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Craig MacTavish

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: August 15, 1958 in London, Ontario

Drafted by the Boston Bruins in the 9th round (153rd overall) of the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.

Coaching Record

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 9:15AM

All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #305. Woody Dumart… #306. Miroslav Satan… #307. Dave Babych… #307. CRAIG MACTAVISH… #307. Russ Courtnall…

All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #305. Woody Dumart… #306. Miroslav Satan… #307. Dave Babych… #307. CRAIG MACTAVISH… #307. Russ Courtnall…

NHL Standard

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Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%
1979-80	21	BOS	NHL	46	11	17	28	11	16	8	11	0	0	2	61	18.0
1980-81	22	BOS	NHL	24	3	5	8	3	-1	13	3	0	0	0	44	6.8
1981-82	23	BOS	NHL	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
1982-83	24	BOS	NHL	75	10	20	30	11	15	18	10	0	0	1	120	8.3
1983-84	25	BOS	NHL	70	20	23	43	17	9	35	13	7	0	4	135	14.8
1985-86	27	EDM	NHL	74	23	24	47	19	17	70	18	4	1	5	121	19.0
1986-87	28	EDM	NHL	79	20	19	39	16	9	55	15	1	4	2	140	14.3
1987-88	29	EDM	NHL	80	15	17	32	13	-3	47	12	0	3	5	90	16.7
1988-89	30	EDM	NHL	80	21	31	52	20	10	55	15	2	4	2	120	17.5
1989-90	31	EDM	NHL	80	21	22	43	17	13	89	14	1	6	5	109	19.3
1990-91	32	EDM	NHL	80	17	15	32	13	-1	76	9	2	6	1	113	15.0
1991-92	33	EDM	NHL	80	12	18	30	11	-1	98	10	0	2	1	86	14.0
1992-93	34	EDM	NHL	82	10	20	30	11	-16	110	7	0	3	3	101	9.9
1993-94	35	TOT	NHL	78	20	12	32	14	-14	91	19	1	0	2	122	16.4
1993-94	35	EDM	NHL	66	16	10	26	11	-20	80	16	0	0	1	97	16.5
1993-94	35	NYR	NHL	12	4	2	6	3	6	11	3	1	0	1	25	16.0
1994-95	36	PHI	NHL	45	3	9	12	4	2	23	3	0	0	0	38	7.9
1995-96	37	TOT	NHL	68	5	9	14	5	-9	70	5	0	0	1	58	8.6
1995-96	37	PHI	NHL	55	5	8	13	5	-3	62	5	0	0	1	42	11.9
1995-96	37	STL	NHL	13	0	1	1	0	-6	8	0	0	0	0	16	0.0
1996-97	38	STL	NHL	50	2	5	7	2	-12	33	2	0	0	0	26	7.7
Career			NHL	1093	213	267	480	189	34	891	166	18	29	34	1485	14.3

