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Adam Graves

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: April 12, 1968 in Toronto, Ontario

Drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2nd round (22nd overall) of the 1986 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 8:51AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #310. Scott Mellanby… #311. ADAM GRAVES… #312. Babe Siebert… #313. Don McKenney… #313. Mike Bullard… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1987-88 19 DET NHL 9 0 1 1 0 -2 8 0 0 0 0 9 0.0
1988-89 20 DET NHL 56 7 5 12 5 -5 60 7 0 0 1 60 11.7
1989-90 21 TOT NHL 76 9 13 22 8 0 136 8 1 0 1 94 9.6
1989-90 21 DET NHL 13 0 1 1 0 -5 13 0 0 0 0 10 0.0
1989-90 21 EDM NHL 63 9 12 21 8 5 123 8 1 0 1 84 10.7
1990-91 22 EDM NHL 76 7 18 25 9 -21 127 5 2 0 1 126 5.6
1991-92 23 NYR NHL 80 26 33 59 23 19 139 18 4 4 4 228 11.4
1992-93 24 NYR NHL 84 36 29 65 28 -4 148 23 12 1 6 275 13.1
1993-94 25 NYR NHL 84 52 27 79 36 27 127 28 20 4 4 291 17.9
1994-95 26 NYR NHL 47 17 14 31 13 9 51 8 9 0 3 185 9.2
1995-96 27 NYR NHL 82 22 36 58 21 18 100 12 9 1 2 266 8.3
1996-97 28 NYR NHL 82 33 28 61 26 10 66 19 10 4 3 269 12.3
1997-98 29 NYR NHL 72 23 12 35 15 -30 41 13 10 0 2 226 10.2
1998-99 30 NYR NHL 82 38 15 53 24 -12 47 22 14 2 7 239 15.9 1685 20:33
1999-00 31 NYR NHL 77 23 17 40 17 -15 14 12 11 0 4 194 11.9 1445 18:46
2000-01 32 NYR NHL 82 10 16 26 10 -16 77 9 1 0 1 136 7.4 1290 15:44
2001-02 33 SJS NHL 81 17 14 31 13 11 51 13 1 3 1 139 12.2 1279 15:47
2002-03 34 SJS NHL 82 9 9 18 7 -14 32 8 1 0 0 118 7.6 1070 13:03
Career NHL 1152 329 287 616 257 -25 1224 205 105 19 40 2855 11.5 6768 16:45

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
1987-88 19 DET NHL 9 0.00 0.11 0.11 0.03 0.89 1.00 0 1 1 0 3 0 6 1 -2 -0.3 0.0 -0.2
1988-89 20 DET NHL 56 0.13 0.09 0.21 0.09 1.07 1.07 6 4 10 4 22 1 26 0 -5 -0.8 0.5 -0.3
1989-90 21 TOT NHL 76 0.12 0.17 0.29 0.11 1.79 1.24 8 11 19 7 36 3 35 2 0 -0.6 0.9 0.3
1989-90 21 DET NHL 13 0.00 0.08 0.08 0.02 1.00 0.77 0 1 1 0 3 0 10 2 -5 -0.4 0.0 -0.4
1989-90 21 EDM NHL 63 0.14 0.19 0.33 0.13 1.95 1.33 8 10 18 7 33 3 25 0 5 -0.2 0.9 0.7
1990-91 22 EDM NHL 76 0.09 0.24 0.33 0.11 1.67 1.66 6 16 22 8 42 10 56 3 -21 -0.4 0.3 -0.1
1991-92 23 NYR NHL 80 0.33 0.41 0.74 0.29 1.74 2.85 23 29 52 20 99 15 81 16 19 3.6 1.4 5.0
1992-93 24 NYR NHL 84 0.43 0.35 0.77 0.33 1.76 3.27 29 23 52 22 104 29 99 20 -4 4.5 1.0 5.5
1993-94 25 NYR NHL 84 0.62 0.32 0.94 0.43 1.51 3.46 47 24 71 32 137 54 85 29 27 7.8 1.9 9.8
1994-95 26 NYR NHL 47 0.36 0.30 0.66 0.28 1.09 3.94 29 24 53 22 69 30 43 13 9 2.7 1.0 3.7
1995-96 27 NYR NHL 82 0.27 0.44 0.71 0.26 1.22 3.24 21 34 55 21 121 48 96 41 18 3.6 1.5 5.1
1996-97 28 NYR NHL 82 0.40 0.34 0.74 0.31 0.80 3.28 34 29 63 26 101 26 99 34 10 5.6 1.2 6.8
1997-98 29 NYR NHL 72 0.32 0.17 0.49 0.21 0.57 3.14 26 14 40 18 60 33 73 16 -30 3.1 0.0 3.1
1998-99 30 NYR NHL 82 0.46 0.18 0.65 0.30 0.57 2.91 44 17 61 29 82 38 75 19 -12 4.8 1.5 6.3
1999-00 31 NYR NHL 77 0.30 0.22 0.52 0.22 0.18 2.52 25 18 43 19 71 25 75 14 -15 2.4 1.2 3.6
2000-01 32 NYR NHL 82 0.12 0.20 0.32 0.12 0.94 1.66 11 17 28 11 60 28 61 13 -16 0.1 0.3 0.5
2001-02 33 SJS NHL 81 0.21 0.17 0.38 0.16 0.63 1.72 20 16 36 15 50 5 48 14 11 1.7 1.5 3.2
2002-03 34 SJS NHL 82 0.11 0.11 0.22 0.09 0.39 1.44 10 10 20 8 25 1 53 15 -14 -0.1 0.6 0.5
Career NHL 1152 0.29 0.25 0.53 0.22 1.06 2.48 339 287 626 263 1082 346 1011 250 -25 37.8 14.8 52.6

