Brian Lawton

Position: LW ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0 ▪ Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: June 29, 1965 in New Brunswick, New Jersey
Draft: Minnesota, 1st round (1st overall), 1983 NHL Entry

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1983-84	18	MNS	NHL	58	10	21	31	11	0	33	10	0	0	4	19	0	2	74	13.5
1984-85	19	MNS	NHL	40	5	6	11	4	-2	24	4	1	0	1	6	0	0	40	12.5
1985-86	20	MNS	NHL	65	18	17	35	14	10	36	14	4	0	7	17	0	0	98	18.4
1986-87	21	MNS	NHL	66	21	23	44	18	20	86	19	2	0	2	21	0	2	125	16.8
1987-88	22	MNS	NHL	74	17	24	41	16	-10	71	10	7	0	1	14	1	9	155	11.0
1988-89	23	TOT	NHL	65	17	26	43	16	-11	67	7	10	0	2	16	0	10	128	13.3
1988-89	23	NYR	NHL	30	7	10	17	6	-2	39	4	3	0	0	8	0	2	58	12.1
1988-89	23	HAR	NHL	35	10	16	26	10	-9	28	3	7	0	2	8	0	8	70	14.3
1989-90	24	TOT	NHL	35	7	7	14	6	-15	30	3	4	0	0	5	0	2	52	13.5
1989-90	24	HAR	NHL	13	2	1	3	1	-2	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	17	11.8
1989-90	24	QUE	NHL	14	5	6	11	4	-9	10	2	3	0	0	4	0	2	25	20.0
1989-90	24	BOS	NHL	8	0	0	0	0	-4	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0
1991-92	26	SJS	NHL	59	15	22	37	14	-25	42	8	7	0	1	9	1	12	131	11.5
1992-93	27	SJS	NHL	21	2	8	10	3	-9	12	2	0	0	0	6	0	2	29	6.9
Career			NHL	483	112	154	266	104	-42	401	77	35	0	18	113	2	39	832	13.5

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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
1983-84	18	MNS	NHL	58	0.17	0.36	0.53	0.19	0.57	1.28	8	17	25	9	48	7	42	1	0	0.6	0.6	1.2
1984-85	19	MNS	NHL	40	0.13	0.15	0.28	0.11	0.60	1.00	4	5	9	4	21	3	22	2	-2	-0.4	0.5	0.1
1985-86	20	MNS	NHL	65	0.28	0.26	0.54	0.22	0.55	1.51	14	13	27	11	53	10	33	0	10	1.1	1.1	2.2
1986-87	21	MNS	NHL	66	0.32	0.35	0.67	0.27	1.30	1.89	18	19	37	15	66	6	41	1	20	2.4	1.3	3.7
1987-88	22	MNS	NHL	74	0.23	0.32	0.55	0.21	0.96	2.09	14	20	34	13	72	35	66	19	-10	1.4	0.9	2.3
1988-89	23	TOT	NHL	65	0.26	0.40	0.66	0.25	1.03	1.97	14	21	35	13	68	30	50	1	-11	1.9	0.6	2.4
1988-89	23	NYR	NHL	30	0.23	0.33	0.57	0.21	1.30	1.93	6	8	14	5	24	6	21	1	-2	0.5	0.3	0.8
1988-89	23	HAR	NHL	35	0.29	0.46	0.74	0.28	0.80	2.00	8	13	21	8	44	24	29	0	-9	1.3	0.3	1.6
1989-90	24	TOT	NHL	35	0.20	0.20	0.40	0.16	0.86	1.49	6	6	12	5	24	9	30	0	-15	0.2	0.1	0.3
1989-90	24	HAR	NHL	13	0.15	0.08	0.23	0.10	0.46	1.31	2	1	3	1	4	2	4	0	-2	-0.1	0.1	0.0
1989-90	24	QUE	NHL	14	0.36	0.43	0.79	0.31	0.71	1.79	4	5	9	4	19	6	22	0	-9	0.6	0.0	0.6
1989-90	24	BOS	NHL	8	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.75	1.25	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	-4	-0.3	0.0	-0.3
1991-92	26	SJS	NHL	59	0.25	0.37	0.63	0.25	0.71	2.22	13	19	32	12	56	26	68	13	-25	1.9	0.2	2.1
1992-93	27	SJS	NHL	21	0.10	0.38	0.48	0.16	0.57	1.38	2	6	8	3	19	6	26	4	-9	0.1	0.1	0.2
Career			NHL	483	0.23	0.32	0.55	0.21	0.83	1.72	93	126	219	85	427	132	378	41	-42	9.1	5.5	14.5

NHL Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1983-84	18	MNS	NHL	5	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
1985-86	20	MNS	NHL	3	0	1	1	0	-5	2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
1988-89	23	HAR	NHL	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	20.0
Career			NHL	11	1	1	2	1	-3	12	1	0	0	0	14	7.1

