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Kirk Muller

Position: LW ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0 ▪ Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: February 8, 1966 in Kingston, Ontario
Draft: New Jersey, 1st round (2nd overall), 1984 NHL Entry
As Coach: 2 Yrs, 44-45-16, 104 Pts (Full Record)

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Skater Rank: #137. John MacLean… #138. Ziggy Palffy… #139. Doug Weight… #140. KIRK MULLER… #141. Brian Propp… #142. Pete Mahovlich… #143. Butch Goring…

Skater Rank: #137. John MacLean… #138. Ziggy Palffy… #139. Doug Weight… #140. KIRK MULLER… #141. Brian Propp… #142. Pete Mahovlich… #143. Butch Goring…

NHL Standard

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1984-85	18	NJD	NHL	80	17	37	54	19	-31	69	7	9	1	0	30	1	6	157	10.8
1985-86	19	NJD	NHL	77	25	41	66	25	-20	45	19	5	1	1	34	0	7	168	14.9
1986-87	20	NJD	NHL	79	26	50	76	28	-7	75	15	10	1	4	25	1	24	193	13.5
1987-88	21	NJD	NHL	80	37	57	94	36	19	114	18	17	2	1	37	0	20	215	17.2
1988-89	22	NJD	NHL	80	31	43	74	28	-23	119	18	12	1	4	32	1	10	182	17.0
1989-90	23	NJD	NHL	80	30	56	86	31	-1	74	21	9	0	6	44	0	12	200	15.0
1990-91	24	NJD	NHL	80	19	51	70	24	1	76	12	7	0	3	27	5	19	221	8.6
1991-92	25	MTL	NHL	78	36	41	77	31	15	86	20	15	1	7	26	0	15	191	18.8
1992-93	26	MTL	NHL	80	37	57	94	35	8	77	25	12	0	4	35	1	21	231	16.0
1993-94	27	MTL	NHL	76	23	34	57	22	-1	96	12	9	2	3	20	0	14	168	13.7
1994-95	28	TOT	NHL	45	11	16	27	10	-18	47	6	4	1	2	13	0	3	97	11.3
1994-95	28	MTL	NHL	33	8	11	19	7	-21	33	5	3	0	1	9	0	2	81	9.9
1994-95	28	NYI	NHL	12	3	5	8	3	3	14	1	1	1	1	4	0	1	16	18.8
1995-96	29	TOT	NHL	51	13	19	32	12	-13	57	6	7	0	1	14	1	4	102	12.7
1995-96	29	NYI	NHL	15	4	3	7	3	-10	15	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	23	17.4
1995-96	29	TOR	NHL	36	9	16	25	9	-3	42	2	7	0	1	12	1	3	79	11.4
1996-97	30	TOT	NHL	76	21	19	40	17	-25	89	10	10	1	4	14	0	5	174	12.1
1996-97	30	TOR	NHL	66	20	17	37	16	-23	85	10	9	1	3	13	0	4	153	13.1
1996-97	30	FLA	NHL	10	1	2	3	1	-2	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	21	4.8
1997-98	31	FLA	NHL	70	8	21	29	10	-14	54	7	1	0	3	17	1	3	115	7.0
1998-99	32	FLA	NHL	82	4	11	15	5	-11	49	4	0	0	1	10	0	1	107	3.7	1186	14:28
1999-00	33	DAL	NHL	47	7	15	22	8	-3	24	4	3	0	2	9	1	5	57	12.3	770	16:24
2000-01	34	DAL	NHL	55	1	9	10	3	-4	26	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	54	1.9	680	12:22
2001-02	35	DAL	NHL	78	10	20	30	11	-12	28	6	4	0	1	14	0	6	111	9.0	1076	13:48
2002-03	36	DAL	NHL	55	1	5	6	2	-6	18	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	48	2.1	521	9:28
Career			NHL	1349	357	602	959	359	-146	1223	212	134	11	47	414	12	176	2791	12.8	4234	13:21

