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John LeClair

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-3    Weight: 226 lbs.
Born: July 5, 1969 in St. Albans, Vermont

Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2nd round (33rd overall) of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 9:26AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #100. Rob Blake… #101. Rick Martin… #102. JOHN LECLAIR… #102. Guy Lapointe… #104. Elmer Lach… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1990-91 21 MTL NHL 10 2 5 7 2 1 2 2 0 0 1 12 16.7
1991-92 22 MTL NHL 59 8 11 19 7 5 14 5 3 0 0 73 11.0
1992-93 23 MTL NHL 72 19 25 44 17 11 33 17 2 0 2 139 13.7
1993-94 24 MTL NHL 74 19 24 43 17 17 32 18 1 0 1 153 12.4
1994-95 25 TOT NHL 46 26 28 54 22 20 30 20 6 0 7 131 19.8
1994-95 25 MTL NHL 9 1 4 5 2 -1 10 0 1 0 0 18 5.6
1994-95 25 PHI NHL 37 25 24 49 20 21 20 20 5 0 7 113 22.1
1995-96 26 PHI NHL 82 51 46 97 40 21 64 32 19 0 10 270 18.9
1996-97 27 PHI NHL 82 50 47 97 40 44 58 40 10 0 5 324 15.4
1997-98 28 PHI NHL 82 51 36 87 37 30 32 35 16 0 9 303 16.8
1998-99 29 PHI NHL 76 43 47 90 36 36 30 27 16 0 7 246 17.5 1600 21:03
1999-00 30 PHI NHL 82 40 37 77 32 8 36 27 13 0 7 249 16.1 1664 20:18
2000-01 31 PHI NHL 16 7 5 12 5 2 0 4 3 0 2 48 14.6 306 19:06
2001-02 32 PHI NHL 82 25 26 51 21 5 30 21 4 0 6 220 11.4 1435 17:30
2002-03 33 PHI NHL 35 18 10 28 13 10 16 10 8 0 4 99 18.2 565 16:09
2003-04 34 PHI NHL 75 23 32 55 21 20 51 15 8 0 4 182 12.6 1207 16:06
2005-06 36 PIT NHL 73 22 29 51 19 -24 61 13 8 1 0 135 16.3 1150 15:45
2006-07 37 PIT NHL 21 2 5 7 2 -2 12 1 1 0 0 27 7.4 249 11:51
Career NHL 967 406 413 819 332 204 501 287 118 1 65 2611 15.5 8176 17:46

