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Joe Nieuwendyk

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: September 10, 1966 in Oshawa, Ontario

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 2011

Drafted by the Calgary Flames in the 2nd round (27th overall) of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 10:07AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #61. Pavel Bure… #61. Ron Francis… #63. Bernie Nicholls… #63. Chris Pronger… #63. JOE NIEUWENDYK… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1986-87 20 CGY NHL 9 5 1 6 3 0 0 3 2 0 1 16 31.3
1987-88 21 CGY NHL 75 51 41 92 39 20 23 17 31 3 8 212 24.1
1988-89 22 CGY NHL 77 51 31 82 37 26 40 29 19 3 11 215 23.7
1989-90 23 CGY NHL 79 45 50 95 38 32 40 27 18 0 3 226 19.9
1990-91 24 CGY NHL 79 45 40 85 35 19 36 19 22 4 1 222 20.3
1991-92 25 CGY NHL 69 22 34 56 21 -1 55 15 7 0 2 137 16.1
1992-93 26 CGY NHL 79 38 37 75 31 9 52 24 14 0 6 208 18.3
1993-94 27 CGY NHL 64 36 39 75 31 19 51 21 14 1 7 191 18.8
1994-95 28 CGY NHL 46 21 29 50 19 11 33 18 3 0 4 122 17.2
1995-96 29 DAL NHL 52 14 18 32 13 -17 41 6 8 0 3 138 10.1
1996-97 30 DAL NHL 66 30 21 51 22 -5 32 22 8 0 2 173 17.3
1997-98 31 DAL NHL 73 39 30 69 29 16 30 25 14 0 11 203 19.2
1998-99 32 DAL NHL 67 28 27 55 23 11 34 20 8 0 8 157 17.8 1042 15:33
1999-00 33 DAL NHL 48 15 19 34 13 -1 26 8 7 0 2 110 13.6 780 16:15
2000-01 34 DAL NHL 69 29 23 52 22 5 30 17 12 0 4 166 17.5 1116 16:11
2001-02 35 TOT NHL 81 25 33 58 22 0 22 19 6 0 6 189 13.2 1367 16:52
2001-02 35 DAL NHL 67 23 24 47 19 -2 18 17 6 0 5 157 14.6 1138 16:59
2001-02 35 NJD NHL 14 2 9 11 3 2 4 2 0 0 1 32 6.3 229 16:22
2002-03 36 NJD NHL 80 17 28 45 17 10 56 14 3 0 4 201 8.5 1340 16:45
2003-04 37 TOR NHL 64 22 28 50 19 7 26 11 10 1 5 131 16.8 1001 15:38
2005-06 39 FLA NHL 65 26 30 56 22 -2 46 19 7 0 3 195 13.3 1065 16:23
2006-07 40 FLA NHL 15 5 3 8 4 -4 4 3 2 0 2 30 16.7 201 13:24
Career NHL 1257 564 562 1126 459 155 677 337 215 12 93 3242 17.4 7911 16:11

