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Robert Lang

Position: C
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-3    Weight: 217 lbs.
Born: December 19, 1970 in Teplice, Czechoslovakia

Drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 7th round (133rd overall) of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 9:06AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #268. Marc Savard… #269. Claude Provost… #269. ROBERT LANG… #271. Bill Cook… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1992-93 22 LAK NHL 11 0 5 5 1 -3 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
1993-94 23 LAK NHL 32 9 10 19 8 7 10 9 0 0 0 41 22.0
1994-95 24 LAK NHL 36 4 8 12 4 -7 4 4 0 0 0 38 10.5
1995-96 25 LAK NHL 68 6 16 22 8 -15 10 4 0 2 0 71 8.5
1997-98 27 TOT NHL 54 9 13 22 8 7 16 7 1 1 2 66 13.6
1997-98 27 BOS NHL 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1997-98 27 PIT NHL 51 9 13 22 8 6 14 7 1 1 2 64 14.1
1998-99 28 PIT NHL 72 21 23 44 17 -10 24 14 7 0 3 137 15.3 1181 16:24
1999-00 29 PIT NHL 78 23 42 65 23 -9 14 10 13 0 5 142 16.2 1510 19:22
2000-01 30 PIT NHL 82 32 48 80 30 20 28 22 10 0 2 177 18.1 1673 20:24
2001-02 31 PIT NHL 62 18 32 50 18 9 16 12 5 1 3 175 10.3 1422 22:56
2002-03 32 WSH NHL 82 22 47 69 24 12 22 12 10 0 2 146 15.1 1540 18:47
2003-04 33 TOT NHL 69 30 49 79 29 4 24 20 10 0 3 163 18.4 1469 21:18
2003-04 33 WSH NHL 63 29 45 74 28 2 24 19 10 0 2 149 19.5 1371 21:46
2003-04 33 DET NHL 6 1 4 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 14 7.1 98 16:20
2005-06 35 DET NHL 72 20 42 62 22 17 72 12 8 0 3 171 11.7 1170 16:15
2006-07 36 DET NHL 81 19 33 52 19 12 66 13 6 0 4 166 11.4 1362 16:49
2007-08 37 CHI NHL 76 21 33 54 20 9 50 14 7 0 3 172 12.2 1400 18:25
2008-09 38 MTL NHL 50 18 21 39 16 6 36 9 8 1 3 101 17.8 844 16:53
2009-10 39 PHX NHL 64 9 20 29 10 -4 28 6 3 0 1 84 10.7 965 15:05
Career NHL 989 261 442 703 258 55 422 168 88 5 34 1853 14.1 14536 18:27

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
1992-93 22 LAK NHL 11 0.00 0.45 0.45 0.12 0.18 0.27 0 4 4 1 6 0 9 0 -3 -0.1 0.0 0.0
1993-94 23 LAK NHL 32 0.28 0.31 0.59 0.24 0.31 1.28 8 9 17 7 29 4 20 2 7 1.1 0.6 1.7
1994-95 24 LAK NHL 36 0.11 0.22 0.33 0.12 0.11 1.06 7 14 21 8 19 2 27 3 -7 0.0 0.2 0.3
1995-96 25 LAK NHL 68 0.09 0.24 0.32 0.11 0.15 1.04 6 15 21 7 28 2 54 13 -15 -0.3 0.4 0.1
1997-98 27 TOT NHL 54 0.17 0.24 0.41 0.15 0.30 1.22 10 15 25 10 33 7 29 10 7 1.1 1.0 2.1
1997-98 27 BOS NHL 3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.67 0.67 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 -0.1 0.1 0.0
1997-98 27 PIT NHL 51 0.18 0.25 0.43 0.16 0.27 1.25 10 15 25 10 32 7 29 10 6 1.2 0.9 2.1
1998-99 28 PIT NHL 72 0.29 0.32 0.61 0.24 0.33 1.90 24 26 50 20 63 18 57 2 -10 3.5 0.8 4.3
1999-00 29 PIT NHL 78 0.29 0.54 0.83 0.30 0.18 1.82 25 45 70 26 100 40 71 2 -9 4.7 1.0 5.7
2000-01 30 PIT NHL 82 0.39 0.59 0.98 0.36 0.34 2.16 35 51 86 33 126 47 75 16 20 6.6 1.9 8.5
2001-02 31 PIT NHL 62 0.29 0.52 0.81 0.29 0.26 2.82 21 36 57 21 77 25 64 21 9 3.4 2.0 5.4
2002-03 32 WSH NHL 82 0.27 0.57 0.84 0.29 0.27 1.78 25 52 77 28 103 47 47 3 12 5.3 1.9 7.2
2003-04 33 TOT NHL 69 0.43 0.71 1.14 0.43 0.35 2.36 35 57 92 35 108 52 56 4 4 8.1 1.9 10.0
2003-04 33 WSH NHL 63 0.46 0.71 1.17 0.44 0.38 2.37 34 52 86 33 101 50 53 4 2 7.7 1.7 9.4
2003-04 33 DET NHL 6 0.17 0.67 0.83 0.27 0.00 2.33 1 5 6 2 7 2 3 0 2 0.4 0.2 0.6
2005-06 35 DET NHL 72 0.28 0.58 0.86 0.31 1.00 2.38 20 40 60 22 95 38 40 0 17 4.7 1.9 6.5
2006-07 36 DET NHL 81 0.23 0.41 0.64 0.24 0.81 2.05 20 33 53 20 81 26 43 0 12 3.4 2.0 5.4
2007-08 37 CHI NHL 76 0.28 0.43 0.71 0.27 0.66 2.26 23 35 58 22 80 28 52 9 9 4.3 1.7 6.0
2008-09 38 MTL NHL 50 0.36 0.42 0.78 0.31 0.72 2.02 19 21 40 16 61 27 38 10 6 3.7 1.1 4.8
2009-10 39 PHX NHL 64 0.14 0.31 0.45 0.16 0.44 1.31 10 21 31 11 52 23 35 2 -4 1.3 1.0 2.4
Career NHL 989 0.26 0.45 0.71 0.26 0.43 1.87 288 474 762 286 1061 386 717 97 55 50.9 19.4 70.3