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
1984-85	18	NJD	NHL	80	0.21	0.46	0.68	0.24	0.86	1.96	13	29	42	15	79	29	109	28	-31	1.9	0.5	2.4
1985-86	19	NJD	NHL	77	0.32	0.53	0.86	0.32	0.58	2.18	19	32	51	19	90	23	122	35	-20	3.2	0.4	3.6
1986-87	20	NJD	NHL	79	0.33	0.63	0.96	0.36	0.95	2.44	22	42	64	23	110	48	96	27	-7	4.6	0.8	5.4
1987-88	21	NJD	NHL	80	0.46	0.71	1.18	0.45	1.43	2.69	31	48	79	30	134	52	82	19	19	6.6	1.6	8.2
1988-89	22	NJD	NHL	80	0.39	0.54	0.93	0.35	1.49	2.28	26	35	61	24	97	33	101	14	-23	4.4	0.3	4.8
1989-90	23	NJD	NHL	80	0.38	0.70	1.08	0.39	0.93	2.50	25	47	72	26	109	31	92	13	-1	5.4	0.9	6.3
1990-91	24	NJD	NHL	80	0.24	0.64	0.88	0.30	0.95	2.76	17	45	62	22	110	43	88	22	1	3.9	1.0	4.9
1991-92	25	MTL	NHL	78	0.46	0.53	0.99	0.40	1.10	2.45	32	36	68	27	101	43	59	16	15	5.9	1.6	7.5
1992-93	26	MTL	NHL	80	0.46	0.71	1.18	0.44	0.96	2.89	30	46	76	29	131	47	103	27	8	6.7	1.1	7.8
1993-94	27	MTL	NHL	76	0.30	0.45	0.75	0.29	1.26	2.21	21	31	52	20	95	45	79	28	-1	3.8	0.9	4.7
1994-95	28	TOT	NHL	45	0.24	0.36	0.60	0.23	1.04	2.16	19	28	47	18	47	18	68	21	-18	1.8	0.0	1.8
1994-95	28	MTL	NHL	33	0.24	0.33	0.58	0.22	1.00	2.45	14	19	33	13	32	14	54	15	-21	1.2	-0.3	0.9
1994-95	28	NYI	NHL	12	0.25	0.42	0.67	0.26	1.17	1.33	5	9	14	5	15	4	14	6	3	0.6	0.3	0.8
1995-96	29	TOT	NHL	51	0.25	0.37	0.63	0.24	1.12	2.00	13	18	31	12	49	17	74	29	-13	2.0	0.3	2.3
1995-96	29	NYI	NHL	15	0.27	0.20	0.47	0.20	1.00	1.53	4	3	7	3	10	2	28	10	-10	0.4	-0.1	0.3
1995-96	29	TOR	NHL	36	0.25	0.44	0.69	0.26	1.17	2.19	9	15	24	9	39	15	46	19	-3	1.6	0.4	2.0
1996-97	30	TOT	NHL	76	0.28	0.25	0.53	0.22	1.17	2.29	22	20	42	17	65	23	88	21	-25	2.9	0.1	3.0
1996-97	30	TOR	NHL	66	0.30	0.26	0.56	0.24	1.29	2.32	21	18	39	16	57	19	80	19	-23	2.9	0.1	2.9
1996-97	30	FLA	NHL	10	0.10	0.20	0.30	0.11	0.40	2.10	1	2	3	1	8	4	8	2	-2	0.0	0.1	0.1
1997-98	31	FLA	NHL	70	0.11	0.30	0.41	0.15	0.77	1.64	9	24	33	11	44	13	61	16	-14	1.2	0.3	1.5
1998-99	32	FLA	NHL	82	0.05	0.13	0.18	0.06	0.60	1.30	5	12	17	6	28	1	62	24	-11	-1.2	0.7	-0.4
1999-00	33	DAL	NHL	47	0.15	0.32	0.47	0.17	0.51	1.21	8	16	24	9	35	14	27	3	-3	0.8	1.0	1.8
2000-01	34	DAL	NHL	55	0.02	0.16	0.18	0.05	0.47	0.98	1	10	11	3	18	1	27	6	-4	-0.8	0.7	-0.1
2001-02	35	DAL	NHL	78	0.13	0.26	0.38	0.14	0.36	1.42	11	23	34	12	42	14	43	3	-12	1.3	0.7	2.0
2002-03	36	DAL	NHL	55	0.02	0.09	0.11	0.03	0.33	0.87	1	6	7	2	11	2	15	0	-6	-0.7	0.3	-0.4
Career			NHL	1349	0.26	0.45	0.71	0.27	0.91	2.07	325	548	873	327	1395	497	1396	352	-146	53.9	13.2	67.1

