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Guy Lafleur

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: September 20, 1951 in Thurso, Quebec

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 1988

Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 9:08AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #7. Paul Coffey… #8. Bobby Hull… #9. GUY LAFLEUR… #10. Jean Beliveau… #10. Marcel Dionne… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1971-72 20 MTL NHL 73 29 35 64 26 27 48 24 5 0 5 187 15.5
1972-73 21 MTL NHL 69 28 27 55 23 16 51 19 9 0 7 176 15.9
1973-74 22 MTL NHL 73 21 35 56 22 10 29 17 3 1 2 167 12.6
1974-75 23 MTL NHL 70 53 66 119 48 52 37 36 15 2 11 260 20.4
1975-76 24 MTL NHL 80 56 69 125 50 68 36 38 18 0 12 303 18.5
1976-77 25 MTL NHL 80 56 80 136 53 89 20 42 14 0 8 291 19.2
1977-78 26 MTL NHL 78 60 72 132 54 73 26 45 15 0 12 307 19.5
1978-79 27 MTL NHL 80 52 77 129 50 56 28 39 13 0 12 342 15.2
1979-80 28 MTL NHL 74 50 75 125 49 40 12 35 15 0 7 323 15.5
1980-81 29 MTL NHL 51 27 43 70 27 24 29 20 7 0 7 191 14.1
1981-82 30 MTL NHL 66 27 57 84 30 33 24 18 9 0 3 233 11.6
1982-83 31 MTL NHL 68 27 49 76 29 6 12 18 9 0 1 177 15.3
1983-84 32 MTL NHL 80 30 40 70 28 -14 19 24 6 0 6 217 13.8
1984-85 33 MTL NHL 19 2 3 5 2 -3 10 2 0 0 0 35 5.7
1988-89 37 NYR NHL 67 18 27 45 17 1 12 12 6 0 2 122 14.8
1989-90 38 QUE NHL 39 12 22 34 13 -15 4 6 6 0 2 100 12.0
1990-91 39 QUE NHL 59 12 16 28 11 -10 2 9 3 0 0 90 13.3
Career NHL 1126 560 793 1353 531 453 399 404 153 3 97 3521 15.9

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
1971-72 20 MTL NHL 73 0.40 0.48 0.88 0.36 0.66 2.56 28 35 63 25 99 27 45 0 27 5.5 1.6 7.1
1972-73 21 MTL NHL 69 0.41 0.39 0.80 0.34 0.74 2.55 26 25 51 21 80 26 39 1 16 4.1 1.0 5.1
1973-74 22 MTL NHL 73 0.29 0.48 0.77 0.30 0.40 2.29 20 34 54 20 87 25 54 2 10 3.7 1.0 4.7
1974-75 23 MTL NHL 70 0.76 0.94 1.70 0.68 0.53 3.71 45 58 103 40 166 59 65 10 52 10.9 2.0 12.9
1975-76 24 MTL NHL 80 0.70 0.86 1.56 0.62 0.45 3.79 48 60 108 43 179 63 49 1 68 11.1 2.8 13.8
1976-77 25 MTL NHL 80 0.70 1.00 1.70 0.67 0.25 3.64 50 72 122 47 179 47 43 0 89 12.7 3.0 15.7
1977-78 26 MTL NHL 78 0.77 0.92 1.69 0.69 0.33 3.94 54 65 119 47 186 57 57 1 73 13.1 2.7 15.8
1978-79 27 MTL NHL 80 0.65 0.96 1.61 0.63 0.35 4.28 44 65 109 42 178 59 64 1 56 11.0 2.4 13.4
1979-80 28 MTL NHL 74 0.68 1.01 1.69 0.66 0.16 4.36 42 64 106 40 187 70 81 4 40 10.8 2.0 12.8
1980-81 29 MTL NHL 51 0.53 0.84 1.37 0.53 0.57 3.75 20 33 53 20 100 44 36 4 24 5.0 1.3 6.3
1981-82 30 MTL NHL 66 0.41 0.86 1.27 0.46 0.36 3.53 20 42 62 22 111 35 46 3 33 4.8 1.6 6.4
1982-83 31 MTL NHL 68 0.40 0.72 1.12 0.42 0.18 2.60 22 40 62 23 114 42 66 0 6 4.8 0.8 5.6
1983-84 32 MTL NHL 80 0.38 0.50 0.88 0.35 0.24 2.71 23 32 55 21 113 46 83 2 -14 4.0 0.9 4.9
1984-85 33 MTL NHL 19 0.11 0.16 0.26 0.10 0.53 1.84 2 2 4 2 13 4 12 0 -3 -0.2 0.2 0.0
1988-89 37 NYR NHL 67 0.27 0.40 0.67 0.25 0.18 1.82 15 22 37 14 73 31 41 0 1 1.9 0.8 2.7
1989-90 38 QUE NHL 39 0.31 0.56 0.87 0.32 0.10 2.56 10 18 28 10 50 27 38 0 -15 1.9 0.2 2.1
1990-91 39 QUE NHL 59 0.20 0.27 0.47 0.19 0.03 1.53 11 14 25 10 49 15 44 0 -10 1.0 0.5 1.4
Career NHL 1126 0.50 0.70 1.20 0.47 0.35 3.13 480 681 1161 448 1964 677 863 29 453 106.0 24.8 130.7