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1997-98 27 PIT NHL 6 0 3 3 -4 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
1998-99 28 PIT NHL 12 0 2 2 -3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.0 168 13:58
1999-00 29 PIT NHL 11 3 3 6 -1 0 1 2 0 0 18 16.7 239 21:42
2000-01 30 PIT NHL 16 4 4 8 2 4 4 0 0 0 25 16.0 310 19:21
2002-03 32 WSH NHL 6 2 1 3 3 2 2 0 0 1 9 22.2 131 21:55
2003-04 33 DET NHL 12 4 5 9 -1 6 4 0 0 0 20 20.0 218 18:10
2005-06 35 DET NHL 6 3 3 6 -2 2 1 2 0 0 18 16.7 115 19:12
2006-07 36 DET NHL 18 2 6 8 5 8 2 0 0 0 28 7.1 273 15:10
2009-10 39 PHX NHL 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 36 9:03
Career NHL 91 18 28 46 -1 24 14 4 0 1 134 13.4 1490 17:32

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1988-89 18 CHZ Litvinov Czech 7 3 2 5 0
1989-90 19 CHZ Litvinov Czech 32 8 7 15
1990-91 20 HC CHZ Litvinov Czech 56 26 26 52 38
1991-92 21 HC Chemopetrol Litvinov Czech 43 12 31 43 34
1991-92 21 Czechoslovakia Olympics 8 5 8 13 8
1991-92 21 Czechoslovakia WC-A 8 2 2 4 2
1992-93 22 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 38 9 21 30 20
1993-94 23 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 44 11 24 35 34
1994-95 24 HC Chemopetrol Litvinov CzRep 16 4 19 23 28
1995-96 25 Czech Republic WC-A 8 5 4 9 2
1996-97 26 Czech Republic W-Cup 3 0 0 0 2
1996-97 26 HC Sparta Praha CzRep 38 14 27 41 30
1996-97 26 HC Sparta Praha EuroHL 4 2 2 4 0
1996-97 26 Czech Republic WC-A 8 1 1 2 25
1997-98 27 Czech Republic Olympics 6 0 3 3 0
1997-98 27 Houston Aeros IHL 9 1 7 8 1 4 1 0 0 0 27 3.7
2001-02 31 Czech Republic Olympics 4 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 0 0
2005-06 35 Czech Republic Olympics 8 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0
Career 4 Seasons Czech 138 49 66 115 72
Career 2 Seasons CzRep 54 18 46 64 58
Career 1 Season EuroHL 4 2 2 4 0
Career 3 Seasons IHL 91 21 52 73 1 58 1 0 0 0 27 3.7
Career 4 Seasons Olympics 26 6 17 23 3 14 0 1 0 0
Career 1 Season W-Cup 3 0 0 0 2
Career 3 Seasons WC-A 24 8 7 15 29

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1989-90 19 CHZ Litvinov Czech 8 3 3 6
1996-97 26 HC Sparta Praha CzRep 5 1 2 3 4
1996-97 26 HC Sparta Praha EuroHL 4 2 1 3 2
Career 1 Season Czech 8 3 3 6
Career 1 Season CzRep 5 1 2 3 4
Career 1 Season EuroHL 4 2 1 3 2

