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Dave Lewis

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: July 3, 1953 in Kindersley, Saskatchewan

Drafted by the New York Islanders in the 3rd round (33rd overall) of the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft.

Coaching Record

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NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 20 NYI NHL 66 2 15 17 5 -7 58 0 1 1 1 63 3.2
1974-75 21 NYI NHL 78 5 14 19 7 8 98 5 0 0 1 95 5.3
1975-76 22 NYI NHL 73 0 19 19 5 29 54 0 0 0 0 91 0.0
1976-77 23 NYI NHL 79 4 24 28 9 29 44 3 0 1 1 102 3.9
1977-78 24 NYI NHL 77 3 11 14 5 32 58 2 0 1 1 111 2.7
1978-79 25 NYI NHL 79 5 18 23 8 43 43 5 0 0 0 95 5.3
1979-80 26 TOT NHL 73 6 17 23 8 13 66 6 0 0 0 77 7.8
1979-80 26 NYI NHL 62 5 16 21 7 10 54 5 0 0 0 66 7.6
1979-80 26 LAK NHL 11 1 1 2 1 3 12 1 0 0 0 11 9.1
1980-81 27 LAK NHL 67 1 12 13 4 25 98 1 0 0 0 46 2.2
1981-82 28 LAK NHL 64 1 13 14 4 -19 75 1 0 0 0 50 2.0
1982-83 29 LAK NHL 79 2 10 12 4 -22 53 2 0 0 0 64 3.1
1983-84 30 NJD NHL 66 2 5 7 3 -19 63 2 0 0 0 38 5.3
1984-85 31 NJD NHL 74 3 9 12 4 -29 78 3 0 0 2 51 5.9
1985-86 32 NJD NHL 69 0 15 15 4 0 81 0 0 0 0 38 0.0
1986-87 33 DET NHL 58 2 5 7 2 12 66 2 0 0 0 37 5.4
1987-88 34 DET NHL 6 0 0 0 0 -3 18 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
Career NHL 1008 36 187 223 71 92 953 32 1 3 6 961 3.7

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
1973-74 20 NYI NHL 66 0.03 0.23 0.26 0.08 0.88 0.95 2 14 16 5 55 3 78 19 -7 0.3 4.0 4.3
1974-75 21 NYI NHL 78 0.06 0.18 0.24 0.08 1.26 1.22 4 12 16 5 64 2 69 15 8 0.3 5.0 5.3
1975-76 22 NYI NHL 73 0.00 0.26 0.26 0.07 0.74 1.25 0 17 17 5 75 1 58 13 29 0.1 6.3 6.3
1976-77 23 NYI NHL 79 0.05 0.30 0.35 0.11 0.56 1.29 4 22 26 8 77 0 72 24 29 1.0 5.9 6.9
1977-78 24 NYI NHL 77 0.04 0.14 0.18 0.06 0.75 1.44 3 10 13 4 93 0 82 21 32 -0.3 5.3 5.1
1978-79 25 NYI NHL 79 0.06 0.23 0.29 0.10 0.54 1.20 4 15 19 6 98 0 83 28 43 0.4 5.9 6.4
1979-80 26 TOT NHL 73 0.08 0.23 0.32 0.11 0.90 1.05 5 15 20 7 76 3 99 39 13 0.7 4.6 5.3
1979-80 26 NYI NHL 62 0.08 0.26 0.34 0.11 0.87 1.06 4 14 18 6 65 2 90 37 10 0.7 3.9 4.6
1979-80 26 LAK NHL 11 0.09 0.09 0.18 0.08 1.09 1.00 1 1 2 1 11 1 9 2 3 0.0 0.7 0.7
1980-81 27 LAK NHL 67 0.01 0.18 0.19 0.06 1.46 0.69 1 9 10 3 73 1 73 26 25 -0.4 4.6 4.2
1981-82 28 LAK NHL 64 0.02 0.20 0.22 0.06 1.17 0.78 1 9 10 3 54 2 99 28 -19 -0.3 2.0 1.8
1982-83 29 LAK NHL 79 0.03 0.13 0.15 0.05 0.67 0.81 2 8 10 3 67 4 111 26 -22 -0.6 2.3 1.7
1983-84 30 NJD NHL 66 0.03 0.08 0.11 0.04 0.95 0.58 2 4 6 2 49 0 94 26 -19 -0.7 2.8 2.1
1984-85 31 NJD NHL 74 0.04 0.12 0.16 0.06 1.05 0.69 2 7 9 3 57 0 120 34 -29 -0.4 2.7 2.3
1985-86 32 NJD NHL 69 0.00 0.22 0.22 0.06 1.17 0.55 0 12 12 3 69 3 109 43 0 -0.3 3.0 2.6
1986-87 33 DET NHL 58 0.03 0.09 0.12 0.04 1.14 0.64 2 4 6 2 42 0 46 16 12 -0.5 4.1 3.6
1987-88 34 DET NHL 6 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 0.50 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 3 -3 -0.1 0.1 0.0
Career NHL 1008 0.04 0.19 0.22 0.07 0.95 0.95 32 158 190 61 951 20 1200 361 92 -0.9 58.7 57.8

