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Rick Martin

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-11    Weight: 179 lbs.
Born: July 26, 1951 in Verdun, Quebec
Died: March 13, 2011

Drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 9:33AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #100. Rob Blake… #101. RICK MARTIN… #102. John LeClair… #102. Guy Lapointe… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1971-72 20 BUF NHL 73 44 30 74 33 -38 36 25 19 0 5 266 16.5
1972-73 21 BUF NHL 75 37 36 73 31 4 79 26 11 0 4 299 12.4
1973-74 22 BUF NHL 78 52 34 86 39 -22 38 44 8 0 6 320 16.3
1974-75 23 BUF NHL 68 52 43 95 41 5 72 31 21 0 6 301 17.3
1975-76 24 BUF NHL 80 49 37 86 38 23 67 31 18 0 7 327 15.0
1976-77 25 BUF NHL 66 36 29 65 28 10 58 24 12 0 6 221 16.3
1977-78 26 BUF NHL 65 28 35 63 25 16 16 21 7 0 6 221 12.7
1978-79 27 BUF NHL 73 32 21 53 23 -7 35 24 8 0 3 250 12.8
1979-80 28 BUF NHL 80 45 34 79 34 18 54 37 8 0 3 257 17.5
1980-81 29 TOT NHL 24 8 15 23 9 5 20 6 2 0 1 59 13.6
1980-81 29 BUF NHL 23 7 14 21 8 4 20 5 2 0 1 57 12.3
1980-81 29 LAK NHL 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 50.0
1981-82 30 LAK NHL 3 1 3 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 9 11.1
Career NHL 685 384 317 701 302 15 477 269 115 0 47 2530 15.2

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
1971-72 20 BUF NHL 73 0.60 0.41 1.01 0.46 0.49 3.64 43 30 73 32 109 49 98 0 -38 7.7 0.2 7.9
1972-73 21 BUF NHL 75 0.49 0.48 0.97 0.41 1.05 3.99 34 33 67 28 120 45 72 1 4 6.1 1.2 7.3
1973-74 22 BUF NHL 78 0.67 0.44 1.10 0.50 0.49 4.10 49 33 82 36 121 41 102 0 -22 8.8 0.6 9.4
1974-75 23 BUF NHL 68 0.76 0.63 1.40 0.60 1.06 4.43 45 38 83 35 143 61 77 0 5 9.0 0.7 9.7
1975-76 24 BUF NHL 80 0.61 0.46 1.08 0.47 0.84 4.09 42 32 74 32 147 56 68 0 23 7.6 1.5 9.1
1976-77 25 BUF NHL 66 0.55 0.44 0.98 0.43 0.88 3.35 32 26 58 25 99 32 57 0 10 5.7 1.1 6.8
1977-78 26 BUF NHL 65 0.43 0.54 0.97 0.39 0.25 3.40 25 32 57 22 87 21 50 0 16 4.9 1.4 6.3
1978-79 27 BUF NHL 73 0.44 0.29 0.73 0.32 0.48 3.42 27 18 45 20 85 26 66 0 -7 3.7 0.8 4.4
1979-80 28 BUF NHL 80 0.56 0.43 0.99 0.43 0.68 3.21 37 29 66 28 115 30 67 0 18 6.5 1.3 7.8
1980-81 29 TOT NHL 24 0.33 0.63 0.96 0.35 0.83 2.46 6 12 18 7 33 9 19 0 5 1.2 0.5 1.7
1980-81 29 BUF NHL 23 0.30 0.61 0.91 0.33 0.87 2.48 5 11 16 6 29 7 18 0 4 1.0 0.4 1.5
1980-81 29 LAK NHL 1 1.00 1.00 2.00 0.82 0.00 2.00 1 1 2 1 4 2 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.2
1981-82 30 LAK NHL 3 0.33 1.00 1.33 0.45 0.67 3.00 1 2 3 1 4 2 1 0 1 0.2 0.1 0.3
Career NHL 685 0.56 0.46 1.02 0.44 0.70 3.69 341 285 626 264 1063 372 677 1 15 61.4 9.3 70.7

