Eric Lindros

Position: C ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-4 ▪ Weight: 240 lbs.
Born: February 28, 1973 in London, Ontario
Draft: Quebec, 1st round (1st overall), 1991 NHL Entry

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Skater Rank: #61. Borje Salming… #62. Yvan Cournoyer… #63. Chris Pronger… #64. ERIC LINDROS… #65. Doug Harvey… #66. Rob Blake… #67. Doug Wilson…

Skater Rank: #61. Borje Salming… #62. Yvan Cournoyer… #63. Chris Pronger… #64. ERIC LINDROS… #65. Doug Harvey… #66. Rob Blake… #67. Doug Wilson…

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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
1992-93	19	PHI	NHL	61	41	34	75	32	28	147	32	8	1	5	24	0	10	180	22.8
1993-94	20	PHI	NHL	65	44	53	97	37	16	103	29	13	2	9	38	1	14	197	22.3
1994-95	21	PHI	NHL	46	29	41	70	27	27	60	22	7	0	4	24	0	17	144	20.1
1995-96	22	PHI	NHL	73	47	68	115	44	26	163	32	15	0	4	43	1	24	294	16.0
1996-97	23	PHI	NHL	52	32	47	79	30	31	136	23	9	0	7	33	0	14	198	16.2
1997-98	24	PHI	NHL	63	30	41	71	27	14	134	19	10	1	4	27	0	14	202	14.9
1998-99	25	PHI	NHL	71	40	53	93	36	35	120	29	10	1	2	36	0	17	242	16.5	1628	22:56
1999-00	26	PHI	NHL	55	27	32	59	24	11	83	16	10	1	2	21	0	11	187	14.4	1212	22:02
2001-02	28	NYR	NHL	72	37	36	73	30	19	138	24	12	1	4	33	0	3	196	18.9	1516	21:03
2002-03	29	NYR	NHL	81	19	34	53	20	5	141	10	9	0	3	23	0	11	235	8.1	1640	20:15
2003-04	30	NYR	NHL	39	10	22	32	11	7	60	7	3	0	0	16	0	6	83	12.0	623	15:59
2005-06	32	TOR	NHL	33	11	11	22	9	-3	43	7	4	0	2	7	0	4	59	18.6	574	17:24
2006-07	33	DAL	NHL	49	5	21	26	8	-1	70	4	1	0	0	14	0	7	95	5.3	718	14:39
Career			NHL	760	372	493	865	335	215	1398	254	111	7	46	339	2	152	2312	16.1	7911	19:47

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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	19	PHI	NHL	61	0.67	0.56	1.23	0.52	2.41	2.95	33	27	60	25	119	34	63	6	28	6.4	1.4	7.8
1993-94	20	PHI	NHL	65	0.68	0.82	1.49	0.58	1.58	3.03	40	48	88	35	134	47	82	11	16	9.0	1.2	10.3
1994-95	21	PHI	NHL	46	0.63	0.89	1.52	0.59	1.30	3.13	50	71	121	47	94	30	40	3	27	7.3	1.5	8.8
1995-96	22	PHI	NHL	73	0.64	0.93	1.58	0.60	2.23	4.03	45	65	110	42	148	57	78	13	26	11.0	1.8	12.8
1996-97	23	PHI	NHL	52	0.62	0.90	1.52	0.58	2.62	3.81	33	49	82	31	105	29	49	4	31	8.4	1.6	10.0
1997-98	24	PHI	NHL	63	0.48	0.65	1.13	0.43	2.13	3.21	34	47	81	31	92	35	47	4	14	7.9	1.3	9.2
1998-99	25	PHI	NHL	71	0.56	0.75	1.31	0.50	1.69	3.41	46	60	106	41	122	45	53	11	35	9.2	3.1	12.4
1999-00	26	PHI	NHL	55	0.49	0.58	1.07	0.43	1.51	3.40	30	35	65	26	80	33	41	5	11	5.7	2.0	7.7
2001-02	28	NYR	NHL	72	0.51	0.50	1.01	0.41	1.92	2.72	43	41	84	35	102	27	63	7	19	7.7	1.8	9.5
2002-03	29	NYR	NHL	81	0.23	0.42	0.65	0.24	1.74	2.90	22	38	60	22	93	35	63	10	5	3.3	1.8	5.2
2003-04	30	NYR	NHL	39	0.26	0.56	0.82	0.29	1.54	2.13	12	25	37	13	43	12	24	0	7	2.9	0.8	3.7
2005-06	32	TOR	NHL	33	0.33	0.33	0.67	0.27	1.30	1.79	11	11	22	9	38	19	34	12	-3	1.6	0.5	2.1
2006-07	33	DAL	NHL	49	0.10	0.43	0.53	0.17	1.43	1.94	5	21	26	8	36	16	21	0	-1	1.1	1.1	2.1
Career			NHL	760	0.49	0.65	1.14	0.44	1.84	3.04	404	538	942	367	1206	419	658	86	215	81.7	20.0	101.6