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1971-72 20 MTL NHL 6 1 4 5 2 1 0 0 0
1972-73 21 MTL NHL SC 17 3 5 8 9 1 2 0 1
1973-74 22 MTL NHL 6 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
1974-75 23 MTL NHL 11 12 7 19 15 8 4 0 4
1975-76 24 MTL NHL SC 13 7 10 17 2 7 0 0 3
1976-77 25 MTL NHL SC 14 9 17 26 6 8 1 0 2
1977-78 26 MTL NHL SC 15 10 11 21 16 7 3 0 2
1978-79 27 MTL NHL SC 16 10 13 23 0 8 2 0 2
1979-80 28 MTL NHL 3 3 1 4 0 3 0 0 0
1980-81 29 MTL NHL 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
1981-82 30 MTL NHL 5 2 1 3 4 0 2 0 0
1982-83 31 MTL NHL 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
1983-84 32 MTL NHL 12 0 3 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 16 0.0
1988-89 37 NYR NHL 4 1 0 1 -3 0 0 1 0 0 10 10.0
Career NHL 5 128 58 76 134 -2 67 43 15 0 14 26 3.8

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1966-67 15 Quebec Aces QJHL 8 1 1 2 0
1967-68 16 Quebec Aces QJHL 43 30 19 49
1968-69 17 Quebec Aces QJHL 49 50 60 110 83
1969-70 18 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 56 103 67 170 105 73 21 9 11
1970-71 19 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 62 130 79 209 135 103 20 7 15
1976-77 25 Canada Can-Cup 7 1 5 6 12
1978-79 27 NHL All-Stars Ch-Cup 3 1 2 3 0
1980-81 29 Canada WEC-A 7 1 0 1 2
1981-82 30 Canada Can-Cup 7 2 9 11 0
Career 2 Seasons Can-Cup 14 3 14 17 12
Career 1 Season Ch-Cup 3 1 2 3 0
Career 3 Seasons QJHL 100 81 80 161 83
Career 2 Seasons QMJHL 118 233 146 379 240 176 41 16 26
Career 1 Season WEC-A 7 1 0 1 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
1969-70 18 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 15 25 18 43 34 15 7 3 2
1969-70 18 Quebec Remparts M-Cup 12 18 18 36 23
1970-71 19 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 14 22 21 43 24 19 3 0 5
1970-71 19 Quebec Remparts M-Cup 7 9 5 14 18
Career 2 Seasons M-Cup 19 27 23 50 41
Career 2 Seasons QMJHL 29 47 39 86 58 34 10 3 7

