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Rick Nash

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-4    Weight: 216 lbs.
Born: June 16, 1984 in Brampton, Ontario

Drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 9:24AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #194. Wendel Clark… #195. RICK NASH… #195. Sandis Ozolinsh… #197. Alexei Yashin… #197. Ebbie Goodfellow… #197. Tony Amonte… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2002-03 18 CBJ NHL 74 17 22 39 15 -27 78 11 6 0 2 154 11.0 1032 13:57
2003-04 19 CBJ NHL 80 41 16 57 27 -35 87 22 19 0 7 269 15.2 1410 17:38
2005-06 21 CBJ NHL 54 31 23 54 23 5 51 20 11 0 4 170 18.2 986 18:16
2006-07 22 CBJ NHL 75 27 30 57 23 -8 73 17 9 1 5 228 11.8 1440 19:12
2007-08 23 CBJ NHL 80 38 31 69 29 2 95 24 10 4 6 329 11.6 1639 20:29
2008-09 24 CBJ NHL 78 40 39 79 32 11 52 29 6 5 5 263 15.2 1650 21:10
2009-10 25 CBJ NHL 76 33 34 67 26 -2 58 21 10 2 6 254 13.0 1591 20:56
2010-11 26 CBJ NHL 75 32 34 66 26 2 34 26 6 0 7 305 10.5 1420 18:56
2011-12 27 CBJ NHL 54 18 18 36 14 -23 28 14 4 0 1 210 8.6 1051 19:27
Career NHL 646 277 247 524 216 -75 556 184 81 12 43 2182 12.7 12219 18:55

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
2002-03 18 CBJ NHL 74 0.23 0.30 0.53 0.20 1.05 2.08 19 24 43 17 56 28 55 0 -27 3.2 0.1 3.3
2003-04 19 CBJ NHL 80 0.51 0.20 0.71 0.33 1.09 3.36 48 18 66 31 75 38 72 0 -35 7.1 0.6 7.7
2005-06 21 CBJ NHL 54 0.57 0.43 1.00 0.43 0.94 3.15 31 22 53 23 79 31 44 1 5 5.6 1.3 6.9
2006-07 22 CBJ NHL 75 0.36 0.40 0.76 0.30 0.97 3.04 28 30 58 23 75 35 62 14 -8 4.5 1.5 6.0
2007-08 23 CBJ NHL 80 0.48 0.39 0.86 0.36 1.19 4.11 42 33 75 32 82 29 71 20 2 7.2 2.3 9.4
2008-09 24 CBJ NHL 78 0.51 0.50 1.01 0.41 0.67 3.37 42 40 82 34 91 21 82 23 11 7.9 2.2 10.1
2009-10 25 CBJ NHL 76 0.43 0.45 0.88 0.35 0.76 3.34 36 36 72 29 98 35 89 24 -2 6.1 1.7 7.8
2010-11 26 CBJ NHL 75 0.43 0.45 0.88 0.35 0.45 4.07 35 36 71 29 85 23 67 7 2 6.5 1.6 8.1
2011-12 27 CBJ NHL 54 0.33 0.33 0.67 0.27 0.52 3.89 31 30 61 25 -23 3.0 0.3 3.3
Career NHL 646 0.43 0.38 0.81 0.33 0.86 3.38 312 269 581 244 641 240 542 89 -75 51.1 11.5 62.7

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2008-09 24 CBJ NHL 4 1 2 3 -4 2 1 0 0 0 13 7.7 83 20:52
Career NHL 4 1 2 3 -4 2 1 0 0 0 13 7.7 83 20:52

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1999-00 15 Toronto Marlboros GTHL 34 61 54 115 34
2000-01 16 London Knights OHL 58 31 35 66 56
2001-02 17 London Knights OHL 54 32 40 72 -16 88 15 15 2 1
2001-02 17 Canada WJC-A 7 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 0 0
2004-05 20 HC Davos Swiss 44 26 20 46 83
2004-05 20 Canada WC-A 9 9 6 15 7 8 6 3 0 3
2005-06 21 Canada Olympics 6 0 1 1 -2 10 0 0 0 0
2006-07 22 Canada WC-A 9 6 5 11 8 4 1 5 0 0
2007-08 23 Canada WC-A 9 6 7 13 9 6 3 3 0 0
2009-10 25 Canada Olympics 7 2 3 5 1 0 2 0 0 0
2010-11 26 Canada WC-A 7 2 3 5 4 2 1 1 0 1
Career 1 Season GTHL 34 61 54 115 34
Career 2 Seasons OHL 112 63 75 138 -16 144 15 15 2 1
Career 2 Seasons Olympics 13 2 4 6 -1 10 2 0 0 0
Career 1 Season Swiss 44 26 20 46 83
Career 4 Seasons WC-A 34 23 21 44 28 20 11 12 0 4
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 0 0