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
1986-87 20 CGY NHL 9 0.56 0.11 0.67 0.33 0.00 1.78 4 1 5 2 8 2 6 0 0 0.5 0.1 0.6
1987-88 21 CGY NHL 75 0.68 0.55 1.23 0.52 0.31 2.83 43 34 77 33 139 65 82 28 20 7.7 1.0 8.7
1988-89 22 CGY NHL 77 0.66 0.40 1.06 0.48 0.52 2.79 42 25 67 30 115 42 67 20 26 6.8 1.5 8.3
1989-90 23 CGY NHL 79 0.57 0.63 1.20 0.48 0.51 2.86 38 42 80 32 137 51 66 12 32 7.3 1.7 9.0
1990-91 24 CGY NHL 79 0.57 0.51 1.08 0.45 0.46 2.81 40 35 75 31 127 57 71 20 19 7.2 1.2 8.4
1991-92 25 CGY NHL 69 0.32 0.49 0.81 0.31 0.80 1.99 20 30 50 19 88 33 76 20 -1 3.5 0.6 4.1
1992-93 26 CGY NHL 79 0.48 0.47 0.95 0.39 0.66 2.63 31 30 61 25 113 43 62 1 9 5.4 1.1 6.5
1993-94 27 CGY NHL 64 0.56 0.61 1.17 0.48 0.80 2.98 33 35 68 28 102 42 43 2 19 7.0 1.2 8.2
1994-95 28 CGY NHL 46 0.46 0.63 1.09 0.42 0.72 2.65 36 50 86 33 71 27 33 0 11 4.7 0.8 5.5
1995-96 29 DAL NHL 52 0.27 0.35 0.62 0.24 0.79 2.65 13 17 30 12 50 25 49 7 -17 2.0 0.2 2.2
1996-97 30 DAL NHL 66 0.45 0.32 0.77 0.33 0.48 2.62 31 22 53 23 63 22 47 1 -5 4.9 0.6 5.5
1997-98 31 DAL NHL 73 0.53 0.41 0.95 0.40 0.41 2.78 45 34 79 34 88 38 34 0 16 8.4 1.7 10.0
1998-99 32 DAL NHL 67 0.42 0.40 0.82 0.34 0.51 2.34 32 31 63 26 70 27 32 0 11 5.8 1.7 7.5
1999-00 33 DAL NHL 48 0.31 0.40 0.71 0.27 0.54 2.29 16 21 37 14 46 18 29 0 -1 2.8 1.0 3.9
2000-01 34 DAL NHL 69 0.42 0.33 0.75 0.32 0.43 2.41 32 25 57 24 76 39 32 0 5 5.2 1.6 6.8
2001-02 35 TOT NHL 81 0.31 0.41 0.72 0.28 0.27 2.33 28 37 65 25 74 27 49 2 0 5.2 1.5 6.7
2001-02 35 DAL NHL 67 0.34 0.36 0.70 0.28 0.27 2.34 26 27 53 22 61 24 39 0 -2 4.4 1.2 5.6
2001-02 35 NJD NHL 14 0.14 0.64 0.79 0.25 0.29 2.29 2 10 12 4 13 3 10 2 2 0.8 0.4 1.1
2002-03 36 NJD NHL 80 0.21 0.35 0.56 0.21 0.70 2.51 19 31 50 19 71 15 48 2 10 2.9 2.0 5.0
2003-04 37 TOR NHL 64 0.34 0.44 0.78 0.30 0.41 2.05 26 32 58 23 68 27 35 1 7 5.2 1.2 6.4
2005-06 39 FLA NHL 65 0.40 0.46 0.86 0.34 0.71 3.00 26 29 55 22 75 31 47 1 -2 5.0 0.9 5.9
2006-07 40 FLA NHL 15 0.33 0.20 0.53 0.23 0.27 2.00 5 3 8 4 12 7 10 1 -4 0.8 0.0 0.8
Career NHL 1257 0.45 0.45 0.90 0.37 0.54 2.58 560 564 1124 459 1593 638 918 118 155 98.2 21.8 120.0

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1986-87 20 CGY NHL 6 2 2 4 -2 0 2 0 0 0 8 25.0
1987-88 21 CGY NHL 8 3 4 7 0 2 2 1 0 0 21 14.3
1988-89 22 CGY NHL SC 22 10 4 14 0 10 4 6 0 1 57 17.5
1989-90 23 CGY NHL 6 4 6 10 6 4 3 1 0 0 19 21.1
1990-91 24 CGY NHL 7 4 1 5 -4 10 2 2 0 0 27 14.8
1992-93 26 CGY NHL 6 3 6 9 -4 10 2 1 0 0 21 14.3
1993-94 27 CGY NHL 6 2 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 25.0
1994-95 28 CGY NHL 5 4 3 7 0 0 2 2 0 1 21 19.0
1996-97 30 DAL NHL 7 2 2 4 -1 6 2 0 0 0 21 9.5
1997-98 31 DAL NHL 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100.0
1998-99 32 DAL NHL SC 23 11 10 21 7 19 8 3 0 6 72 15.3 424 18:27
1999-00 33 DAL NHL 23 7 3 10 -2 18 4 3 0 2 45 15.6 384 16:41
2000-01 34 DAL NHL 7 4 0 4 -2 4 3 1 0 1 18 22.2 111 15:50
2001-02 35 NJD NHL 5 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.0 97 19:22
2002-03 36 NJD NHL SC 17 3 6 9 -2 4 2 1 0 0 24 12.5 256 15:03
2003-04 37 TOR NHL 9 6 0 6 0 4 5 1 0 2 23 26.1 139 15:24
Career NHL 3 158 66 50 116 -5 91 43 23 0 13 394 16.8 1410 16:47