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 17 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
Guy Lafleur 15.8 15.7 13.8 13.4 12.9 12.8 7.1 6.4 6.3 5.6 5.1 4.9 4.7 2.7 2.1 1.4 0.0
Nels Stewart 87.8 11.8 11.2 10.9 10.1 8.2 6.5 6.3 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.5 4.9 3.8 3.5 0.8
Howie Morenz 84.7 15.7 10.6 10.5 10.5 9.8 8.9 8.2 7.1 5.0 3.7 3.6 2.7 2.2 2.0
Teemu Selanne 83.5 14.3 13.7 13.4 13.3 13.0 11.4 10.9 9.3 8.2 7.0 6.6 6.3 5.9 5.1 4.6 3.3 3.2
Jarome Iginla 83.4 14.4 14.2 11.1 11.1 11.0 9.5 8.2 8.2 7.9 7.8 7.0 5.9 4.8 2.5
John LeClair 82.6 13.1 13.0 12.4 11.2 10.2 7.3 6.8 5.9 4.6 4.0 3.8 3.0 1.5 0.9 0.5 0.4
Phil Esposito 82.3 18.5 17.0 16.7 15.1 13.2 13.0 11.5 9.4 7.4 6.7 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.2 0.0
Gordie Howe 80.6 15.5 13.1 12.1 11.8 11.6 11.3 9.5 9.2 8.8 8.7 8.4 7.7 7.4 6.7 4.4 4.2 0.8
Jari Kurri 80.5 14.0 11.8 10.4 10.1 9.1 9.0 8.3 7.7 6.5 6.4 6.1 6.1 3.8 3.0 1.9 1.7 1.2
Paul Kariya 80.4 12.6 12.2 11.6 10.9 8.8 8.4 7.7 7.2 6.5 5.8 5.0 4.3 3.4 3.3 1.5
Eric Lindros 79.1 12.8 12.4 10.3 10.0 9.5 9.2 8.8 7.8 7.7 5.2 3.7 2.1 2.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Guy Lafleur 15.8 15.7 13.8 13.4 12.9 12.8 7.1 6.4 6.3 5.6 5.1 4.9 4.7 2.7 2.1 1.4 0.0
Nels Stewart 87.8 11.8 11.2 10.9 10.1 8.2 6.5 6.3 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.5 4.9 3.8 3.5 0.8
Howie Morenz 84.7 15.7 10.6 10.5 10.5 9.8 8.9 8.2 7.1 5.0 3.7 3.6 2.7 2.2 2.0
Jarome Iginla 83.4 14.4 14.2 11.1 11.1 11.0 9.5 8.2 8.2 7.9 7.8 7.0 5.9 4.8 2.5
John LeClair 82.6 13.1 13.0 12.4 11.2 10.2 7.3 6.8 5.9 4.6 4.0 3.8 3.0 1.5 0.9 0.5 0.4
Phil Esposito 82.2 18.5 17.0 16.7 15.1 13.2 13.0 11.5 9.4 7.4 6.7 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.2 0.4 0.0
Jari Kurri 80.5 14.0 11.8 10.4 10.1 9.1 9.0 8.3 7.7 6.5 6.4 6.1 6.1 3.8 3.0 1.9 1.7 1.2
Teemu Selanne 80.5 14.3 13.7 13.4 13.3 13.0 11.4 10.9 10.0 9.3 8.2 7.0 6.6 6.3 5.9 5.1 4.6 3.3 3.2
Paul Kariya 80.4 12.6 12.2 11.6 10.9 8.8 8.4 7.7 7.2 6.5 5.8 5.0 4.3 3.4 3.3 1.5
Eric Lindros 79.1 12.8 12.4 10.3 10.0 9.5 9.2 8.8 7.8 7.7 5.2 3.7 2.1 2.1
Bill Cook 79.1 12.5 9.3 9.2 8.6 8.2 7.6 6.9 5.1 3.3 1.8 0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1975 NHL
1976 NHL
1977 NHL
1978 NHL
1980 NHL
1991 NHL

Awards

1975-76 NHL Art Ross Trophy
1975-76 NHL Ted Lindsay Award
1976-77 NHL Art Ross Trophy
1976-77 NHL Conn Smythe Trophy
1976-77 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy
1976-77 NHL Ted Lindsay Award
1977-78 NHL Art Ross Trophy
1977-78 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy
1977-78 NHL Ted Lindsay Award

Honors

1974-75 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1975-76 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1976-77 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1977-78 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1978-79 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1979-80 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1973 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)
1976 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)
1977 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)
1978 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)
1979 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)

Games Played

1975-76 NHL 80 (1)
 1976-77 NHL 80 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 80 (1)
 1983-84 NHL 80 (1)

Goals

1974-75 NHL 53 (2)
1975-76 NHL 56 (2)
1976-77 NHL 56 (2)
1977-78 NHL 60 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 52 (3)
1979-80 NHL 50 (7)
Career NHL 560 (24)

Assists

1974-75 NHL 66 (5)
1975-76 NHL 69 (3)
1976-77 NHL 80 (1)
 1977-78 NHL 72 (2)
1978-79 NHL 77 (2)
1979-80 NHL 75 (3)
Career NHL 793 (31)

Points

1974-75 NHL 119 (4)
1975-76 NHL 125 (1)
 1976-77 NHL 136 (1)
 1977-78 NHL 132 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 129 (3)
1979-80 NHL 125 (3)
Career NHL 1353 (26)

Goals Created

1974-75 NHL 47.5 (3)
1975-76 NHL 49.6 (1)
 1976-77 NHL 53.3 (1)
 1977-78 NHL 53.8 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 50.1 (3)
1979-80 NHL 48.6 (3)
Career NHL 531.1 (21)

Plus/Minus

1974-75 NHL 52 (7)
1975-76 NHL 68 (6)
1976-77 NHL 89 (2)
1977-78 NHL 73 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 56 (6)
1979-80 NHL 40 (9)
Career NHL 453 (9)

Even Strength Goals

1974-75 NHL 36 (1)
 1975-76 NHL 38 (3)
1976-77 NHL 42 (2)
1977-78 NHL 45 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 39 (3)
1979-80 NHL 35 (9)
Career NHL 404 (12)