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
1990-91 21 MTL NHL 10 0.20 0.50 0.70 0.25 0.20 1.20 2 4 6 2 8 0 7 0 1 0.3 0.2 0.5
1991-92 22 MTL NHL 59 0.14 0.19 0.32 0.13 0.24 1.24 7 10 17 7 26 4 17 0 5 -0.1 1.0 0.9
1992-93 23 MTL NHL 72 0.26 0.35 0.61 0.24 0.46 1.93 15 20 35 14 61 6 45 1 11 1.9 1.1 3.0
1993-94 24 MTL NHL 74 0.26 0.32 0.58 0.23 0.43 2.07 17 22 39 15 63 9 37 0 17 2.4 1.5 3.8
1994-95 25 TOT NHL 46 0.57 0.61 1.17 0.48 0.65 2.85 45 48 93 38 80 25 37 2 20 5.6 1.3 6.8
1994-95 25 MTL NHL 9 0.11 0.44 0.56 0.18 1.11 2.00 2 7 9 3 8 3 8 2 -1 0.2 0.1 0.3
1994-95 25 PHI NHL 37 0.68 0.65 1.32 0.55 0.54 3.05 43 41 84 35 72 22 29 0 21 5.4 1.2 6.5
1995-96 26 PHI NHL 82 0.62 0.56 1.18 0.49 0.78 3.29 49 44 93 39 141 57 63 0 21 9.5 1.7 11.2
1996-97 27 PHI NHL 82 0.61 0.57 1.18 0.49 0.71 3.95 52 49 101 42 153 43 66 0 44 10.6 2.4 13.0
1997-98 28 PHI NHL 82 0.62 0.44 1.06 0.45 0.39 3.70 59 41 100 43 124 45 49 0 30 11.0 2.1 13.1
1998-99 29 PHI NHL 76 0.57 0.62 1.18 0.47 0.39 3.24 49 53 102 41 131 48 47 0 36 9.3 3.1 12.4
1999-00 30 PHI NHL 82 0.49 0.45 0.94 0.39 0.44 3.04 44 40 84 35 114 47 60 1 8 7.7 2.5 10.2
2000-01 31 PHI NHL 16 0.44 0.31 0.75 0.32 0.00 3.00 8 5 13 6 18 8 8 0 2 1.1 0.4 1.5
2001-02 32 PHI NHL 82 0.30 0.32 0.62 0.25 0.37 2.68 29 29 58 24 81 23 54 1 5 4.4 1.6 5.9
2002-03 33 PHI NHL 35 0.51 0.29 0.80 0.36 0.46 2.83 20 11 31 14 40 15 15 0 10 3.5 1.1 4.6
2003-04 34 PHI NHL 75 0.31 0.43 0.73 0.28 0.68 2.43 27 37 64 25 80 30 30 0 20 5.2 2.1 7.3
2005-06 36 PIT NHL 73 0.30 0.40 0.70 0.26 0.84 1.85 22 28 50 20 74 44 55 1 -24 3.7 0.2 4.0
2006-07 37 PIT NHL 21 0.10 0.24 0.33 0.11 0.57 1.29 2 5 7 2 9 3 8 0 -2 0.2 0.2 0.4
Career NHL 967 0.42 0.43 0.85 0.34 0.52 2.70 447 446 893 365 1203 407 598 6 204 76.3 22.4 98.7

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1990-91 21 MTL NHL 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
1991-92 22 MTL NHL 8 1 1 2 -2 4 1 0 0 0 10 10.0
1992-93 23 MTL NHL SC 20 4 6 10 2 14 4 0 0 3 44 9.1
1993-94 24 MTL NHL 7 2 1 3 -1 8 1 1 0 0 13 15.4
1994-95 25 PHI NHL 15 5 7 12 7 4 4 1 0 1 37 13.5
1995-96 26 PHI NHL 11 6 5 11 3 6 2 4 0 1 25 24.0
1996-97 27 PHI NHL 19 9 12 21 5 10 5 4 0 3 79 11.4
1997-98 28 PHI NHL 5 1 1 2 -4 8 0 1 0 1 19 5.3
1998-99 29 PHI NHL 6 3 0 3 0 12 1 2 0 0 15 20.0 121 20:14
1999-00 30 PHI NHL 18 6 7 13 3 6 2 4 0 2 64 9.4 383 21:16
2000-01 31 PHI NHL 6 1 2 3 -2 2 1 0 0 0 13 7.7 117 19:34
2001-02 32 PHI NHL 5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 86 17:18
2002-03 33 PHI NHL 13 2 3 5 5 10 1 1 0 0 31 6.5 223 17:09
2003-04 34 PHI NHL 18 2 2 4 2 8 2 0 0 0 27 7.4 287 15:57
Career NHL 1 154 42 47 89 18 94 24 18 0 11 387 10.9 1218 18:28

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1985-86 16 Bellows Free Academy High-VT 22 41 28 69 14
1986-87 17 Bellows Free Academy High-VT 23 44 40 84 14
1987-88 18 University of Vermont ECAC 31 12 22 34 62
1987-88 18 United States WJC-A 7 4 2 6 12
1988-89 19 University of Vermont ECAC 18 9 12 21 40
1988-89 19 United States WJC-A 7 6 4 10 12
1989-90 20 University of Vermont ECAC 10 10 6 16 38
1990-91 21 University of Vermont ECAC 33 25 20 45 58
1991-92 22 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 8 7 7 14 10
1996-97 27 United States W-Cup 7 6 4 10 6
1997-98 28 United States Olympics 4 0 1 1 0
2001-02 32 United States Olympics 6 6 1 7 2 2 4 2 0 1
Career 1 Season AHL 8 7 7 14 10
Career 4 Seasons ECAC 92 56 60 116 198
Career 2 Seasons High-VT 45 85 68 153 28
Career 2 Seasons Olympics 10 6 2 8 2 2 4 2 0 1
Career 1 Season W-Cup 7 6 4 10 6
Career 2 Seasons WJC-A 14 10 6 16 24

