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Tom Lysiak

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: April 22, 1953 in High Prairie, Alberta

Drafted by the Atlanta Flames in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 9:17AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #260. Babe Dye… #260. Craig Janney… #262. Al Iafrate… #262. TOM LYSIAK… #262. Derek Sanderson… 

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 ATF NHL 77 19 45 64 23 -15 54 15 4 0 2 216 8.8
1974-75 21 ATF NHL 77 25 52 77 28 23 73 16 9 0 2 206 12.1
1975-76 22 ATF NHL 80 31 51 82 31 2 60 21 9 1 5 233 13.3
1976-77 23 ATF NHL 79 30 51 81 31 3 52 24 5 1 3 277 10.8
1977-78 24 ATF NHL 80 27 42 69 27 -3 54 24 3 0 5 215 12.6
1978-79 25 TOT NHL 66 23 45 68 25 19 50 15 7 1 2 164 14.0
1978-79 25 ATF NHL 52 23 35 58 22 16 36 15 7 1 2 137 16.8
1978-79 25 CBH NHL 14 0 10 10 3 3 14 0 0 0 0 27 0.0
1979-80 26 CBH NHL 77 26 43 69 26 -7 31 16 10 0 7 160 16.3
1980-81 27 CBH NHL 72 21 55 76 26 7 20 14 5 2 3 167 12.6
1981-82 28 CBH NHL 71 32 50 82 31 -8 84 20 10 2 4 170 18.8
1982-83 29 CBH NHL 61 23 38 61 23 13 27 17 6 0 4 122 18.9
1983-84 30 CBH NHL 54 17 30 47 18 -13 35 11 5 1 2 103 16.5
1984-85 31 CBH NHL 74 16 30 46 17 -16 13 14 2 0 4 100 16.0
1985-86 32 CBH NHL 51 2 19 21 6 -19 14 2 0 0 0 77 2.6
Career NHL 919 292 551 843 312 -14 567 209 75 8 43 2210 13.2

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 ATF NHL 77 0.25 0.58 0.83 0.30 0.70 2.81 18 43 61 22 96 42 70 1 -15 4.0 0.8 4.9
1974-75 21 ATF NHL 77 0.32 0.68 1.00 0.36 0.95 2.68 21 45 66 24 122 49 68 18 23 4.9 1.9 6.8
1975-76 22 ATF NHL 80 0.39 0.64 1.03 0.39 0.75 2.91 27 45 72 27 108 44 74 12 2 5.7 1.3 7.0
1976-77 23 ATF NHL 79 0.38 0.65 1.03 0.39 0.66 3.51 26 46 72 27 120 30 93 6 3 6.0 1.1 7.1
1977-78 24 ATF NHL 80 0.34 0.53 0.86 0.33 0.68 2.69 24 38 62 23 93 19 81 4 -3 4.7 0.8 5.5
1978-79 25 TOT NHL 66 0.35 0.68 1.03 0.38 0.76 2.48 19 38 57 21 104 29 63 7 19 4.4 1.2 5.6
1978-79 25 ATF NHL 52 0.44 0.67 1.12 0.43 0.69 2.63 19 30 49 19 86 25 52 7 16 4.2 0.9 5.1
1978-79 25 CBH NHL 14 0.00 0.71 0.71 0.19 1.00 1.93 0 8 8 2 18 4 11 0 3 0.2 0.3 0.5
1979-80 26 CBH NHL 77 0.34 0.56 0.90 0.33 0.40 2.08 22 37 59 22 93 36 75 11 -7 4.1 1.2 5.2
1980-81 27 CBH NHL 72 0.29 0.76 1.06 0.37 0.28 2.32 16 43 59 20 105 31 103 36 7 3.9 1.1 5.0
1981-82 28 CBH NHL 71 0.45 0.70 1.15 0.44 1.18 2.39 23 37 60 23 108 34 105 23 -8 4.8 0.7 5.5
1982-83 29 CBH NHL 61 0.38 0.62 1.00 0.38 0.44 2.00 18 31 49 18 82 25 52 8 13 3.6 1.0 4.6
1983-84 30 CBH NHL 54 0.31 0.56 0.87 0.32 0.65 1.91 13 24 37 14 65 17 68 7 -13 2.3 0.5 2.8
1984-85 31 CBH NHL 74 0.22 0.41 0.62 0.23 0.18 1.35 13 24 37 14 72 20 76 8 -16 1.5 0.4 1.9
1985-86 32 CBH NHL 51 0.04 0.37 0.41 0.12 0.27 1.51 2 15 17 5 33 4 50 2 -19 -0.4 0.0 -0.4
Career NHL 919 0.32 0.60 0.92 0.34 0.62 2.40 242 466 708 259 1201 380 978 143 -14 49.5 12.0 61.5