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1974-75 21 NYI NHL 17 0 1 1 28 0 0 0 0
1975-76 22 NYI NHL 13 0 1 1 44 0 0 0 0
1976-77 23 NYI NHL 12 1 6 7 4 1 0 0 0
1977-78 24 NYI NHL 7 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 0
1978-79 25 NYI NHL 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
1979-80 26 LAK NHL 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
1980-81 27 LAK NHL 4 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
1981-82 28 LAK NHL 10 0 4 4 36 0 0 0 0
1986-87 33 DET NHL 14 0 4 4 1 10 0 0 0 0 8 0.0
Career NHL 91 1 20 21 1 143 1 0 0 0 8 0.0

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1971-72 18 Saskatoon Blades WCJHL 52 2 9 11 68
1972-73 19 Saskatoon Blades WCJHL 67 10 35 45 89
Career 2 Seasons WCJHL 119 12 44 56 157

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1971-72 18 Saskatoon Blades WCJHL 8 2 3 5 4
1972-73 19 Saskatoon Blades WCJHL 16 3 12 15 44
Career 2 Seasons WCJHL 24 5 15 20 48

Similarity Scores

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Thru 15 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Dave Lewis 6.9 6.4 6.3 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.3 4.2 3.6 2.6 2.3 2.1 1.8 1.7 0.0
Lyle Odelein 91.7 7.2 6.7 6.3 5.5 5.2 4.6 4.5 3.8 3.6 3.2 3.1 2.8 2.3 1.8 0.4
Doug Lidster 91.1 6.3 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.1 4.6 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.8 2.7 2.0 1.8 0.6 -0.1
Jimmy Roberts 89.9 8.7 7.3 5.9 5.2 5.1 4.6 4.4 3.6 3.3 2.7 2.6 2.2 1.0 0.9 0.4
Gilles Marotte 89.8 6.5 6.2 5.4 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.1 3.7 3.1 2.6 1.8
Chris Phillips 89.6 6.8 6.2 5.6 5.1 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.3 1.2 0.9
Gus Mortson 89.4 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.0 4.4 4.2 4.1 3.0 2.2 2.1 1.2
Craig Rivet 89.4 7.4 5.8 5.5 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.3 3.3 3.0 2.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 0.5 0.4
Leo Boivin 89.3 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.3 4.1 3.7 2.8 2.5 2.1 2.1 1.8 0.2
Moose Vasko 89.0 6.5 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.3 4.8 4.8 4.3 3.8 3.1 3.1 1.9 0.0
Kjell Samuelsson 88.9 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.8 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.1 2.7 2.5 1.5 1.2 0.3
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
Dave Lewis 6.9 6.4 6.3 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.3 4.2 3.6 2.6 2.3 2.1 1.8 1.7 0.0
Lyle Odelein 91.5 7.2 6.7 6.3 5.5 5.2 4.6 4.5 3.8 3.6 3.2 3.1 2.8 2.3 1.8 0.4 -0.4
Larry Hillman 91.3 5.9 5.9 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.2 4.4 3.4 2.9 2.3 2.1 1.7 1.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1
Doug Lidster 90.8 6.3 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.1 4.6 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.8 2.7 2.0 1.8 0.6 0.3 -0.1
Jimmy Roberts 89.9 8.7 7.3 5.9 5.2 5.1 4.6 4.4 3.6 3.3 2.7 2.6 2.2 1.0 0.9 0.4
Gilles Marotte 89.8 6.5 6.2 5.4 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.1 3.7 3.1 2.6 1.8
Chris Phillips 89.6 6.8 6.2 5.6 5.1 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.3 1.2 0.9
Craig Rivet 89.4 7.4 5.8 5.5 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.3 3.3 3.0 2.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 0.5 0.4 0.1
Gus Mortson 89.4 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.0 4.4 4.2 4.1 3.0 2.2 2.1 1.2
Moose Vasko 89.0 6.5 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.3 4.8 4.8 4.3 3.8 3.1 3.1 1.9 0.0
Kjell Samuelsson 88.9 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.8 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.1 2.7 2.5 1.5 1.2 0.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Plus/Minus

1978-79 NHL 43 (9)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

Career NHL 361 (72)

Defensive Point Shares

1975-76 NHL 6.3 (10)
1978-79 NHL 5.9 (6)
Career NHL 58.7 (65)

Transactions

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March 10, 1980: Traded to Los Angeles by NY Islanders with Billy Harris for Butch Goring, March 10, 1980.

October 3, 1983: Traded to Minnesota by Los Angeles for Steve Christoff and Fred Barrett, October 3, 1983.

October 3, 1983: Traded to New Jersey by Minnesota for Brent Ashton, October 3, 1983.

July 27, 1986: Signed as a free agent by Detroit, July 27, 1986.

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