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Larry Murphy

Position: D
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-2    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: March 8, 1961 in Scarborough, Ontario

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 2004

Drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 19 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 16 60 76 17 79 10 5 1 1 153 10.5
1981-82 20 Los Angeles Kings NHL 79 22 44 66 -13 95 13 8 1 2 191 11.5
1982-83 21 Los Angeles Kings NHL 77 14 48 62 2 81 5 9 0 2 172 8.1
1983-84 22 2 Teams NHL 78 13 36 49 8 50 11 2 0 2 149 8.7
1983-84 22 Los Angeles Kings NHL 6 0 3 3 -4 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.0
1983-84 22 Washington Capitals NHL 72 13 33 46 12 50 11 2 0 2 138 9.4
1984-85 23 Washington Capitals NHL 79 13 42 55 21 51 10 3 0 0 153 8.5
1985-86 24 Washington Capitals NHL 78 21 44 65 2 50 12 8 1 2 180 11.7
1986-87 25 Washington Capitals NHL 80 23 58 81 25 39 15 8 0 4 226 10.2
1987-88 26 Washington Capitals NHL 79 8 53 61 2 72 1 7 0 1 201 4.0
1988-89 27 2 Teams NHL 78 11 35 46 0 82 5 6 0 1 160 6.9
1988-89 27 Washington Capitals NHL 65 7 29 36 -5 70 4 3 0 0 129 5.4
1988-89 27 Minnesota North Stars NHL 13 4 6 10 5 12 1 3 0 1 31 12.9
1989-90 28 Minnesota North Stars NHL 77 10 58 68 -13 44 6 4 0 1 173 5.8
1990-91 29 2 Teams NHL 75 9 34 43 -6 68 6 3 0 2 188 4.8
1990-91 29 Minnesota North Stars NHL 31 4 11 15 -8 38 3 1 0 2 103 3.9
1990-91 29 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 44 5 23 28 2 30 3 2 0 0 85 5.9
1991-92 30 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 77 21 56 77 33 48 12 7 2 3 206 10.2
1992-93 31 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 83 22 63 85 45 73 14 6 2 2 230 9.6
1993-94 32 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 84 17 56 73 10 44 10 7 0 4 236 7.2
1994-95 33 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 48 13 25 38 12 18 9 4 0 3 124 10.5
1995-96 34 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 82 12 49 61 -2 34 4 8 0 1 182 6.6
1996-97 35 2 Teams NHL 81 9 36 45 3 20 4 5 0 1 158 5.7
1996-97 35 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 69 7 32 39 1 20 3 4 0 0 137 5.1
1996-97 35 Detroit Red Wings NHL 12 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 21 9.5
1997-98 36 Detroit Red Wings NHL 82 11 41 52 35 37 8 2 1 2 129 8.5
1998-99 37 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 10 42 52 21 42 4 5 1 2 168 6.0 1940 24:15
1999-00 38 Detroit Red Wings NHL 81 10 30 40 4 45 3 7 0 0 146 6.8 1769 21:50
2000-01 39 Detroit Red Wings NHL 57 2 19 21 -6 12 2 0 0 1 81 2.5 1083 19:00
Career 21 Seasons NHL 1615 287 929 1216 200 1084 164 114 9 37 3606 8.0 4792 21:59