NHL Playoffs

						Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg		GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1987-88	21	NJD	NHL		20	4	8	12	4	-10	37	4	0	0	0	35	11.4
1989-90	23	NJD	NHL		6	1	3	4	1	-2	11	1	0	0	0	12	8.3
1990-91	24	NJD	NHL		7	0	2	2	1	-3	10	0	0	0	0	16	0.0
1991-92	25	MTL	NHL		11	4	3	7	3	-1	31	1	2	1	1	23	17.4
1992-93	26	MTL	NHL	SC	20	10	7	17	7	4	18	7	3	0	3	54	18.5
1993-94	27	MTL	NHL		7	6	2	8	4	0	4	3	3	0	2	16	37.5
1995-96	29	TOR	NHL		6	3	2	5	2	-1	0	1	2	0	0	12	25.0
1996-97	30	FLA	NHL		5	1	2	3	1	-3	4	0	1	0	0	20	5.0
1999-00	33	DAL	NHL		23	2	3	5	2	-2	18	2	0	0	1	20	10.0	275	11:56
2000-01	34	DAL	NHL		10	1	3	4	1	0	12	1	0	0	1	18	5.6	146	14:36
2002-03	36	DAL	NHL		12	1	1	2	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	14	7.1	129	10:45
Career			NHL	1	127	33	36	69	28	-18	153	21	11	1	8	240	13.8	550	12:13

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1980-81	14	Kingston Voyageurs	ON-Jr.B	42	17	37	54			5
1980-81	14	Kingston Canadians	OMJHL	2	0	0	0			0
1981-82	15	Kingston Canadians	OHL	67	12	39	51			27
1982-83	16	Guelph Platers	OHL	66	52	60	112			41
1983-84	17	Guelph Platers	OHL	49	31	63	94			27
1983-84	17	Canada	WJC-A	7	2	1	3			16
1983-84	17	Canada	Nat-Tm	15	2	2	4			16
1983-84	17	Canada	Olympics	6	2	1	3			0
1984-85	18	Canada	WEC-A	10	2	2	4			12
1985-86	19	Canada	WEC-A	9	4	3	7			12
1986-87	20	NHL All-Stars	RV-87	2	0	0	0			0
1986-87	20	Canada	WEC-A	10	2	0	2			8
1988-89	22	Canada	WEC-A	9	6	4	10			6
Career		1 Season	Nat-Tm	15	2	2	4			16
Career		3 Seasons	OHL	182	95	162	257			95
Career		1 Season	Olympics	6	2	1	3			0
Career		1 Season	OMJHL	2	0	0	0			0
Career		1 Season	ON-Jr.B	42	17	37	54			5
Career		1 Season	RV-87	2	0	0	0			0
Career		4 Seasons	WEC-A	38	14	9	23			38
Career		1 Season	WJC-A	7	2	1	3			16

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1981-82	15	Kingston Canadians	OHL	4	5	1	6			4
Career		1 Season	OHL	4	5	1	6			4

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 19 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	18	19
Kirk Muller		8.2	7.8	7.5	6.3	5.4	4.9	4.8	4.7	3.6	3.0	2.4	2.3	2.0	1.8	1.8	1.5	-0.1	-0.4	-0.4
Pit Martin	94.1	8.0	8.0	7.7	7.1	6.5	5.2	5.1	4.0	3.2	3.2	3.1	2.6	2.2	1.6	1.3	0.8	0.1
Geoff Sanderson	92.6	8.3	7.7	7.5	7.4	6.7	6.6	4.5	3.6	3.1	3.1	2.8	2.3	2.1	2.1	1.4	0.7	0.1
Jamie Langenbrunner	92.6	8.5	6.8	6.5	6.2	5.9	4.9	4.6	4.6	4.0	3.1	3.1	2.6	2.4	2.2	2.0	0.2	0.1	0.0
Bobby Holik	92.2	8.6	7.6	6.7	6.6	6.2	5.0	4.8	3.5	3.4	3.2	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.5	2.3	1.8	1.6	0.1
John Ogrodnick	91.4	9.2	7.2	7.2	6.5	5.3	5.2	5.0	4.8	3.9	3.1	2.3	2.3	2.0	0.7
Vinny Prospal	91.3	8.8	8.7	7.5	6.4	5.9	5.6	5.5	5.1	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.2	3.0	1.6	1.5	1.4
Milt Schmidt	91.1	7.5	7.0	6.6	5.4	4.6	4.4	3.8	3.8	3.5	3.3	3.2	3.1	2.6	2.6	1.0	0.8
Daymond Langkow	91.1	9.0	8.4	7.6	6.3	5.5	5.4	5.2	5.1	5.0	3.4	2.6	2.4	2.2	1.4	0.1	0.0
Ray Ferraro	90.7	7.8	7.7	6.7	5.6	5.5	4.9	4.2	4.1	4.1	3.9	3.5	3.3	3.3	2.9	2.4	1.8	1.7	0.7
Neal Broten	90.2	7.6	7.4	6.4	6.4	5.7	4.6	4.4	4.0	3.8	2.8	2.5	1.7	1.7	1.4	1.4	1.2	0.2

