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Kirk Muller

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: February 8, 1966 in Kingston, Ontario

Drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

Coaching Record

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 9:42AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #163. John Tonelli… #164. KIRK MULLER… #164. Ken Hodge… #166. Rick Vaive… #166. Neal Broten… #166. Owen Nolan… 

NHL Standard

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

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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 -10 37 4 0 0 0 35 11.4
1989-90 23 NJD NHL 6 1 3 4 -2 11 1 0 0 0 12 8.3
1990-91 24 NJD NHL 7 0 2 2 -3 10 0 0 0 0 16 0.0
1991-92 25 MTL NHL 11 4 3 7 -1 31 1 2 1 1 23 17.4
1992-93 26 MTL NHL SC 20 10 7 17 4 18 7 3 0 3 54 18.5
1993-94 27 MTL NHL 7 6 2 8 0 4 3 3 0 2 16 37.5
1995-96 29 TOR NHL 6 3 2 5 -1 0 1 2 0 0 12 25.0
1996-97 30 FLA NHL 5 1 2 3 -3 4 0 1 0 0 20 5.0
1999-00 33 DAL NHL 23 2 3 5 -2 18 2 0 0 1 20 10.0 275 11:56
2000-01 34 DAL NHL 10 1 3 4 0 12 1 0 0 1 18 5.6 146 14:36
2002-03 36 DAL NHL 12 1 1 2 0 8 1 0 0 0 14 7.1 129 10:45
Career NHL 1 127 33 36 69 -18 153 21 11 1 8 240 13.8 550 12:13

Other Standard

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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

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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 2010-11)
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
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
Jamie Langenbrunner 91.7 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 2.0 0.2 0.0
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
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
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
Babe Siebert 89.9 6.2 5.5 5.1 4.5 4.5 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.5 2.1 1.1 1.0 0.6
Vinny Prospal 89.7 8.8 8.7 7.5 6.4 5.9 5.6 5.5 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.0 1.6 1.5 1.4
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
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
Jamie Langenbrunner 91.7 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 2.0 0.2 0.0
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
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
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
Babe Siebert 89.9 6.2 5.5 5.1 4.5 4.5 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.5 2.1 1.1 1.0 0.6
Vinny Prospal 89.7 8.8 8.7 7.5 6.4 5.9 5.6 5.5 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.0 1.6 1.5 1.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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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 (43)

Assists

Career NHL 602 (74)

Points

Career NHL 959 (85)

Goals Created

Career NHL 358.7 (90)

Power Play Goals

Career NHL 134 (62)

Game-Winning Goals

1991-92 NHL 7 (8)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

Career NHL 497 (100)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1994-95 NHL 68 (8)
Career NHL 1396 (45)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

Career NHL 352 (81)
  

Transactions

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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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