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 20 DET NHL 5 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
1989-90 21 EDM NHL SC 22 5 6 11 1 17 5 0 0 1 46 10.9
1990-91 22 EDM NHL 18 2 4 6 7 22 2 0 0 0 48 4.2
1991-92 23 NYR NHL 10 5 3 8 -6 22 4 1 0 1 33 15.2
1993-94 25 NYR NHL SC 23 10 7 17 12 24 7 3 0 0 93 10.8
1994-95 26 NYR NHL 10 4 4 8 -13 8 2 2 0 0 38 10.5
1995-96 27 NYR NHL 10 7 1 8 -9 4 1 6 0 2 43 16.3
1996-97 28 NYR NHL 15 2 1 3 1 12 1 1 0 2 39 5.1
2001-02 33 SJS NHL 12 3 1 4 -2 6 3 0 0 2 15 20.0 171 14:16
Career NHL 2 125 38 27 65 -10 119 25 13 0 8 361 10.5 171 14:16

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1984-85 16 King City Dukes ON-Jr.B 25 23 33 56 29
1985-86 17 Windsor Spitfires OHL 62 27 37 64 35
1986-87 18 Windsor Spitfires OHL 66 45 55 100 70
1987-88 19 Windsor Spitfires OHL 37 28 32 60 107
1987-88 19 Canada WJC-A 7 5 0 5 4
1988-89 20 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 14 10 11 21 28
1992-93 24 Canada WC-A 8 3 3 6 8
1996-97 28 Canada W-Cup 7 0 1 1 2
1998-99 30 Canada WC-A 10 5 2 7 8
Career 1 Season AHL 14 10 11 21 28
Career 3 Seasons OHL 165 100 124 224 212
Career 1 Season ON-Jr.B 25 23 33 56 29
Career 1 Season W-Cup 7 0 1 1 2
Career 2 Seasons WC-A 18 8 5 13 16
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 5 0 5 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
1985-86 17 Windsor Spitfires OHL 16 5 11 16 10
1986-87 18 Windsor Spitfires OHL 14 9 8 17 32
1986-87 18 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 5 0 1 1 0
1987-88 19 Windsor Spitfires OHL 12 14 18 32 16
1987-88 19 Windsor Spitfires M-Cup 4 2 3 5 8
1988-89 20 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 14 11 7 18 17
Career 2 Seasons AHL 19 11 8 19 17
Career 1 Season M-Cup 4 2 3 5 8
Career 3 Seasons OHL 42 28 37 65 58