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1991-92 22 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 2 0 0 0 4
Career 1 Season AHL 2 0 0 0 4

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
John LeClair 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
Pavel Bure 92.8 13.5 12.9 12.3 11.9 11.4 8.1 5.7 4.9 4.3 4.2 2.7 1.1
Charlie Conacher 87.5 10.2 9.6 8.9 8.6 7.5 5.4 4.8 4.0 2.7 2.0 2.0 0.9
Eric Lindros 86.5 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 86.4 12.5 9.3 9.2 8.6 8.2 7.6 6.9 5.1 3.3 1.8 0.1
Ziggy Palffy 85.6 12.1 12.0 11.4 11.1 8.9 8.1 7.8 5.7 5.7 3.8 1.8 -0.3
Dany Heatley 85.3 13.4 12.9 11.6 11.0 10.6 8.8 7.3 6.8 2.9
Martin St. Louis 84.9 13.2 11.8 11.3 9.9 8.7 8.4 7.6 6.1 4.3 3.9 0.5 0.0
Joe Thornton 84.9 13.3 12.2 12.1 11.9 9.6 9.5 8.8 8.3 7.8 7.2 5.7 4.3 -0.5
Paul Kariya 83.7 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
Markus Naslund 83.1 13.5 11.9 11.4 9.5 7.8 7.5 6.4 6.4 6.1 4.9 4.7 3.2 3.0 0.1 -0.8
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
John LeClair 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
Pavel Bure 92.8 13.5 12.9 12.3 11.9 11.4 8.1 5.7 4.9 4.3 4.2 2.7 1.1
Charlie Conacher 87.5 10.2 9.6 8.9 8.6 7.5 5.4 4.8 4.0 2.7 2.0 2.0 0.9
Eric Lindros 86.5 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 86.4 12.5 9.3 9.2 8.6 8.2 7.6 6.9 5.1 3.3 1.8 0.1
Ziggy Palffy 85.6 12.1 12.0 11.4 11.1 8.9 8.1 7.8 5.7 5.7 3.8 1.8 -0.3
Dany Heatley 85.3 13.4 12.9 11.6 11.0 10.6 8.8 7.3 6.8 2.9
Martin St. Louis 84.9 13.2 11.8 11.3 9.9 8.7 8.4 7.6 6.1 4.3 3.9 0.5 0.0
Joe Thornton 84.9 13.3 12.2 12.1 11.9 9.6 9.5 8.8 8.3 7.8 7.2 5.7 4.3 -0.5
Paul Kariya 83.7 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
Markus Naslund 83.1 13.5 11.9 11.4 9.5 7.8 7.5 6.4 6.4 6.1 4.9 4.7 3.2 3.0 0.1 -0.8

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1996 NHL
1997 NHL
1998 NHL
1999 NHL
2000 NHL

Honors

1994-95 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1995-96 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1996-97 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1997-98 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1998-99 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1993 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)

Games Played

1995-96 NHL 82 (3)
1996-97 NHL 82 (1)
 1997-98 NHL 82 (2)
1999-00 NHL 82 (2)
2001-02 NHL 82 (2)

Goals

1994-95 NHL 26 (10)
1995-96 NHL 51 (5)
1996-97 NHL 50 (3)
1997-98 NHL 51 (3)
1998-99 NHL 43 (5)
1999-00 NHL 40 (7)
Career NHL 406 (83)

Points

1994-95 NHL 54 (9)
1996-97 NHL 97 (4)
1997-98 NHL 87 (5)
1998-99 NHL 90 (9)