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1981-82	16	Mount St. Charles Mounties	High-RI	26	45	43	88
1982-83	17	Mount St. Charles Mounties	High-RI	23	40	43	83
1982-83	17	United States	Nat-Tm	7	3	2	5			6
1982-83	17	United States	WJC-A	7	3	1	4			6
1984-85	19	United States	Can-Cup	6	5	0	5			4
1984-85	19	Springfield Indians	AHL	42	14	28	42			37
1986-87	21	United States	WEC-A	8	3	3	6			14
1989-90	24	Maine Mariners	AHL	5	0	0	0			14
1990-91	25	Phoenix Roadrunners	IHL	63	26	40	66			108
1992-93	27	2 Teams	IHL	26	11	15	26			40
1992-93	27	Kansas City Blades	IHL	9	6	4	10			10
1992-93	27	Cincinnati Cyclones	IHL	17	5	11	16			30
Career		2 Seasons	AHL	47	14	28	42			51
Career		1 Season	Can-Cup	6	5	0	5			4
Career		2 Seasons	High-RI	49	85	86	171
Career		2 Seasons	IHL	89	37	55	92			148
Career		1 Season	Nat-Tm	7	3	2	5			6
Career		1 Season	WEC-A	8	3	3	6			14
Career		1 Season	WJC-A	7	3	1	4			6

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1984-85	19	Springfield Indians	AHL	4	1	1	2			2
1990-91	25	Phoenix Roadrunners	IHL	11	4	9	13			40
Career		1 Season	AHL	4	1	1	2			2
Career		1 Season	IHL	11	4	9	13			40

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 9 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Brian Lawton		3.7	2.4	2.3	2.2	2.1	1.2	0.3	0.2	0.1
Kevin LaVallee	92.9	3.9	2.4	2.4	2.2	1.7	1.2	0.0
Bob Kelly	87.9	3.9	2.5	2.4	2.3	1.8	1.6	0.0	-0.2	-0.4
Craig MacTavish	86.5	3.4	2.9	2.5	2.1	2.1	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.0
Steve Bozek	86.1	3.8	3.1	2.3	2.0	2.0	1.3	0.9	0.5	-0.2
Larry Popein	85.9	3.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	1.8	1.7	0.6	-0.1
Antti Laaksonen	85.5	3.3	3.0	2.5	2.4	2.0	1.3	0.2	-0.2
Grant Marshall	85.1	3.9	3.1	2.7	2.3	1.5	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Inge Hammarstrom	85.0	3.9	3.3	2.9	2.5	2.2	1.5
Ted Irvine	84.8	3.8	3.5	3.0	2.3	2.1	1.3	0.7	0.7	0.0
Patrik Stefan	84.1	3.5	2.7	2.4	1.7	1.6	1.1	0.7

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Brian Lawton		3.7	2.4	2.3	2.2	2.1	1.2	0.3	0.2	0.1
Kevin LaVallee	92.9	3.9	2.4	2.4	2.2	1.7	1.2	0.0
Lou Angotti	89.5	4.0	2.6	2.5	2.4	1.6	1.4	0.5	0.5	-0.1	-0.2
Larry Popein	85.9	3.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	1.8	1.7	0.6	-0.1
Antti Laaksonen	85.5	3.3	3.0	2.5	2.4	2.0	1.3	0.2	-0.2
Inge Hammarstrom	85.0	3.9	3.3	2.9	2.5	2.2	1.5
Patrik Stefan	84.1	3.5	2.7	2.4	1.7	1.6	1.1	0.7
Keith McCreary	83.7	4.0	3.5	2.7	2.4	2.3	1.8	0.9	0.0	-0.1
Ernie Hicke	83.3	3.7	3.1	2.7	2.3	2.0	1.9	0.9	-0.3
Pierre Jarry	83.2	3.8	3.1	2.3	1.8	1.7	1.0	0.0
Bill Lindsay	82.9	2.6	2.3	2.2	2.0	1.7	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.5	-0.5

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Game-Winning Goals 1985-86 NHL 7 (9)

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1985-86 NHL 7 (9)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

October 11, 1988: Traded to NY Rangers by Minnesota with Igor Liba and the rights to Rick Bennett for Paul Jerrard, Mark Tinordi, Mike Sullivan, the rights to Bret Barnett and Los Angeles' 3rd round choice (previously acquired, Minnesota selected Murray Garbutt) in 1989 Entry Draft, October 11, 1988.

December 26, 1988: Traded to Hartford by NY Rangers with Norm MacIver and Don Maloney for Carey Wilson and Hartford's 5th round choice (Lubos Rob) in 1990 Entry Draft, December 26, 1988.

December 1, 1989: Claimed on waivers by Quebec from Hartford, December 1, 1989.

February 7, 1990: Signed as a free agent by Boston, February 7, 1990.

July 27, 1990: Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles, July 27, 1990.

August 9, 1991: Signed as a free agent by San Jose, August 9, 1991.

January 22, 1993: Traded to New Jersey by San Jose for future considerations, January 22, 1993.

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