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
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
Robert Lang 10.0 8.5 7.2 6.5 6.0 5.7 5.4 5.4 4.8 4.3 2.4 2.1 1.7 0.3 0.1 0.0
Ray Sheppard 93.5 10.1 6.7 6.6 6.0 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.5 4.4 3.5 2.8 1.8 0.4
Daymond Langkow 93.0 9.0 8.4 7.6 6.3 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.0 3.4 2.6 2.2 1.4 0.1 0.0
Scott Gomez 92.5 9.2 8.1 7.3 6.8 6.0 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.3 4.1 1.9
Cory Stillman 92.3 9.7 7.5 6.8 6.8 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.1 5.1 4.0 3.7 2.5 1.9 1.7 1.5 -0.1
Elmer Lach 92.1 7.8 7.5 6.4 5.6 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.5 2.2 1.5 0.1
Gary Roberts 91.3 10.0 9.7 8.1 6.9 6.5 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.0 4.0 3.4 3.3 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.3
John Ogrodnick 90.6 9.2 7.2 7.2 6.5 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.8 3.9 3.1 2.3 2.3 2.0 0.7
Petr Nedved 90.5 10.7 8.4 7.3 7.1 6.3 6.3 4.9 4.0 3.8 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.0 0.1 -0.5
Dennis Maruk 90.5 11.0 8.2 7.0 6.9 6.1 5.4 5.3 3.9 3.8 3.0 2.9 2.2 0.8 -0.1
Michael Nylander 90.2 9.0 8.4 7.1 7.0 6.1 5.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.1 2.5 1.6 1.4 0.9 -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
Robert Lang 10.0 8.5 7.2 6.5 6.0 5.7 5.4 5.4 4.8 4.3 2.4 2.1 1.7 0.3 0.1 0.0
Ray Sheppard 93.5 10.1 6.7 6.6 6.0 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.5 4.4 3.5 2.8 1.8 0.4
Daymond Langkow 93.0 9.0 8.4 7.6 6.3 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.0 3.4 2.6 2.2 1.4 0.1 0.0
Scott Gomez 92.5 9.2 8.1 7.3 6.8 6.0 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.3 4.1 1.9
Cory Stillman 92.3 9.7 7.5 6.8 6.8 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.1 5.1 4.0 3.7 2.5 1.9 1.7 1.5 -0.1
Elmer Lach 92.1 7.8 7.5 6.4 5.6 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.5 2.2 1.5 0.1
John Ogrodnick 90.6 9.2 7.2 7.2 6.5 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.8 3.9 3.1 2.3 2.3 2.0 0.7
Petr Nedved 90.5 10.7 8.4 7.3 7.1 6.3 6.3 4.9 4.0 3.8 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.0 0.1 -0.5
Dennis Maruk 90.5 11.0 8.2 7.0 6.9 6.1 5.4 5.3 3.9 3.8 3.0 2.9 2.2 0.8 -0.1
Michael Nylander 90.2 9.0 8.4 7.1 7.0 6.1 5.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.1 2.5 1.6 1.4 0.9 -0.1
Jean Pronovost 90.1 10.2 7.8 7.3 6.4 6.2 6.1 5.6 4.1 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.0 -0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

2004 NHL

Games Played

2000-01 NHL 82 (3)
2002-03 NHL 82 (4)

Assists

2003-04 NHL 49 (9)

Points

2003-04 NHL 79 (9)

Goals Created

2003-04 NHL 29.4 (9)

Power Play Goals

1999-00 NHL 13 (4)

Shooting Percentage

2003-04 NHL 18.4 (8)
2008-09 NHL 17.8 (10)

Assists Per Game

2003-04 NHL 0.71 (4)

Points Per Game

2003-04 NHL 1.14 (4)

Goals Created Per Game

2003-04 NHL 0.43 (2)

Adjusted Assists

2003-04 NHL 57 (8)

Adjusted Points

2003-04 NHL 92 (8)

Adjusted Goals Created

2003-04 NHL 34.6 (10)

Total Goals On-Ice For

2000-01 NHL 126 (9)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

2003-04 NHL 52 (9)

Offensive Point Shares

2003-04 NHL 8.1 (8)

Transactions

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September 2, 1997: Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh, September 2, 1997.

September 28, 1997: Claimed by Boston from Pittsburgh in Waiver Draft, September 28, 1997.

October 25, 1997: Claimed on waivers by Pittsburgh from Boston, October 25, 1997.

July 1, 2002: Signed as a free agent by Washington, July 1, 2002.

February 27, 2004: Traded to Detroit by Washington for Tomas Fleischmann, Detroit's 1st round choice (Mike Green) in 2004 Entry Draft and Detroit's 4th round choice (Luke Lynes) in 2006 Entry Draft, February 27, 2004.

July 2, 2007: Signed as a free agent by Chicago, July 2, 2007.

September 12, 2008: Traded to Montreal by Chicago for Toronto's 2nd round choice (previously acquired, later traded back to Toronto, later traded to Boston - Boston selected Jared Knight) in 2010 Entry Draft, September 12, 2008.

September 29, 2009: Signed as a free agent by Phoenix, September 29, 2009.

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