NHL Playoffs

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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 ATF NHL 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
1975-76 22 ATF NHL 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1976-77 23 ATF NHL 3 1 3 4 8 0 1 0 0
1977-78 24 ATF NHL 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0
1978-79 25 CBH NHL 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1979-80 26 CBH NHL 7 4 4 8 0 0 4 0 0
1980-81 27 CBH NHL 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
1981-82 28 CBH NHL 15 6 9 15 13 3 3 0 0
1982-83 29 CBH NHL 13 6 7 13 8 4 2 0 2
1983-84 30 CBH NHL 5 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 7 14.3
1984-85 31 CBH NHL 15 4 8 12 5 10 4 0 0 0 26 15.4
1985-86 32 CBH NHL 3 2 1 3 -1 2 2 0 0 0 6 33.3
Career NHL 76 25 38 63 5 49 15 10 0 2 39 17.9

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1970-71 17 Medicine Hat Tigers WCJHL 60 14 16 30 112
1971-72 18 Medicine Hat Tigers WCJHL 68 46 97 143 96
1972-73 19 Medicine Hat Tigers WCJHL 67 58 96 154 104
1977-78 24 Canada WEC-A 7 1 1 2 4
Career 3 Seasons WCJHL 195 118 209 327 312
Career 1 Season WEC-A 7 1 1 2 4

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 Medicine Hat Tigers WCJHL 7 7 5 12 18
1972-73 19 Medicine Hat Tigers WCJHL 17 12 27 39 48
1972-73 19 Medicine Hat Tigers M-Cup 2 1 1 2 4
Career 1 Season M-Cup 2 1 1 2 4
Career 2 Seasons WCJHL 24 19 32 51 66

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 13 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Tom Lysiak 7.1 7.0 6.8 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.6 2.8 1.9 -0.4
John Bucyk 93.3 7.5 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.4 4.0 2.8 1.4 0.1
Saku Koivu 93.3 7.4 6.9 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.0 3.3 2.2 0.1
Ed Olczyk 91.4 7.2 6.6 6.4 6.0 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.2 3.4 3.2 2.5 0.7 0.0
Bryan Smolinski 91.4 6.8 6.4 5.8 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.4 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3 0.2
Rick Kehoe 91.1 7.8 6.7 6.2 5.6 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.2 3.7 3.4 2.6 1.1
Cliff Ronning 91.1 6.8 6.4 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.4 4.8 4.6 4.2 3.5 1.7 1.6 0.8
Jere Lehtinen 90.7 7.5 6.7 6.5 6.1 5.7 5.3 5.0 4.6 4.5 2.7 1.7 1.7 0.8
Alex Delvecchio 90.3 7.2 6.7 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.6 4.8 4.6 4.2 4.1 3.0 0.0
Don McKenney 90.2 6.6 6.3 6.1 5.8 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.0 3.3 2.8 2.7 1.0 0.0
Butch Goring 90.0 7.8 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.4 4.3 3.7 2.7 0.9 0.4
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Tom Lysiak 7.1 7.0 6.8 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.6 2.8 1.9 -0.4
Rick Kehoe 91.1 7.8 6.7 6.2 5.6 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.2 3.7 3.4 2.6 1.1 0.0
Ted Kennedy 91.0 6.8 6.7 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.7 4.1 3.9 2.0 0.0 0.0
Jere Lehtinen 90.5 7.5 6.7 6.5 6.1 5.7 5.3 5.0 4.6 4.5 2.7 1.7 1.7 0.8 0.3
Don McKenney 90.2 6.6 6.3 6.1 5.8 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.0 3.3 2.8 2.7 1.0 0.0
Ed Olczyk 89.7 7.2 6.6 6.4 6.0 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.2 3.4 3.2 2.5 2.0 1.6 0.7 0.0 -0.3
Craig Janney 89.7 7.9 7.7 6.4 6.3 5.6 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.5 2.1 1.6 1.5
Andrew Cassels 89.6 6.9 6.0 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.0 4.8 4.0 3.7 2.8 2.5 2.3 1.2 1.1 0.7 0.2
Rick Vaive 88.9 8.1 8.0 7.1 6.2 5.8 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.3 4.2 2.3 -0.2
Ivan Boldirev 88.8 7.4 6.8 6.6 5.6 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.6 3.8 3.5 3.0 2.9 2.1 1.7 -0.1
Chris Drury 88.7 7.5 7.0 6.8 6.6 6.2 6.1 5.6 5.4 5.1 5.0 2.4 0.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1975 NHL
1976 NHL
1977 NHL

Games Played

1975-76 NHL 80 (1)
 1977-78 NHL 80 (3)

Assists

Career NHL 551 (95)

Game-Winning Goals

1979-80 NHL 7 (6)

Shots

1976-77 NHL 277 (10)

Assists Per Game

Career NHL 0.60 (56)

Points Per Game

Career NHL 0.92 (95)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1973-74 NHL 42 (9)

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

March 13, 1979: Traded to Chicago by Atlanta with Pat Ribble, Greg Fox, Harold Phillipoff and Miles Zaharko for Ivan Boldirev, Phil Russell and Darcy Rota, March 13, 1979.

October 30, 1983: Suspended for 20 games for abusing linesman Ron Foyt, October 30, 1983.

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