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1983-84 17 Pickering Panthers ON-Jr.B 38 30 28 58 35
1984-85 18 Cornell Big Red ECAC 29 21 24 45 30
1985-86 19 Cornell Big Red ECAC 29 26 28 54 67
1985-86 19 Canada WJC-A 7 5 7 12 6
1986-87 20 Cornell Big Red ECAC 23 26 26 52 26
1986-87 20 Canada Nat-Tm 5 2 0 2 0
1989-90 23 Calgary Flames Fr-Tour 4 0 2 2 2
1989-90 23 Canada WEC-A 1 0 0 0 0
1997-98 31 Canada Olympics 6 2 3 5 2
2001-02 35 Canada Olympics 6 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Career 3 Seasons ECAC 81 73 78 151 123
Career 1 Season Fr-Tour 4 0 2 2 2
Career 1 Season Nat-Tm 5 2 0 2 0
Career 2 Seasons Olympics 12 3 4 7 0 2 1 0 0 0
Career 1 Season ON-Jr.B 38 30 28 58 35
Career 1 Season WEC-A 1 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 5 7 12 6

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 20 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 20
Joe Nieuwendyk 10.0 9.0 8.7 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.5 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.4 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.0 4.1 3.9 2.2 0.8 0.6
Ron Francis 94.5 10.5 9.8 8.6 8.2 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.0 6.6 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.0 4.6 4.6 3.5
Gilbert Perreault 93.1 10.7 9.9 9.2 9.2 8.6 8.0 7.2 7.0 6.4 6.4 6.1 5.8 5.3 4.4 4.2 3.7 1.3
Adam Oates 92.0 12.2 10.5 9.6 8.9 7.9 7.6 7.6 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.3 5.2 5.0 4.5 3.9 3.8 2.9 0.6 0.5
Frank Mahovlich 91.7 11.8 10.7 10.4 9.7 8.5 8.4 7.9 7.8 7.4 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.4 4.9 3.9 3.4 3.3 0.1
Jeremy Roenick 91.3 11.3 11.1 10.2 9.9 9.1 8.5 8.0 8.0 7.6 7.2 6.9 6.2 5.4 4.7 3.5 3.4 1.6 1.5 0.9 0.9
Dale Hawerchuk 90.8 11.1 10.0 9.1 8.9 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.2 7.1 7.0 7.0 5.8 5.5 5.4 3.2 1.4
Doug Gilmour 90.8 11.0 10.4 9.0 7.9 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.4 5.7 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.4
Mark Recchi 90.3 11.0 10.7 9.7 9.5 9.4 8.9 8.7 8.1 8.0 7.8 6.6 6.4 5.6 5.5 5.1 4.8 4.4 4.3 3.8 -0.3
Mike Gartner 89.8 9.1 8.3 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.4 7.1 6.9 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.0 6.0 5.6 5.4 2.2 2.1
Stan Mikita 89.6 10.7 10.2 10.2 9.9 9.4 9.2 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.2 6.6 6.4 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.1 1.4 0.0
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 20 21 22 23
Joe Nieuwendyk 10.0 9.0 8.7 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.5 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.4 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.0 4.1 3.9 2.2 0.8 0.6
Ron Francis 94.0 10.5 9.8 8.7 8.6 8.2 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.0 6.6 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.0 4.6 4.6 3.6 3.5
Gilbert Perreault 93.1 10.7 9.9 9.2 9.2 8.6 8.0 7.2 7.0 6.4 6.4 6.1 5.8 5.3 4.4 4.2 3.7 1.3
Adam Oates 92.0 12.2 10.5 9.6 8.9 7.9 7.6 7.6 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.3 5.2 5.0 4.5 3.9 3.8 2.9 0.6 0.5
Frank Mahovlich 91.7 11.8 10.7 10.4 9.7 8.5 8.4 7.9 7.8 7.4 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.4 4.9 3.9 3.4 3.3 0.1
Jeremy Roenick 91.3 11.3 11.1 10.2 9.9 9.1 8.5 8.0 8.0 7.6 7.2 6.9 6.2 5.4 4.7 3.5 3.4 1.6 1.5 0.9 0.9
Dale Hawerchuk 90.8 11.1 10.0 9.1 8.9 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.2 7.1 7.0 7.0 5.8 5.5 5.4 3.2 1.4
Doug Gilmour 90.8 11.0 10.4 9.0 7.9 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.4 5.7 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.4
Jean Ratelle 90.2 13.6 9.6 9.2 9.1 8.6 8.4 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.3 6.2 6.1 5.7 3.8 2.7 2.6 1.2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.1
Mark Recchi 90.0 11.0 10.7 9.7 9.5 9.4 8.9 8.7 8.1 8.0 7.8 6.6 6.4 5.6 5.5 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.3 3.8 -0.3
Mike Gartner 89.8 9.1 8.3 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.4 7.1 6.9 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.0 6.0 5.6 5.4 2.2 2.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1988 NHL
1989 NHL
1990 NHL
1994 NHL