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1972-73 21 BUF NHL 6 3 2 5 12 1 2 0 0
1974-75 23 BUF NHL 17 7 8 15 20 2 5 0 1
1975-76 24 BUF NHL 9 4 7 11 12 2 2 0 1
1976-77 25 BUF NHL 6 2 1 3 9 1 1 0 1
1977-78 26 BUF NHL 7 2 4 6 13 1 1 0 1
1978-79 27 BUF NHL 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
1979-80 28 BUF NHL 14 6 4 10 8 5 1 0 0
1980-81 29 LAK NHL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career NHL 63 24 29 53 74 12 12 0 4

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1967-68 16 Thetford Mines Canadiens QJHL 40 38 35 73
1968-69 17 Montreal Jr. Canadiens OHA-Jr. 52 22 21 43 27
1969-70 18 Montreal Jr. Canadiens OHA-Jr. 34 23 32 55 10
1970-71 19 Montreal Jr. Canadiens OHA-Jr. 60 71 50 121 106
1976-77 25 Canada Can-Cup 4 3 2 5 0
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 4 3 2 5 0
Career 3 Seasons OHA-Jr. 146 116 103 219 143
Career 1 Season QJHL 40 38 35 73

Other Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1967-68 16 Thetford Mines Canadiens QJHL 7 2 0 2 4
1968-69 17 Montreal Jr. Canadiens OHA-Jr. 14 3 0 3 2
1968-69 17 Montreal Jr. Canadiens M-Cup 6 2 1 3 12
1969-70 18 Montreal Jr. Canadiens OHA-Jr. 16 14 20 34 12
1969-70 18 Montreal Jr. Canadiens M-Cup 12 14 13 27 8
1970-71 19 Montreal Jr. Canadiens OHA-Jr. 11 17 7 24 10
Career 2 Seasons M-Cup 18 16 14 30 20
Career 3 Seasons OHA-Jr. 41 34 27 61 24
Career 1 Season QJHL 7 2 0 2 4

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 11 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Rick Martin 9.7 9.4 9.1 7.9 7.8 7.3 6.8 6.3 4.4 1.7 0.3
Bun Cook 94.7 6.8 6.6 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.7 4.9 4.8 3.9 0.9 0.5
Joe Nieuwendyk 94.3 9.0 8.7 8.4 8.3 8.2 6.5 5.5 5.5 4.1 2.2 0.6
Vincent Damphousse 92.1 9.6 8.8 7.9 7.9 7.4 7.2 5.2 4.6 3.9 3.0 2.5
Brad Richards 91.8 9.3 9.1 8.9 8.0 7.2 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.0 4.4
Lanny McDonald 91.7 10.0 9.8 9.2 8.6 8.4 6.8 6.6 5.9 4.8 3.1 1.7
Glenn Anderson 91.6 9.5 8.9 8.8 8.0 6.9 6.6 6.2 5.9 4.3 4.0 3.2
Andy Bathgate 90.3 9.9 8.8 8.4 8.1 7.9 7.2 7.0 6.7 4.1 0.1 -0.6
Steve Larmer 90.0 10.6 8.4 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 6.5 5.7 5.3 0.0 -0.1
Bill Cowley 89.9 7.4 6.3 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.1 5.0 5.0 3.3 2.1 0.4
Rick Middleton 89.8 9.3 8.9 8.8 8.7 8.4 8.4 5.5 5.4 3.4 2.9 2.7
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Rick Martin 9.7 9.4 9.1 7.9 7.8 7.3 6.8 6.3 4.4 1.7 0.3
Bun Cook 94.7 6.8 6.6 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.7 4.9 4.8 3.9 0.9 0.5
Danny Briere 92.3 10.0 9.3 8.0 7.9 7.7 6.7 6.5 5.5 3.0 2.0 1.8 0.1 0.1
Brad Richards 91.8 9.3 9.1 8.9 8.0 7.2 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.0 4.4
Roy Conacher 88.3 7.4 6.4 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.4 0.3 0.2
Alex Tanguay 87.8 10.5 9.3 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.1 6.1 5.3 5.2 5.0 2.8
Martin Havlat 86.9 9.6 9.5 7.8 7.1 6.4 5.8 5.0 4.7 3.0 2.1
Marty Barry 86.6 7.5 7.0 6.8 6.4 6.3 6.1 5.7 4.8 4.2 2.4 0.6 -0.2
Syl Apps 86.6 6.6 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.5 4.8 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.0
Rick Nash 86.5 10.1 9.4 8.1 7.8 7.7 6.9 6.0 3.3
Marc Savard 86.4 9.8 9.3 8.7 7.6 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.6 3.7 3.6 2.8 0.2 -0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1972 NHL
1973 NHL
1974 NHL
1975 NHL
1976 NHL
1977 NHL
1978 NHL