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
1979-80	21	BOS	NHL	46	0.24	0.37	0.61	0.23	0.17	1.33	9	14	23	9	44	6	22	0	16	1.2	1.0	2.1
1980-81	22	BOS	NHL	24	0.13	0.21	0.33	0.13	0.54	1.83	2	4	6	2	16	5	12	0	-1	-0.2	0.3	0.1
1981-82	23	BOS	NHL	2	0.00	0.50	0.50	0.14	0.00	0.50	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1982-83	24	BOS	NHL	75	0.13	0.27	0.40	0.15	0.24	1.60	8	16	24	9	51	2	34	0	15	-0.1	1.2	1.1
1983-84	25	BOS	NHL	70	0.29	0.33	0.61	0.25	0.50	1.93	16	18	34	14	61	11	42	1	9	1.7	1.2	2.9
1985-86	27	EDM	NHL	74	0.31	0.32	0.64	0.25	0.95	1.64	18	19	37	15	70	8	63	18	17	1.8	0.7	2.5
1986-87	28	EDM	NHL	79	0.25	0.24	0.49	0.20	0.70	1.77	17	16	33	14	57	4	70	26	9	1.3	0.7	2.1
1987-88	29	EDM	NHL	80	0.19	0.21	0.40	0.16	0.59	1.13	12	14	26	10	51	6	75	27	-3	0.4	0.5	0.9
1988-89	30	EDM	NHL	80	0.26	0.39	0.65	0.25	0.69	1.50	17	25	42	16	64	4	84	34	10	2.1	1.2	3.4
1989-90	31	EDM	NHL	80	0.26	0.28	0.54	0.22	1.11	1.36	18	18	36	15	62	2	87	40	13	1.6	1.3	3.0
1990-91	32	EDM	NHL	80	0.21	0.19	0.40	0.17	0.95	1.41	15	13	28	12	44	4	82	41	-1	0.8	0.9	1.7
1991-92	33	EDM	NHL	80	0.15	0.23	0.38	0.14	1.23	1.08	11	16	27	10	46	2	93	48	-1	0.2	0.7	0.9
1992-93	34	EDM	NHL	82	0.12	0.24	0.37	0.13	1.34	1.23	8	16	24	9	40	2	102	48	-16	-0.1	0.8	0.7
1993-94	35	TOT	NHL	78	0.26	0.15	0.41	0.18	1.17	1.56	18	11	29	13	37	3	77	29	-14	1.4	0.6	2.0
1993-94	35	EDM	NHL	66	0.24	0.15	0.39	0.17	1.21	1.47	14	9	23	10	27	2	72	27	-20	1.0	0.2	1.2
1993-94	35	NYR	NHL	12	0.33	0.17	0.50	0.23	0.92	2.08	4	2	6	3	10	1	5	2	6	0.4	0.3	0.7
1994-95	36	PHI	NHL	45	0.07	0.20	0.27	0.09	0.51	0.84	5	15	20	7	19	0	47	30	2	-0.3	0.6	0.3
1995-96	37	TOT	NHL	68	0.07	0.13	0.21	0.08	1.03	0.85	5	9	14	5	21	0	45	15	-9	-1.0	0.6	-0.4
1995-96	37	PHI	NHL	55	0.09	0.15	0.24	0.09	1.13	0.76	5	8	13	5	18	0	32	11	-3	-0.6	0.6	0.0
1995-96	37	STL	NHL	13	0.00	0.08	0.08	0.02	0.62	1.23	0	1	1	0	3	0	13	4	-6	-0.4	0.0	-0.4
1996-97	38	STL	NHL	50	0.04	0.10	0.14	0.05	0.66	0.52	2	5	7	2	10	0	31	9	-12	-1.1	0.2	-0.9
Career			NHL	1093	0.19	0.24	0.44	0.17	0.82	1.36	181	230	411	161	694	59	967	366	34	9.7	12.6	22.3

NHL Playoffs

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Season	Age	Tm	Lg		GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%
1979-80	21	BOS	NHL		10	2	3	5		7	2	0	0	0
1982-83	24	BOS	NHL		17	3	1	4		18	3	0	0	0
1983-84	25	BOS	NHL		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
1985-86	27	EDM	NHL		10	4	4	8	6	11	3	1	0	0	17	23.5
1986-87	28	EDM	NHL	SC	21	1	9	10	1	16	1	0	0	0	35	2.9
1987-88	29	EDM	NHL	SC	19	0	1	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	12	0.0
1988-89	30	EDM	NHL		7	0	1	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	10	0.0
1989-90	31	EDM	NHL	SC	22	2	6	8	6	29	2	0	0	0	21	9.5
1990-91	32	EDM	NHL		18	3	3	6	-3	20	3	0	0	1	24	12.5
1991-92	33	EDM	NHL		16	3	0	3	4	28	2	0	1	1	27	11.1
1993-94	35	NYR	NHL	SC	23	1	4	5	0	22	1	0	0	0	15	6.7
1994-95	36	PHI	NHL		15	1	4	5	-3	20	1	0	0	0	13	7.7
1995-96	37	STL	NHL		13	0	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	11	0.0
1996-97	38	STL	NHL		1	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Career			NHL	4	193	20	38	58	11	218	18	1	1	2	187	8.0

Other Standard

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1977-78	19	U. of Massachusetts-Lowell	ECAC-2	21	26	19	45
1978-79	20	U. of Massachusetts-Lowell	ECAC-2	31	36	52	88
1979-80	21	Binghamton Dusters	AHL	34	17	15	32	29
1980-81	22	Springfield Indians	AHL	53	19	24	43	81
1981-82	23	Erie Blades	AHL	72	23	32	55	37
Career		3 Seasons	AHL	159	59	71	130	147
Career		2 Seasons	ECAC-2	52	62	71	133

Other Playoffs

Glossary ▪ ▪

Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1980-81	22	Springfield Indians	AHL	7	5	4	9			8
Career		1 Season	AHL	7	5	4	9			8

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)