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2000-01 16 London Knights OHL 4 3 3 6 8
2001-02 17 London Knights OHL 12 10 9 19 21
2004-05 20 HC Davos Swiss 15 9 2 11 26
Career 2 Seasons OHL 16 13 12 25 29
Career 1 Season Swiss 15 9 2 11 26

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 8 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Rick Nash 10.1 9.4 8.1 7.8 7.7 6.9 6.0 3.3
Rick Martin 94.7 9.7 9.4 9.1 7.9 7.3 6.8 6.3 4.4
Glenn Anderson 94.3 9.5 8.9 8.8 8.0 6.9 6.6 6.2 4.3
Gilbert Perreault 93.3 10.7 9.2 9.2 8.6 8.0 6.4 6.1 4.4
Alex Tanguay 92.4 10.5 9.3 8.4 8.3 8.2 6.1 5.3 5.0
Daniel Alfredsson 92.3 9.3 9.2 7.7 7.4 7.1 5.6 5.3 3.2
Mike Modano 91.7 10.2 9.7 7.9 7.4 6.6 5.7 5.5 3.3
Tony Amonte 91.3 10.1 9.5 9.3 6.3 6.2 6.0 3.6 3.0
Joe Mullen 90.8 11.0 8.3 7.4 7.3 7.0 6.4 4.8 3.2
Brian Propp 90.6 8.8 8.1 8.0 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.9 4.9
Miroslav Satan 90.6 10.0 9.1 8.3 8.3 7.1 5.0 3.9 3.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Rick Nash 10.1 9.4 8.1 7.8 7.7 6.9 6.0 3.3
Jason Spezza 90.0 11.6 10.4 9.2 8.1 7.6 6.8 6.6 2.1
Danny Briere 89.1 10.0 9.3 8.0 7.9 7.7 6.7 6.5 5.5 3.0 2.0 1.8 0.1 0.1
Rick Martin 86.5 9.7 9.4 9.1 7.9 7.8 7.3 6.8 6.3 4.4 1.7 0.3
Olli Jokinen 86.5 10.8 9.8 7.9 7.6 6.1 6.0 4.8 4.5 1.4 1.1 1.1 -0.3 -0.4
Martin Havlat 85.6 9.6 9.5 7.8 7.1 6.4 5.8 5.0 4.7 3.0 2.1
Billy Burch 85.4 7.4 7.0 5.9 5.9 4.5 3.5 2.8 1.6 1.1 0.3 0.1
Cecil Dillon 85.2 6.4 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.9 2.9 1.5 1.2
Kent Nilsson 85.2 10.9 8.9 8.2 7.0 5.3 4.7 3.8 3.7 -0.1
Henrik Zetterberg 84.0 13.0 10.6 9.2 8.2 8.2 8.1 5.1 4.8
Gordie Drillon 83.8 7.4 6.3 5.8 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games

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2008 NHL
2009 NHL
2011 NHL

Awards

2003-04 NHL Maurice Richard Trophy

Honors

2002-03 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)

Goals

2003-04 NHL 41 (1)
2008-09 NHL 40 (5)

Goals Created

2008-09 NHL 32.2 (9)

Even Strength Goals

2003-04 NHL 22 (9)
2007-08 NHL 24 (10)
2008-09 NHL 29 (5)
2010-11 NHL 26 (8)

Power Play Goals

2003-04 NHL 19 (1)

Short-Handed Goals

2007-08 NHL 4 (5)
2008-09 NHL 5 (2)

Game-Winning Goals

2009-10 NHL 6 (10)

Shots

2003-04 NHL 269 (7)
2007-08 NHL 329 (6)
2010-11 NHL 305 (6)
2011-12 NHL 210 (3)

Goals Per Game

2003-04 NHL 0.51 (1)
2005-06 NHL 0.57 (9)
2008-09 NHL 0.51 (9)
Career NHL 0.43 (76)

Goals Created Per Game

2008-09 NHL 0.41 (10)

Adjusted Goals

2003-04 NHL 48 (1)
2008-09 NHL 42 (5)

Adjusted Goals Created

2008-09 NHL 33.8 (10)
   

Transactions

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August 3, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Davos (Swiss), August 3, 2004.

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