Honors

1973-74 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1974-75 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1975-76 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1976-77 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Games Played

1973-74 NHL 78 (1)
 1975-76 NHL 80 (1)
 1979-80 NHL 80 (3)

Goals

1971-72 NHL 44 (6)
1973-74 NHL 52 (2)
1974-75 NHL 52 (3)
1975-76 NHL 49 (7)
1976-77 NHL 36 (10)
Career NHL 384 (97)

Points

1973-74 NHL 86 (6)
1974-75 NHL 95 (10)

Goals Created

1971-72 NHL 33.2 (9)
1973-74 NHL 38.8 (4)
1974-75 NHL 40.8 (6)

Even Strength Goals

1971-72 NHL 25 (9)
1973-74 NHL 44 (2)
1974-75 NHL 31 (4)
1975-76 NHL 31 (8)
1979-80 NHL 37 (6)
Career NHL 269 (80)

Power Play Goals

1971-72 NHL 19 (3)
1972-73 NHL 11 (8)
1974-75 NHL 21 (2)
1975-76 NHL 18 (2)
1976-77 NHL 12 (7)

Game-Winning Goals

1975-76 NHL 7 (9)
1976-77 NHL 6 (7)
1977-78 NHL 6 (9)

Shots

1971-72 NHL 266 (9)
1972-73 NHL 299 (5)
1973-74 NHL 320 (5)
1974-75 NHL 301 (7)
1975-76 NHL 327 (6)
1978-79 NHL 250 (10)

Goals Per Game

1971-72 NHL 0.60 (6)
1973-74 NHL 0.67 (3)
1974-75 NHL 0.76 (2)
1975-76 NHL 0.61 (7)
1976-77 NHL 0.55 (6)
Career NHL 0.56 (11)

Points Per Game

1973-74 NHL 1.10 (8)
1974-75 NHL 1.40 (8)
Career NHL 1.02 (43)

Goals Created Per Game

1971-72 NHL 0.46 (9)
1973-74 NHL 0.50 (4)
1974-75 NHL 0.60 (4)
1976-77 NHL 0.42 (10)
Career NHL 0.44 (23)

Adjusted Goals

1971-72 NHL 43 (6)
1973-74 NHL 49 (2)
1974-75 NHL 45 (2)
1975-76 NHL 42 (7)
1976-77 NHL 32 (10)

Adjusted Points

1973-74 NHL 82 (6)
1974-75 NHL 83 (9)

Adjusted Goals Created

1971-72 NHL 31.6 (9)
1973-74 NHL 35.7 (4)
1974-75 NHL 34.9 (6)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1973-74 NHL 121 (10)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1971-72 NHL 49 (9)

Offensive Point Shares

1971-72 NHL 7.7 (9)
1973-74 NHL 8.8 (4)
1974-75 NHL 9.0 (5)
  

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

November 8, 1980: Suffered eventual career-ending knee injury in game vs. Washington, November 8, 1980.

March 10, 1981: Traded to Los Angeles by Buffalo for Los Angeles' 3rd round choice (Colin Chisholm) in 1981 Entry Draft and 1st round choice (Tom Barrasso) in 1983 Entry Draft, March 10, 1981.

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