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Clark Gillies

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-3    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: April 7, 1954 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 2002

Drafted by the New York Islanders in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 8:44AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #144. Bobby Smith… #144. Kent Nilsson… #146. Henrik Sedin… #146. CLARK GILLIES… #148. Keith Tkachuk… #148. Kevin Stevens… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1974-75 20 NYI NHL 80 25 22 47 20 -4 66 17 8 0 4 165 15.2
1975-76 21 NYI NHL 80 34 27 61 26 20 96 19 15 0 6 210 16.2
1976-77 22 NYI NHL 70 33 22 55 24 18 93 21 12 0 5 215 15.3
1977-78 23 NYI NHL 80 35 50 85 32 49 76 26 9 0 2 277 12.6
1978-79 24 NYI NHL 75 35 56 91 34 57 68 24 11 0 5 210 16.7
1979-80 25 NYI NHL 73 19 35 54 20 29 49 12 7 0 5 175 10.9
1980-81 26 NYI NHL 80 33 45 78 31 26 99 24 9 0 3 188 17.6
1981-82 27 NYI NHL 79 38 39 77 31 39 75 30 8 0 5 200 19.0
1982-83 28 NYI NHL 70 21 20 41 17 9 76 17 4 0 2 145 14.5
1983-84 29 NYI NHL 76 12 16 28 11 5 65 9 3 0 2 138 8.7
1984-85 30 NYI NHL 54 15 17 32 13 0 73 10 5 0 2 125 12.0
1985-86 31 NYI NHL 55 4 10 14 5 -8 55 3 1 0 0 74 5.4
1986-87 32 BUF NHL 61 10 17 27 10 0 81 9 1 0 2 106 9.4
1987-88 33 BUF NHL 25 5 2 7 3 1 51 5 0 0 1 23 21.7
Career NHL 958 319 378 697 277 241 1023 226 93 0 44 2251 14.2

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
1974-75 20 NYI NHL 80 0.31 0.28 0.59 0.25 0.83 2.06 21 19 40 17 71 21 55 1 -4 2.3 1.0 3.3
1975-76 21 NYI NHL 80 0.43 0.34 0.76 0.32 1.20 2.63 29 24 53 22 113 57 36 0 20 4.1 1.7 5.8
1976-77 22 NYI NHL 70 0.47 0.31 0.79 0.34 1.33 3.07 29 20 49 21 81 25 39 1 18 4.3 1.4 5.7
1977-78 23 NYI NHL 80 0.44 0.63 1.06 0.41 0.95 3.46 31 45 76 29 146 54 43 0 49 6.5 2.2 8.7
1978-79 24 NYI NHL 75 0.47 0.75 1.21 0.45 0.91 2.80 29 47 76 29 148 57 34 0 57 6.6 2.2 8.8
1979-80 25 NYI NHL 73 0.26 0.48 0.74 0.27 0.67 2.40 16 30 46 17 101 33 39 0 29 2.7 1.7 4.4
1980-81 26 NYI NHL 80 0.41 0.56 0.98 0.38 1.24 2.35 25 35 60 23 129 47 56 0 26 4.7 1.5 6.2
1981-82 27 NYI NHL 79 0.48 0.49 0.97 0.39 0.95 2.53 28 28 56 23 123 33 51 0 39 4.5 1.6 6.1
1982-83 28 NYI NHL 70 0.30 0.29 0.59 0.24 1.09 2.07 17 16 33 14 70 22 39 0 9 1.6 1.2 2.8
1983-84 29 NYI NHL 76 0.16 0.21 0.37 0.15 0.86 1.82 9 13 22 8 71 14 52 0 5 -0.1 0.7 0.6
1984-85 30 NYI NHL 54 0.28 0.31 0.59 0.24 1.35 2.31 12 13 25 10 54 14 40 0 0 1.2 0.5 1.7
1985-86 31 NYI NHL 55 0.07 0.18 0.25 0.09 1.00 1.35 3 8 11 4 26 3 31 0 -8 -0.9 0.4 -0.6
1986-87 32 BUF NHL 61 0.16 0.28 0.44 0.17 1.33 1.74 8 14 22 8 42 5 37 0 0 0.4 0.8 1.1
1987-88 33 BUF NHL 25 0.20 0.08 0.28 0.13 2.04 0.92 4 2 6 3 12 0 11 0 1 -0.1 0.3 0.3
Career NHL 958 0.33 0.39 0.73 0.29 1.07 2.35 261 314 575 228 1187 385 563 2 241 37.8 17.1 54.9

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1974-75 20 NYI NHL 17 4 2 6 36 4 0 0 2
1975-76 21 NYI NHL 13 2 4 6 16 2 0 0 1
1976-77 22 NYI NHL 12 4 4 8 15 4 0 0 4
1977-78 23 NYI NHL 7 2 0 2 15 1 1 0 0
1978-79 24 NYI NHL 10 1 2 3 11 1 0 0 0
1979-80 25 NYI NHL SC 21 6 10 16 63 5 1 0 2
1980-81 26 NYI NHL SC 18 6 9 15 28 3 3 0 0
1981-82 27 NYI NHL SC 19 8 6 14 34 4 4 0 3
1982-83 28 NYI NHL SC 8 0 2 2 10 0 0 0 0
1983-84 29 NYI NHL 21 12 7 19 2 19 9 3 0 0 41 29.3
1984-85 30 NYI NHL 10 1 0 1 0 9 1 0 0 0 13 7.7
1985-86 31 NYI NHL 3 1 0 1 -2 6 1 0 0 0 7 14.3
1987-88 33 BUF NHL 5 0 1 1 -3 25 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
Career NHL 4 164 47 47 94 -3 287 35 12 0 12 66 21.2