Goals Created

1994-95 NHL 21.9 (7)
1995-96 NHL 39.9 (9)
1996-97 NHL 40.2 (3)
1997-98 NHL 37.2 (3)
1998-99 NHL 35.7 (7)
1999-00 NHL 32.2 (8)

Plus/Minus

1994-95 NHL 20 (9)
1996-97 NHL 44 (1)
 1997-98 NHL 30 (4)
1998-99 NHL 36 (2)
Career NHL 204 (55)

Even Strength Goals

1994-95 NHL 20 (4)
1995-96 NHL 32 (5)
1996-97 NHL 40 (2)
1997-98 NHL 35 (3)
1998-99 NHL 27 (5)
1999-00 NHL 27 (4)
Career NHL 287 (59)

Power Play Goals

1995-96 NHL 19 (5)
1997-98 NHL 16 (2)
1998-99 NHL 16 (4)
1999-00 NHL 13 (4)
Career NHL 118 (99)

Game-Winning Goals

1994-95 NHL 7 (2)
1995-96 NHL 10 (3)
1997-98 NHL 9 (4)
1998-99 NHL 7 (9)
1999-00 NHL 7 (8)
Career NHL 65 (49)

Shots

1996-97 NHL 324 (5)
1997-98 NHL 303 (2)

Goals Per Game

1995-96 NHL 0.62 (9)
1996-97 NHL 0.61 (7)
1997-98 NHL 0.62 (3)
1998-99 NHL 0.57 (2)
Career NHL 0.42 (79)

Points Per Game

1994-95 NHL 1.17 (10)
1996-97 NHL 1.18 (8)
1998-99 NHL 1.18 (8)

Goals Created Per Game

1994-95 NHL 0.48 (6)
1996-97 NHL 0.49 (6)
1997-98 NHL 0.45 (5)
1998-99 NHL 0.47 (7)

Adjusted Goals

1994-95 NHL 45 (10)
1995-96 NHL 49 (5)
1996-97 NHL 52 (3)
1997-98 NHL 59 (3)
1998-99 NHL 49 (5)
1999-00 NHL 44 (7)
Career NHL 447 (56)

Adjusted Points

1994-95 NHL 93 (9)
1996-97 NHL 101 (4)
1997-98 NHL 100 (5)
1998-99 NHL 102 (9)

Adjusted Goals Created

1994-95 NHL 37.6 (7)
1995-96 NHL 38.7 (7)
1996-97 NHL 41.7 (3)
1997-98 NHL 43.4 (2)
1998-99 NHL 41.2 (7)
1999-00 NHL 34.9 (9)
Career NHL 365.5 (90)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1996-97 NHL 153 (3)
1997-98 NHL 124 (3)
1998-99 NHL 131 (7)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1999-00 NHL 47 (9)

Offensive Point Shares

1994-95 NHL 5.6 (7)
1995-96 NHL 9.5 (10)
1996-97 NHL 10.6 (3)
1997-98 NHL 11.0 (3)
1998-99 NHL 9.3 (4)
1999-00 NHL 7.7 (7)
Career NHL 76.3 (83)

Point Shares

1996-97 NHL 13.0 (9)
1997-98 NHL 13.1 (3)
1998-99 NHL 12.4 (9)
    

Transactions

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January 20, 1990: Missed majority of 1989-90 due to knee surgery, January 20, 1990.

February 9, 1995: Traded to Philadelphia by Montreal with Eric Desjardins and Gilbert Dionne for Mark Recchi and Philadelphia's 3rd round choice (Martin Hohenberger) in 1995 Entry Draft, February 9, 1995.

October 7, 2000: Missed majority of 2000-01 due to back injury vs. Boston, October 7, 2000.

November 27, 2002: Missed majority of 2002-03 due to shoulder injury vs. St. Louis, November 27, 2002.

August 15, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh, August 15, 2005.

December 14, 2006: Released by Pittsburgh, December 14, 2006.

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