Thru 17 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Craig MacTavish		3.4	3.0	2.9	2.5	2.1	2.1	2.0	1.7	1.1	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.9
Benoit Brunet	88.4	3.4	3.2	3.0	2.1	2.1	2.0	1.9	1.7	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.0	0.0
Stephane Matteau	88.1	3.4	3.4	3.3	2.9	2.2	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.2	1.1	1.0	0.1	-0.2
Ethan Moreau	86.6	3.9	3.0	2.6	2.6	2.0	1.9	1.5	1.5	1.4	0.9	0.7	0.3	-0.1	-0.1	-0.5
Gaetan Duchesne	85.9	3.8	3.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.1
Brian Skrudland	84.5	3.2	3.0	2.9	2.7	1.9	1.6	1.2	1.0	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.2	-0.4
Murph Chamberlain	84.4	3.3	2.5	2.4	2.2	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.6	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.5
Bob Gainey	83.6	3.2	3.0	2.6	2.5	2.4	2.1	2.1	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.4	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.7	-1.4
Todd Harvey	82.0	3.0	2.7	2.4	2.2	1.8	1.7	1.3	1.2	1.1	0.8	0.1
Shaun Van Allen	81.6	3.7	3.2	2.2	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.3	1.1	0.8	0.3	-0.1	-0.1
Sergio Momesso	81.4	3.9	3.6	2.6	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.7	1.2	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.0	-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	17	18	19
Craig MacTavish		3.4	3.0	2.9	2.5	2.1	2.1	2.0	1.7	1.1	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.9
Benoit Brunet	88.4	3.4	3.2	3.0	2.1	2.1	2.0	1.9	1.7	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.0	0.0
Stephane Matteau	88.1	3.4	3.4	3.3	2.9	2.2	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.2	1.1	1.0	0.1	-0.2
Ethan Moreau	86.6	3.9	3.0	2.6	2.6	2.0	1.9	1.5	1.5	1.4	0.9	0.7	0.3	-0.1	-0.1	-0.5
Gaetan Duchesne	85.9	3.8	3.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.1
Brian Skrudland	84.5	3.2	3.0	2.9	2.7	1.9	1.6	1.2	1.0	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.2	-0.4
Murph Chamberlain	84.4	3.3	2.5	2.4	2.2	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.6	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.5
Bob Gainey	83.6	3.2	3.0	2.6	2.5	2.4	2.1	2.1	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.4	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.7	-1.4
Dave Lowry	83.4	3.3	3.0	2.4	2.2	2.0	1.7	1.4	1.3	1.2	0.2	0.2	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4
Todd Harvey	82.0	3.0	2.7	2.4	2.2	1.8	1.7	1.3	1.2	1.1	0.8	0.1
Shaun Van Allen	81.6	3.7	3.2	2.2	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.3	1.1	0.8	0.3	-0.1	-0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary ▪ Rate Statistic Requirements

All-Star Games 1996 NHL	Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 1987 Edmonton Oilers (NHL) 1988 Edmonton Oilers (NHL) 1990 Edmonton Oilers (NHL) 1994 New York Rangers (NHL)	Games Played 1987-88 NHL 80 (1) 1988-89 NHL 80 (1) 1989-90 NHL 80 (1) 1990-91 NHL 80 (3) 1991-92 NHL 80 (3)	Short-Handed Goals 1986-87 NHL 4 (8) 1989-90 NHL 6 (3) 1990-91 NHL 6 (3) Career NHL 29 (20)
Power Play Goals On-Ice Against 1991-92 NHL 48 (2) 1994-95 NHL 30 (2) Career NHL 366 (63)

All-Star Games

1996 NHL

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1987 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
1988 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
1990 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
1994 New York Rangers (NHL)

Games Played

1987-88 NHL 80 (1)
1988-89 NHL 80 (1)
1989-90 NHL 80 (1)
1990-91 NHL 80 (3)
1991-92 NHL 80 (3)

Short-Handed Goals

1986-87 NHL 4 (8)
1989-90 NHL 6 (3)
1990-91 NHL 6 (3)
Career NHL 29 (20)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1991-92 NHL 48 (2)
1994-95 NHL 30 (2)
Career NHL 366 (63)

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

May, 1984: Suspended for entire 1984-85 season after being convicted of vehicular homicide, May, 1984.

February 1, 1985: Signed as a free agent by Edmonton, February 1, 1985.

March 21, 1994: Traded to NY Rangers by Edmonton for Todd Marchant, March 21, 1994.

July 6, 1994: Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia, July 6, 1994.

March 15, 1996: Traded to St. Louis by Philadelphia for Dale Hawerchuk, March 15, 1996.

June 22, 2000: Named Head Coach of Edmonton Oilers, June 22, 2000.

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