Position: LW ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 5-11 ▪ Weight: 179 lbs.
Born: July 26, 1951 in Verdun, Quebec
Died: March 13, 2011
Draft: Buffalo, 1st round (5th overall), 1971 NHL Amateur
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| Scoring Stats | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Age | Tm | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | SH | PP | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
| 1971-72 | 20 | BUF | NHL | 73 | 44 | 30 | 74 | 33 | -38 | 36 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 266 | 16.5 | ||
| 1972-73 | 21 | BUF | NHL | 75 | 37 | 36 | 73 | 31 | 4 | 79 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 299 | 12.4 | ||
| 1973-74 | 22 | BUF | NHL | 78 | 52 | 34 | 86 | 39 | -22 | 38 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 320 | 16.3 | ||
| 1974-75 | 23 | BUF | NHL | 68 | 52 | 43 | 95 | 41 | 5 | 72 | 31 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 301 | 17.3 | ||
| 1975-76 | 24 | BUF | NHL | 80 | 49 | 37 | 86 | 38 | 23 | 67 | 31 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 327 | 15.0 | ||
| 1976-77 | 25 | BUF | NHL | 66 | 36 | 29 | 65 | 28 | 10 | 58 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 221 | 16.3 | ||
| 1977-78 | 26 | BUF | NHL | 65 | 28 | 35 | 63 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 221 | 12.7 | ||
| 1978-79 | 27 | BUF | NHL | 73 | 32 | 21 | 53 | 23 | -7 | 35 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 250 | 12.8 | ||
| 1979-80 | 28 | BUF | NHL | 80 | 45 | 34 | 79 | 34 | 18 | 54 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 257 | 17.5 | ||
| 1980-81 | 29 | TOT | NHL | 24 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 13.6 | ||
| 1980-81 | 29 | BUF | NHL | 23 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 12.3 | ||
| 1980-81 | 29 | LAK | NHL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||
| 1981-82 | 30 | LAK | NHL | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11.1 | ||
| Career | NHL | 685 | 384 | 317 | 701 | 302 | 15 | 477 | 269 | 115 | 0 | 47 | 213 | 0 | 104 | 2530 | 15.2 | ||||
| Per Game | Adjusted | Plus/Minus | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||
| Scoring Stats | Goals | Ice Time | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1974-75 | 23 | BUF | NHL | 17 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 1975-76 | 24 | BUF | NHL | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 1976-77 | 25 | BUF | NHL | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 1977-78 | 26 | BUF | NHL | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 1978-79 | 27 | BUF | NHL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1979-80 | 28 | BUF | NHL | 14 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1980-81 | 29 | LAK | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Career | NHL | 63 | 24 | 29 | 53 | 21 | 74 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| Scoring Stats | Goals | Ice Time | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
| Scoring Stats | Goals | Ice Time | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | 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 | |||||||||||
| Thru 11 Years | Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst) | |||||||||||
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| 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 |
| Rick Nash | 93.7 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 3.3 | |
| 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 |
| 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) | |||||||||||||||
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |
| 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 | ||||
| Rick Nash | 93.7 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 3.3 | |||||
| Danny Briere | 90.6 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Brad Richards | 89.8 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Olli Jokinen | 87.4 | 10.8 | 9.8 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | -0.3 | -0.4 |
| Syl Apps | 86.6 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | |||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||
| Cam Neely | 86.3 | 10.4 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.0 | ||
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All-Star Games
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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 1975-76 NHL 80 (1) 1979-80 NHL 80 (3) |
Goals 1973-74 NHL 52 (2) 1974-75 NHL 52 (3) 1975-76 NHL 49 (7) 1976-77 NHL 36 (10) Career NHL 384 (98) |
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Points 1974-75 NHL 95 (10) |
Goals Created 1973-74 NHL 38.8 (4) 1974-75 NHL 40.8 (6) |
Even Strength Goals 1973-74 NHL 44 (2) 1974-75 NHL 31 (4) 1975-76 NHL 31 (8) 1979-80 NHL 37 (6) Career NHL 269 (83) |
Power Play Goals 1972-73 NHL 11 (8) 1974-75 NHL 21 (2) 1975-76 NHL 18 (2) 1976-77 NHL 12 (7) |
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Game-Winning Goals 1976-77 NHL 6 (7) 1977-78 NHL 6 (9) |
Shots 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 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 1974-75 NHL 1.40 (8) Career NHL 1.02 (44) |
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Goals Created Per Game 1973-74 NHL 0.50 (4) 1974-75 NHL 0.60 (4) 1976-77 NHL 0.42 (10) Career NHL 0.44 (24) |
Adjusted Goals 1973-74 NHL 49 (2) 1974-75 NHL 45 (2) 1975-76 NHL 42 (7) 1976-77 NHL 32 (10) |
Adjusted Points 1974-75 NHL 83 (9) |
Adjusted Goals Created 1973-74 NHL 35.7 (4) 1974-75 NHL 34.9 (6) |
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Total Goals On-Ice For |
Power Play Goals On-Ice For |
Offensive Point Shares 1973-74 NHL 8.8 (4) 1974-75 NHL 9.0 (5) |
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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