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
1994-95	21	PHI	NHL	12	4	11	15	5	7	18	4	0	0	1	28	14.3
1995-96	22	PHI	NHL	12	6	6	12	5	-1	43	3	3	0	2	46	13.0
1996-97	23	PHI	NHL	19	12	14	26	10	7	40	8	4	0	1	71	16.9
1997-98	24	PHI	NHL	5	1	2	3	1	-3	17	1	0	0	0	13	7.7
1999-00	26	PHI	NHL	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	33.3	17	8:26
2006-07	33	DAL	NHL	3	0	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	29	9:46
Career			NHL	53	24	33	57	22	8	122	17	7	0	4	164	14.6	46	9:14

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
1988-89	15	St. Michael's Buzzers	ON-Jr.B	37	24	43	67			193
1988-89	15	Canada	Nat-Tm	2	1	0	1			0
1989-90	16	Detroit Compuware Ambassadors	NAHL	14	23	29	52			123
1989-90	16	Canada	Nat-Tm	3	1	0	1			4
1989-90	16	Canada	WJC-A	7	4	0	4			14
1989-90	16	Oshawa Generals	OHL	25	17	19	36			61
1990-91	17	Oshawa Generals	OHL	57	71	78	149			189
1990-91	17	Canada	WJC-A	7	6	11	17			6
1991-92	18	Canada	Can-Cup	8	3	2	5			8
1991-92	18	Oshawa Generals	OHL	13	9	22	31			54
1991-92	18	Canada	Nat-Tm	24	19	16	35			34
1991-92	18	Canada	WJC-A	7	2	8	10			12
1991-92	18	Canada	Olympics	8	5	6	11			5
1992-93	19	Canada	WC-A	8	11	6	17			10
1996-97	23	Canada	W-Cup	8	3	3	6			10
1997-98	24	Canada	Olympics	6	2	3	5			2
2001-02	28	Canada	Olympics	6	1	0	1		-3	8	0	1	0	0
Career		1 Season	Can-Cup	8	3	2	5			8
Career		1 Season	NAHL	14	23	29	52			123
Career		3 Seasons	Nat-Tm	29	21	16	37			38
Career		3 Seasons	OHL	95	97	119	216			304
Career		3 Seasons	Olympics	20	8	9	17		-3	15	0	1	0	0
Career		1 Season	ON-Jr.B	37	24	43	67			193
Career		1 Season	W-Cup	8	3	3	6			10
Career		1 Season	WC-A	8	11	6	17			10
Career		3 Seasons	WJC-A	21	12	19	31			32

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
1988-89	15	St. Michael's Buzzers	ON-Jr.B	27	23	25	48			155
1989-90	16	Oshawa Generals	OHL	17	18	18	36			76
1989-90	16	Oshawa Generals	M-Cup	4	0	9	9			12
1990-91	17	Oshawa Generals	OHL	16	18	20	38			93
Career		1 Season	M-Cup	4	0	9	9			12
Career		2 Seasons	OHL	33	36	38	74			169
Career		1 Season	ON-Jr.B	27	23	25	48			155

