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Rick Martin

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

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

Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1967-68 16 Thetford Mines Canadiens QJHL 40 38 35 73 1.83
1968-69 17 Montreal Jr. Canadiens OHA-Jr. 52 22 21 43 0.83 27
1968-69 17 Montreal Jr. Canadiens M-Cup 6 2 1 3 0.50 12
1969-70 18 Montreal Jr. Canadiens OHA-Jr. 34 23 32 55 1.62 10
1969-70 18 Montreal Jr. Canadiens M-Cup 12 14 13 27 2.25 8
1970-71 19 Montreal Jr. Canadiens OHA-Jr. 60 71 50 121 2.02 106
1971-72 20 Buffalo Sabres NHL 73 44 30 74 1.01 32 0.43 109 49 98 0 -38 36 25 19 0 5 266 3.64 16.5
1972-73 21 Buffalo Sabres NHL 75 37 36 73 0.97 30 0.40 120 45 72 1 4 79 26 11 0 4 299 3.99 12.4
1973-74 22 Buffalo Sabres NHL 78 52 34 86 1.10 37 0.47 121 41 102 0 -22 38 44 8 0 6 320 4.10 16.3
1974-75 23 Buffalo Sabres NHL 68 52 43 95 1.40 39 0.58 143 61 77 0 5 72 31 21 0 6 301 4.43 17.3
1975-76 24 Buffalo Sabres NHL 80 49 37 86 1.08 36 0.45 147 56 68 0 23 67 31 18 0 7 327 4.09 15.0
1976-77 25 Canada Can-Cup 4 3 2 5 1.25 0
1976-77 25 Buffalo Sabres NHL 66 36 29 65 0.98 27 0.41 99 32 57 0 10 58 24 12 0 6 221 3.35 16.3
1977-78 26 Buffalo Sabres NHL 65 28 35 63 0.97 25 0.38 87 21 50 0 16 16 21 7 0 6 221 3.40 12.7
1978-79 27 Buffalo Sabres NHL 73 32 21 53 0.73 22 0.31 85 26 66 0 -7 35 24 8 0 3 250 3.42 12.8
1979-80 28 Buffalo Sabres NHL 80 45 34 79 0.99 33 0.41 115 30 67 0 18 54 37 8 0 3 257 3.21 17.5
1980-81 29 2 Teams NHL 24 8 15 23 0.96 9 0.36 33 9 19 0 5 20 6 2 0 1 59 2.46 13.6
1980-81 29 Buffalo Sabres NHL 23 7 14 21 0.91 8 0.34 29 7 18 0 4 20 5 2 0 1 57 2.48 12.3
1980-81 29 Los Angeles Kings NHL 1 1 1 2 2.00 1 0.81 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2.00 50.0
1981-82 30 Los Angeles Kings NHL 3 1 3 4 1.33 1 0.46 4 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 9 3.00 11.1
Career NHL 685 384 317 701 1.02 291 0.43 1063 372 677 1 15 477 269 115 0 47 2530 3.69 15.2

Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1967-68 16 Thetford Mines Canadiens QJHL 7 2 0 2 0.29 4
1968-69 17 Montreal Jr. Canadiens OHA-Jr. 14 3 0 3 0.21 2
1969-70 18 Montreal Jr. Canadiens OHA-Jr. 16 14 20 34 2.13 12
1970-71 19 Montreal Jr. Canadiens OHA-Jr. 11 17 7 24 2.18 10
1972-73 21 Buffalo Sabres NHL 6 3 2 5 0.83 12 1 2 0 0
1974-75 23 Buffalo Sabres NHL 17 7 8 15 0.88 20 2 5 0 1
1975-76 24 Buffalo Sabres NHL 9 4 7 11 1.22 12 2 2 0 1
1976-77 25 Buffalo Sabres NHL 6 2 1 3 0.50 9 1 1 0 1
1977-78 26 Buffalo Sabres NHL 7 2 4 6 0.86 13 1 1 0 1
1978-79 27 Buffalo Sabres NHL 3 0 3 3 1.00 0 0 0 0 0
1979-80 28 Buffalo Sabres NHL 14 6 4 10 0.71 8 5 1 0 0
1980-81 29 Los Angeles Kings NHL 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
Career NHL 63 24 29 53 0.84 74 12 12 0 4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

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 (88)

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 (10)

Points

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

Points Per Game

1973-74 NHL 1.10 (8)
1974-75 NHL 1.40 (8)
Career NHL 1.02 (42)

Goals Created

1973-74 NHL 36.9 (4)
1974-75 NHL 39.4 (7)

Goals Created Per Game

1971-72 NHL 0.43 (9)
1973-74 NHL 0.47 (4)
1974-75 NHL 0.58 (4)
Career NHL 0.43 (24)

Total Goals For

1973-74 NHL 121 (10)

Power Play Goals For

1971-72 NHL 49 (9)

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 (77)

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)
Career NHL 115 (92)

Game-Winning Goals

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

Shots on Goal

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)
  

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.