NHL/WHA Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/-
1980-81 19 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 0.20 0.75 0.95 0.32 0.21 0.99 1.91 13 50 63 21 161 63 115 34 17
1981-82 20 Los Angeles Kings NHL 79 0.28 0.56 0.84 0.30 -0.16 1.20 2.42 17 35 52 19 134 43 133 29 -13
1982-83 21 Los Angeles Kings NHL 77 0.18 0.62 0.81 0.27 0.03 1.05 2.23 12 42 54 18 133 51 108 28 2
1983-84 22 2 Teams NHL 78 0.17 0.46 0.63 0.22 0.10 0.64 1.91 11 31 42 14 124 45 86 15 8
1983-84 22 Los Angeles Kings NHL 6 0.00 0.50 0.50 0.14 -0.67 0.00 1.83 0 3 3 1 9 4 11 2 -4
1983-84 22 Washington Capitals NHL 72 0.18 0.46 0.64 0.22 0.17 0.69 1.92 11 28 39 14 115 41 75 13 12
1984-85 23 Washington Capitals NHL 79 0.16 0.53 0.70 0.24 0.27 0.65 1.94 11 36 47 16 125 43 79 18 21
1985-86 24 Washington Capitals NHL 78 0.27 0.56 0.83 0.30 0.03 0.64 2.31 18 37 55 20 131 50 100 21 2
1986-87 25 Washington Capitals NHL 80 0.29 0.73 1.01 0.36 0.31 0.49 2.83 21 54 75 26 163 48 104 14 25
1987-88 26 Washington Capitals NHL 79 0.10 0.67 0.77 0.24 0.03 0.91 2.54 7 49 56 17 132 58 89 17 2
1988-89 27 2 Teams NHL 78 0.14 0.45 0.59 0.20 0.00 1.05 2.05 10 31 41 14 115 50 72 7 0
1988-89 27 Washington Capitals NHL 65 0.11 0.45 0.55 0.18 -0.08 1.08 1.98 6 26 32 10 95 39 67 6 -5
1988-89 27 Minnesota North Stars NHL 13 0.31 0.46 0.77 0.29 0.38 0.92 2.38 4 5 9 4 20 11 5 1 5
1989-90 28 Minnesota North Stars NHL 77 0.13 0.75 0.88 0.28 -0.17 0.57 2.25 9 53 62 19 141 66 89 1 -13
1990-91 29 2 Teams NHL 75 0.12 0.45 0.57 0.19 -0.08 0.91 2.51 9 34 43 14 125 53 92 14 -6
1990-91 29 Minnesota North Stars NHL 31 0.13 0.35 0.48 0.17 -0.26 1.23 3.32 4 11 15 5 39 17 39 9 -8
1990-91 29 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 44 0.11 0.52 0.64 0.20 0.05 0.68 1.93 5 23 28 9 86 36 53 5 2
1991-92 30 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 77 0.27 0.73 1.00 0.34 0.43 0.62 2.68 20 54 74 26 180 67 110 30 33
1992-93 31 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 83 0.27 0.76 1.02 0.35 0.54 0.88 2.77 19 55 74 25 225 82 137 39 45
1993-94 32 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 84 0.20 0.67 0.87 0.29 0.12 0.52 2.81 17 55 72 24 165 65 122 32 10
1994-95 33 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 48 0.27 0.52 0.79 0.28 0.25 0.38 2.58 25 49 74 27 97 33 71 19 12
1995-96 34 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 82 0.15 0.60 0.74 0.25 -0.02 0.41 2.22 12 51 63 20 129 67 75 11 -2
1996-97 35 2 Teams NHL 81 0.11 0.44 0.56 0.18 0.04 0.25 1.95 10 40 50 16 111 40 85 17 3
1996-97 35 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 69 0.10 0.46 0.57 0.19 0.01 0.29 1.99 8 36 44 14 99 37 77 16 1
1996-97 35 Detroit Red Wings NHL 12 0.17 0.33 0.50 0.18 0.17 0.00 1.75 2 4 6 2 12 3 8 1 2
1997-98 36 Detroit Red Wings NHL 82 0.13 0.50 0.63 0.21 0.43 0.45 1.57 13 51 64 21 121 37 73 24 35
1998-99 37 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 0.13 0.53 0.65 0.21 0.26 0.53 2.10 12 51 63 20 121 34 88 22 21
1999-00 38 Detroit Red Wings NHL 81 0.12 0.37 0.49 0.17 0.05 0.56 1.80 12 35 47 16 92 24 81 17 4
2000-01 39 Detroit Red Wings NHL 57 0.04 0.33 0.37 0.11 -0.11 0.21 1.42 2 22 24 7 49 13 49 7 -6
Career 21 Seasons NHL 1615 0.18 0.58 0.75 0.25 0.12 0.67 2.23 280 915 1195 402 2774 1032 1958 416 200

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 19 Los Angeles Kings NHL 4 3 0 3 2 2 1 0 0
1981-82 20 Los Angeles Kings NHL 10 2 8 10 12 1 1 0 0
1983-84 22 Washington Capitals NHL 8 0 3 3 1 6 0 0 0 0 20 0.0
1984-85 23 Washington Capitals NHL 5 2 3 5 -4 0 0 2 0 0 17 11.8
1985-86 24 Washington Capitals NHL 9 1 5 6 1 6 0 1 0 0 21 4.8
1986-87 25 Washington Capitals NHL 7 2 2 4 3 6 2 0 0 1 25 8.0
1987-88 26 Washington Capitals NHL 13 4 4 8 0 33 2 2 0 1 21 19.0
1988-89 27 Minnesota North Stars NHL 5 0 2 2 -5 8 0 0 0 0 9 0.0
1989-90 28 Minnesota North Stars NHL 7 1 2 3 -4 31 1 0 0 1 16 6.3
1990-91 29 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL SC 23 5 18 23 17 44 1 4 0 0 66 7.6
1991-92 30 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL SC 21 6 10 16 -4 19 3 3 0 1 59 10.2
1992-93 31 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 12 2 11 13 2 10 0 2 0 1 26 7.7
1993-94 32 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 6 0 5 5 -6 0 0 0 0 0 13 0.0
1994-95 33 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 12 2 13 15 3 0 1 1 0 0 35 5.7
1995-96 34 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 6 0 2 2 -8 4 0 0 0 0 16 0.0
1996-97 35 Detroit Red Wings NHL SC 20 2 9 11 16 8 1 1 0 1 51 3.9
1997-98 36 Detroit Red Wings NHL SC 22 3 12 15 12 2 0 1 2 1 36 8.3
1998-99 37 Detroit Red Wings NHL 10 0 2 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 14 0.0 222 22:15
1999-00 38 Detroit Red Wings NHL 9 2 3 5 1 2 0 1 1 0 16 12.5 221 24:33
2000-01 39 Detroit Red Wings NHL 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 102 17:02
Career 20 Seasons NHL 4 215 37 115 152 29 201 14 20 3 7 468 6.8 546 21:49