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
Kirk Muller		8.2	7.8	7.5	6.3	5.4	4.9	4.8	4.7	3.6	3.0	2.4	2.3	2.0	1.8	1.8	1.5	-0.1	-0.4	-0.4
Pit Martin	94.1	8.0	8.0	7.7	7.1	6.5	5.2	5.1	4.0	3.2	3.2	3.1	2.6	2.2	1.6	1.3	0.8	0.1
Geoff Sanderson	92.6	8.3	7.7	7.5	7.4	6.7	6.6	4.5	3.6	3.1	3.1	2.8	2.3	2.1	2.1	1.4	0.7	0.1
Jamie Langenbrunner	92.6	8.5	6.8	6.5	6.2	5.9	4.9	4.6	4.6	4.0	3.1	3.1	2.6	2.4	2.2	2.0	0.2	0.1	0.0
Bobby Holik	92.2	8.6	7.6	6.7	6.6	6.2	5.0	4.8	3.5	3.4	3.2	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.5	2.3	1.8	1.6	0.1
John Ogrodnick	91.4	9.2	7.2	7.2	6.5	5.3	5.2	5.0	4.8	3.9	3.1	2.3	2.3	2.0	0.7
Vinny Prospal	91.3	8.8	8.7	7.5	6.4	5.9	5.6	5.5	5.1	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.2	3.0	1.6	1.5	1.4
Milt Schmidt	91.1	7.5	7.0	6.6	5.4	4.6	4.4	3.8	3.8	3.5	3.3	3.2	3.1	2.6	2.6	1.0	0.8
Daymond Langkow	91.1	9.0	8.4	7.6	6.3	5.5	5.4	5.2	5.1	5.0	3.4	2.6	2.4	2.2	1.4	0.1	0.0
Ray Ferraro	90.7	7.8	7.7	6.7	5.6	5.5	4.9	4.2	4.1	4.1	3.9	3.5	3.3	3.3	2.9	2.4	1.8	1.7	0.7
Neal Broten	90.2	7.6	7.4	6.4	6.4	5.7	4.6	4.4	4.0	3.8	2.8	2.5	1.7	1.7	1.4	1.4	1.2	0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

All-Star Games 1985 NHL 1986 NHL 1988 NHL 1990 NHL 1992 NHL 1993 NHL	Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 1993 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)	Games Played 1984-85 NHL 80 (1) 1987-88 NHL 80 (1) 1988-89 NHL 80 (1) 1989-90 NHL 80 (1) 1990-91 NHL 80 (3) 1998-99 NHL 82 (2) Career NHL 1349 (45)	Assists Career NHL 602 (75)
Points Career NHL 959 (85)	Goals Created Career NHL 358.7 (91)	Power Play Goals Career NHL 134 (64)	Game-Winning Goals 1991-92 NHL 7 (8)
Total Goals On-Ice Against 1994-95 NHL 68 (8) Career NHL 1396 (45)	Power Play Goals On-Ice Against Career NHL 352 (82)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

September 20, 1991: Traded to Montreal by New Jersey with Roland Melanson for Stephane Richer and Tom Chorske, September 20, 1991.

April 5, 1995: Traded to NY Islanders by Montreal with Mathieu Schneider and Craig Darby for Pierre Turgeon and Vladimir Malakhov, April 5, 1995.

January 23, 1996: Traded to Toronto by NY Islanders with Don Beaupre to complete transaction that sent Damian Rhodes and Ken Belanger to NY Islanders (January 23, 1996), January 23, 1996.

March 18, 1997: Traded to Florida by Toronto for Jason Podollan, March 18, 1997.

December 15, 1999: Signed as a free agent by Dallas, December 15, 1999.

September 28, 2001: Claimed by Columbus from Dallas in Waiver Draft, September 28, 2001.

September 28, 2001: Traded to Dallas by Columbus for the rights to Evgeny Petrochinin, September 28, 2001.

September 2, 2003: Officialy announced his retirement, September 2, 2003.

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