Awards

1987-88 NHL Calder Memorial Trophy
1994-95 NHL King Clancy Memorial Trophy
1998-99 NHL Conn Smythe Trophy

Honors

1987-88 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1989 Calgary Flames (NHL)
1999 Dallas Stars (NHL)
2003 New Jersey Devils (NHL)

Games Played

Career NHL 1257 (68)

Goals

1987-88 NHL 51 (5)
1988-89 NHL 51 (5)
1989-90 NHL 45 (9)
1990-91 NHL 45 (7)
1997-98 NHL 39 (7)
Career NHL 564 (21)

Assists

Career NHL 562 (88)

Points

Career NHL 1126 (52)

Goals Created

Career NHL 459.3 (41)

Plus/Minus

1989-90 NHL 32 (6)

Even Strength Goals

1988-89 NHL 29 (9)
1994-95 NHL 18 (8)
1997-98 NHL 25 (10)
Career NHL 337 (28)

Power Play Goals

1987-88 NHL 31 (1)
 1988-89 NHL 19 (7)
1989-90 NHL 18 (7)
1990-91 NHL 22 (2)
1997-98 NHL 14 (5)
Career NHL 215 (11)

Short-Handed Goals

1990-91 NHL 4 (7)

Game-Winning Goals

1987-88 NHL 8 (3)
1988-89 NHL 11 (1)
 1997-98 NHL 11 (2)
1998-99 NHL 8 (3)
Career NHL 93 (9)

Shots

Career NHL 3242 (56)

Shooting Percentage

1987-88 NHL 24.1 (7)
1988-89 NHL 23.7 (8)
1997-98 NHL 19.2 (5)
1998-99 NHL 17.8 (10)
Career NHL 17.4 (50)

Goals Per Game

1987-88 NHL 0.68 (6)
1988-89 NHL 0.66 (8)
1997-98 NHL 0.53 (7)
Career NHL 0.45 (56)

Goals Created Per Game

Career NHL 0.37 (88)

Adjusted Goals

1987-88 NHL 43 (5)
1988-89 NHL 42 (5)
1989-90 NHL 38 (9)
1990-91 NHL 40 (7)
1997-98 NHL 45 (7)
Career NHL 560 (25)

Adjusted Assists

Career NHL 564 (93)

Adjusted Points

Career NHL 1124 (55)

Adjusted Goals Created

Career NHL 459.3 (40)

Total Goals On-Ice For

Career NHL 1593 (70)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

Career NHL 638 (52)

Offensive Point Shares

1997-98 NHL 8.4 (9)
Career NHL 98.2 (36)

Point Shares

Career NHL 120.0 (81)
    

Transactions

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December 19, 1995: Traded to Dallas by Calgary for Corey Millen and Jarome Iginla, December 19, 1995.

March 19, 2002: Traded to New Jersey by Dallas with Jamie Langenbrunner for Jason Arnott, Randy McKay and New Jersey's 1st round choice (later traded to Columbus - later traded to Buffalo - Buffalo selected Daniel Paille) in 2002 Entry Draft, March 19, 2002.

September 9, 2003: Signed as a free agent by Toronto, September 9, 2003.

August 1, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Florida, August 1, 2005.

December 7, 2006: Officially announced his retirement, December 7, 2006.

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