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1977-78 16 Toronto Young Nationals OHA-B 36 10 20 30 25
1978-79 17 Peterborough Petes OMJHL 66 6 21 27 82
1979-80 18 Peterborough Petes OMJHL 68 21 68 89 88
1979-80 18 Canada WJC-A 5 1 0 1 4
1984-85 23 Canada WEC-A 8 2 6 8 4
1986-87 25 Canada WEC-A 6 0 3 3 4
1987-88 26 Canada Can-Cup 8 1 6 7 4
1990-91 29 Minnesota North Stars Fr-Tour 3 0 0 0 0
1991-92 30 Canada Can-Cup 8 0 1 1 0
1999-00 38 Canada WC-A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.0
Career 2 Seasons Can-Cup 16 1 7 8 4
Career 1 Season Fr-Tour 3 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season OHA-B 36 10 20 30 25
Career 2 Seasons OMJHL 134 27 89 116 170
Career 1 Season WC-A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.0
Career 2 Seasons WEC-A 14 2 9 11 8
Career 1 Season WJC-A 5 1 0 1 4

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1978-79 17 Peterborough Petes M-Cup 5 0 2 2 8
1978-79 17 Peterborough Petes OMJHL 19 1 9 10 42
1979-80 18 Peterborough Petes M-Cup 5 1 6 7 4
1979-80 18 Peterborough Petes OMJHL 14 4 13 17 20
Career 2 Seasons M-Cup 10 1 8 9 12
Career 2 Seasons OMJHL 33 5 22 27 62

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1994 NHL
1996 NHL
1999 NHL

Honors

1986-87 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1992-93 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1994-95 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Games Played

1980-81 NHL 80 (2)
1986-87 NHL 80 (3)
1993-94 NHL 84 (5)
1994-95 NHL 48 (5)
1995-96 NHL 82 (3)
1997-98 NHL 82 (2)
Career NHL 1615 (7)

Assists

1986-87 NHL 58 (8)
Career NHL 929 (15)

Points

Career NHL 1216 (40)

Goals Created

Career NHL 408.7 (62)

Plus/Minus

1991-92 NHL 33 (5)
1992-93 NHL 45 (2)
1997-98 NHL 35 (2)
Career NHL 200 (59)

Shots

Career NHL 3606 (33)

Assists Per Game

Career NHL 0.58 (80)

Adjusted Assists

1986-87 NHL 54 (8)
Career NHL 915 (19)

Adjusted Points

Career NHL 1195 (56)

Adjusted Goals Created

Career NHL 402.3 (75)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1980-81 NHL 161 (9)
1986-87 NHL 163 (3)
1991-92 NHL 180 (3)
1992-93 NHL 225 (1)
 1993-94 NHL 165 (6)
1994-95 NHL 97 (2)
1997-98 NHL 121 (6)
Career NHL 2774 (4)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1989-90 NHL 66 (10)
1992-93 NHL 82 (8)
1995-96 NHL 67 (8)
Career NHL 1032 (7)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1992-93 NHL 137 (7)
1994-95 NHL 71 (4)
Career NHL 1958 (7)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

Career NHL 416 (33)

Transactions

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October 18, 1983: Traded to Washington by Los Angeles for Ken Houston and Brian Engblom, October 18, 1983.

March 7, 1989: Traded to Minnesota by Washington with Mike Gartner for Dino Ciccarelli and Bob Rouse, March 7, 1989.

December 11, 1990: Traded to Pittsburgh by Minnesota with Peter Taglianetti for Chris Dahlquist and Jim Johnson, December 11, 1990.

July 8, 1995: Traded to Toronto by Pittsburgh for Dmitri Mironov and Toronto's 2nd round choice (later traded to New Jersey - New Jersey selected Josh DeWolf) in 1996 Entry Draft, July 8, 1995.

March 18, 1997: Traded to Detroit by Toronto for future considerations, March 18, 1997.

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