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 17 Regina Pats WCJHL 68 31 48 79 199
1972-73 18 Regina Pats WCJHL 68 40 52 92 192
1973-74 19 Regina Pats WCJHL 65 46 66 112 179
1978-79 24 NHL All-Stars Ch-Cup 3 1 2 3 2
1981-82 27 Canada Can-Cup 7 2 5 7 8
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 7 2 5 7 8
Career 1 Season Ch-Cup 3 1 2 3 2
Career 3 Seasons WCJHL 201 117 166 283 570

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1971-72 17 Regina Pats WCJHL 15 5 10 15 49
1972-73 18 Regina Pats WCJHL 4 0 3 3 34
1973-74 19 Regina Pats WCJHL 16 9 8 17 32
1973-74 19 Regina Pats M-Cup 3 1 3 4 19
Career 1 Season M-Cup 3 1 3 4 19
Career 3 Seasons WCJHL 35 14 21 35 115

Similarity Scores

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Thru 14 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Clark Gillies 8.8 8.7 6.2 6.1 5.8 5.7 4.4 3.3 2.8 1.7 1.1 0.6 0.3 -0.6
Jim Pappin 91.1 9.2 7.4 6.6 6.0 6.0 4.9 4.2 2.9 2.2 1.6 1.4 0.8 0.6 0.1
Jimmy Ward 90.7 7.3 5.8 4.8 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.5 2.9 2.2 1.9 1.8 -0.3
Joe Murphy 90.1 7.3 6.5 6.3 5.1 4.9 4.2 4.1 2.8 2.6 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.0 -0.2
Reg Noble 89.7 7.0 4.8 3.8 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.1 1.2 0.3 0.2 -0.4
Doug Bentley 89.6 7.0 6.3 6.3 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.1 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.4
Ray Whitney 89.1 8.7 8.3 7.0 6.7 6.2 5.1 4.7 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.2 0.2 0.1 -0.3
Frank Nighbor 88.9 5.2 4.7 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.1 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.5 1.0 0.1 -1.0
J.P. Dumont 88.7 8.4 6.9 6.2 5.9 5.8 5.2 5.2 4.4 3.0 2.2 1.9 1.6
Ken Randall 88.7 6.4 4.4 3.8 3.5 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.0 1.0 0.1
Woody Dumart 88.3 6.4 6.2 5.4 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.1 1.8 1.1 0.6 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
Clark Gillies 8.8 8.7 6.2 6.1 5.8 5.7 4.4 3.3 2.8 1.7 1.1 0.6 0.3 -0.6
Jim Pappin 91.1 9.2 7.4 6.6 6.0 6.0 4.9 4.2 2.9 2.2 1.6 1.4 0.8 0.6 0.1
Jimmy Ward 90.7 7.3 5.8 4.8 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.5 2.9 2.2 1.9 1.8 -0.3
Joe Murphy 90.0 7.3 6.5 6.3 5.1 4.9 4.2 4.1 2.8 2.6 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.2 0.0 -0.2
Doug Bentley 89.6 7.0 6.3 6.3 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.1 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.4
Frank Nighbor 88.9 5.2 4.7 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.1 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.5 1.0 0.1 -1.0
J.P. Dumont 88.7 8.4 6.9 6.2 5.9 5.8 5.2 5.2 4.4 3.0 2.2 1.9 1.6
Ken Randall 88.7 6.4 4.4 3.8 3.5 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.0 1.0 0.1
Reg Noble 88.4 7.0 4.8 3.8 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.1 1.2 0.3 0.2 -0.2 -0.4 -0.9
Dmitri Khristich 87.9 8.8 8.6 7.0 6.4 5.8 5.7 5.1 3.4 3.1 2.4 2.2 1.8
Esa Tikkanen 87.6 7.1 6.3 6.1 5.2 5.2 4.5 3.5 3.3 1.7 1.7 1.5 0.9 0.2 -0.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1978 NHL

Honors

1977-78 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1978-79 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1980 New York Islanders (NHL)
1981 New York Islanders (NHL)
1982 New York Islanders (NHL)
1983 New York Islanders (NHL)

Games Played

1974-75 NHL 80 (1)
 1975-76 NHL 80 (1)
 1977-78 NHL 80 (3)
1980-81 NHL 80 (2)

Points

1978-79 NHL 91 (9)

Plus/Minus

1978-79 NHL 57 (5)
Career NHL 241 (37)

Power Play Goals

1975-76 NHL 15 (8)
1976-77 NHL 12 (7)

Shots

1977-78 NHL 277 (7)

Assists Per Game

1978-79 NHL 0.75 (9)

Points Per Game

1978-79 NHL 1.21 (10)

Adjusted Points

1978-79 NHL 76 (10)

Adjusted Goals Created

1977-78 NHL 29.2 (10)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1977-78 NHL 146 (9)
1978-79 NHL 148 (10)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1975-76 NHL 57 (10)
1977-78 NHL 54 (9)
1978-79 NHL 57 (9)
    

Transactions

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October 6, 1986: Claimed by Buffalo from NY Islanders in Waiver Draft, October 6, 1986.

November 7, 1987: Suffered eventual career-ending knee injury in game vs. Edmonton, November 7, 1987.

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