Similarity Scores

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

Thru 13 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Eric Lindros		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
Steve Yzerman	92.1	14.4	13.0	11.8	10.4	10.1	10.1	10.0	7.5	7.1	6.5	5.8	3.4	2.1
Jean Beliveau	90.7	13.0	11.0	10.2	10.0	9.3	8.7	8.4	6.8	5.9	4.3	4.3	1.1	0.3
Peter Forsberg	90.3	13.6	11.0	10.8	10.1	10.0	10.0	8.0	7.4	5.4	5.4	5.0	1.6	-0.2
Joe Sakic	90.0	15.8	12.8	11.6	10.1	9.8	9.3	8.1	7.6	7.6	7.5	6.9	6.1	3.5
Joe Thornton	89.0	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
Jari Kurri	88.9	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
Brett Hull	88.8	15.4	11.9	11.8	10.9	9.7	9.4	9.1	8.5	8.4	6.7	6.1	5.5	0.0
Jarome Iginla	88.6	14.4	14.2	11.1	11.1	9.5	8.2	8.2	7.9	7.8	7.0	5.9	4.8	2.5
Martin St. Louis	87.6	13.2	11.8	11.3	9.9	8.7	8.4	7.7	7.6	6.1	4.3	3.9	0.5	0.0
Bryan Trottier	87.0	13.6	12.9	11.2	10.3	10.0	8.7	8.6	7.6	7.6	7.0	6.5	6.3	4.3

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
Eric Lindros		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
Peter Forsberg	90.3	13.6	11.0	10.8	10.1	10.0	10.0	8.0	7.4	5.4	5.4	5.0	1.6	-0.2
Martin St. Louis	87.6	13.2	11.8	11.3	9.9	8.7	8.4	7.7	7.6	6.3	6.1	4.3	3.9	0.5	0.0
Joe Thornton	86.9	13.3	12.2	12.1	11.9	9.6	9.5	8.8	8.4	8.3	7.8	7.2	5.7	4.4	4.3	-0.5
John LeClair	86.5	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
Cy Denneny	86.1	9.2	9.1	6.5	6.1	5.9	5.7	5.5	5.2	3.0	2.3	0.2	-0.2
Jari Kurri	85.9	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
Pavel Bure	85.3	13.5	12.9	12.3	11.9	11.4	8.1	5.7	4.9	4.3	4.2	2.7	1.1
Marian Hossa	85.2	12.4	11.1	10.8	10.2	9.9	9.4	9.0	8.6	7.2	7.0	7.0	6.9	5.0	4.0	-0.1
Dany Heatley	85.2	13.4	12.9	11.6	11.0	10.6	8.8	7.3	6.8	6.3	2.9	2.0
Bryan Trottier	85.0	13.6	12.9	11.2	10.3	10.0	8.7	8.6	7.6	7.6	7.0	6.5	6.3	4.3	2.6	1.5	0.9	0.9	0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games 1994 NHL 1996 NHL 1997 NHL 1998 NHL 1999 NHL 2000 NHL	Awards 1994-95 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy 1994-95 NHL Ted Lindsay Award	Honors 1992-93 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st) 1994-95 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st) 1995-96 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)	Goals 1994-95 NHL 29 (6) 1995-96 NHL 47 (9) 1998-99 NHL 40 (7) 2001-02 NHL 37 (9)
Assists 1994-95 NHL 41 (4) 1995-96 NHL 68 (9) 1998-99 NHL 53 (6)	Points 1994-95 NHL 70 (1) 1995-96 NHL 115 (6) 1998-99 NHL 93 (7)	Goals Created 1994-95 NHL 27.1 (2) 1995-96 NHL 43.7 (5) 1998-99 NHL 35.7 (7)	Plus/Minus 1994-95 NHL 27 (4) 1996-97 NHL 31 (10) 1998-99 NHL 35 (3) Career NHL 215 (49)
Even Strength Goals 1993-94 NHL 29 (8) 1994-95 NHL 22 (1) 1995-96 NHL 32 (5) 1998-99 NHL 29 (2) Career NHL 254 (99)	Power Play Goals 2001-02 NHL 12 (10)	Game-Winning Goals 1993-94 NHL 9 (4) 1996-97 NHL 7 (7)	Shooting Percentage 1992-93 NHL 22.8 (8) 1993-94 NHL 22.3 (3) 2001-02 NHL 18.9 (8) Career NHL 16.1 (89)
Goals Per Game 1993-94 NHL 0.68 (6) 1994-95 NHL 0.63 (6) 1995-96 NHL 0.64 (6) 1996-97 NHL 0.62 (6) 1997-98 NHL 0.48 (8) 1998-99 NHL 0.56 (3) 1999-00 NHL 0.49 (10) 2001-02 NHL 0.51 (4) Career NHL 0.49 (30)	Assists Per Game 1993-94 NHL 0.82 (10) 1994-95 NHL 0.89 (4) 1995-96 NHL 0.93 (8) 1996-97 NHL 0.90 (2) 1997-98 NHL 0.65 (10) 1998-99 NHL 0.75 (7) Career NHL 0.65 (40)	Points Per Game 1993-94 NHL 1.49 (3) 1994-95 NHL 1.52 (1) 1995-96 NHL 1.58 (3) 1996-97 NHL 1.52 (2) 1997-98 NHL 1.13 (6) 1998-99 NHL 1.31 (4) 1999-00 NHL 1.07 (9) 2001-02 NHL 1.01 (9) Career NHL 1.14 (19)	Goals Created Per Game 1993-94 NHL 0.58 (4) 1994-95 NHL 0.59 (1) 1995-96 NHL 0.60 (3) 1996-97 NHL 0.58 (3) 1997-98 NHL 0.43 (7) 1998-99 NHL 0.50 (3) 1999-00 NHL 0.43 (7) 2001-02 NHL 0.41 (7) Career NHL 0.44 (25)
Adjusted Goals 1994-95 NHL 50 (6) 1995-96 NHL 45 (9) 1998-99 NHL 46 (7) 2001-02 NHL 43 (9) Career NHL 404 (84)	Adjusted Assists 1994-95 NHL 71 (4) 1995-96 NHL 65 (9) 1998-99 NHL 60 (6)	Adjusted Points 1994-95 NHL 121 (1) 1995-96 NHL 110 (6) 1998-99 NHL 106 (7) Career NHL 942 (86)	Adjusted Goals Created 1994-95 NHL 46.6 (2) 1995-96 NHL 42.3 (5) 1998-99 NHL 41.5 (6) 2001-02 NHL 34.6 (9) Career NHL 367.1 (88)
Total Goals On-Ice For 1994-95 NHL 94 (3) 1995-96 NHL 148 (10)	Offensive Point Shares 1993-94 NHL 9.0 (10) 1994-95 NHL 7.3 (1) 1995-96 NHL 11.0 (4) 1998-99 NHL 9.2 (5) 2001-02 NHL 7.7 (9) Career NHL 81.7 (70)	Point Shares 1994-95 NHL 8.8 (3) 1995-96 NHL 12.8 (7) 1998-99 NHL 12.4 (10)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