Power Play Goals

1974-75 NHL 15 (7)
1975-76 NHL 18 (2)
1976-77 NHL 14 (4)
1977-78 NHL 15 (4)
1978-79 NHL 13 (10)
1979-80 NHL 15 (9)
Career NHL 153 (38)

Game-Winning Goals

1972-73 NHL 7 (3)
1974-75 NHL 11 (1)
 1975-76 NHL 12 (1)
 1976-77 NHL 8 (3)
1977-78 NHL 12 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 12 (1)
 1979-80 NHL 7 (6)
1980-81 NHL 7 (6)
Career NHL 97 (6)

Shots

1975-76 NHL 303 (9)
1976-77 NHL 291 (7)
1977-78 NHL 307 (3)
1978-79 NHL 342 (2)
1979-80 NHL 323 (4)
Career NHL 3521 (41)

Shooting Percentage

1974-75 NHL 20.4 (9)
Career NHL 15.9 (99)

Goals Per Game

1974-75 NHL 0.76 (3)
1975-76 NHL 0.70 (2)
1976-77 NHL 0.70 (2)
1977-78 NHL 0.77 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 0.65 (3)
1979-80 NHL 0.68 (6)
Career NHL 0.50 (24)

Assists Per Game

1974-75 NHL 0.94 (4)
1975-76 NHL 0.86 (3)
1976-77 NHL 1.00 (1)
 1977-78 NHL 0.92 (3)
1978-79 NHL 0.96 (2)
1979-80 NHL 1.01 (4)
Career NHL 0.70 (22)

Points Per Game

1974-75 NHL 1.70 (1)
 1975-76 NHL 1.56 (2)
1976-77 NHL 1.70 (1)
 1977-78 NHL 1.69 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 1.61 (3)
1979-80 NHL 1.69 (3)
1980-81 NHL 1.37 (10)
Career NHL 1.20 (13)

Goals Created Per Game

1974-75 NHL 0.68 (1)
 1975-76 NHL 0.62 (1)
 1976-77 NHL 0.67 (1)
 1977-78 NHL 0.69 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 0.63 (4)
1979-80 NHL 0.66 (2)
1980-81 NHL 0.53 (9)
Career NHL 0.47 (13)

Adjusted Goals

1974-75 NHL 45 (2)
1975-76 NHL 48 (2)
1976-77 NHL 50 (2)
1977-78 NHL 54 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 44 (3)
1979-80 NHL 42 (7)
Career NHL 480 (41)

Adjusted Assists

1974-75 NHL 58 (5)
1975-76 NHL 60 (4)
1976-77 NHL 72 (1)
 1977-78 NHL 65 (2)
1978-79 NHL 65 (2)
1979-80 NHL 64 (3)
Career NHL 681 (54)

Adjusted Points

1974-75 NHL 103 (4)
1975-76 NHL 108 (1)
 1976-77 NHL 122 (1)
 1977-78 NHL 119 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 109 (3)
1979-80 NHL 106 (3)
Career NHL 1161 (45)

Adjusted Goals Created

1974-75 NHL 40.4 (3)
1975-76 NHL 42.5 (1)
 1976-77 NHL 46.9 (1)
 1977-78 NHL 47.2 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 41.7 (3)
1979-80 NHL 40.4 (3)
Career NHL 447.5 (44)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1974-75 NHL 166 (8)
1975-76 NHL 179 (2)
1976-77 NHL 179 (4)
1977-78 NHL 186 (4)
1978-79 NHL 178 (3)
1979-80 NHL 187 (1)
 Career NHL 1964 (32)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1975-76 NHL 63 (3)
1977-78 NHL 57 (4)
1978-79 NHL 59 (7)
1979-80 NHL 70 (2)
Career NHL 677 (40)

Offensive Point Shares

1974-75 NHL 10.9 (3)
1975-76 NHL 11.1 (1)
 1976-77 NHL 12.7 (1)
 1977-78 NHL 13.1 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 11.0 (3)
1979-80 NHL 10.8 (3)
Career NHL 106.0 (24)

Point Shares

1974-75 NHL 12.9 (6)
1975-76 NHL 13.8 (4)
1976-77 NHL 15.7 (2)
1977-78 NHL 15.8 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 13.4 (4)
1979-80 NHL 12.8 (3)
Career NHL 130.7 (56)
  

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

September 26, 1988: Signed as a free agent by NY Rangers, September 26, 1988.

July 14, 1989: Signed as a free agent by Quebec, July 14, 1989; NY Rangers received Quebec's 5th round choice (Sergei Zubov) in 1990 Entry Draft as compensation.

May 30, 1991: Claimed by Minnesota from Quebec in Expansion Draft, May 30, 1991.

May 31, 1991: Traded to Quebec by Minnesota for Alan Haworth, May 31, 1991.

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