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
Adam Graves 9.8 6.8 6.3 5.5 5.1 5.0 3.7 3.6 3.2 3.1 0.5 0.5 0.3 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3
Brenden Morrow 91.2 9.8 7.1 7.1 6.4 5.8 5.3 4.3 4.1 3.7 3.7 1.2
Kenny Wharram 90.0 9.0 6.9 6.8 6.8 4.7 4.3 3.7 3.6 2.8 2.0 0.7 0.0 -0.1 -0.2
Jimmy Ward 89.6 7.3 5.8 4.8 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.5 2.9 2.2 1.9 1.8 -0.3
Mike Bullard 89.5 9.3 7.4 6.2 5.3 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.0 2.8 1.3 -0.1
J.P. Dumont 89.4 8.4 6.9 6.2 5.9 5.8 5.2 5.2 4.4 3.0 2.2 1.9 1.6
Jeff Friesen 88.7 8.2 6.9 6.4 6.2 6.1 4.5 4.4 4.1 2.6 2.1 0.0 -0.4
Shawn McEachern 88.2 8.3 7.0 6.5 5.8 5.5 4.8 4.6 4.3 3.5 2.3 2.2 1.3 -0.1 -0.2
Don McKenney 87.7 6.6 6.3 6.1 5.8 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.0 3.3 2.8 2.7 1.0 0.0
Wayne Cashman 87.6 8.8 7.2 6.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.4 4.4 3.6 2.4 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.6 0.0 -0.3
Jim Pappin 87.5 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
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Adam Graves 9.8 6.8 6.3 5.5 5.1 5.0 3.7 3.6 3.2 3.1 0.5 0.5 0.3 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3
Brenden Morrow 91.2 9.8 7.1 7.1 6.4 5.8 5.3 4.3 4.1 3.7 3.7 1.2
Kenny Wharram 90.0 9.0 6.9 6.8 6.8 4.7 4.3 3.7 3.6 2.8 2.0 0.7 0.0 -0.1 -0.2
Jimmy Ward 89.6 7.3 5.8 4.8 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.5 2.9 2.2 1.9 1.8 -0.3
Mike Bullard 89.5 9.3 7.4 6.2 5.3 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.0 2.8 1.3 -0.1
J.P. Dumont 89.4 8.4 6.9 6.2 5.9 5.8 5.2 5.2 4.4 3.0 2.2 1.9 1.6
Jeff Friesen 88.7 8.2 6.9 6.4 6.2 6.1 4.5 4.4 4.1 2.6 2.1 0.0 -0.4
Shawn McEachern 88.2 8.3 7.0 6.5 5.8 5.5 4.8 4.6 4.3 3.5 2.3 2.2 1.3 -0.1 -0.2
Don McKenney 87.7 6.6 6.3 6.1 5.8 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.0 3.3 2.8 2.7 1.0 0.0
Jim Pappin 87.5 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
John Tonelli 87.4 9.0 7.2 6.0 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.0 3.4 3.2 3.1 2.5 1.4 0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1994 NHL

Awards

1993-94 NHL King Clancy Memorial Trophy
2000-01 NHL Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

Honors

1993-94 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1990 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
1994 New York Rangers (NHL)

Games Played

1991-92 NHL 80 (3)
1992-93 NHL 84 (2)
1993-94 NHL 84 (5)
1995-96 NHL 82 (3)
1996-97 NHL 82 (1)
 1998-99 NHL 82 (2)
2000-01 NHL 82 (3)
2002-03 NHL 82 (4)

Goals

1993-94 NHL 52 (5)

Power Play Goals

1993-94 NHL 20 (9)
1994-95 NHL 9 (10)
1998-99 NHL 14 (8)

Short-Handed Goals

1991-92 NHL 4 (4)
1993-94 NHL 4 (10)
1996-97 NHL 4 (5)
2001-02 NHL 3 (6)
Career NHL 19 (71)

Game-Winning Goals

1998-99 NHL 7 (9)

Shots

1994-95 NHL 185 (5)
Career NHL 2855 (90)

Adjusted Goals

1993-94 NHL 47 (5)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1996-97 NHL 34 (6)

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

November 2, 1989: Traded to Edmonton by Detroit with Petr Klima, Joe Murphy and Jeff Sharples for Jimmy Carson, Kevin McClelland and Edmonton's 5th round choice (later traded to Montreal - Montreal selected Brad Layzell) in 1991 Entry Draft, November 2, 1989.

September 3, 1991: Signed as a free agent by NY Rangers, September 3, 1991.

June 24, 2001: Traded to San Jose by NY Rangers with future considerations for Mikael Samuelsson and Christian Gosselin, June 24, 2001.

April 3, 2004: Officially announced retirement April 3, 2004.

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