December 18, 1989: Rights traded to Oshawa (OHL) by Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) for Mike DeCoff, Jason Denomme, Mike Lenarduzzi and Oshawa's 2nd round choices in 1990 (Drew Bannister) and 1991 (Dave Roach) OHL Priority Drafts, December 18, 1989.

June 30, 1992: Traded to Philadelphia by Quebec for Peter Forsberg, Steve Duchesne, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci, Ron Hextall, Philadelphia's 1st round choice (Jocelyn Thibault) in 1993 Entry Draft, $15,000,000 and future considerations (Chris Simon and Philadelphia's 1st round choice (later traded to Toronto - later traded to Washington - Washington selected Nolan Baumgartner) in 1994 Entry Draft, July 21, 1992), June 30, 1992.

May 26, 2000: Missed entire 2000-01 due to concussion vs. New Jersey, May 26, 2000 and due to contract dispute with Philadelphia Flyers.

August 20, 2001: Traded to NY Rangers by Philadelphia for Kim Johnsson, Jan Hlavac, Pavel Brendl and NY Rangers' 3rd round choice (Stefan Ruzicka) in 2003 Entry Draft, August 20, 2001.

January 28, 2004: Missed majority of 2003-04 due to shoulder (October 23, 2003 vs. Florida) and head (January 28, 2004 vs. Washington) injuries.

August 11, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Toronto, August 11, 2005.

July 17, 2006: Signed as a free agent by Dallas, July 17, 2006.

November 8, 2007: Officially announced his retirement, November 8, 2007.

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