NHL 0.39 (58)

Adjusted Goals

1980-81 NHL 37 (9)
1984-85 NHL 40 (9)
1986-87 NHL 35 (10)
1987-88 NHL 40 (9)
1989-90 NHL 38 (9)
1990-91 NHL 44 (5)
Career NHL 609 (16)

Adjusted Points

1984-85 NHL 81 (10)
Career NHL 1142 (52)

Adjusted Goals Created

1984-85 NHL 33.0 (8)
Career NHL 477.5 (29)

Total Goals On-Ice For

Career NHL 2029 (26)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

Career NHL 726 (33)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

Career NHL 1350 (52)

Offensive Point Shares

1984-85 NHL 7.6 (9)
Career NHL 100.1 (30)

Point Shares

Career NHL 121.8 (76)
    

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

May, 1978: Signed as a underage free agent by Birmingham (WHA), May, 1978.

March 7, 1989: Traded to Minnesota by Washington with Larry Murphy for Dino Ciccarelli and Bob Rouse, March 7, 1989.

March 6, 1990: Traded to NY Rangers by Minnesota for Ulf Dahlen, Los Angeles' 4th round choice (previously acquired, Minnesota selected Cal McGowan) in 1990 Entry Draft, March 6, 1990.

March 21, 1994: Traded to Toronto by NY Rangers for Glenn Anderson, the rights to Scott Malone and Toronto's 4th round choice (Alexander Korobolin) in 1994 Entry Draft, March 21, 1994.

June 22, 1996: Traded to Phoenix by Toronto for Chicago's 4th round choice (previously acquired, Toronto selected Vladimir Antipov) in 1996 Entry Draft, June 22, 1996.

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